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Which Howard camshaft did you choose for your engine? Is it the 217322-14?
Thanks.

It was CL217322-14. Should go to 6000 with no problem. I'd also give a strong recomendation to Holman Moody. I don't think you can go wrong there.

I bought the same kit from the same seller for the rebuild of the HIPO 289 going in my Hertz car (6S817). The kit is well represented in the online listing. I think I paid a bit less when it was offered a few years back. My builder initially wanted to use something else (they do quite a few race engines) but relented once I told him that the engine would rarely see over 5000 RPM. We have yet to run it but we're getting close to putting this engine in the car. My goal has always been to replicate the original factory setup as closely as possible. This build is using the original numbers matching block. Towards that end, I'm using a Howard's cam that duplicates the original. Another good source for that cam is Holman Moody as they helped develop the original. Good luck with the build!

Does anyone have the part number for the carb spacer as used with the atutomatic transmission carburetor (Autolite C6ZF 9510-F) on a GT350? If you try to use this carburetor without the spacer, the result is a giant vacuum leak as the carburetor base has no chance of sealing to the intake manifold. TIA for any information you can supply.

RUG-S was a 1967 GT500 Transmission.  Big input, big out put.

Thank you, Diana.  Probably should have gone to that one.

I think you'll find that those were installed by Ford for all 390 CID cars.  GT500s started out using that chassis.

Mark,

Very nice tribute to your wife.  I'm sure she knows what the source of your inspiration is.

Sending you an IM.

Induction porn...

And the gas filler in the fender plus the higher than stock spoiler.

Looks like it might be an Eleanor.  If that's the case, he's welcome to it.

I believe that the SRG pulls their data from actual Ford/Shelby production records and then bounces that off the information published in the registry.  Discrepancies are resolved on their master spreadsheet before being published.  Dave Mathews can probably add to this.

I have a number of high quality photos from scanned slides (scanned at 4800 dpi) from SAAC 7 (42) and SAAC 8 (129) posted on my website.  You are welcome to them all, all I ask is the I be given credit for them. You may preview them on my website and request the ones you'd like to use.  All photos are in .jpg format.

No the Supersnake never sported the silly Eleanor movie car hood.   

+1, "the silly Eleanor movie car hood".  Thank god the Eleanor infatuation seems to have finally worn off.

ALSO, what is the difference between a Medium Riser and a High Riser 427?  Is it the Intake, the Intake & Heads or is it more?  If it is Intake & Heads will a Medium Riser Intake fit with the High Riser Heads?

It is both the heads and associated intake manifold.  A high riser uses high riser heads (that is where the engine gets its name, not from the intake) and a high riser intake.  Same situation for a medium riser: medium riser heads, medium riser intake.