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I have holes in the Edelbrock F427 intake on the 390 in my 66 County Squire that I’m not sure what to do with... do you know what they are for?
FE intake hole identification
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I have holes in the Edelbrock F427 intake on the 390 in my 66 County Squire that I’m not sure what to do with... do you know what they are for?
I will be interested to see what large hole #1 is for, never seen one like that.
The others are either vacuum or coolant ports.
The others are either vacuum or coolant ports.
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The guys are exactly right
The two angled ones are to allow the use of a CJ dual PCV. You can use either for a vacuum source for power brakes or PCV or you can plug them with a pipe plug
The one in the front center of the intake, is in water - its for your water temp gauge
The big one is for an oil fill tube on early cars. Guys generally plug it with a freeze plug, but you could get a fill tube too (5 bucks for a plug versus 50 for a tube) as long as you have a way to put oil in a valve cover, which it looks like you do
The two angled ones are to allow the use of a CJ dual PCV. You can use either for a vacuum source for power brakes or PCV or you can plug them with a pipe plug
The one in the front center of the intake, is in water - its for your water temp gauge
The big one is for an oil fill tube on early cars. Guys generally plug it with a freeze plug, but you could get a fill tube too (5 bucks for a plug versus 50 for a tube) as long as you have a way to put oil in a valve cover, which it looks like you do
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These might help. The black cap by the dipstick is the oil filler tube and the red/blue is the temp gauge.
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Do you know the name or part number for that setup?
Here it is on ebay....
1968-1969 428 Cobra Jet/SCJ PCV System Mustang Cougar Torino Shelby, ALL | eBay
1968-1969 428 Cobra Jet/SCJ PCV System Mustang Cougar Torino Shelby, ALL | eBay
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For that price I'll just make my own using brass fitting and some tubing.
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Rickyracer is that your shop? We were RAD customers in the day for machine shop work when it was on Rte 20 near K-Mart, and if remember correctly, later in town near the old Big Y
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Sorry to say no it isn't. I have also used them many moons ago. Good people know their stuff.
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We used to run a mostly truck repair shop in Ware, MA, used them as a machine shop until one came to town. Been a very long time
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When I was stationed in San Diego I found a machine shop there that knew what they were doing. Also found a few that didn't.
A good machine shop anywhere in the country is getting hard to find.
This one is better value, although it's missing a couple of parts:
Front intake fitting: (although this seems really expensive - I have one its yours for $25 plus postage)
PCV valve: have one of those too for $25.
In fact, I'm pretty sure I have the whole setup except the rubber hoses you can have for $100 plus postage...
Front intake fitting: (although this seems really expensive - I have one its yours for $25 plus postage)
PCV valve: have one of those too for $25.
In fact, I'm pretty sure I have the whole setup except the rubber hoses you can have for $100 plus postage...
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As some extra info . . these F-427 were produced for oil filler tubes and some were not. I would guess the later ones did not have the provision . . but I own both so I know they were produced both ways. If anyone can give a date to when the switch was made, I would be interested . . I'm a nerd that way 
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I'm wondering if the last hole might not be used to help mount a manual choke in the event the electric choke was unwanted. It seem to line up behind the present choke pretty well.
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Nope. Manual choke has a bracket that mounts on the carb itself.
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