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Ford and Mustang carburetors

Ford Autolite 2100 carburetors

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Ford Air cleaners

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Ford Crankshafts

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Vintage Ford and Mustang intake manifolds

Ford engines pistons and rods

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Ford Vintage smog setups

Ford valve covers

 

Ford Bell housings casting ID

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Comparing Small block Bellhousings starter position

The main difference between small block 221 260 289 302 351W and 351C bellhousings is the with the flywheel size. 157 and 164 thoot are the 2 versions of flywheels and each flywheel requires a specific bellhousing. The way each bellhousing can be identified is by looking at the starter position. more ...

Dan Case comparing parts

Extensive descriptions and comparaisons on Cobra's and other Ford parts. Great details. more ...

Toploader input shafts

2 different INPUT shaft are commonly available for all V8 Ford's, 1 1/16" and 1 3/8". But both input shafts have the same number of splines of 10.

Small Shaft
Big Shaft

1 1/16 " input shaft

10 spline

1 3/8 " input shaft

10 spline

Toploader bellhousing bolt patterns

2 different bolt patterns. Early Toploaders used a narrow bolt pattern type for attaching the transmission to the bellhousing and the later versions used a wider butterfly type bolt pattern.

Narrow pattern
Butterfly bolt pattern
Early type pattern
Later type pattern
Comparing original 67-70 Shelby GT 350 small block COBRA closed letters Valve covers with reproductions.

There are several differences between original and reproduction Cobra closed lettered valve covers. The biggest difference is the squared bolt cutout on the originals versus a rounded type cutout on the more ...

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