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From: John Gemelli <jgemelli@o...>
Date: Wed May 28, 2003  7:46 pm
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Those mysterious 1984s

Body:
Just a side note here. The roller lifter blocks are different due to the
taller lifter bores it's true but... People make them work just fine in
older blocks all the time. Most lateral force on a lifter is at the base.
(in a roller there's not much even there)

Oh and with the B303 and ported heads you could be well on your way to
225HP. I'm sure the carb was adjusted too! The exhaust port of stock ford
heads is terrible! Literally choking the flow characteristics. Even the
coveted E7TE's of the later years had this same problem. My 85 coupe smoked
em' through second with just ported E7's flowmasters and a performer
manifold.----- Original Message -----
From: "James Gibat-Thoroski" <mercurycapri@c...>
To: <ascmclaren@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Those mysterious 1984s>
> What's interesting is that it has a B-303 cam in an 1984. Hydraulic
> roller cams/lifters didn't get introduced till 1985. Did they use 1985
> blocks in these 1984 cars, or special lifters in an 84 block?
>
>
> ------
> 76 Mercury Capri GHIA / 77 Mercury Capri RSX
> http://www.mercurycapri.com
> Still working on it!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: lxfiveoh@a...
> Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 10:48 am
> Subject: Re: [ASC McLaren ] Those mysterious 1984s
>
> > Cool. I had never heard of such a car, and I am a self-proclaimed
> > Fox-Mustang
> > NUT! :-) I love to hear about rare and unusual Fox-bodies!
> >
> > However, I doubt that they made over 225 horsepower. Remember,
> > those 1984 cars
> > started with 175. I think it would take a little more than worked
> > stock heads,
> > exhaust and a B-303 cam to add 50hp.
> >
> > Sandy, would you happen to know of the whereabouts of any of these
> > '84's? :-)
> >
> > --
> > Nelson
> > 1990 Mustang LX 5.0
> > http://fiveoh.homestead.com
> > > The Valve chambers were
> > > enlarged, and housed larger valves, with prototype springs. The
> > > breathing was opened up by means unknown. The 302 was massaged
> > by
> > > FORD at Dearborn, and had a B-303 Cam and some cars had ported
> > heads.
> > > The exhaust was different. 3" tailpipe width and different
> > headers.
> > > The car's hood lacked the "vents" and instead had scoops that
> > were
> > > cut into the hood, NASA-style. There was the radar detector we
> > have,
> > > but it was built INTO the glove box door. Actually, the unit
> > sat
> > > inside the glove box, and the door had a cutout with the
> > faceplate
> > > appearing thru the closed door, flush with the closed door. The
> > > tranny had Hurst linkage and shifter. The axle ratio was upped
> > to
> > > 3.08.:1 from 2.73:1. The shift points were sharper and more
> > > pronounced. They were all Ford's Deep Cadet Blue Metallic, with
> > the
> > > Popsicle Orange striping/Decals/Logos & rims.
> > >
> > > All 25 were campaigned in & around Detroit Michigan and
> > ultimaltly
> > > sold in Michigan area, as USED cars.
> > >
> > > I have been privedged to see 1 in person. They were //~HOT~\\ !!
> > > Again, NOT all had ALL of the above....most did.
> > > Then the bean counters arrived at the party.....and never
> > brought the
> > > beans !
> > > Okay?
> > >
> > > S A N D Y
> > >
> > >
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2796	Re: Those mysterious 1984s	Sandy Block	cigarsandy	Thu  5/29/2003	7 KB
2799	Re: Those mysterious 1984s	negusm	negusm	Thu  5/29/2003	6 KB
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