The Jalopy Journal
Locally you just didn't hear much about roller cams in street engines during the '60s. Even in the late '60s and early '70s you would see a lot of...
On the same cam, you can get about 20 degrees of additional valve duration with the 1.6 ratio vs 1.5. Common to do on exhaust valve on SBC. But...
Just curious about your distributor advance all in RPM. How did you arrive at that choice? Seems very late.
I think the big hurdle in the case for trying to fix while assembled is that the OP doesn't have the broken off piece. So if that has to be...
Cast iron is weldable. It is also a bit porous. To weld requires a lot of cleaning and sometimes pre and post heat. I can't see anyway that you...
If it's just the shift lever, just take it out of the tower. You are going to need to the rear at least 8", but having 10" or 12" would not hurt...
Yes, lots of memories. As a young teenager I would go to the Sanford, Maine drag events at the airport with my dad. Especially when the dragsters...
In my opinion that big stock car rear end would look too big and out of place in a dragster.
Well, as you probably know the initial hot rodder fix was to cut the handel off a bunch of table spoons and weld the spoon on. I actually brazed...
How did the mains mic out? If it's just a street type rebuild and you use the original crank no real reason to balance the assembly. I would get...
Lloyd, I guess we will never get back to the "good" old days. Picking up on your comment about not spraying isocyinates without a respirator. I...
Really admire the research you put in to work out all of the parts and modifications. After doing all of that doing all of that I am not sure how...
Not the cause of your current issue, but years ago I was taught to disconnect the negative cable first and install it last.
From a comment back in one of your earlier posts, reconsidering your machine shop might not be a bad idea. You mentioned some machine work had...
For a street car I can't think of a reason you would use anything but a rubber trans mount. It doesn't take much to crack a transmission tail...
Sorry for the loss of your dad. It's hard in the short term. You have a garage full of very nice cars by the looks. And the fact that one was...
Yes, the original bypass assembly that attaches to the block with two bolts that was used with the canister filter is retained and used with the...
I'd view it as a two part problem. Short term, it would not be that much of a project to fab one out of a piece of aluminum to get back in...
It's true that over time copper tubing can work harden, but it takes some time. You have the good size loops for movement/ vibration. So if...
I don't think there is a down side. Getting a decent air flow for metering gets more complicated as you add more carbs. And various manifolds...
Hot Shoe Hotrods in MO aquired LRS Inc that was also in MO and developed the '32 A-Plus frame. You can mount the A body onto a '32 style frame...
Where any piston sits in the bore at TDC relative to the deck is determined by crankshaft stroke, rod length, and the compression height built...
It most likely the heads are going to come off. Across the various posts most have hit upon the things that need to be checked and fixed if...
If it's too old maybe no help, but I would check with Beam Equipment Supply.
Not sure why, but you need to get the gas line out of the passenger compartment.
The inexpensive testers are usually metric readout and if you look at the advertised accuracy and convert it to decimal you will see that they are...
Just curious. The reliability of the Mallory has always been very good. The Pertronix seems to be a mixed bag. So why would prefer the Pertronix?
How are the carbs configured and controlled? Do they all work, or are the front and back just dumpers? Straight or progressive linkage? Which...
In the late '60s and early '70s I built a number of 301s. But it was a process. You would pick through a few blocks that would bore to 4" and...
Locally I remember the Buick drum appearing on the dirt track in the early '60s. Initially on the right front with a safety hub. I seem to recall...
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