bashar_255
09-20-2007, 06:00 AM
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله
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By the Numbers
'68 Ford Galaxie 500
Vehicle weight without driver: 4,200 pounds
Best ET: 10.91/127 (on motor)
Cost to build: approximately $14,200
Engine
Type: Ford 460 displacing 514 ci (4.390 bore x 4.250 stroke)
Block: 1971 vintage
Compression ratio: 14.5:1
Oiling: Canton pan and oiling system
Rotating assembly: 4.250-inch stroke Scat forged crankshaft, Ross pistons, Eagle H-beam connecting rods
Cylinder heads: Ford Racing Super Cobra Jet aluminum, 72cc chambers, 2.20/1.76 valves, 330-cfm intake/225-cfm exhausts, Ferrea valvesprings, FRPP retainers, locks, and keepers
Camshaft: COMP solid roller, 289 degrees at 0.050, .800-inch lift
Valvetrain: Crane roller rocker arms, Manley 3/8-inch pushrods, Jomar stud girdle
Induction: FFRP Dominator single-plane intake, Super Sucker spacer, Holley 1,050-cfm Dominator enlarged to 1,190-cfm and built by Steve Lasheff, K&N air filter
Power-adder: Nitrous Express Twin Gemini, 200-shot
Ignition: MSD Digital 6, 37 degrees total timing
Exhaust: Crites custom-built headers, 2-inch primary pipes, 3.5-inch collector, 4.0-inch system, Race Magnum bullet mufflers
Fasteners: ARP throughout
Built by: Zapp Racing, Plainfield, IL (zappracing@yahoo.com)
Drivetrain
Transmission: Ford C6 three-speed built by Don Stanley at TSI Racing (Addison, IL), TCI 9-inch 4,500-rpm stall converter, transmission cooler, Cheetah shifter
Driveshaft: custom, steel
Rear axle: Ford 9-inch, limited-slip, 4.56:1 ring-and-pinion, Strange Engineering 31-spline axles
Chassis
Front suspension: stock spindles, Lakewood 90/10 shocks, big-block springs, no antisway bar
Rear suspension: QA1 coilover shocks, Alston ladder bars, no antisway bar
Brakes: Strange Engineering 12-inch discs, four-piston calipers, braided lines, front; stock drum, rear
Wheels & Tires
Wheels: Weld Pro Star 15x3, front; 15x8, rear
Tires: Mickey Thompson ET Front 29.0x4.5-15, front; M/T ET Street, 8.0x12.5-15, rear
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By the Numbers
'68 Ford Galaxie 500
Vehicle weight without driver: 4,200 pounds
Best ET: 10.91/127 (on motor)
Cost to build: approximately $14,200
Engine
Type: Ford 460 displacing 514 ci (4.390 bore x 4.250 stroke)
Block: 1971 vintage
Compression ratio: 14.5:1
Oiling: Canton pan and oiling system
Rotating assembly: 4.250-inch stroke Scat forged crankshaft, Ross pistons, Eagle H-beam connecting rods
Cylinder heads: Ford Racing Super Cobra Jet aluminum, 72cc chambers, 2.20/1.76 valves, 330-cfm intake/225-cfm exhausts, Ferrea valvesprings, FRPP retainers, locks, and keepers
Camshaft: COMP solid roller, 289 degrees at 0.050, .800-inch lift
Valvetrain: Crane roller rocker arms, Manley 3/8-inch pushrods, Jomar stud girdle
Induction: FFRP Dominator single-plane intake, Super Sucker spacer, Holley 1,050-cfm Dominator enlarged to 1,190-cfm and built by Steve Lasheff, K&N air filter
Power-adder: Nitrous Express Twin Gemini, 200-shot
Ignition: MSD Digital 6, 37 degrees total timing
Exhaust: Crites custom-built headers, 2-inch primary pipes, 3.5-inch collector, 4.0-inch system, Race Magnum bullet mufflers
Fasteners: ARP throughout
Built by: Zapp Racing, Plainfield, IL (zappracing@yahoo.com)
Drivetrain
Transmission: Ford C6 three-speed built by Don Stanley at TSI Racing (Addison, IL), TCI 9-inch 4,500-rpm stall converter, transmission cooler, Cheetah shifter
Driveshaft: custom, steel
Rear axle: Ford 9-inch, limited-slip, 4.56:1 ring-and-pinion, Strange Engineering 31-spline axles
Chassis
Front suspension: stock spindles, Lakewood 90/10 shocks, big-block springs, no antisway bar
Rear suspension: QA1 coilover shocks, Alston ladder bars, no antisway bar
Brakes: Strange Engineering 12-inch discs, four-piston calipers, braided lines, front; stock drum, rear
Wheels & Tires
Wheels: Weld Pro Star 15x3, front; 15x8, rear
Tires: Mickey Thompson ET Front 29.0x4.5-15, front; M/T ET Street, 8.0x12.5-15, rear