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Andy- thanks for that pdf,--it has specs I haven't seen in official Ford docs. They give 375 HP with the Le Mans cam and later in the upgrade portion reference a block with 4 bolt mains in the center 3 positions. The part number given for the block is not the standard casting code, just...

I'm so disillusioned by Ron and Fran over this, I've retaliated by upping my support to Silver. Sunlight, and in this case laughter too, is the best medicine.

Didn't that guy work for Exxon a few years back?

Ron- I haven't been able to reach Dick yet, but I'll bet what he was referring to was the situation Mike mentioned. In the '60s even though we could have gotten commercial and IFR tickets pretty easily after pilot training, most of us didn't bother since you didn't need one to fly a military...

Ron- I'll call Dick and see what he has to say. John

Thanks Rick- just seemed like less precise, but then if you're never below 3,000 RPM...

The fundamental error that led me to ask the question was thinking coolant flow through the manifold was necessary. After more reading, I think this is what seems to be the case. 1. The rear water port in the 289 head was there to permit them to be interchangeable left to right. The only...

Formula Atlantic then--thank you, I'll start calling in the morning! John

The intake below is a 289 FoMoCo aluminum manifold (C6AE 9425-A) for the Weber 48IDA carbs, and the only head to manifold water inlets are the front two; all the other water inlets from the heads are blanked, and there was never any provision for getting the water from the rear of the heads out...

I'm trying to find a set of tires for a vintage Lotus 47GT and need advice on where to start looking. I'm not familiar with the current formula and sports car categories. Are 13" dia wheels in use now, and if so which events? My wheels are 13" dia by 7.5" front and 13 by 10" rear. The tires...

I'm relieved to learn I'm not the only idiot who stores expensive parts in a "good, safe place". After a year, they're only findable if you buy another one.

Vacuum advance?

David, I know you weren't one of the pilots refered to, but I'll wager you knew someone who might have been! I got it from a classmate from the Air Force Academy who watched it unfold. It's funny in the way only the military can be funny, and Dick's contact info is at the bottom of the piece...

The ratios we're talking about relate to the fact that an inlet(s) will be uncovered periodically, and that stage will discharge foamy oil. Given that that's going to happen, how much larger do you make the tank to accommodate the foam and keep it out of the oil returned to the pressure stage...

Actually, I meant "bumps" when you get light in the seat for a second or so-- seen a lot in rallying. Something I have no intention of doing!

Not to pin you down, but from that I'd think an "average" 289/302 3 stage with a well designed pan and 3 gallon tank would be reasonably safe running a 2-3 hour event keeping the RPM below 6,000, but 3-1/2 to 4 would be, I don't know, less daring? Another thing that occurs to me is that a track...

I understood your regret as being that the war continued past the point when its conclusion was inevitable, resulting in several hundred thousand needless casualties post 1916. I was, perhaps unnecessarily, pointing out that the deaths were much higher than that. Nothing more.

Jac mac-- Your 2:1 oil/air ratio for tank size implies some oil vol. to begin with. How would you start off figuring that?

From all I can see, it's obvious that one of the primary jobs of the tank is keep the air that the scavenging pumps add from reaching the high pressure pump stage, but I can't find anything empirical relating the size of the tank and the efficiency of the pump in doing that — beyond...

Not to the original point, but I wouldn't limit the dismay to the final two years, and the number of deaths is off by an order of magnitude. Just the causualties has been variously given for just the Summer Offensive of 1918 as 1,500,000 with the Meuse as 1,750,000. Somme - 1916 1,200,000...