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Events & Shows / ThunderCat Day 2014 - Aug. 23
Unfortunately, I won't be leaving until late afternoon on Friday.  So, I'll stay overnight somewhere on the road and arrive mid morning on Saturday.

Mark
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Events & Shows / ThunderCat Day 2014 - Aug. 23
Quote from: JeremyB;436626

Wish I could ride in Mark's 'bird... /sadface


Me too!

A lot of great work has been accomplished with focus on addressing details.  Unfortunately since finally getting the rear main addressed and the roll bar installed, electrical gremlins have haunted it.  The good news: The cripsy circuit is now easy to find.  The bad news:  Extensive relocation and rewiring is necessary to ensure a minimal of issues in the future.

I do have a running project car though.  And it will make a trip down to Greg's in September when we all take off for Drag Week (it starts in Tulsa this year).  I recently completed a ~650 mile shake down run and had no mechanical issues, though I came back with a list of items to improve the comfort, reliablity and (hopefully) quickness. 

Sorry for the huge pics...  The time slip was the second test & tune.  Hope to have a few more sessions for additional tweaks.
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Events & Shows / ThunderCat Day 2014 - Aug. 23
I'll be there too, but the Bird will be sitting it out again.  It had a little smoke fest in the wire harness under the blower and my focus has been on prepping the Mustang for Drag Week.  So I'll likely bring my work car (it's not domestic or usually welcomed in the gear head world, so no judgments that I don't qualify as a gear head!).  Any way,  It'll be great to have a chance to see everyone.

Mark
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Lounge / Congrats Greg on your recognition from Hot Rod Magazine
Great to finally see the recognition!  Congrats Greg.  It seemed unimaginable consistant 9.20's for 5 days barely recieved a mention prior to this, as well as missing out on quickest Ford Powered vehicle because it was a Mercury? 

Ah well, the first year of anything is a huge learning curve.  And having the car put together for more than a week prior to the event should make a difference this year too!
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Lounge / Hrpt 2014
I plan to do the long haul this year.  Will be registering and booking rooms shortly.
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Engine Tech / Which cam?
Quote from: TurboCoupe50;427115
If you're using the TW heads, I'll never believe any custom cam with equal idle/vac characteristics will make enough extra power to be worth the difference in price over one of the TF cams...


Never is a long time.  If you've never tried a custom cam. You'll never know the difference.
After the experience I had with my first custom cam, I wouldn't go any other way.  I've had three, with significantly different combos.  Each exceeded my expectations. Worth my money.
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Lounge / Ford FE motors
FE's are a bit different.  Shaft rockers and the intake is part of the heads (heads are pretty small physically) and it weighs a bunch!  They've been out of production for some time, though recently more performance parts have become available.

Performance stuff can be expensive, but run of the mill 360's & 390's are pretty cheap. 

Some of the FE engine sizes are: 332, 352, 360, 361(typical truck designation), 390, 406, 410, 427, 428.  Physically, most look about the same.

Lots of different OEM cylinderheads.  Performance ones include: low riser, mid riser, high riser, CJ.  Specifics of what they are, often depends on the year of production.  OEM intakes can consist of 2bl, 4bl, 3-2bl, 2-4bl and then there are aftermarket one's from single 4bl on up.

The performance OEM stuff can be priced higher than the new stuff (though the new stuff offers more performance), due to the demand from retorers.

Mild builds seem to respond well to an Edelbrock Performer and a set of 1 3/4 LT headers.  OEM cams are all flat tappet, but Rollers now are available.

Lots of info on the net as there is a small committed following (kind of like fox T-birds & Cougars...).  Survival Motorsports is a specialist in FE's.