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Mail From: James Kurien <(email redacted)>


Sixto writes:

> the fact that y'all are talking about the modern 5.0 getting 100k to
> 200k miles is fantastic. unless i'm missing something about the new
> 5.0's, the basic change has been in the valvetrain, ie roller.
[..]
> the few hundred $$ for a fully roller setup seems like very cheap insurance...

Possibly, but none of the >200K cars I've heard about on the list,
two '79s and an '84, have roller cams. Roller cams started in '85
for Fox Mustangs.

Also:

Multiple carbs came up a while ago, and by chance I picked up the
1988 HP book on Webers. It's very thorough and quickly convinced
me to go with EFI :-)

If someone suspects they may be masochistic enough to run 4 carbs built
by a subsidiary of Fiat, they are welcome to it. All I need is a
mailing address.

Jim