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Nuggets
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Posted: 08-November-2014 at 5:51AM |
Noob from the UK with a 73 Gran Torino, it's a smog era engine but it is the cleveland!
Plan is to rebuild the engine for more power, got some Aussie heads on the way and planning on making it a high revving little monster with 400-450 at the crank. It's a brougham spec car too and the tired old interior will be getting a makeover with leather bucket seats as the front bench is too far gone to justify repairing it ATM. |
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californiajohnny
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welcome! post some pics when you can
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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
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Welcome!
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"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
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72 RS 351
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Excellent, welcome, and I love Cleveland's. Get a stoker kit for it or use a Windsor block stroker near 408-427 sized, and then only the intake is the hard part.
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Don
73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000+ rpm 351-4V &4R70W 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
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Welcome to the board
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Griffin
1973 Gran Torino station wagon 1972 Gran Torino 4 Door 1971 Maverick 2 Door |
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Ranchero Fan
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Welcome. Another '73
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Brian 1973 Ford Ranchero Big Block. ''THE OTHER WOMAN''
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Regul8r
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WELCOME to the Family!
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legend onirot
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welcome aboard
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malcolm 1973 gran torino sport (formal)... "Stacy Lynn" 1972 gran torino (formal)... "Mackenzie" 1973 gran torino sport (sportroof)... "Leela" |
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Regul8r
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BTW... we as the GTS.ORG Family are more than willing to help send you parts you need if we can!
You now have friends "across the pond" as they say! |
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Welcome to the forum.
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JT, USAF Ret./Architect
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Welcome!!
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Joe
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Welcome!
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Gary
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Nuggets
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Thanks for the warm welcome guys :) parts would be very welcome! I've noticed there's a lot of parts in the US that I can't get over here
Anyway I'll try and get a couple of pics up later Mods on the way are a 74 front end and some sports wing mirrors and so far I've upgraded the rear tyres to 255/60/16s :D |
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Nuggets
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So this is it when I picked up the white whale in September, first LHD car I've ever owned and drove it 330 miles home in the dark :) performed perfectly bar the sh*t headlights which I've now got H4 upgrade units for. Note the hubcaps
After a week or so of normal driving the fuel pump died.....so I replaced it with a Holley blue top and pressure reg, lost the hubcaps too so it got a bit more of an industrial look Following this a little brown trouser moment in the wet prompted me to upgrade the terrible budget tyres on the rear that it came with! 205/70/14s went up to 255/65/16s for some extra grip New rims were needed too and of course they had to look aggressive! Just chilling with a mates truck And another view of the new rubber Oh at this point I'd worked out I've got a nice little leak from the windscreen seal.....so that needs sorting But look at the goodies! Got this far Snapped a bolt in the passenger side head so had to remove it.....bastard job New vs old Bolt removed and new stuff added! Just waiting on a few little bits like kickdown adaptor and throttle ball Just a couple of random ones now |
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unlovedford
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Very nice!
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Joe
1972 Mom's Squire Wagon 1972 Torino Wagon 1976 Torino 1968 Cougar XR7-First batch 1972 Torino 460 1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous Popeye and Brutus (Rams) |
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legend onirot
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looks to be a nice solid car... thanks for sharing!
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kychevyguy
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Looking really good there. When you get a chance, you should upgrade your front wheels/tyres for the same that you have on the back. They look great.
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Nuggets
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Thanks, it's a Cali car so nice and solid. I'll be getting it steam cleaned and under sealed properly next spring as it'll be off the road over winter
The front wheels will be changed over soon enough, just upgrading it slowly! Fronts will probably be after ie rebuilt the Aussie heads I've just bought and re done the interior It's a brougham spec but the front bench is long past it and uneconomical to repair so I'm dropping in some classic looking tombstone leather bucket seats from a Porsche |
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GTW
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It's refreshing to see another one in Europe.
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Griffin
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72 RS 351
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Great work, and pictures too.
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Don
73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000+ rpm 351-4V &4R70W 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
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Grantorinosport351
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very nice! and nice upgrades too!
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~Bryan
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Nuggets
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Cheers :) they're just the start! It'll be coming out of the bay next year for some more serious ones like flat tops and a nice roller cam plus 2000 stall
Wouldn't mind an OD either if I can afford one but they're over a grand!
I'm going to try and get it running again this weekend with the new headers on so there might be a video, we all know what a 351c sounds like but everyone loves V8 sound clips ;)
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benzesrule
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Welcome to a fellow 73 brougham owner!!!
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Phil
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72 RS 351
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Oh, start it with the open headers first, that's a sweet real V8 sound. |
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Don
73 Ranchero "Sport 72 front end", floor shift/console, planning EFI 7000+ rpm 351-4V &4R70W 73 Ranchero GT 351C-4V &4R70W for sale later. 92 Lincoln Mark VII SE GTC, OBDII 347/4R70W |
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Nuggets
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That was my plan! Going to have to drive it to the exhaust shop on opens as I haven't got a ramp or any stainless wire to sort out the exhaust with :)
Sure the neighbours will love it.....I certainly will
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Nuggets
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New exhaust :)
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=936474213031069 |
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Nuggets
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May have to copy and paste the link, couldn't do a proper hyper as I'm on my phone
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moltimedia
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Nice, one more white 73 in Europe ,
mine still has the original 2v set up, how much more horses wil there be and what kind of carb are you using now? Regards , Coen |
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millsy
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Hi from another uk torino owner
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Nuggets
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I'm aiming for a 500hp build, decided to put that on hold though! Or at least partly.....first I'll fit new pistons and get the block reworked up to 9.5:1 CR on the stock heads which should take it, means the block will be ready for new heads etc when cash is ready!
Carb atm is a 550cfm Edelbrock which I pinched off my spare V8, it'll be getting swapped over to a 750cfm carb at a later date :) But I've made an executive decision to upgrade the brakes before I upgrade the power! :) seems like a smarter move to me haha The white may not stay white for much longer.........I'm still undecided on a new colour Hi Millsy, where in the UK are you ? Looks like a 73 or 72 you've got too! If its a 72 I'm very jealous haha
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