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PO used a vibrator pen on cap and paint pen on rod. I used paint pen on rod but plan to stamp the end between halves to be crystal clear

The rods did not have any numbers on them. That’s the problem that required this process. Previous owner marked rods with paint pen and clearly messed up. Caps are the only thing marked and only on the bottom.

For the record: Cap 1 was on 8 Cap 2 was on 2 Cap 3 was on 3 Cap 4 was on 4 Cap 5 was on 5 Cap 6 was on 1 Cap 7 was on 6 Cap 8 was on 7 So they were half right. All my fit work was done with piston 1 and 6 so it all makes sense now!! RGAZ

I confirmed that the caps were mixed up. I setup a method to check every cap against each rod. I used a bore gauge and three points of checking. It was pretty obvious with that data how to match. Here is my basic process for posterity: Clamp the rod in a soft jaw vice. Clean all parts. Apply...

Ok, I’ll get on that. Yes, the bearings I removed are clevite 0.001 US marked and the new King ones are 0.001 US marked. I truly think I have the caps mixed up. Maybe by checking each bore I can match them up or at least confirm the rods are out of round and therefore fubar. Good advice guys.

Have a bore gauge and measured with bearings installed and the numbers did not make sense. It would suggest the bearing needs to be much thinner which is not possible. They could be out of round so it would mean a set of rods needed. Bummer again.

Is there a sure fire way to ensure they are not “backwards”? Do the tangs go on the same side or opposite? Matching the chamfers is not as obvious as I would hope. My manual is not much help at this level of detail.

He did punch the caps but not the rod, he did it on the bottom instead of the side like I’m used to. Crank shows 2.370” but I don’t love my micrometer.

Ok so against my better judgement I picked up a disassembled 71 440 from a local guy. He appeared to be organized but I am guessing not now. So I am assembling the bottom end after cleaning honing etc. block is marked underside and the old bearings he left behind confirm 0.001 underside. I...

To be clear, what did you use to make this? I really want to do this on my 73 duster. RGAZ

After some though this is how I would do it: Setup the center TBI normal with O2s and a regular driving table. Adjust the throttle position sensor to align with then the other two carbs just begin to move. In the table change the fueling mode from closed loop to open loop and set the center...

Anything is possible, I assume you are asking so you can have the efficiency of FI during normal driving and cruise with the WOT craziness of 6 barrels. Unfortunately I think you will be disappointed. A good EFI system is closed loop. That means it adjusts based on feedback from other sensors...

I would be interested. I am doing stock exhaust manifold and Clifford this fall and was going to make one myself. Pm me if you get enough interest to make it worthwhile. If you don’t get enough interest, I’ll take a dimensioned CAD drawing if you can share? RGAZ

Lots of info here, but here is my 2 cents. Any light color where you want it to pop “light” I use a white mid coat over a light grey primer. For FC7, I would use a primer color as close as possible to the final color and you need to decide if you want the purple to “pop” or be “dark”. So for me...