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Looking into lightening up the 429/460. I can't afford the aluminium heads, but do have an aluminium intake. I also have looked into water pumps. On ebay there are cheap noname brands I am quite suspicious of. I've looked at summit catalog and come across a few high flow ones between $140-$180.
Question high flow, and precautions like to high water pressure causing problems? Also looking for good oil pump and considering, changing out timing chain cover. Advice always apreciated.

Today we finaly had beautiful weather. So I drained my gas tank on the truck, the stuff was green inside! It was at least seven years old. Went to the parts store and got some new fuel line, filter and a radiator flush kit since the coolant is that old too. I can't believe how much better it runs! This is a personal testament to Ford Big Blocks. I ordered a compression guage and low profile air cleaner from summit which should get here tomarrow. Then I can find out the ultimate health of the current rings/engine.
I also pressure washed the whole beast. I was tired of crawling under it and getting dirt and cob webs all over myself. It's amazing how well the pressure washer cleaned up the leaf springs! It actually removed surface rust off the old shocks. Next dry day I'll take the wheels off one by one and realy get it clean. Ah what a little sunshine does to motivate the soul!

Steve I used Painless in my deuce. I liked it fine, even though I have a PhD in EE.

There's others to choose from too. Recent thread ......

http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/deu...d-you-use.html

My advice up front is to carefully plan out the runs. Also I chose to solder all the harder to get to connections. Get a professional stripper and crimper.

Kitz

Sounds like you are making some serious progress Steve. Your 460 should be fine, they are very hard to kill. Shoot us some pictures of your progress.

I agree with you about shying away from the offbrand water pumps. The Summit ones seem ok (I'm using one) and are made for them by one of the bigger companies for sure. I know what you mean about the weight of 460 components. When I started on mine I was used to doing small block Ford engines, the crank in a 460 weighs almost as much as the entire 302 Ford engine. Well, almost as much. The heads are another whopping load. I'm using steel heads too because I came across a set off of a racer whose owner went to aluminum heads. They are totally prepped with lots of good stuff, so they are fine for what I want.

Glad to see you are getting somewhat decent weather to do some stuff right now.

Don

Here are some shots. Note the funky gas tank in the second photo!

Very solid looking body all the way around Steve. Won't take much to make this one a runner.

Don

Hey a friend of mine told me about a posi rear end .Drum brake rear axle from Ford Explorer. 3.73 posi, complete flange to flange. Ideal for Jeep Wrangler YJ or TJ upgrade. Would this work on my truck?

Measure flange to flange (where the wheels bolt on) and compare it to what you need. If you are a little off you can get offset rims both ways to make them fit.

Don