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Old 01-06-2015, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Bernica View Post
Ah the memories!...
13:1 compression, TRW pistons, SFT cams, Cherry Bombs, Purple Hornies and 40 cents a gallon for 110 octane! Now there I go again dating myself!
... and you can't even completely rely on the specs that came from Ford itself. One fella that had an unmolested K cam in his car, when it was pulled and put on a Cam Doctor, the actual specs only jived with the Ford specs when you used the 1.73 rocker arm ratio, not the 1.76 ratio. I think I've been told by someone around here that you couldn't really rely on the ratio being correct anyway. But the point is, if you're a novice, even a talented one, and you set your sights on building an "original Cobra spec 427 FE" you're just setting yourself up for a big heartache....
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