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40 Bud · 02-01-03, 06:09 PM

Snakeyes, I have a 1965 289 block running a .030 overbore with a 302 crank. I use offie stiffing bars on the main caps and run a windage tray. The rods are PAW's with 11/32 bolts and forged flat top TRW pistons with enlarged eyebrows to insure valve clearance.A Crower "level 4" split pattern cam is used with Crane "Hi Intensity" lifters.Duration is 280 on the intake and 286 on the exhaust and lift is .486 int. and .498 on the exhaust. A Ford HiPo damper is used and the engine was very well balanced by a local guy who specializes in hipo and aircraft engines. Topped off with an Offie 360 manifold and a holley vacuum secondary carb tuned for the engine. This package has been very reliable as a street driver as well as on the track at Willow Springs. This is a very mild estimated 330HP engine that does not require a lot of fiddleing. My balance guy rebuilt and recurved the Ford distributor and it works just fine.

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40 Bud 40bud 7 Tenths Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: San Francosco a GT40: GTD Finished in Posts: 710 Rep Power: 15	Re: How fast is your GT40? Snakeyes, I have a 1965 289 block running a .030 overbore with a 302 crank. I use offie stiffing bars on the main caps and run a windage tray. The rods are PAW's with 11/32 bolts and forged flat top TRW pistons with enlarged eyebrows to insure valve clearance.A Crower "level 4" split pattern cam is used with Crane "Hi Intensity" lifters.Duration is 280 on the intake and 286 on the exhaust and lift is .486 int. and .498 on the exhaust. A Ford HiPo damper is used and the engine was very well balanced by a local guy who specializes in hipo and aircraft engines. Topped off with an Offie 360 manifold and a holley vacuum secondary carb tuned for the engine. This package has been very reliable as a street driver as well as on the track at Willow Springs. This is a very mild estimated 330HP engine that does not require a lot of fiddleing. My balance guy rebuilt and recurved the Ford distributor and it works just fine.