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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">These don't exactly grow on trees. Although they look like something any plumbing supply store would have in stock, they're not available anywhere. Original fuel line Tees for a 2x4 409. The side exit is for the fuel line that leads back to the rear carb.
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...l_tees_003.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...f_engine.3.jpg
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looks like you have them all Verne !! I see atleast three in that pic !!

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Here's another super rare '09 piece. There were plenty of '62 380hp (1x4) engines built but very few original aircleaners survive. Of the few air cleaners that are out there, virtually none of them still have their original screen for the oil soaked foam element. Parts stores sold a paper replacement element so the screens got tossed.
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...screen0001.jpg

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I've got a NOS 68 Impala hidden headlight door, with the vertical bars blacked out.

My dad once had a Z11 aluminum water pump that he found at Carlisle. This was at least 30 years ago. Had the 0 at the start of the part number. He ended up trading it for a bunch of 65 409 parts. Boy, does he wish he still had it!

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: TAR6569</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've got a NOS 68 Impala hidden headlight door, with the vertical bars blacked out.

My dad once had a Z11 aluminum water pump that he found at Carlisle. This was at least 30 years ago. Had the 0 at the start of the part number. He ended up trading it for a bunch of 65 409 parts. Boy, does he wish he still had it! </div></div>

He's much better off with the '65 parts he can use than looking at an aluminum water pump hanging on the wall that he'd never use! He made the right decision. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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haha I asked him what he got in trade, 65 409: 3 NOS oil pans, distributor, exhaust manifolds and more. He says the guy wanted it pretty badly.

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Verne would the 409+2x4 be about equivalent in performance to a stock L-78 or L-72. Just wonderin

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I experienced a direct comparison with both a stock 2x4 409 and a stock L-78 in the same car with exactly the same set-up on the car. The ONLY difference was the L-78 ran a flex fan; the 409 ran the stock clutch fan. I had no problem shifting the L-78 at 6500 but I was more careful with the 409. 5800 shifts.
Best times:
L-78: 13.17
409: 13.31

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I experienced a direct comparison with both a stock 2x4 409 and a stock L-78 in the same car with exactly the same set-up on the car. The ONLY difference was the L-78 ran a flex fan; the 409 ran the stock clutch fan. I had no problem shifting the L-78 at 6500 but I was more careful with the 409. 5800 shifts.
Best times:
L-78: 13.17
409: 13.31

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Cool. I always wondered about this. Why only 5800 rpm with the 409? Were they fragile, or did they just stop making power up top?

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: novadude</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I experienced a direct comparison with both a stock 2x4 409 and a stock L-78 in the same car with exactly the same set-up on the car. The ONLY difference was the L-78 ran a flex fan; the 409 ran the stock clutch fan. I had no problem shifting the L-78 at 6500 but I was more careful with the 409. 5800 shifts.
Best times:
L-78: 13.17
409: 13.31

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img] </div></div>

Cool. I always wondered about this. Why only 5800 rpm with the 409? Were they fragile, or did they just stop making power up top? </div></div>

They make good power over 6000 but I was being careful. Pistons weigh almost 2 lbs each! Good blocks are hard to come by.

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I only ever heard a 409-2x4 running once so far in my lifetime. The car rocked slightly as the engine idled. Awesome actually.