Good looking engine and great looking truck.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

You have a great engine/truck combination, very impressed!

I'm very impressed and interested that you can run that much compression on pump gas. All our gas around here has about 10% ethanol. Do you think you could  run that much compression with 93 octane with 10% ethanol or does the introduction of the ethanol just totally screw things up?

If you start experimenting with corn squeezings (E-85) let us know how that goes.  Would be most interested in hearing about that.

Good Luck

Mike

I'd rather be lucky than good.................

    but good ain't bad!!

Hey everyone still working on the old ford.  Had to disassemble my engine.  After that rod bolt came loose we just temporarily fixed it by sliding in a new bearing.  I took it apart and sent the crank in and found out it is cracked.  So I called John Mummert and found out that the crank I took out of my motor is a steel crank.  So I sent that in to get stroked and balanced.  Not all is bad because in the mean time I am going to stuff a bigger cam in it.  I wasn't happy that it "idled good" with the other cam.  So the one I am getting is a little higher rpm cam with a lopey idle.  Can't wait to here it.  3000 - 6000 rpm range, valve lift .448-.448, advance duration 286, 286.  .50 duration 250-250.  LC 108.  I am not extremely savvy with cam numbers so if anyone has any opinions on this cam I would love your input.  I will give up a little low end but I am alos dropping my gears down to 4.56.  That will help with the 33' tires.  I have also updated my fuel injection to a wide band O2 system which makes for much more accurate tuning.  I am hopeful that soon we will also be able to hit the NOS!!!!!  I have also now installed ARP heads studs instead of ARP head bolts for better clamping force.  I will keep everyone updated on the progress.  Just have ACL reconstructed in my knee yesterday so I will be down for a while.  Hope everyone is enjoying some spring cruising with there rods!!!

Robi

Robi-

Sorry to hear about ACL surgery.  Been there, done that didn't even get a Tee shirt and it really sucks!!!  Hope they saved your semi lunar cartilage  (the meniscus)  or in 40 or so years you may need a total knee replacement which I got 90 days ago, and it makes the ACL seem like a pony at a party.  

Work hard at rehab and take care of it and although it'll take a while you'll get to where you can run on it, bend it and do most evrything you did on it before you tore it.

Good luck and keep us posted on that beast of yours.

Mike 

I'd rather be lucky than good.................

    but good ain't bad!!

Robi-

Amazing!  I can't imagine ever having the resources (time/skill/money/knowledge) to build an basic engine not to mention all the extra you're doing!  Thanks for all the pics, it makes the story/build that much more engaging to see some of the work.  Keep up the work and keep us posted, like the other amazing builders/projects on this site you give us newbies something to dream about for "some day".  I will dream about my grandpa's old 56 customerline 4-door having a crazy engine like yours under the hood and sneaking up on unsuspecting muscle cars (I'll have to avoid the lopy idle to stay ingognito!).

Love the 4x4 truck, keep the pictures coming!

Nate

Nate - Madison, Wisconsin

 

56 Ford Customline Sedan