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a friend had a fairlane sports coupe that he installed 390 with a top loader made a fiberglass front end he worked on it forever but i never saw...
you can use the flywheel/flex plate to do the timing the big dia gives you a more precise timing you just degree it like the frt hub and you don't...
Steve were the wipers from an Austin or a BMW mini
i had to drop it to clear the exhaust. i called the company direct and they were not much help just stating that was the kit they made and there...
you shouldn't have any problems that trans has a lock-up torque so at highway speeds you won't have any slip stock converters stall is about 1800rpm
what was the deck heights of the 57-58 and 59-64
it's always better to be at the top of the break, or if all the hot dogs show up or the class has a soft record then you add weight to be in a...
i just did a car with 4 coil overs i used afco shocks as they bought out pro shocks and hyper coils worked out well i use the longest stroke...
i paid 750 for a 371 and drag star with 6 97 strombergs for my 52 chev bus. coupe that i had just finished fitting i'am with Beaner it would make...
DND is right it doesn't matter which terminal the rotor points to for #1 but i always set it to point straight forward
back in the late 60's i installed a 289 with four speed in a Sabra(sp) for a customer then when he blew the motor he gave it to me i installed a...
I got my wife to put the pics in a proper file
it's the angle that's wrong
in the 60's that is how we did it! as for welding there has always be good welders stick or tig or gas. use to gas weld all my tanks and pans. a...
KIWI how did you make out i tried to post pics but couldn't get it to work. your lucky the motor has ram horns mine had the exhaust pipe crossing...
you'll probably go by dia. and spline count. is there a shop that builds driveshafts and or balances them in your area, they usually have charts...
go to your GM dealer and pick - up a can of lubricity it was used for squeaky rockers we also used it after changing head gasket or intake gasket...
those adapters look like what i think he's talking about. a driveshaft cannot be mounted fix/solid needs a slip joint somewhere in a two piece...
to me they would all work it would depend what i was going to drop them in. the chev has a greater choice of transmissions
nice car do what you had planned, keep, trade or sell the parts you take off depending on the room you have,saying that you'll never reinstall...
did you do the floor? i use 3 sheets of 4x8 18 gauge used a bead roller to add ribs for strength
I've got a motor that has no oil pressure it's the third eagle crankshaft that has cracked talked the customer into something better, they had to...
the last double hump heads i did about 10yrs ago cost the customer $1000.00 we changed everything, valve,guides, angle milled, screw-in studs and...
i never expect things that are bolt-on to be that! but brackets that are crooked and don't clear the stock exhaust are unacceptable as for the...
I've used Scat in the past and mic'd with in specs
how much is your car going to weight, what gears , and tires? how long is the track?
i'm rebuilding a 301 that set class record at the NHRA Grand-nationals in the 70's for my altered reusing as many of the original parts as...
I just installed a kit and nothing fit had to do a pie cut to change the angle to clear the exhaust and align the pulleys had to machine outer...
all the after market make small journal rods in any length you want. in I beam or H beam. i'm not a big eagle fan stock 327 rods with arp bolts...
it's easy the separate the body and frame you could do it with tubing but it wouldn't look like the other side, having metal bent to size and...
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