Man, I hope you're right.  I would hate to see all of our classics become obsolete unless we did an electric swap.

It's been so long ago it's hard to say when I joined...maybe 2008...maybe sooner.  I was on the old forum.
I can't even remember for sure how I found it...probably looking at classic mustang parts or the technical write-ups that Mustang Steve had on his website.

In that time I've only managed to make it to two bashes (Franklin, TN and Ft. Walton Beach, FL).
Life's been busy lately with the blessing of two little girls, so I haven't been very active lately.
I just saw where next year's bash is in Huntsville, AL.  That's not too far... maybe I can make that one.

Raymond_B wrote:

Bummer that you have to give up a performance part to get the drivability where you want it. If you ever get the itch you should look at a Megasquirt based "plug and play" set up for that SN-95 wiring harness. 

https://www.stinger-performance.com/store/tuning/pimp-engine-management/pimpxshift-powertrain-management

I'm running a PimpX ECU in my daily driver '91 F150 that I swapped from 300 to 351W with GT40 heads, headers, 1.7ratio Crane Roller Rockers, etc...  I'm very happy with it.  I had never attempted to do any tuning before, but I was able to do this with no problem.  The "auto-tune" feature is super nice.

This guy's Megasquirt video helped me get started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_kKIUNyfBY
 

Very cool.  Safe travels and post some pics when you get a chance.

I like how it's resting on the axle... Extra points if it's zip-tied to the driveshaft too!

I'm not 100% sure on a falcon, but on a 65/66 Mustang, which is pretty much the same as a Falcon, I think, the upper and lower control arms and spring seat are the same on a v8 and a 6 cylinder.  Spring, spindle, brakes, and steering components are different, though.

Wow... You got away with only changing the lifters and cam?... amazing.
After hearing that story I think I'll give those lifters a second look.

As far as the cam being a healthy grind... unfortunately not.  It's going in a truck so it's a cam made for low RPM...pretty much all done by 5000 RPM.  Also, It's going to fueled by the stock Speed Density EFI, so that really limits cam choice. (Hopefully I can convert it to Mass Air EFI down the road).

I'm building this to the same specs as a guy over on the Ford trucks forum.  His dyno'd at 300hp at 4800 RPM.  I don't remember the torque it made, but I figure making 300hp at that low of an RPM it should be pretty torquey.  In any case it should be a pretty noticeable gain over the 150hp 300 I6 in the truck now.

I can see how it looks that way in the first picture.  Here's another one that shows the part numbers more clearly.  They are both part number F3ZE-6529-AB which really makes it even more puzzling about the 4 and the 6.

Ok.  I did some googling and found that the orientation of this hole doesn't seem to matter.

So, I was installing the roller lifters in my 351W tonight and I noticed these holes.  I assume they are oil holes since these are hydraulic lifters.  Do they need to be in any special orientation? (They'd have to face either up or down due to where the flats spots are that interface with the "dog bones")

I'm really sorry to hear that... sounds like my kinda luck.

Bullet Bob wrote:

I don't know anything about CSRP but the K-H brakes and brackets such as were used on the early Mustangs are an easy swap, not too expensive, and work well.

I helped my Father-in-law install a CSRP Kelsey Hayes disk brake kit on his '66 Mustang, and I was very impressed with it.  I would assume the kit for a '65 Falcon would be very similar if not identical.

As TKO said the roller cam 302 started in 85 in the mustang.  I'm not sure about in other vehicles. I know that the truck engines didn't get a roller cam until about 94 or 95.

FYI if you can't find a local roller-cam 302 with the GT40 or GT40P heads there is a guy who sells rebuilt GT40 and GT40P heads on ebay for around $550 a pair.  Or, if you get an '87 or later 302 it should have E7 heads.  You can do some light port work on the exhaust side of the E7's (see link below) and improve them some with minimal effort and cost.  They won't be anywhere near as good as the GT40 or GT40P heads, but they'll be decent for a driver.

https://cdn.website.thryv.com/7fc8b09813234ba0b3c5e3c0a1b8c109/files/uploaded/Port%20Matching.pdf