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I remember cutting the leather tongue out of an old pair of shoes to put into the fuel pump actuation lever to make the pump actuation rod think...
A sophomore fabricator could make some spacers that would bolt to the control arm and accept a stock ball joint.
Ummm, that might have been a Racer Brown roller cam.
Two things I have been told over the years....... 1. The hemi combustion chamber was all about flame propogation. 2. The late 426 hemi was not a...
Here's another strange one. Chased an overheating problem forever. Finally pulled the water pump and found the impeller was a loose fit on the...
Depending on who owned the car before you and what they did for replacing joints, there may not be grease zerks in the joints. Maybe yes, maybe...
Holy crap, what a bag of worms. The guy who directed the kid to change the gasket apparently didn't know to pack the pump and the kid certainly...
If you want to build 'em one time and forget it..... http://www.burnsstainless.com/
Everything you ever wanted to know about L31 Vortec heads..... http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/Vortec_L31_cylinder_head You'll have a...
195 is where it needs to run to boil off acids in the oil that form from blowby past the rings. (normal). I'll be 73 next month, so you're just a kid.
According to what I can find, both the '54 and the '63 have the same rear track, 59". Track is measured from the centerline of one tire to the...
Find the halfway point of the shock with the car at rest and make new mounts.
When I was 16, I had the local welding shop heat the front coils on my '47 Dodge More-door. I thought she looked righteous and it cost me only a...
Early Dodge maybe? http://assets.hemmings.com/story_image/357471-1000-0.jpg?rev=2
Normally, when I get to about 85 to 90 percent of done with the build, I can envision the final product and there is no further interest. I'll let...
And you wanted to get the nose up to transfer weight from the front of the car to the back, hopefully putting extra weight on the rear tires to...
Belly up to the bar son, I personally have over 60 years of experience (I'm 73) and I'm sure that there are others on here who have more than I...
I thought maybe Ford, but the top row of bolts on a Ford form a crescent, not in a straight line like the holes in the heads shown. These heads...
Close, but no cigar. The compression height difference between the 283 and the 327 piston was 0.125" (1/8"), not 1/4". .
Actually, Hidden Valley Auto Parts is in Maricopa, Arizona, southwest of Phoenix. I have spent many afternoons there........
Water will not run out when you take the cap off. The top of the fill is obviously even with the top of the tank. I've seen the Champion brand for...
6" rods making more torque is a bunch of malarkey to me, but I'd use 'em just for the fact that they will stabilize the piston in the bore better...
The magic ingredient in Coca Cola is phosphoric acid. Years ago as a child, I remember my dad stopping at a roadside store in a rain storm to buy...
I've been reading lately of more and more cracked flexplates. I don't know the reason, but suspect it has something to do with where they are...
Joe Cool in post 25 reminds me of why I find the highest cranking compression. It was decades ago when I was reading about a fellow named Willy,...
I would be interested in staying away from power brakes of any kind. A very good system can be cobbled up with manual discs on all four corners,...
4thhorseman, the Holley 300-36 is the same high-rise, dual-plane intake manifold that was patterned after the Winters Foundry aluminum intake that...
Drag raced a '59 Lark G/S in 1959/1960/1961. 259 CID, 4-bbl, duals, Traction Masters, Bucron cheater slicks. Yeaaaaah buddy. I got a few Chevies,...
31Vickywithahemi has the simplest answer. Bolt motor mount pads to the block. Bolt the tube adapter to the mounts and swing the motor into...
Best answer.:D Most likely donor for the rear, '57-'64 Olds/Pontiac. Parts are still available.
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