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Pat McCarthy deals alot with Erson cams and sells them. Thats also what I like to run in my Fords. I always liked the TQ30 Cam kit that Erson put out for the 302. Pulls inbetween 5 and 5,500 hundrend RPM's. The TQ is for thier Torque Series Cam's, Flat tapped hydrolic lifters. I ran it for years and loved it, But you better have high back seats. Because it tries to rip your head off and throw it out the back window. It's got a...

I just thought of another stalling issue that cropped up about five years ago. The O-Rings on the lower intake started leaking. First I got an engine light, Code rear bank too lean. Then it would not idle right and it started surging. The dealer wanted $700 to change them, but I did it myself. Got to www.contour .org. They have photos.

And one more thing, If I were to run the comp cam with 268 adv duration, should I run dished pistons? what compression ration would a zero decked 302 get with flat tops and 58cc chambers? And could I run these heads out of the box, or get them worked a little? Ive read that they need a couple things cleaned up. Thanks

We in the U.K. refer to that as grinding dust Swarf is usually stuff that comes from machines such as drilling, milling & turning. It looks like long cork screw springs. Quote: Originally Posted by rspears I must admit, as a degreed ME of 33+ years I had never seen the term "swarf" but it readily comes up in Wikipedia and on-line definitions. I have swarf all over the barn floor and workbench from grinding a pair of...

Quote: Originally Posted by Itoldyouso Barry Grant filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct 14th. Guess his carbs had too many swarfs in them. I was never really too impressed with his parts, but I guess it's hard to compete with companies like Holley and Edelbrock. Don Sad to say Holley filed last month too. Hope they get their act together!

do it but go with an older 302 or a mustang gt engine.i'v been putting engines in chevys all my life with great results.my first was a 425 cid nailhead buick with 2x4's and a muncie 4-speed in a 56 chevy 210,even put a supercharged 289 studebaker v-8 in a 55 convert. so any thing is possible.presently working on a 55 sedan puiiung a 65 400 olds with b/w t-10 in it shold be a gas when i finish.

bill the check engine light is on ,i am getting a egr code for that . the car was running fine even with the check engine light on this problem just came about in the last week or so ill check the vac system this week end thanks for the repones jeff

Quote: Originally Posted by roadster32 When you machine a piece of metal what comes off is swarf what do you guys call it ??? I must admit, as a degreed ME of 33+ years I had never seen the term "swarf" but it readily comes up in Wikipedia and on-line definitions. I have swarf all over the barn floor and workbench from grinding a pair of calipers!!

a clogged egr passage will cause a running condition. as will a stuck egr valve. heck, with any car, put vacume on the egr valve and see what happens as its idling. it will stall, or come darn close to it. most common on fords is P0401, insufficient egr flow. test the egr by putting 15in/hg to the egr valve and notice for a change in idle. if there is no change, pull the egr, clear the passage in the intake. reinstall the egr valve and retest....

While not symptomatic to the problems that you describe, that car model year are famous for head gasket problems. Trust me... been there...