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390 buildup

From 1968 Ford F-100 “Second try”, documented by Richard Cherico.

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1968 Ford F-100 - Here's the short block on the stand, waiting for parts. 1968 Ford F-100 - Here's a mighty heavy head. 1968 Ford F-100 - Here's the bottom end with the FMS windage tray in place. 1968 Ford F-100 - Here it is, almost complete. I'm surprised that the engine stand can hold all of that; the cast intake might have pushed it over the edge. 1968 Ford F-100 - Another angle. 1968 Ford F-100 - These are the rocker components we're using. They came out of a '73 F100 that we bought for parts. They're messy but otherwise in great sha… 1968 Ford F-100 - Looks like a barbecue pit 1968 Ford F-100 - A camshaft caked in black sludge and oil lies across an orange drain pan on a shop floor, disassembled alongside rocker arms, pushrods, val… 1968 Ford F-100 - The FE intake is a lot larger than the 351W intake... 1968 Ford F-100 - All the rocker shaft parts after tanking. Not all parts survived. 1968 Ford F-100 - I should have known better than to have the stands tanked. Good thing I had an extra set. 1968 Ford F-100 - The tanking didn't clean things up completely, so I brushed and cleaned everything. Lots of stuff was still inside the shafts. 1968 Ford F-100 - This shaft came out of the '73 360 and is going into the 390. Notice the oil holes and compare to the next picture. 1968 Ford F-100 - This shaft came out of the mid-'70s Ford crate 360. The oil holes are quite different than the '73 shafts. 1968 Ford F-100 - Here is the correct orientation for the motor mounts, since nobody seems to remember