[chuckbrandt]

Hey Fellas,
I didn't necessarily say the 289 was for or in a cobra. I just thought someone would know the answer to the 289 crank in a 302 roller block question.

The 289 is in my '67 galaxie that I inherited from my Dad. It has supposedly only 50K miles on it, and looking at the internals of the engine I tend to believe that. Recently it ate it's timing chain gear (old style aluminum with nylon). During that event the camshaft broke. And a couple of valves smacked pistons. I don't think it was a lubrication issue, everything else looks so good in the engine. The crank is nearly perfect and even the cam chunks look good. But this whole cam bearing coming apart is a new one on me.

The 427 SO is a pile of parts sitting in my office (mostly NOS) that will go in my cobra when it comes. Besides the Galaxie I have a '66 F-100 and a '74 Bronco. My game is trying to keep them all running spending less each month than my wifes car payment.

Anyway, that's all I know about that.

Chuck