My 71 Comet project ( Long)

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: Good luck on your project. I have been having a lot of fun with mine even though it has taken 6 months and a lot more money than I had planned it is near compleation. My car started out as a stock 71 merc comet GT. Pulled the 302 and put in a 69 351w. It was fun for a while but now I want to go faster. ( and handle better, and maybe even be able to stop from freeway speeds and stay in my own lane ;). : so I pulled the motor and here is what I now have: : 71 black Merc comet. : 1969 vintage 351w block : 3.85" stroker crank : 4.040 over JE/SRP forged pistons : hanging on Eagle H beam forged steel rods : 10.7 to 1 comp ratio : = 394.823" motor or 6.47L : Clevite77 bearings : edelbrock performer rpm intake ( maybe a Vic Jr later) : I am ordering my heads tomorrow, I am going to probably be going with 2.05" intake, 1.60" exhaust valve, 290+ cfm at 500 lift .edelbrock Vic. Jr. stage 2 heads. ( because the Twisted Wedge valves will hit my pistons with my cam.) : Cam: a custom ground solid roller with a 290 duration ( 238/244 at .050) 110 centerline. 575 ish lift. : full Roller rocker ( I am selling my old comp cam roller tipped rockers it anyone needs some for for there 302 or 351, they made a big difference on my old motor) : Edelbrock 1407 750 cfm carb. It was only $18 ( shipping charges for my old 600 cfm carb that I traded straight across for this one) : 70 C4 tranny with a 3000 rpm stall and a stage 2 shift kit. : B&M Starshifter, full ratchet shifter. : Ford Motor sports balancer : Comp Eng. 8 point roll cage : traction bars : Milodon oil pan : Ford Motor sports flex plate : Hedman 64 stang 351w swap headers : Msd 6-al ignition box : MSD billet magnetic trigger distributor : MSD blaster 2 coil : Auto Meter 5" 160 mph in dash ultra-lite speedo : Auto Meter 5" 10,000 in dash rpm tach : other Auto Meter 2-5/8" ultra-lite gauges : Oil Temp : water temp : fuel level : fuel pres. : oil pres : volt meter : RCI 15 gal fuel cell : XRP push on fuel line : Painless wiring 18 circut wire haress ( I assume I am not the only one who hated the 30 year old wiring :) : painless fuel pump relay : holley 12-803 red comp fuel pump and regulator : duel oil filter relocater kit : rci 5 point harness : 89 pralude seats ( hey they were free, and fit good) soon to get reccaro, or like seats. : RX7 back seats ( try it, it looks good ) : custom aluminum door panels and dash insert : new carpet and dynamat : APR main studs, rod cap screws, and every other bolt : just some old 10" wide cragers on it now, hope to get american racing wheels soon ( like the ones on bullet)265/50/14 in front and 295/50/15 in back. : granada 11" disk brakes in front : manual steering and brakes : 8" rear for now, geting a 9" with atleast 373 gears if not 4.11 : right now it is in my paint booth that I built at home geting a compleate strip down and new coat of PPG 2 stage urathane Black. : Fiberglass fenders and deck lid. : If anyone acually read this far, did the original Comet GT's come with the boss looking spoiler? : Flowmaster duel 2 1/4" 2 chamber exhaust with a H pipe. : and probably a thousand other things ( like stereo etc) that I have forgoten. : I have pictures of almost every stage of this project if anyone has any questions for there car. ( disk brakes etc.) : : Have fun with your Mav. : Aaron S. : #4 : area351@aol.com : : Hey, I'm about to totally redo my 77 mav, I'm wonderin if anyone has any ideas about what I should do.

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