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Dave Turner 09-04-2019 08:54 PM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rose Racing (Post 596449)
Im building a 1971 Ford Torino 500 hardtop. It has a 302 2v Autolite 2100 carb completely stock engine with a C4 and a 9inch rear. I also have stock Iron cleveland 4v heads and the matching Iron 4v intake and just need a block. Im trying to decide to either run T/SA or U/SA with the 302 2V or G/SA or F/SA with the 351C I just need a block and a Holley 0-3310C or I could just build a footbrake bracket car. Im not really shur what direction I wanna go or what would make the most sense? I also have a Jim Paquet C4 4800 stall converter.
PM on the way.

Rory McNeil 09-05-2019 02:42 AM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Carguy49 (Post 596675)
Thanks Billy. Yes, the Torino is physically larger than a Comet or Maverick. I was surprised at how light they are since they are so much bigger.

According to the rule book, once a class is determined you add 170 for the driver and that is your final weight. Last line of the weight section for Stock Eliminator in the rule book - All cars are weighed with the driver. That is why the total is 3410 for the Torino and so forth.
Good luck getting a 70-71 Torino down to 3410 pounds with a driver.

Carguy49 09-05-2019 10:36 AM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
I am curious. Can someone (Rose Racing) or anyone that has a car like this weigh it and let us know what it weighs???

The one that I had was a low option car and I don't remember what it weighed. After all it was over 40 years ago.

Mark Yacavone 09-05-2019 11:24 AM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by FireSale (Post 596684)
Who ran that white Thunderbird with the blue nose flames and what was the combo? That was a big car that ran well and was successful.
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That would be Loge/ Stein Racing ..That, being an 86 Fox unit body, would be fairly light, once stripped of all the power options. That gen. T bird was actually very aerodynamically advanced in it's day. Think Bill Elliot.
Moving on....

Dave Noll 09-05-2019 04:13 PM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland (Post 596611)
The 351/240 Windsor and Cleveland 2bbl engines are probably not good choices.
We'll see on the Cleveland

Rose Racing 09-08-2019 01:14 PM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
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This is a set of our ” Cheater ” upper arms. The term cheater refers to a trick the drag racers did to the Ford upper arms back in the day to make the shaft kit move smoother (look stock but not be stock). Anyone who has ever worked with these arms knows, they can be very stiff if they’re not put together properly. The racers will take the arms apart and spend a huge amount of time working the shaft and bushings until it worked smooth. Sometimes, they would be so smooth, you could move the shaft kit with just two fingers. We spend a lot of time on these arms and these are that smooth.

Anybody run these or the double roller upper control arms? and what do you Cleveland guys run for roller rocker arms?

Bill Harris 09-08-2019 03:49 PM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
https://opentrackerracing.com/ has all the rollerized front suspension stuff and it is excellent. I have been told that it is not legal in Stock, but is in SS, but who knows for sure? I used it on a 69 Mustang for SS/GT several years ago and the guy who did the front end alignment couldn't believe how well it worked.

If your interested in 429SCJ stuff, I have a bunch of it.

Rose Racing 09-12-2019 08:30 PM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
After looking at NHRA blueprints it says for 302 valves are 1.79 intake and 1.46 exhaust.... I'm sorry but this doesn't really sound right?

Mark Yacavone 09-12-2019 09:23 PM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rose Racing (Post 597468)
After looking at NHRA blueprints it says for 302 valves are 1.79 intake and 1.46 exhaust.... I'm sorry but this doesn't really sound right?
Why not?

FireSale 09-12-2019 11:44 PM
Re: 1971 Torino 500 2 door hardtop
 
George Reid's Ford Engine Parts Interchange lists all 302 heads from 68 to 78 as 1.78/1.45.

MustangTek agrees,
http://www.mustangtek.com/heads/Heads.html


Edit: So does Summit. Melling and Sealed Power stock replacement valves are these sizes up to 78.


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