Posts by zray

  • Paxton

    Quote from toffe

    Just talked to Craig and he had the vintage Paxtons at the price mentioned here.


    He also recommended me a Holley 650 DP to further improve the performance.


    Can anyone give me an advice wherever I should buy the 650 or do the required mods to the original carb?


    it saves a lot of grief to buy a carb from C. Conley already tested and ready to go. Another thing, if you have an original carb, it's worth over a grand as is. If you modify it to work well with a Paxton, just for starters that will require you to mill off the choke tower & there goes all the date codes, etc & the value will plummet to that of 10 lb door stop.

    Carbs with choke towers intact will fit under the Paxton enclosure, but they don't work nearly as well as a no-tower carb.


    I've tried it both ways, and am now using a Holley 650 DP that has no choke tower.


    http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HLY-0-82651/


    It works fine, I also am using a (self-modified) marine spark arrester which serves as a air diffuser. It makes a big difference, and let me take out a lot of jetting & it improved responsiveness.


    http://www.cpperformance.com/p-14175-5-34-x…r-aluminum.aspx


    Z. Ray

  • Paxton


    I am going to get around to the dyno one of these days as I'd like to know as well.


    However, my goal is to mothball the original engine & install a 331 w/ AFR heads & the vintage Paxton. That might be fun.


    Z

  • Paxton

    there are several ebay sellers that sell vintage Paxtons. But the only source I would recommend is Craig Conley of Paradise Wheels in CA.


    conleyr107@sbcglobal.net


    He bought all the tooling & parts for the ball drive Paxton's from the Paxton Company. They only sells the gear drive style now.


    I think he is charging $3000 for the complete GT-350 type Paxton kit. That doesn't include a carb. I would advise buying a carb from him, as it will be correctly set up.


    I am currently running a vintage Paxton in my GT-350. The motor has stock Hi-Po cam & high compression pistons. It all works fine, the only adjustment necessary was to change the total timing from 40 degrees to 33 degrees. You have to do a little expermenting with the timing to avoid detonation.


    I love the Paxton, and in my case, it was a necessity, as I had lost some acceleration with my 3.00:1 rear end gearing.


    I'd be happy to offer any advice, on or off the forum.


    Z. Ray

  • Tire size used on 14inch magnums?

    Quote from dbm350

    Z-Ray, why wouldn't the 205/70/14s fit? Did they rub someplace? I put that same size on a 66 Mustang with no problems. Would the Shelby be different? I just ordered 205/70/14 BFG T/A radials for my 66Hertz car,now you have wondering. Doug


    I suspect that amount of shims might come into play with some cars. My car has a lot of shims on the upper control arm & that pushes the tire toward the fender.


    Z.

  • Tire size used on 14inch magnums?

    205/70-14's wouldn't fit on my car. 195/70-14's do fit. The best 14" tire I know of is the BF Goodrich Traction T/A


    http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.js…raction+T%2FA+T


    from http://www.powerdog.com/tiresize.cgi


    oringinal tires modern sizing equivilant would be 185/75-14. Uning that as a reference, here's how the various sizes compare in diameter, etc. If you are wanting to be close to the original diameter, then you would want to get as close to 24.9" as possible.


    Specification Sidewall Radius Diameter Circumference Revolutions Speedometer Odometer Difference

    185/75-14 5.5" 12.5" 24.9" 78.3" 809/mi 60MPH 10000mi N/A

    195/70-14 5.4" 12.4" 24.7" 77.7" 815/mi 60MPH 10072mi -0.7%

    205/70-14 5.6" 12.6" 25.3" 79.5" 797/mi 59MPH 9852mi + 1.5%

    215/60-14 5.1" 12.1" 24.2" 75.9" 835/mi 62MPH 10318mi -3.1%

    225/60-14 5.3" 12.3" 24.6" 77.4" 819/mi 61MPH 10120mi -1.2%


    Z.

  • Labor of Love

    Quote from Kman

    Beautiful cars all! The two coupes (I am a coupe guy!) look like beautiful cars and I was very surprised at the relatively low prices you got for what look like extremely nice, well done cars. Even in this poor economy,where I live both of these cars would have done a much better selling price than you were able to get. Around here 10k will still only get you a decent driver V8 coupe that would still need a lot of work to get to the level that these cars look to be at.


    Jack


    I'm unable to find any dates listed on the sales, might have been 3 or more years ago.


    Z.

  • Roller Cam

    There are plenty of oils available today that have proven to be harmless re the flat tappet issue. I'm using Mobil 1 15-50. No measurable wear over a time period of 8 years & 35,000 miles in the same Hi-Po engine. I don't baby it either.


    http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/Mo…et_Engines.aspx


    http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/Mo…_1_15W-50_.aspx


    if you are wanting a different weight oil I'd reccomend using this product w/ the synthetic oil of your choise.


    http://www.cam-shield.com/


    changing to a roller cam seems to be an extreme solution.


    Z.

  • WTB/trade for Hipo cam timing gear

    Quote from C6ZZKGT

    MSuHsEtLaBnYG, you contacted me a couple of months ago on this gear and then again in the last couple of weeks. That same gear is still sitting by my keyboard as I write this message.


    -Fred-


    money talks .......... B***L S**T walks.


    Z.

  • WTB/trade for Hipo cam timing gear

    Quote from MSuHsEtLaBnYG

    They say discontinued!

    Have hipo Shelby parts, What r u looking 4

    Just missing the few parts I need.


    I'm not lookiong for anything. But I could be tempted to part with a NOS timing gear if what you have to trade is interesting enough, heance the question, what do you have to trade?


    Z. Ray

  • thinking of trading

    Quote

    Any updates?


    nope, still in a holding pattern. did want to talk to wallace as above posts show, but never heard back from him, probably changed his mind.


    had several inquires, but couldn't agree on a trade difference. Got close as $50K difference once, but I was looking for $70K difference. In that particular instance, the K car owner had a comparable car, other than his engine was missing the K code heads.


    Z. Ray