Z Ray, I did a couple of them, by customer request, with a cable and the T5 type of bellhousing setup. On the last one I did use a stock bellhousing and adaptor plate for the T5 with a stock Z Bar type of linkage. It worked much better than the cables.
-Fred-
His intention for the hydraulic clutch is that he is putting a T5 in his sons car. I have done several of the T5 conversions and I used a cable instead. I did not particularly like the cable but it was easier than a hydraulic setup.
-Fred-
The 1966 model year was the changeover of the two pumps. The only exception is the 66 Shelby GT350 carryover cars as they were actually built as 1965 units.
-Fred-
Your C3OF-D distributor originally came with two springs although they were different from each other. One of them was most likely removed as an old hot rodding trick to make the advance come on quicker. The only problem with that trick is that sometimes the distributor does not fully return to its non advanced position. You can usually tell when that happens as the engine will sometimes crank hard.
-Fred-
Pete, I was able to save it to my PC. There is a link in the upper right hand corner of the You Tube video to download it.
-Fred-
Frank, I just sent you a PM on this.
-Fred-
This Kar is back on Ebay again with no changes:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/…K%3AMEWAX%3AVRI
-Fred-
The hatchet is part of the balance assembly for the harmonic balancer. It helps move some of the balance nearer to the front main to take some of the load off of the crank snout. You definitely need a special sprocket to retain this hatchet. Some people will rebalance the engine and eliminate this hatchet however that defeats Fords original purpose of spreading out the balance load. The Hipo balancer has a different counterweight that is lighter than a standard balancer and the hatchet makes up the difference.
-Fred-
The pictures show a standard balancer. Do you have the correct Hipo balancer?
-Fred-
Pete, Great job finding another copy of that video on You Tube!!
-Fred-
Keep in mind that the engine and trans drop is done over a pit on the assembly line. I built my pit partially just for this purpose as that is how Kar Kraft did Boss 429's which I am doing as well. The pit makes it possible to have the trans drop far below the body making it easy to level off the whole assembly without interference.
-Fred-
Marv has a 65 unit and Tom has a 67 Kar so there is no useful deal here for either of them.
-Fred-
Where was your Kar built?
-Fred-
The oil pump is a standard oil pump. There was no special oil pump for a Hipo 289. The Boss 302 did get a special oil pump. After engine change level L/7 the timing chain and upper sprocket are the same for all 289 engines. The Hipo 289 fuel pump for 63 and 64 was a standard single spring unit that was also used on standard 289 engines and it was not Hipo specific. Those thousands of 63 and 64 Hipo 289 engines ran just fine with a single spring pump. The second spring was not added until 1965 when the pumps were crimped together rather than screwed together. That additional spring was put there to help keep up with high RPM wide open throttle demands as it helps to keep the arm riding on the fuel pump eccentric without floating. Keep in mind that at 6,000 RPM the fuel pump is pulsing 3,000 times a minute which is 50 times per second.
-Fred-
Charles is installing the transmission and engine the same way Ford did it on the assembly line back in the day. They did it in just a few seconds at that time. Unfortunately the video showing this assembly on You Tube has been pulled.
-Fred-
A Boss 302 distributor was a C9ZF-E.
-Fred-
Gary, I sanded the paint off of the stamping that is in the picture. The second partial stamp is most likely the original stamp. It was apparently sanded off and the first part, for some reason, was not completely sanded off. The metal in that area lacks the normal factory graining and it too shiny with the paint removed. That is why I say that the VIN was sanded off. When Ford made a mistake they did not sand off the original stamping. There are several references to the way Ford handled a VIN stamped in error in other parts of the forum. One is posted here:
http://www.hipomustang.com/hpmx/topic.asp…Terms=vin,stamp
Keep in mind that this cars has a VIN that is stamped with twisted characters. One of the hidden VINs is similar to this one and the other one is better. Ford had some characters that were slightly out of line horizontally due to the stamping machine, but not twisted.
I could have resurrected the original numbers as they were still on the underside of the aprons but there was not enough room for me to get in there easily to check them at the time. I was not in my own environment but rather in the sellers and there was only so much that I could do under the circumstances.
-Fred-
If you are using Hipo exhaust manifolds, the Hipo equalizer bar is your only option. The standard equalizer bar will hit on your "H" pipe as it is below the equalizer bar. The Hipo equalizer bar lower lever has a quick bend in it to clear the "H" pipe.
-Fred-
Back on Ebay again as a reserve price auction and a $36,000 Buy-It-Now:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/…K%3AMEWAX%3AVRI
-Fred-
