falcon

Question from a beginner (be gentle haha). I have a 1961 Falcon 144 engine that I got for free off craigslist. Posted briefly last year about beginning to tear it down here. Well, as you can see from this photo, once i got the head off, it was in pretty rough shape inside. Standing water...

Over this past weekend I was driving my '63 Falcon around when I noticed the temperature rising at an alarming rate. I overheated the engine twice just trying to get home (hit about 250°). Got home, pulled the heads and sure enough... Valves were ghost white. Rather than doing a valve job on...

I have owned my 62 falcon for 15 years and barring the fact that I have never been able to get it to cool down, I love it. Here is where I am at. 200 Holley Sniper EFI 2300 (adapted) Holley Gas tank w/in tank pump HEI style Distributor 6 blade fan 3 Row copper/brass radiator 4(thats right 4)...