Posts by 6F07KGT

6F07KGT · Do you want your old Account back? 6F07KGT January 21, 2020 at 10:55 PM

Please merge the old 6F07KGT to the new 6F07KGT.

Thanks,

Mitchell

6F07KGT · Did 66 GTs come with 3 speeds 6F07KGT December 31, 2007 at 7:42 PM

I had a 1966 C code coupe with a 2.83 rear and a T5,it worked just fine. Shoot, the car had 275K miles on it and I could still get 24 mpg.

Keep the 3.00 ratio for now.

6F07KGT · please review/edit my facts 6F07KGT December 14, 2007 at 4:23 PM

What exactly are 10.5:1 compression cylinder heads??

The engine has a 10.5 compression ratio. The cylinder head would be rated for combustion chamber size which was no different than other 289 heads.

"Cast in numbers" is just ambiguous. Don’t all heads have casting numbers??

“Oversized main bearing caps and connecting rods”, Larger or beefier or thicker may be more appropriate. Oversized sounds as though regular 289s were “sized”.

6F07KGT · 5R07K100244 NIR 6F07KGT June 26, 2007 at 4:14 PM

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Did anyone bid on this one. The date code is July 14 1964 with a consecutive unit number of 100244. Production began at Milpitas on July 13th so this car was a first or second day car.

6F07KGT · 1967 Shelby Trans AM cars 6F07KGT April 8, 2007 at 11:55 AM

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One of the times Shelby spoke at one of our NorCal events he mentioned the issues with the Ford built tunnel port engines. The Ford guys resented Shelby's accomplimants or rather the accolades when Ford received none when the cars won. Shelby said the engines came to them sealed with an attached dyno sheet showing what that particular engine had produced. Shelby's team was supposed to drop in the engine and go. They were not supposed to inspect or modify it in any way.

Well, one time an engine wouldn't start, so Shelby's team started tearing it down to find the cause. The engine either had no rocker arms or no nuts on the studs.(I can't remember which.)

Shelby said they called the Ford boys to ask about the dyno numbers etc, leading the guys on until he told them something to the effect of "the damn thing is missing the valvetrain, so we know you didn't dyno it." Shelby said after that they were able to work on the engines and they became much more reliable on race day.

6F07KGT · READ ABOUT DISHONEST Parts Vendor 6F07KGT April 8, 2007 at 11:37 AM

What exactly did you buy from Tom? Are they parts that he made, or something from another vendor?

I've known him for a number of years and found him to be honest and an overall asset to the Mustang community.

6F07KGT · 1967 Shelby Trans AM cars 6F07KGT March 25, 2007 at 7:56 PM

The Code Key liveried car is owned by a member of Norcal SAAC and he runs it in the vintage races on the west coast. It is white with black interior.