Ken said:
I had never heard of Ross before today.
_ken
59Tom said:
Ya loin sumpin new ebry day. 
I just read thru all the pages of your thread, and If I may, I would like to comment on a few things ? O.K., 1; I am currently running a DUI distributor in my "poor man's Boss " 351 cleveland, and the quality and craftmanship is unparelled. I went with the DUI for a couple of reasons, mainly it tidied up the underhood area of my '69 cougar, by giving me the complete ignition in one package. When I ordered the distributor, I talked to a live person, who took all the specs of my engine components, and then curved the distributor to my specefic engine/trans/gearing in the car. I installed that dist. over 6 years ago, and she light's off every time. Secondly, that is a high compression engine, at roughly 14:1, and that DUI dist. puts a hot enough spark in it to keep it from detonateing or dieseling, which I had problems with when the engine first went in ! Third, I like to be different from the crowd, and everybody and there brother have mallory uni-lite's or MSD ignitions ! O.K. now on to the heart of your engine dilema, and that is the engine ! Something I have learned by racing and being around small block Fords, There IS NO substitute for cubic inches ! Get all of the 'cubes you can in your rebuild. Somebody hit on the actual most important thing of all though, and that is your car's electronic's, i.e computer ! You definitely don't want to get too exotic, as then your car becomes a hangar queen, needing so much prep. and support, and towing, that it just isn;t enjoyable any more. I think to deal with somebody locally, such as the individual you were describing is best, but have you asked him what he could if you started with, say, a ligenfelter short/long block ? Lastly, of the many schools of thought here, do you really want eye candy when you raise the hood, or would you prefer that it looks neat and tidy, but runs like a NASA engineer built it ? I would say, look at your typical trips/usage of the car, and go for a middle ground in the power plant department ! :cool Of course, it's your car, and your money, however in the projects like this that I have witnessed/been a part of, inevitably, life interupts with sometimes small financial "problems" to full blown financial catastrophe's, so just because I had thirty or forty grand, I wouldn't put it all in the motor. Another thought is, did you happen to ask any of those super builders, (Ligenfelter/Gouldstand et al) if they had a development engine with just a few test stand hours on that they might sell at a reduced rate ? Something to ponder, Steve. Oh, I apologize for the great length, however, if you chose wisely, not only will you get many miles of smiles, the project could be completed and installed quicker than imagined ! One of my motto's is ; Work Smarter, Not Harder. Also; Nothing Beats A Failure but A Try ! Steve-out.
P-ColaVette said:
Greetings again, Ken ! It sounds like you have now gotten over the giddy rush of having a litle money in your pocket, and are now firmly planting your feet back into terra firma ! That's good ! My experience being what it is, once you get a good solid engine in the car, that isn't a one off project, you will once again be transported back to the first day's off ownwership of the car, You remember those day's right ? The day's when a 15 minute trip to the circle "K" turned into a couple hours, and you started planning your weekend trips based on what would be the "longest" route / Sure you do ! I also believe that your engine builder and I are on the same wave length ! I've always heard that great minds work alike ! I look forward to your updates as this project marchs forward, Steve.
Yes Sir, there AIN'T NUTHIN' LIKE IT!!!
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