Posts by 289kford

  • Current API Certified Motor Oil Concerns

    according to the article above, penzoil 20-50 has .196 zinc by weight. kendall 20-50 per the kendall site has .249 zinc and only has the api service rating of sl, not sm. how much zinc was in the old oil and what api rating would it be? also, saw on another site that BG products MOA oil additive has zinc in it, the black can, not the new blue can that is for new cars. dont know if both products are available.

  • Trouble Getting Reverse Gear

    Assuming no mechanical or adjustment problem exists on your car, it is normal for reverse to be occasionally 'blocked out'. rolling or engaging a forward gear will spin the gear set and allow reverse to engage. it is still common on todays transmissions.

  • Intake manifold question

    I have the FORD lettered intake on mine. It is from the old Muscle parts catalog era. Looks like a Shelby, Cobra, the non letttered version, and the F4B. I wanted period correct Cobra or Ford.

    I talked to the 3x2 guy at the show. that may have been dealer installed if i remember. I think that was his dads car.


    Edited by - 289kford on 04/12/2007 06:25:18

  • 65 K Coupe Race Car

    Being a C/SA bracket kar, is this a 427? 289's would have been L-M I thought. Looked on the internet, couldnt find this kar but did find the list of K code race Kars, all were fastbacks, sequintial vins.

  • Here We Go Again...

    No it's not a K, and I don't know the reserve, but it is a bad ass looking body style, recently(?) restored, and if the right price could still be a good buy. look for the positive guys. the car is what it is and any old car is good to have at the right price. educate the seller, maybe he doesnt know better.

  • early '65 front brakes

    when I got my Kar 30 yers ago, it had metallic drum racing brakes all the way around. it took 2 feet to stop the car when they were cold and it pulled, but they stopped good after being warmed up. I drove it like that till about 4 years ago when I went to normal brake linings. still drum, maybe disc some day. still have those metallic shoes in a box.

  • Registry Question

    I registered my kar at about the time the 2nd edition came out and ordered the book at the same time. My car was in the book. I had owned the car since 76, long before any registry. I don't know how it was registered unless state records were scanned some how by somebody.

  • Intake manifold

    (He further states, "a mid- or high-rise manifold is only going to elp you if you are consistently running the engine between 5000-8000 rpm.")

    5-8K? in my opinion, that RPM would require a Hi-rise single plane. Edelbrock, Weiand and now Ford Racing state that this particular design is good 1500-6500. I have never run my K with a cast iron intake so i can't compare but I can say that switching from cast to aluminum made a difference on my old A code.

  • Intake manifold

    ITSAHIPO, I am running it on my HIPO. After further review, I have a C90Z from the Muscle parts era, not a C90X. When I saw F4B and the Colt, etc. I just assumed they were all the 289-302 intakes being discussed. thanks for making me think a bit, I have corrected my post.

    By the way, from the Holley site:

    In 1949 Weiand introduced a series of "tri-power" and four 2-barrel manifolds and imediatly after WWII Weiand debuted a line of aluminum cylinder heads for flathead Ford engines. The famous "Drag Star" line of "log" manifolds for Hemi engines was introduced in 1952 and in 1957 Weiand developed complete blower drives for the GMC 6-71 supercharger. The first dual plane, 180º intake came from Weiand in 1965 as the "Colt" and in 1968 Weiand introduced the "Hi-Ram Manifold" and the patented D-port technology.

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    Edited by - 289kford on 01/07/2007 19:08:05

  • Intake manifold

    Best: FoMoCo C90X

    Good: Edelbrock Air Gap, Edelbrock Performer RPM, FoMoCo Shelby

    lettered, FoMoCo Cobra lettered

    Fair: Edelbrock F4B

    Poor: Weiand Stealth, Colt 65

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    interesting. I'm running the FoMoCo C90Z-D intake on mine primarily because I want the car period correct (and because I think it's the perfect manifold). I would have thought the F4B, Shelby and Cobra would be rated the same as they are virtually identical except for runner grooves and/or the carb opening. You would also think the modern Edelbrocks would have 40+ years of technology to help them out.

    I ran an Offy 360 for years, the car ran good but I think that intake contributed to fouled plugs due to not optimum distribution.


    Edited by - 289kford on 01/07/2007 18:56:15

  • Mex 302 block

    at the risk of starting a fight, this topic has come up earlier. there are past threads indicating mexican blocks were used for hipo service short blocks. I found info on other sites (fairlane?) where posters quoted buying such a thing and had the part number listed.

    I also talked to some old timer dealer parts people that were inclined to think that was correct.


    past thread on service blocks speculated on this subject.

    found this at cougar site....


    hawkrod October 23rd, 2003 09:02 PM


    i can help...


    bet when you take off the intake there will be a casting that says Hencho En Mexico! yup, you gots one of dem dere mexican 302 blocks! i have heard them talked up and i have heard them talked down but i do know that ford actually used them as service replacement blocks for HiPo 289's in 1970 (i just sold a crate motor!). hawkrod


    bruter October 24th, 2003 06:11 AM


    so if it was used as a replacement block for hi-po engines then its a good one, right........or wrong.


    hawkrod October 24th, 2003 01:40 PM


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    that was kind of the point to my statement...."i have heard them talked up and i have heard them talked down but i do know that ford actually used them as service replacement blocks for HiPo 289's in 1970". i can't say for sure if they were better or worse but i had a C5ZZ assembly and it had a C8AM block, boss 302 rods, C8ZZ balancer, hipo heads, cam, counter weight, etc... it had a 1970 assembly date and tag and when we checked the bearings for rust or damage it had 1970 date coded ford bearings. did ford think they were good enough or were they what was available? why didn't they use a boss 302 block? they used boss 302 rods (which are the same as hipo's except for the bolts and the way it is machined for the bolts). can't really guess what was on their minds back then. hawkrod


    Edited by - 289kford on 12/26/2006 17:33:50

  • X-Code 1965 Mustang Fastback

    Hey, he has a letter from Ford. Of course, I could send them my VIN with an "R" instead of a "K" and they will list that motor in the specs because the moron doing the research is just matching numbers. Maybe I'll offer to bid if he converts it over the correct engine. Then he could explain how the shock towers were not wide enough to get the orignal engine back in.