Recent content by Redtail

Thanks, My plan for the old truck is on the fence, on one hand I want to spiff it up and paint it, the other I want to leave the burned off paint and rust on and turn it in to a sleeper truck. Over in the UK you would call this truck a lorry I think. It had duel rear tires, a flatbed and a...

cool, I will do that.

yeah, I know. I appreciate the help though.

ok, thanks.

thanks for the link, but that is all small block stuff. I have a big block 390.

we can get pretty much anything we want over here. and with the old cars, (25 years or older) you don't have emissions any more. So I can do whatever I want and not run into problems (plus in my area they don't have any limits on anything, really, any performance part is fair game for the street...

Yeah, I agree, sorry about the misunderstanding. :lol:

yeah, this stuff is old school, no efi here. N/A, points, and vac advance tec.

How is N/A going to shorten the life of a N/A engine? these 390s will go 300,000 plus miles with 9.5 to 1 comp.

junkyards are a darn ripoff, they charge about 75% of new. I have thought of the comp ratio, if I get a newer 390 (6.4 Liter) the stock comp ratio is 8 to 1 (the 62 390 has a 9.5 to 1) I might just end up bumping the comp ratio up to 13 to 1 and leave it N/A. I understand that enough revs will...

thanks!

yikes, It is funny to think some people don't know how to change a tire. the first truck I had was an 8 lug system. good examples!

I have a big block 390 ci ford FE block that's putting out about 325hp (it is a 1962 t-bird engine with a few things done to it). I am trying to find out some information to turbo the thing. I have thought about supercharging it, but those kits are upwards of 4000 bucks, and I can find turbos...

Hi all, I just signed up for the site here, it looks pretty neat. I'm trying to learn about forced induction systems. I want to turbo (or supercharge, but i'm on the fence) my truck. I have a big block 390 ci ford FE thats at about 325 hp, but it needs more! lol.