Looking for good literature..
10-22-2008, 12:05 AM
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Looking for good literature..
For anyone who had rebuilt a small block ford, or built one from scratch; which book did you use?
Im looking for the best book out there with detailed interactions, pictures torquing specs etc.
I put this in tech because i feel the ppl with the best knowledge on this are going to be the ppl who have done it..i.e ppl in the tech section lol
Im looking for the best book out there with detailed interactions, pictures torquing specs etc.
I put this in tech because i feel the ppl with the best knowledge on this are going to be the ppl who have done it..i.e ppl in the tech section lol
10-22-2008, 12:51 AM
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as a first time engine builder i need all the help i can get.
10-22-2008, 12:57 AM
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chiltons and hanes manuals are to basic.. i want in depth.. no questions left unanswered type of stuff. iv seen what some refer to as the "5.0 bible" that book is bad ***. has almost every piece of information about your year fox body in it.. but it only helps so much.
as a first time engine builder i need all the help i can get.
as a first time engine builder i need all the help i can get.
10-22-2008, 01:03 AM
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but if anyone knows of a book that will guide me through my build i would greatly appreciate it. im starting off with a bare block here fellas, i will be building the bottom end all the way up.
10-22-2008, 01:06 AM
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Ask questions, to only experienced people who have built atleast a dozen small blocks. In actuality there is not a whole lot going on downstairs, its very simple. The quality of the machine work is way more important than the nuts and bolts. If the machine work is off and you can't accurately measure in thousandths and ten thousandths, your little handbook is better off used to start a camp fire.
10-22-2008, 01:10 AM
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Ask questions, to only experienced people who have built atleast a dozen small blocks. In actuality there is not a whole lot going on downstairs, its very simple. The quality of the machine work is way more important than the nuts and bolts. If the machine work is off and you can't accurately measure in thousandths and ten thousandths, your little handbook is better off used to start a camp fire.