Thread: 454 or 460?

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haha oh i love it, how often do you have to touch the dissy on fords to warrant having it at the front because its easier to get to for adjustments?? do they not hold their timing as well as chev or sumthing?

dead right about the access thing though, not much harder to get to than on an impala, leaning over it tryna reach around the bonnet hinge-or in my case on the guard sitting under the open bonnet in the engine bay foot above firewall and other foot on upper wishbone-to play with points haha, nuts to that! goin HEI sorted that problem for me, havnt needed to touch it since

i just like BBCs cos i have a chev

Originally Posted by chopped66impala

i just like BBCs cos i have a chev

there more to it then that for me

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

there more to it then that for me

i know what youre sayin, like the fact they dont run on rice aye

I've been in on so many of these ford vs chevy vs chrysler arguments I lost track decades ago. These days it looks more & more like the argument should lean towards American vs the rest. If the big 3 don't get their act together soon, we'll all be drivin' ricers.
Now there's an argument worth winning.

Originally Posted by stovens

I'll measure the distrib gear distance tomorrow.

General rule of thumb when assembling an engine is to install the camshaft first. I feel that with the 429/460, the very first component to be installed (temporarily) is the distributor...mount it into the bare block as though you are permanently installing it, then simply grab the distributor shaft at the front to the engine and move it up and down and make sure there is adequate shaft end-play for the engine block into which it is being installed, that the distributor gear is not floating too high above the thrust surface, etc. Adjust distibutor gear location on the shaft if necessary.

Then, remove the distributor and begin engine assembly.

Paul

Originally Posted by chopped66impala

i know what youre sayin, like the fact they dont run on rice aye

no i not going to get in it to deep on hear let this post die.. as far as the ricer stuff that a wast of my time beating that dead horse. alot of the stuff i use is not much gm casting numbers on it any ways . i said about all i needed to say for now we will leave it at that