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Re: U/SA 302 ffffford build
Thanks Phil, Yes i knew that as well. Why make it easy, right?lol!
157t 28oz 157t 50oz 164t 28oz 164 50oz Divide all that by 1) pan fill 2) case fill Chev guys have it so easy, lol!!
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Re: U/SA 302 ffffford build
Well, I've always said that FFFFord guys are "different".
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Re: U/SA 302 ffffford build
Lol, different is a ?nice? term, lol!
Got the flex plate so tomorrow morning I?ll start at it again.
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07-25-2024, 06:24 PM
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Re: U/SA 302 ffffford build
So, the pan fill, 28oz, 157t transmission turned out to be...a case fill with a plug where the dipstick tube goes. Just wow.
But it gets better, got it installed and the shifter linkage on the tranny is different than the old one so I'm modifying that to work. Went to bolt on the starter, one hole is stripped in the bell housing. Was going to drill/tap and put a bigger bolt in but instead cleaned up the bell and used a nut and bolt. Seriously getting tired of this. Spending the whole summer in the garage 8-12hr's a day and ignoring everything else. Wife even commented I haven't even taken the tire chains off the tractor yet! lol. Funny part was, I told the wife about the underdog escort that is for sale in florida and she said :just go buy it and race that, then we can do other stuff this summer too". She's not wrong. Anyway, tranny and converter are in as well as the valve body so now it's just finishing it all up and then get to work on the rear end.
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Re: U/SA 302 ffffford build
Yup, column shift uses a different "arm" than a floor shift trans, but aftermarket shifter may change things.
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Re: U/SA 302 ffffford build
Hang in there
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07-26-2024, 04:21 PM
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Re: U/SA 302 ffffford build
Thanks Larry, I'm trying, but now I've got family coming from out of province and when they leave I'll have 3 days to do everything before the Open. I'm thinking it might not happen. The following weekend is another open 7hr's each way so I might try for that. Or...just go to my local track for a test and tune to sort the bugs all out before hitting any S/SS races.
Company coming wants to off road so I have 3 mud trucks to get ready before Monday now...and all my camera stuff and drone for my youtube channel as well....and of course we're on a lake so everyone will want to go in the boats.....busier now than before I retired, lol.
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