Posts by 289kford

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.