Nevadasmith
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So I built an awesome log head 250 for my bronco.......6000 miles on it and I love the performance, everything is great, except I used a clearance gasket set.....valve cover, pan gasket, and rear main are all leaking...... totally my fault!!! I just got cheap!!!! So the engine needs to come back out....but
The other day I picked up a 250 short block for $100. It came with a story..... So the story is it was built for a mustang, with a vintage inlines aluminum head, and made 3 Dyno pulls, the builder was disappointed in the numbers and parted it out sold the head then the short block.
The guy I bought it from tried to put it in a falcon only to realize the bellhousing was different.
Here is the question, I checked the cam spec with a dial indicator, it's very close to the one I'm running, but in the block there was only 3 of 12 lifters.....is it okay to run new lifters on a previously run cam???? ......or should I just buy a new cam and lifter set? Sorry so long winded!!! Thanks for the advice!
The other day I picked up a 250 short block for $100. It came with a story..... So the story is it was built for a mustang, with a vintage inlines aluminum head, and made 3 Dyno pulls, the builder was disappointed in the numbers and parted it out sold the head then the short block.
The guy I bought it from tried to put it in a falcon only to realize the bellhousing was different.
Here is the question, I checked the cam spec with a dial indicator, it's very close to the one I'm running, but in the block there was only 3 of 12 lifters.....is it okay to run new lifters on a previously run cam???? ......or should I just buy a new cam and lifter set? Sorry so long winded!!! Thanks for the advice!