Planning Ahead. Need Advice on Next Rod to Build!

Mercury · 07-06-2001, 11:58 AM

The 390 I always talk about resides in my friends 67 Fairlane. The only way to describe that engine, and car is BAD A$$.

The car was built up along time before Eric, Tim C and I ever got our hands on it, but it sat for what seemed like years without running. We've redone just about everything to that motor, except tear down the bottom end.

This is no exageration, we raced a new WS6 with it. WE hung with him while spinning through the whole race, and my friend having to double clutch shift because of the broken Borg & beck Clutch. We later found out the Secondaries werent opening, and that the throttle linkage was so out of adjustment that the Primaries were only opening a little over 3 quarters. And a broken tach so Eric was playing it by ear on when to shift (Thats pretty damn hard to do on a car with No real exhaust).

Now since we've got the carb adjusted and secondaries working, and have the throttle linkage adjusted properly, and actually have a functioning tach in it, I bet it would easily lift the front wheels of the ground with a set of slicks on it.

My friend is delaying on getting a new clutch, and took the screw out of the secondaries, I think the car actually scares him. It needs a rollcage, and five point harrness thats for sure.

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07-06-2001, 11:58 AM	#14
Mercury The Redneck James Bond Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Fayetteville NC Posts: 1,707	The 390 I always talk about resides in my friends 67 Fairlane. The only way to describe that engine, and car is BAD A$$. The car was built up along time before Eric, Tim C and I ever got our hands on it, but it sat for what seemed like years without running. We've redone just about everything to that motor, except tear down the bottom end. This is no exageration, we raced a new WS6 with it. WE hung with him while spinning through the whole race, and my friend having to double clutch shift because of the broken Borg & beck Clutch. We later found out the Secondaries werent opening, and that the throttle linkage was so out of adjustment that the Primaries were only opening a little over 3 quarters. And a broken tach so Eric was playing it by ear on when to shift (Thats pretty damn hard to do on a car with No real exhaust). Now since we've got the carb adjusted and secondaries working, and have the throttle linkage adjusted properly, and actually have a functioning tach in it, I bet it would easily lift the front wheels of the ground with a set of slicks on it. My friend is delaying on getting a new clutch, and took the screw out of the secondaries, I think the car actually scares him. It needs a rollcage, and five point harrness thats for sure.