"Quincy" 1979 Ford LTD (base) Station Wagon

[Quincy]

Rainy Day in Georgia. Here's some poor quality, but up-to-date pics of Quincy. I hope no one had their hopes up, this is a beater!!! The 351W is still at the component stage, I'll post pics of that as the build progresses:



The Ford poverty caps normally ride on the deep-dish steelies, I just have them off right now...and that's a Kmart tach I picked up at an estate sale years ago.

[Quincy]

Slow progress being made on the sleazy 351W build destined to replace Quincy's tired 302.

Edelbrock Perf. RPM Heads
Block Decked, Heads Milled, cc's Checked - 10.5:1 Compression
Ford Motorsport SVO 1.6 Roller Rocker Arms
Total Seal File-fit Ductile Rings
Howards Mechanical Cam (specs classified!)
Rhoads Lifters
Jegs Gear Drive
Moroso Windage Tray
Deep Sump Pan
Melling Select HP/HV Pump, Clevite 77 Full-groove Mains (let the warnings and admonitions begin!)
Other Top Secret Tricks

[Quincy]

[Brown_Muscle]

Awesome! What size heads did you go with? You're going real stealth mode with painting the aluminum heads. I've found the concept of Rhoads lifters interesting, but I've never been in a car with them. I have to wonder how precise they are

[Quincy]

Awesome! What size heads did you go with?

2.02" Intake/1.60" Exhaust (#60259). They're not quite as awesome as those Trick Flows you're running, but I scored an awesome deal from a guy on FB Marketplace who bought them, had them milled, then never used them. They're as new.

I've found the concept of Rhoads lifters interesting, but I've never been in a car with them.

Me too/neither! ;-) I'll let you know how they do eventually and report back. I got the ones with the oil grove which is part of my lubrication plan.

[Brown_Muscle]

Those are some nice heads! I think you'll be very happy with the power you make. Plus your compression is a decent amount higher than mine (which is around 9.3:1). What kind of RPM's are you expecting to take it to?

Is the rear stock/planning on any gearing upgrades?

[Quincy]

Those are some nice heads! I think you'll be very happy with the power you make. Plus your compression is a decent amount higher than mine (which is around 9.3:1). What kind of RPM's are you expecting to take it to?

Is the rear stock/planning on any gearing upgrades?

6500ish, maybe a tad more if it's still pulling ;-) Gears are 8.8" 4.10 "Trac-Lok", already installed in the mysterious 1979 8.5" housing, plug and play (yes, I've got the weaker 28 spline axles).

Compression was kinda by accident. I was shooting for your 9.3ish comp ratio at first (after all, I want to drop on a blower eventually), but the mill on these "found" heads gives me almost exactly 10.5:1. Acceptable, more than likely, for the Al-you-minium heads, but way too much for boost. I guess I'll add the super-thick head gaskets if I ever get around to that. For now, it's getting the super NON-low-buck Cometic .027 inchers because my NOS TRW slugs (too long a story to tell...) are still about .020" in the hole, even after whacking .040" off the block, and I want to keep the "squish" tight enough. I'm going to have to get my intake milled to fit, I'm certain.

Pardon my bass-ackwards planning on this mill!