Well we have everything together to start the build and I went by and got a few pics. The porting and polishing on the TFS-R heads were done by hand and are a work of art. If I didn't know better I would swear they were CNC'ed, the intake valves are 2.125 and seat beautifully. The Eagle forged crank has been knifedged and will weigh around 63 lbs. after balancing. Lentz billet steel I beam rods with Carr bolts that weigh less than 650 grams each. The block is still at the machine shop, a valuable lesson I learned: This block came new from Ford with a part number on the box showing it as a 9.2 deck height block after measuring it turns out it's a 9.5. I came within a gnats eyelash of ordering a 9.2 Victor intake. The Lentz rods were also new in the box showing 6.200, turns out they were 6.300, never take it for granted your getting the correct part even in a unopened box. I've also got a line on a Maverick shell thats supposed to be in very good shape that may be a tube chassis candidate. I head to Georgia this weekend to pick up the little yellow truck. I need a couple of them sponsors John was talkin about If anyone has any questions ask away...if I don't know the answer I'll get the answer.
That is going to be too much for that truck; we better put it in my '70 Maverick with the new cage and sub-frame connectors connectors.
Thats looks just awesome! What type of compression are you looking at with those heads? Its gonna be a screamer! *** I really like that FORD RACING hat.....
One thing lead to another today, I was filling out the tech sheet for the carb builder and needed the exact cam specs, called Comp Cams to get those and it turns out they hadn't even started on the cam, they needed the exact flow numbers on the heads. We didn't have exact numbers after the port work, so off the heads went to be bench flowed. One step forward, two steps back....
I hear the best way to buy it is in a 55 gallon drum if ya got a place to store it. I'm not sure how long that would last. Halfway through the season maybe?
