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Thats the ticket. I got it in and timed even with that tiny friggin timing mark and she runs so smooth. I'll drop a video here for you all

It's alive! And on fire. The dissy was 180 out just like you said and after that she fired up with 40 psi of oil pressure at 1500 rpm. It ran like shit though. I had a look with my timing gun and it was off the marks (I bridged the jumper before checking). The exhaust manifold and pipe were glowing bright orange so I shut it off and loosened the dissy hold down and fired it up again, giving the dissy a twist just tuning it by ear and an immediate improvement. Unfortunately the exhaust manifold caught fire due to the oil that had leaked on it. The temp gauge read normal so I'm hopeful that it didn't overheat but Im gonna let it cool before having another crack at it. Once it's cool I'll put some paint on that timing mark and time it properly, after that she's going on the road!

It doesn't have the start finish line so I just lined it up with cyl 1 using the notch that lines up the cap.

Good news and bad news. Good news I got the essentials together and tried to start it and I got 50 psi of oil pressure, so that makes me hopeful about the condition of my pump and bearings. Bad news is that it won't start. I think I fucked up the timing of the dissy so some advice on the procedure would be appreciated, but all I got was popping out of the throat so I must have fucked something up (to install the distributor I lined up the crank with 10 degrees on the mark and put the distributor so the rotor faced cyl 1 when it was in). Any advice would be appreciated.

Again? Was it a new or sec/hand cam? New or original or sec/hand lifters? Most unusual... I can't say I've ever had that happen! @deankxf It really shouldn't have done that so quickly, let alone at all. Did u check the pushrods and lifters were all spinning? 460's are for F-truck's IMO... nice open engine bay, and plenty of room for spark plug access. If u were to do a V8, I'd only recommend a 302 Windsor tbh. No issues with heater hoses at the firewall, and the lightest V8 from that era.

they fit XD XE, so XF wouldn't be far off. , there's probably a CRS engine mount kit. i would assume it might need custom extractors , Ihave seen them listed in the past for XD XE so XF likely same .. they are a big heavy lump designed for a truck, may not even go as well as a 302 windsor in stock form which i'd much prefer in an XF if keeping it ford engined. edit.. if you've driven a clevo XE after driving it as a crossflow, you'll know the handling difference wouldn't be worth adding even more weight to one.

I pulled some lifters and yep she ate the cam. The break in went horribly with it being cranked alot and it running like shit due to timing so I'm not surprised. Anyone know where to get a new cam on cheap or alternatively a clevo/460?

I brought it down to idle and it's running shitty again. I'm gonna pull the valve cover because it's hemorrhaging oil and I'll check to see it the pushrods are spinning. The break in for this cam went sub optimally to say the least with all the cranking stopping and starting I had to do so I'm hoping the worst hasn't happened.

they aren't for car shows.. keep the bonnet closed unless checking the oil etc even when they have been heavily modified, they don't really look amazing

Well I'm having some problems. The timing is way retarded and I the dissy won't move far enough to correct it. I think I have the dissy housing clocked wrong so if anyone has a picture of how its supposed to go in that would be much appreciated

It’s got the exact setup you’re talking about, with the ducting behind the battery. Looks like I’ll have to give it a makeover. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

that kit above is to fit a Falcon or cortina weber carby onto something like a gemini or datsun (i have one on my gemini currently) the air cleaner adapter on the base should look like this .. if so it will bolt on first, then you put the element on and then the lid. i prefer the stock filter, paint it black and hit the track.. what's wrong with it? *(some XFs even had cold air intake ducting past the battery to them, rather than the hot air these chrome ones are getting)

You'll need to find one, which has a Weber carby adaptor (oval shaped hole). Ebay usually has one or two listings.

Rare now cause they ended up at wreckers and crushed. Otherwise common and standard for the time of production. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

yes line 2 was for capris,louisville trucks,late xf utes (not all of them ,i guess how busy it was on the week)searching last night i found another JL40 ute so if you have one they are very rare,my 92 xf ute was definatley a JG40.

after hours of searching i found the answer its broadmeadows line 2,i was shitting myself thinking i bought a nissan xf ute with ford badge lol.

i have just bought a 2/89 xf ute with JL40 chassis number ? i have never seen this in 35 years of playing with falcons,i know JH is brisbane and JG is broadmeadows but where is JL ? could be a x file.