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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
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Yesterday, 05:09 PM | #162 |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thank you once again Pete. The bottom photo shows a couple more parts I picked up from my friend that sold me his father in law's block collection. He had mentioned he had some more bellhousings and oil pans for me in an old airstream on his property. All those good blocks and so many parts 1 1/2 miles down the road, and up until seven or eight years ago I knew nothing of them.
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It amazes me how many good flathead parts (and trucks!) you have on your island.
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That Airstream might be worth more than the flathead stuff that's in it to the summer people on the island
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Yesterday, 09:26 PM | #165 |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I'm no expert on the 8ba for sure, but I know I installed one in my '47 2 ton in 2014. I don't recall anything tricky or unusual. But wait, I may have used the forward set of crossmember holes for the radiator and support that Ford put in there for the longer 6cyl G engine (or perhaps a future 8ba).
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Yesterday, 10:06 PM | #168 |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I have had a lot of flathead era ford trucks but the vast majority got here the hard way. My first flat V8 came from the island. Once the hook was set, I had haul them from the mainland. Oregon, Eastern Washington, Parker's Praire Minnesota, Montana, N Dakota etc. Here's my first, that '38 tonner before and after. Most of the blocks came all at once, but I collected plenty of them the hard way too.
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Yesterday, 10:25 PM | #170 |
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
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It'll buff out. That must be why it was suggested I hit those areas with some fine emery. Consider it done. Here's some of what got done yesterday. I'll shoot for getting the crank in today. The pump on the far left had the golden pickup to center on the truck pan. I also want to look at my distributor options. I know I have at least one aluminum one and one cast iron. Can someone elaborate on the photo of all the timing covers, for instance which distributor works with which cover? Thanks.
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
The distributor on the right works with cover "A", the left fits B,C,and D.
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
While I agree with Dale that the piloted distributors are probably more stable and therefore better, I have never had a problem with hem not fitting. And I have swapped a lot of distributors on a lot of 8BA' over the last 60 years. I never knew there was a difference until about 5 years ago and now believe they should match.
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