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54 Mercury/Ford...Need to know machined angle on head intake ports.Heads have been machined .030 and i need to compensate for this by milling the 54 Merc 4v intake manifold which i am using on my 239 Yblock. Am now getting manifold leaks. Best information i have is that the angle is 100 or 115 degrees and the machining multiply factor is either 1.2 or 1.4 Any help would be very much appreciated.Thanks Dom Scalza

Thanks for looking. I found one.

Looking for intake manifold off of a 54 Mercury 256 engine.Currently using 55 Ford 4v intake which is not completely compatible[largerports]with my 54 239 Ford. Dom Scalza 908-925-4613

Thanks for getting back.What about the positive to negative ground conversion? New distributors require negative ground.

Would like to run a modern distributor such as MSD or MALLORY on my 54 Ford Yblock which is 6v positive ground. Does anyone know of any company that produces a Converter Box 6volt pos/12volt neg? Thanks in advance of any help. Dom Scalza.

I also have a set of cast iron dual exhaust manifolds for your 292. Dom Scalza 908-925-4613 linden

Looking for a 54Merc intake manifold for my 54Ford 239Yblock Dom Scalza Linden,NJ 908-925-4613 liveitup35@aol.com

Looking for a 54 Merc intake manifold for my 54Ford 239 Ybloc. Now using a 56 Ford 4brl intake which is a borderline fit [manifold leaks]. Dom Scalza Linden,NJ 908-925-4613

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The 256 intake is not a direct fit to a 292 [manifold leaks].Iam looking for a 256 intake and would be interested in a swap. I have a 292 intake off of a 56Ford that i am using on my 54Ford 239.The 292 intake is not compatible with my engine [borderline on manifold leaks].I need and am looking for an intake from a 256. Interested? Dom scalza Linden,NJ 908-925-4613

Thanks Lew. I will try John Mummerts website. Dom Scalza

Jeff, Thanks for the information.Do you have any idea why the original distributor does not work with the 4brl intake? It does not work on full manifold vacuum{too much advance}.It does run,although not well,on timed vacuum.Edelbrock carb has both vacuum ports.Thanks again.Hope you have the answers. Dom

Have converted to 4brl intake{from 56 Ford}on 54 239 Yblk. Looking for recommendation on best distributor to use to upgrade from stock. Stock distributor does not work well with 4brl operation. Dont know why but its been suggested that a later distributor will perform better, years 57 thru 74 with drive gear and oil pump change.Any information will be greatly appreciated. [color:"red"]

Have upgraded to 56 4brl intake.Now looking for specific recommendation on best distributor to use to replace stock 54. Its been suggested that 57 thru 74 will work with drive gear and oil pump change. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Dom [color:"red"]

Given a 54 Ford 239v8 with a 56 4brl intake/Edelbrock 500cfm carb.Problem is full vacuum advance with stock distributor will not work.Excessive advance at idle stalls engine.Cannot find an alternate distributor from any manufacturer for this engine.Will a 56 Ford distributor[dual diaphram for use with 4brl] or a 57 work? Suggestions? Thanks for any help. Dom. Note: Runs on timed vacuum but i would prefer full vacuum which i believe would be better.