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Here's mine as it sits in my 48... it will look much differently as soon as I can finally get my hands dirty

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Looks like you have some work cut out for you, but definitely a good starting project! 

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Here's mine,1955 P27 259 CI V8 with a Carter 4 barrol WCFB carburator, before overhaul and after. 

 

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you gotta love the early  poly  valve covers

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Before and after with the upgrades that I made in 2012.

 

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2" pipes straight out the back with two 32" Smithy glass packs delivering the rumble

Offenhauser intake

Rebuilt and matched carbs from Geo Asche sitting on Phenolic isolators

Linkage from several different suppliers patched together, and does the job well

Made the air cleaner from bargain bin left overs

 

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What does that bump the compression up to? Im looking at rebuilding in the next couple years and want some solid notes to reference, thanks!

-Kent

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kented, did you change the rear axle? What MPH crusing speed did the changes get you? Can you easily cruise at 70 mph if you want to? I'm going to put an R10 behind a '56 230 cu in. Then will change the rear axle as well, that should be a nice upgrade. The blue looks great with the flat black manifolds. Nice choices. Are you now going to repaint the car?

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kented, did you change the rear axle? What MPH crusing speed did the changes get you? Can you easily cruise at 70 mph if you want to? I'm going to put an R10 behind a '56 230 cu in. Then will change the rear axle as well, that should be a nice upgrade. The blue looks great with the flat black manifolds. Nice choices. Are you now going to repaint the car?

 

It's "laynrubber's" engine/post, not "kented".

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Here's mine after my newly acquired Edgy head, Sharp dual carb intake, new ARP studs (to replace the stock studs),oil filter with homemade bracket (head does not have studs to mount the oil filter bracket). I also made copper lines from the water pump to intake to heater core. Previously installed Langdon cast headers, Carter/Weber carbs & HEI from Langdon also. I don't have any dyno #'s or anything like that, but it sure feels like this 201 has a bit more power.

 

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"death bound" that would be my journey if I spent the monies to do what you have done. That is a cool looking engine and it must run NICE!

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Here is my 1952 218 ci engine getting ready to be pulled this coming weekend.  Getting lots of ideas from the different builds I am seeing is this posting on what direction I will go when I rebuild the engine. 

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Here's mine after my newly acquired Edgy head, Sharp dual carb intake, new ARP studs (to replace the stock studs),oil filter with homemade bracket (head does not have studs to mount the oil filter bracket). I also made copper lines from the water pump to intake to heater core. Previously installed Langdon cast headers, Carter/Weber carbs & HEI from Langdon also. I don't have any dyno #'s or anything like that, but it sure feels like this 201 has a bit more power.

 

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I really like the idea of copper heater lines. I need to run similar lines when I install my Langdon cast headers. If you see this, any chance you could post some more pics of your heater lines? Are they compression fittings at ea end?

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I really like the idea of copper heater lines. I need to run similar lines when I install my Langdon cast headers. If you see this, any chance you could post some more pics of your heater lines? Are they compression fittings at ea end?

 

Yes, regular ole' copper compression fittings and 5/8" soft copper tubing-which was not the easiest to bend into the tight radius I wanted, but still close enough. I have since changed intakes to a Nicson and 2 stock 1938 carbs, but ran regular heater hose. I'll see if I can get a pic of the copper tubing/fittings I removed.

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This is not gray primer, that is the color. Sorry if you do not like it. 218 with a 230 crankshaft, we shaved off the top the pistons!! Only way that I could get a 8 bolt crankshaft. It is nice to have a complete machine shop at my work.   JD

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This is not gray primer, that is the color. Sorry if you do not like it. 218 with a 230 crankshaft, we shaved off the top the pistons!! Only way that I could get a 8 bolt crankshaft. It is nice to have a complete machine shop at my work.   JD

Looks good. What is the function of the lighted gauge mounted on the rubber hose near the rear of the head? How is it connected to the engine?

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This is not gray primer, that is the color. Sorry if you do not like it. 218 with a 230 crankshaft, we shaved off the top the pistons!! Only way that I could get a 8 bolt crankshaft. It is nice to have a complete machine shop at my work.   JD

 

There are specific connecting rods that go with the 230 crank.

 

I like the gray color on these engines. I think that's what most of the industrial motors came in.

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Don, that is a temporary vacuum gauge. Yea I don't have 230 rods & it only took  about 100 thousands off to make it work, Don't be scared!!  

Paint is a light gray enamel we use at Electric Motor Works.

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