[DeTomaso] Ford Help!!

Sean Korb spkorb at gmail.com
Tue May 18 23:23:40 EDT 2010


On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:31 PM,  <panteratime at aol.com> wrote:
>
> 65 Mustang, 289, originally a 2 bbl carb, but has had an Edlebrock Performer manifold with a 600 cfm Holley double-pumper on it for years.  I don't know if the engine is internally stock, but I suspect it is.
>
> The problem is heavy fumes coming out of the breather cap.

I get quite a bit of this on my Cougar; I have polished cylinders
since it's a racing engine, and I took it easy during break-in.  I
should have been romping on it a bit to get the rings to seat in the
lands.  I'm going to take it to a drag strip near my house to try to
clear it up :)

sean

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'65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
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