Believe me I tried the "reaming method" of using the old style wire guides. The originals that were on the motor had turned to crumbly black stuff - and the "new" ones I got must have been from the far east. They gummed up-whatever-whenever I tried....beats me.
I like the look of the bigger wires and obviously its possible to get the 8 mm jackets in there. maybe I'll try something different the next time. Are you going to use the fenderwell headers on your rig?
So when are you going to own up to a dyno print out? Get some nice numbers?
Steve Metzger
I am not using fenderwell headers. I am currently using the tbird headers made by FORD Power Train in Washington State. They are on my tired old 312 and I really like them.
I plan to share the numbers of the dyno test and any other stuff I learn along the way. It has taken me a long long time to get this far with this engine. I hope to get it to the dyno maybe by the middle of september. I might add that for me the dyno test is more about making sure everthing is solid with this build, not about how much hp it will make-I think I have an idea of that just from the similar combinations of others projects. I might do some carb swaps and will try stock exhaust manifolds vs. the headers just to see what difference they really add, break in the new cam and valve train and hope nothing pokes out the side! Here is a link to the headers on my current setup, I've posted it before on the old site.
http://frakesdesign.com/mov02213.mpg
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