[DeTomaso] More time to plan

[Asa Jay Laughton]

Glad to hear you are still alive.  Sorry you had the accident.

I like roller rockers, less friction.  They look really cool, but who 
would know after you put the valve covers on.  If you can get a Crane 
stud kit for the 351C, you can then even run adjustable rockers, though 
you don't really need them on a stock head.

The advantage of an electric fuel pump is that you get gas when you turn 
on the key, versus cranking for a while to fill the fuel bowl (after 
long periods of sitting and evaporation).  I don't know about a return 
line, most electric fuel pumps made for "carbureted" cars are a low 
enough pressure you don't need a return line.

As for the brakes, I have no experience with aftermarket big calipers, 
etc.  (yet)

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
    
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boyd casey wrote:
> I fell off of my roof while cleaning the leaves out of the gutters on
> thursday evening. I was trying to get back from the roof to the ladder when
> the ladder collapsed. I wound up with a broken Tibea and I an lucky I didn't
> break my neck or back. So now all my plans for the next two months need to
> be reevaluated and any driving events ai was hoping to attend are probably
> going to be misseed. I had hoped to attend at least one of the Pocano events
> and either Lime Rock or Watkins Glen or both. I will be lucky to make it to
> Fraggle rock and a Glen Cambell revival. Trying to remain the eternal
> optomist I am lucky not to be dead or crippled with a broken neck or back.
> Now I have more time to put into the car.  And on that subject I am looking
> for opinions on roller rockers ann the advantages or disadvantages of going
> with an electrical fuel pump with a carb. Is there an advantage  over a
> simple mechanical fuel pump ?   I assume I would  need a fuel regulator and
> a return line too.   I have also been thinking about going with oversize
> brakes to install when I put on bigger wheels  ( either 17 " front and 18 "
> back or 18" al around) I have read mixed opinions about 6 pistons calipers
> vs 4 piston. Any opinions on specefic setups or dos and don'ts woul
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