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07-11-2014, 07:18 PM | #21 |
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Re: Flathead's Done!
great little flattie saved for the future.
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07-11-2014, 08:07 PM | #22 |
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glad to see u dont have one of those little choke of an air cleaners on there.looks great.nice job.
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07-11-2014, 11:58 PM | #23 |
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very nice job...enjoy....Mike
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07-12-2014, 08:21 AM | #24 |
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Great job. Now go out and enjoy it!
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07-12-2014, 09:00 AM | #25 |
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Great looking engine. I'm a sucker for 8ba's. Is that a 500 cfm Edelbrock carb?
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07-12-2014, 09:14 AM | #26 |
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07-12-2014, 12:14 PM | #27 |
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Gosh that's pretty! I like the black too.
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07-12-2014, 01:11 PM | #28 |
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CONGRATULATIONS on building such a work of mechanical art. Looks beautiful.
Well done. Money well spent as it never gets cheaper to build a flatty. Just wondering. What carburetor did you use? |
07-12-2014, 01:32 PM | #29 |
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Very nice! Glad to see you didn't slap in a OHV. Do you run the stock rear gears (3.73)?
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07-13-2014, 06:11 AM | #30 |
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Thank you all so much for the kind words. I'm using an Edelbrock 500. I wasn't really in love with it at first, but it's grown on me. A lot of people say that this is too much carb for a flathead but I feel it's just right, though admittedly it could use some fine tuning still.
I'm still running the stock 3.73s. I have a 9" that I want to put in over the winter. The T87 trans has an absurdly low 1st and 2nd gear, so I might try 3.25s in the new rear |
07-13-2014, 06:16 AM | #31 |
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One other point on the Edelbrock 500, is that even though its listed as a square bore, the secondaries are a bit larger. I'm guessing that I'm cruising on the primaries with 200cfm.
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07-13-2014, 07:38 AM | #32 |
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Looks good..glad you had good results with the rebuild. I have the same headers that are sure tight around the steering box.
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07-13-2014, 11:18 AM | #33 |
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have found the Edelbrock carb. to be one of the most tunable on the marcket. However you have to buy the tuneup kit. The carb is rich right iut of the box with the #5 jet set. Ran well but used allot of gas (8mpg) Now running the #11 jet set and getting over 20 mpg with an L-100 cam as well.
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07-13-2014, 06:24 PM | #34 |
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That is a great looking engine. Love the black and chrome look
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07-14-2014, 06:37 AM | #35 |
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Super cool!
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