1975 Ford F-250 360 cid

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martin255 - 16 Jul 2005 22:48 GMT

the original engine had "soft" valve seats to run
on leaded gas. Today with no leaded gas avalable,
The seats must be "hard" seats on the rebuild.
My question is,When I order a remanufactured,
to replace the original, can I assume that the
replacement engine will have the "hard" seats?
Daniel Johnson
danieljohnsonnospam@msn.com

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Berkshire Bill - 17 Jul 2005 02:20 GMT

> the original engine had "soft" valve seats to run
> on leaded gas. Today with no leaded gas avalable,
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> Daniel Johnson
> danieljohnsonnospam@msn.com

Two things can go on here. The person taking the order might have the savvy
to ask what you want, or you can tell them up front what you want. To avoid
the anger of getting the wrong part the second option is probably the best.

Bill

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Rob - 17 Jul 2005 20:14 GMT

>>the original engine had "soft" valve seats to run
>>on leaded gas. Today with no leaded gas avalable,
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>
> Bill

or you can dig around and get the casting numbers for the newer heads
and make suer you ask for the proper spec heads......OR spens around
1500 bux on a set of edelbrock aluminum heads and a further 4-500 on an
intake and lighten up your engine significantly AND make better power

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Big Al - 18 Jul 2005 07:37 GMT

>>>the original engine had "soft" valve seats to run
>>>on leaded gas. Today with no leaded gas avalable,
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> on a set of edelbrock aluminum heads and a further 4-500 on an intake and
> lighten up your engine significantly AND make better power

Thought by 75 all cars and pickups were set up for unleaded fuel??

Al

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