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bluestang67
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Hello from Illinois

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Recently just purchased a 65 Cyclone , 4spd . Engine had been changed some years ago to a warmed up 302 . It had a Crane Fireball cam and lost a lobe after about 200 miles .
I'm now having a 347 built and know , headers and suspension are going to be needed to get the right thing's to fit .
I see some here have experienced this same issue with a small engine bay and Z bar for headers . I'm not a fan of long tube , hopefully i can find the right combo that wont require to much


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First off welcome!
To post pics here it's best to have a host like Postimage and link them here.
There is a sticky in the lounge that explains how if your not familiar with the process.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2448
I'd rather do it myself if it's done right or not,,,isn't that what hotrodding is all about

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Welcome on ! love my 347,loads of lowend & midrange with the cam I used,its a great street motor. I used dougs tri y's, fit is pretty good.still not a no cuss fit like Roy Pool said his was. but I had a borgesen PS box that he didnt. had to grind a corner off of it & some other finagling but didnt have to ding the headers. scratched the ceramic coating some though during the fight.

check out this other link that in addition to the one sassy put up;
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16011&p=97301&hilit ... ead#p97301
it will give you tips on how to use postimage.
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Welcome aboard! :D Use the link that Poboy put up. It tells you how to use Postimage so it will automatically resize your pics so they can be used on the forum. We want to see this new ride of yours. 8)

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Welcome, looking forward to seeing pics! I put a 347 mine for a few years in 2005. Ran shorty headers from Patriot and Mustang Steve cable clutch conversion. Worked good, but went back to my Boss 351 Cleveland and kept the cable clutch for this go around. Took the 347 and put it my 66 Mustang still running those same shorty patriots and also a cable clutch in it.
1965 Mercury Cyclone former drag car, 1971 Boss 351 engine, 4 speed, ladder bars, etc. Now returned to a street car.
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https://postimg.cc/YjZzXJ2Q

PO built it in the early 90s ,, its complete with grandchildren bicycle scratches , repaint later .
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Guys Thank you , will take me a bit to figure it all out . But a lot of changes coming to it .
I think picture adding will be easier on desk top instead of phone ..
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Joe Travers
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Solid car, man!

Crane Fireball cam, haven't heard that one in a very long time.

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minion
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Excellent.....had a65 in high school, 64 now.
I have a set of Sanderson FF6 silver ceramic coated shorties I'll part with. They're in the buy, sell, trade posts.
Good luck on the build!
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Will they work with a Z bar ,, i will check them out i know Sanderson made them in block hugger for GT 40 P heads .
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minion wrote:
Sun Oct 16, 2022 2:01 pm
Excellent.....had a65 in high school, 64 now.
I have a set of Sanderson FF6 silver ceramic coated shorties I'll part with. They're in the buy, sell, trade posts.
Good luck on the build!
Z bar creats a headache for sure , Would like to see some installed on a 65 manual at how Exhaust was rerouted .


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They worked in my 64 with the zbar.....I changed them because I installed a Heidts front end and also the Hydramax throw out so no more zbar. It too is a 347 with Dart heads
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My test drive in June and purchase . Oh my name is Bobby

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Looks very similar to my old Cyclone.
Do you know the history of the car?

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