She's got new shoes

Discussion in 'General Maverick/Comet' started by FredH, Oct 22, 2005.

  1. okibono

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    Oh yeah!

    Fred, did you radius the front and rear of the rear wheelwells? And what size tires are on there?
     
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    Fred I'm glad you kept it, and it looks great!! I hope to see it in person again.
     
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    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    Looks great Fred....glad you kept it!!!!
     
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    Fred it looks great and I'm glad you kept it, the 1-7/8ths are definitely the way to go with the TFS heads, do you know your flow numbers?
    We had to fab our headers also, it was easier than I thought it would be but we had a little more room to work with. Gonna send em down for jet hot coating soon.
    Sure would like to see the car in person. looks top notch (y)
     
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    A_Bartle Stallion Dreamer

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    Very nice looking car, I like the way you painted the engine compartment, a nice way to set off the engine, and different than the norm!

    Art
     
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    Mercurycruizers David (Coop) Cooper

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    Looks very nice. Good choice on color...
     
  7. FredH

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    Thanks for all the compliments and well wishes. I'll try to answer all your questions.

    Dennis: My plan is to make the Round Up this year although it is likely that I will not be able to stay the entire weekend due to some scheduling conflicts at work. I will bring the car if it is running which may be tough now that we have a little one "spendiig" alot of our extra cash for us.

    Seth: The color is called Mandarin Copper and is a factory Ford color.

    Frank: Don is correct. Those are from MPG and had to be shortened to fit the car.

    Ken: You may have me confused with someone else. I am in Pinellas County and am not important enough to have business cards.

    Oki: I only rolled the lip of the wheel well. The rears are 28 x 12.50 ET Streets.

    Rick: The intake peak number is a little on the mild side. The intakes flow 311 cfm @ .700 lift. The low and mid-lift numbers are pretty decent though - 277 cfm @ .450 lift and 288 cfm @ .500. The exhaust peak number is a little more impressive with a peak of 238 @ .700 lift. Flow at .450 is 199 cfm and 213 cfm @ .500. They are not wild but the ratios are go and they will support 600hp with the right combination underneath them.
     
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    CometGT1974 Gearhead

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    Looks great Fred, I really like the Bogarts......but I am a bit partial to them!! :D
     

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