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Y block Billy
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God luck to all and may the ford gods shine! I too was born in 61 and am surrounded by scrub loving bow tie bumkins!
 55 Vicky & customline 58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100 59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?
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Ted
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pegleg (9/23/2017)
Ted, Where'd the rocker arms come from?Those rocker arms are Harland Sharp 1.76:1 ratio. This particular set is not anodized to the orange color that HS rockers typically are and are simply the original aluminum finish. While FE rockers come close to working, these HS rockers are specific for the M-E-L engines. The MEL rockers have a different angle to the adjusting screw versus those for the FE engines.
  Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)
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ian57tbird
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Sorry to here that Ted. It must be disappointing for you.
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Rowen
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Jeez Ted, I'm VERY sorry to hear that! We need builders like you in there fighting for these disrespected engines of ours. Knock em dead next year!
Rowen
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Y block Billy
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Awe, sad to hear!
55 Vicky & customline 58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100 59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?
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HenryFloored
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Oh darn it Ted that's tough luck. I'm sorry to hear this after all that hard work.
Thank you for your effort.
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Ted
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Just a quick update. Disassembled the engine and pulled all sixteen lifters from the bottoms of the bores. They are all plenty bad with a couple I checked getting very close to the pushrod being exposed to the camshaft lobes. These are shell lifters so the pushrod runs in the bottom of the lifter to begin with. The camshaft came through looking surprisingly good considering the amount of carnage on the bottoms of the lifters. While the camshaft lobes exhibit some scoring and scuff marks, the lobes themselves are far from being wiped out. I suspect the camshaft core is chilled iron rather than flame hardened which may explain the lack of lobe damage. I’ll be taking the camshaft and the lifters to a local shop later today for some hardness testing of each.
Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)
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MplsMike
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Looks like they are starting to post results. I don't think they are to the vintage category yet. http://www.hotrod.com/articles/first-four-competitors-2017-amsoil-engine-masters-challenge/
MplsMike
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Minneapolis, MN
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One of the hemi's was vintage, and produced an excellent score. I thought they weren't allowed, but looking back at the rules, nothing excludes them. I'm glad to see that.
Lawrenceville, GA
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