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Joe Grippo
Gearhead Posts: 133
From: Philadelphia, Pa
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 08-23-2005 03:50 PM
   
Big goings on at Grippo Racing! I finally got my Stroker Windsor back after breaking a valve and tearing it up pretty good back in May. I haven't raced sinced then and I can't wait to get back out. Had to replace a head, a rod, all 8 pistons and of course 16 new valves. $$$$! Also freshened up the C4 while it was out. But they are back in the Mustang and it's almost ready to go.   And Dad's Cobra Jet is fresh off the dyno and ready to swap into his Fairlane. It made 530hp @ 6400rpm and 495lbs. of torque @ 4200. Should be a fun ride for him with the 4 speed on the street. Here are a few shots -     ------------------
Grippo Racing
If nothing else, we look good. Wanna see some pictures?
public.fotki.com/JoeGrippo/
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 6931
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-23-2005 04:25 PM
NICE!!!!!  ------------------
mike r
racing is real
everything else is just a game.
81 capri-302-7.25 @93mph 1/8
1.54 60ft 50 % of the fun dragracing is meeting people who will give you the shirt off their back to wipe the grease off your hands.
M&M member #839 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/mike470/adel2.jpg
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 20109
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 08-23-2005 06:33 PM
Very  and your dads ride should be a blast too.  ------------------
oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 65 coupe 351w C4 Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8" 3.40 TracLoc. My Pics
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 2209
From: Stanton, Michigan 49707
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-23-2005 07:02 PM
Joe,
BOTH ENGINES LOOK GREAT! - AND I've got a lot of respect for your amount of automotive expertise and good judgement; But - I gotta ask - did you lift your dad's big & heavy FE using that carb plate affair? Those babies give me the WILLIES! OK, so the wgt of the engine is ~550+lbs & is shared between the four carb studs; so about 135-lbs at each corner. The studs/bolts are typically 5/16" steel. No problem...and if you were using a OEM intake (cast-iron) I'd say you're fine. BUT - what do ya figure those punky ALUMINUM (intake) threads are rated for? Edelbrock says not to torque anything into their aluminum (intake) threaded holes over 25ft-lbs. That makes me think that even the BRAND NEW intake threads may pull without too much effort.... I know this subject has come up on M&M before, but I don't recall a consensus being determined from it. Just my 2 cents worth,,,,,,, GOOD LUCK! Ryan
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Mark T 7724
Gearhead Posts: 224
From: Palmdale, CA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-23-2005 09:03 PM
Ryan: I can tell you I've pulled Calvert's motor with an Aluminum Intake the same way several times, It's never been a problem and we've never seen any stress to the intake threads.------------------
1964-1/2 Mustang SS/L 289 4-Speed, 10.537 @ 124.83. West Coast Money Maker Racing Team Member, http//www.tallentracing.com
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68 Coop
Gearhead Posts: 2408
From: Mesquite, NV. 89027
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 08-24-2005 12:45 AM
Those are some nice looking engines Joe. Someday I shall pull mine and do it tyhat nice, when I aquire the knowledge and space. Good job Joe, good job.------------------
William 68 Coupe
289
Edelbrock 600
Performer Intake
Headers/X-pipe/Flowmaster 30's
C4
8"rear/2:79gears
"Restomod in Progress" Good friends are hard to find, even harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
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Joe Grippo
Gearhead Posts: 133
From: Philadelphia, Pa
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 08-24-2005 01:13 AM
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Originally posted by Ryan Wilke:
Joe,
BOTH ENGINES LOOK GREAT! Those babies give me the WILLIES!
Thanks to everyone for kind words...
Ryan, believe me I know what your saying, it is always in the back of my mind...all that weight hangin' on that intake. We have never had a problem and I have never actually heard of one letting go. That's not to say it can't happen though. Maybe we are on borrowed time. ------------------
Grippo Racing
If nothing else, we look good. Wanna see some pictures?
public.fotki.com/JoeGrippo/
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 6931
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-24-2005 08:07 AM
i have seen many of them pulled just using two bolts into the alum heads!!------------------
mike r
racing is real
everything else is just a game.
81 capri-302-7.25 @93mph 1/8
1.54 60ft 50 % of the fun dragracing is meeting people who will give you the shirt off their back to wipe the grease off your hands.
M&M member #839 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y6/mike470/adel2.jpg
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 2209
From: Stanton, Michigan 49707
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-24-2005 09:42 AM
quote:
Originally posted by capri man:
i have seen many of them pulled just using two bolts into the alum heads!!
 However - assuming they'd use the bolt holes on either end of the heads, they would typically be 3/8" if not 7/16"; jand would be pulled at a 90* angle. Thus would be much stronger than a punky 5/16" thread hole being pulled vertically. Mark,
Thanks for the real-time experience testimonial - real-time is always better than theoretical! Maybe I'm just a scaredy-cat!! 
Ryan
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