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Sure, You sound like you know what you are doing, and should have no problems. Use a block and trans to mock up with and a front mount. You'll knoe exactly where everything falls for the rear trans mount. etc. One more thing to add I recomend a new Throttle pedal and linkage. See my blog for more. Gets rid of lots of linkage issues BUT certainly not stock looking.
Can we see your car? is it a 57?
Alan Frakes ~ Tulsa, OK
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I have bought Lokar cable for the AOD and had planed to change the carb linkage, retighting the firewall screws gets old. I was trying to decide on whether to go with a later model cable style gas peddle or something else. I have been gathering parts for updated brakes, brake lines fuel lines suspension parts and freshen up the motor while the car is apart. I have got some heads I would like to try with a newer cam. The one that is in it now is 35 yr old Engle. I am going to try to get it all together and back on the road this year, but who knows. I will check out the Blog more this week. There is an old picture of the 57 in Texas profiles when the web site first started. Thanks
 Gary Ryan San Antonio,TX
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ok, Steve, It's pretty dang cold here and we were iced in all day so here is what I did. you get the credit.
Don Woodruff, you might take notice. thanks guys.
http://birddropnz.blogspot.com/
Alan Frakes ~ Tulsa, OK
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| Alan: You do a heck of a job detailing your projects. Thanks so much.
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Alan, you mention putting oversize valves in ECZ-C heads on the T-bird 312? What size valves did you install?
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Paul Menten
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Paul, That was eons ago, and I don't remember! But I still have 'em so I will try to go out and measure.
a few minutes go by…
Exhaust 1.509
Intake 1.780
The heads are ECZ-B, so not ideal, I think i might have said they were "C"? but it was what I had at the time chambers are deeper. But all the runners are smoothed up and port matched for the day.
Alan Frakes ~ Tulsa, OK
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I just rechecked specs on those heads and 1.780 was stock for intakes?
These are 1956 312 heads 215 hp I believe. I don't know what the exhaust should be. These might actually be good to have reworked? With Lower compression? might make a decent blower head?
Alan Frakes ~ Tulsa, OK
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Alan, yes, that sounds like the stock valve sizes. I have ECZ-B heads that came off of a 56 292 Thunderbird Special in a Fairlane. Large chambers. They'll be good on a stroker motor because they do have a quench area.
I was asking about the -C heads because I'm about to do some work on a pair of -C heads for another 292. I'm thinking of using 1.84" valves.
Thanks.
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