Offenhauser Questions:

Question #1:

Engine rebuild for a 300 straigth six?

I hit a 86' f150 with a 300 straight six locomote that i poverty to build this summer, i organisation on replacing all the main seals and gaskets and dynamical the have azygos containerful carb to an edelbrock 4 barrel carb, adding meliorate headers, better intake most probable offenhauser , exhaust, and mayhap new piston heads. So discourse is most how much is it gonna outlay me and what would be beatific parts to add.

Question #2:

I have a 390 Gt a set of 406 56.7cc heads and a 3.98 crank and a 360 offenhauser dual quad intake, what should?

Will this set-up impact this artefact with holley 600cfm caburetors
I have adjustable rockers 1.76 and meet most every goody you crapper conceive of, but I have not thought most the conjunctive rods. I do hit some c6ae rods & Lemans rods. But from what I have read you have to do whatever triming if you ingest the Lemans rods. My actual discourse is what to ingest for carbs and rods, should I just get a decent ordered of H shine rods. This module be my first author FE build, And the terminal abstract I want to do is modify up blowing this engine apart. I haven't modify institute the portion car I would like to modify this into. I am a unnoticeable Vetran, and meet got backwards from Afghanastan with multiple injurys. So I have a lot of time on my safekeeping to think things through. I am no dummy, i fixed aircraft for more than 27 years. But Have never attempted to mess with a FE engine before. I conceive these are quite interesting engines, and thats why I opt it over a small block, Any advice would be great Brian

Question #3:

which car should i get? corvette, camaro, trans am, or mustang?

any signaling you hit is appreciated, some known faults, common issues with the automobile would support me attain my decision.

- 1979 Trans am 8600 6.6L V8, Automatic TH350 , 70K miles
doesn't need any work

- 1967CAMARO RS 9800 350 4 SPEED
The body looks fine and so does interior, the ad has very little info :

- 1979 Corvette - every new oil seals, newborn carpet, new battery, newborn brakes, new CD player,glass t-tops and a newer makeup job it has 61000 miles.
doesn't need any work.

- 1971 Mustang "Grande" - 460 C.I. Bored Offenhauser Tunnel Ram Dual Holley 450 C.F.M carbs
C-6 Tranny W/ Shift kit. 8000
Don't conceive it needs work

- 1969 Mustang - remodeled engine and tranny 302 boss nous with a mexican country for higher performance.automatic. new paint. new tires. newborn dash. newborn carpet and mats. no dents no rust. but it will requirement newborn seats newborn fuse for signals lights every to work 6900

- 69 mustang coupe. It has a 351 cleveland. It runs and drives great.It's an automatic. It has ps, disc brakes,new carpet, new seats a employed cowl tach and newer tires and wheels. There are threesome diminutive cancer spots at the bottom of the door were the plugs are. 7000 obo


I meet desired ordinal opinions. All of these cars are from craigslist ads and i module end up inspecting whichever one i choose before i purchase. I meet desired to get a generalized intent for which ones to look at first instead of driving to all of them.

If you can id like a list of the order in which you recommend ;

Question #4:

What would be the horse power increase?

I have a 1973 amc 232 I6 engine every stock.

stock part statement in
I am adding:
Offenhauser 360 threefold opening intake manifold part#5999DP azygos plane
Hedman header part# 99610 cast shackle exhaust increase
Edelbrock 500 cfm 4 bbl carb part#1403 1 bbl, don't know cfm
Comp cam part#68-200-4 0.433 int./0.433 exh. lift. lift on cam is .254 on both intake and wear

If you have some suggestions please verify me.
I also additional new pistons that process compression, don't know just but about from 8.0:1 to 8.2 or 8.3:1.

Question #5:

How do I find out what engine is in my 1978 Ford f-150?

It is not the original engine. it is an offenhauser engine with a holly carb. does anyone undergo how to refer an engine that is not the original

Question #6:

77 dodge 318 distributor gear moved?

ok. picked up this 318 for my 76 w100. moulding it downbound re did the heads, lifters, pushrods, valves, etc. newborn lubricator pump, newborn render pump, new double roller timing chain, offenhauser manifold, new liquid pump, new new newborn the list continues. the digit thing i didnt countenance at is the distributor gear. had been trying to get it to run right for a few days, scratching my head. checking onset order, checking plugs, swapped intakes and took off my holley 600 put on a edelbrock 550. nothing. finally. crowning departed center, cap off, armature points at back of carb. completely straight, wow. not modify a spec of degree towards utility side. so. to spend me from doing it tooth by tooth. does anyone know the seek it should be at? only digit another mortal i undergo has seen this....but he didnt get into it. in short. help

Question #7:

What does a custom vehicle need to be fully street legal in California?

I hit been uncovering plans for these vie cars called "midget racers" all over the internet and they seem to fellow from the 30s-50s and I just unconcealed a nanus made by a consort called Offenhauser which every organisation from the 50s seems to copy in cost of looks. I'm earnestly considering to physique one of these but I poverty it to be fully street legal if I do it as I poverty to use it as transportation. The plans I hit seen are vastly assorted in cost of the locomote and transmission. Some ingest automobile parts and diminutive motors and some ingest bike motors and transmissions. Many ingest a organism of both sources And I'm trying to figure out brakes, lights, and country equipment but because many ingest bike parts I don't know if the Californian DMV module study it a motorcycle or not.

Question #8:

Any Ford 300 I6 guys out there?

I'm hunting at this truck, I've ever been a V8 guy so I'm kind of in the dark most the Ford 300 I6. From what I gather, its very such a towing/reliability engine. Heres whats been finished to the engine:

- Newer engine w/ 11K on it, 300 I6 tired .030, hyper pistons, 9:1 comp, Comp 268H cam
- Offenhauser C-Series single-plane
- Holley 470 Truck Avenger 4V carb
- Carb spacers, 2" of spacer
- Lokar stainless braided enrich and kick down linkage
- Hedman Header
- Custom histrion Exhaust - Y-Pipe/Magnaflow Stainless Hi-Flow Cat/Gibson stainless 24" muffler/Magnaflow 3" tip, 15 degree rolled counsel tucked neatly up under the fender... Sounds amazing.
- V8 Torque convertor 1600-1800 stall
- Stainless hardware
- Taylor 8.2 Thundervolt accommodate set matches the paint
- Flex-A-Lite red/chrome fan

Can I expect this pushcart to be fast or is it just going to be a towing monster? Any idea for HP and TQ numbers?
He has the 9", 31 strip rear in with 2.47 gears.

Question #9:

4.0 conversion for a 258 AMC javelin?

I hit a 1974 javelin and i poverty to ready the straight tet in correct today but i heard a newborn 4.0 nous is a good noesis adder? Does anybody know about that? and will it work on a block as older as mine?
Also will it impact with the Offenhauser 4 bbl intake. The Offenhauser is supposed to work with 1981-1990, but I don't undergo if it wold work with the new heads.

Question #10:

Why won't the Offenhauser 4bbl intake for the amc 258 not work with 1980 and below engines?

I want to put the 4 bbl intake on my 1974 258 but every of the websites I have seen say it exclusive sound 1980 to inform engines.



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