Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Private_collector]

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

Tony, do you have specs on the street grind? I'm interested to see what they're using these days. It's a good idea IMO, the stock cam is way too conservative.

I've noticed all the flathead gurus mention difficulties adjusting lifters, mainly to do with the gadgets that stop the lifter turning. They recommend drilling a 3/16" hole into the bore and using a pin punch instead.

Hi Tony,

Don't have the specs anymore. It was listed with the cam when for sale on ebay, but I didn't bother to write them down after I compared that with some data on an American hot rod website. May have been Vanpelt or something similar. I do remember thinking it was still fairly mild. It not so, I wouldn't have dared to fit it. All the extra horsepower would have scared me.

Those lifter adjusting tools are not what I would have designed, thats for sure. Was thinking of something similar to the variably adjustable tool for locking discs onto an angle grinder....only smaller. There MUST be something better on the market, but I have not yet seen it. Possibly it will appear once I have finished all the adjustment. Quite often the way, you know!