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I'm partial to flatheads, but if you are going to do a sbc, make it look like it fits. I see so many that don't match the rest of the car and it...
It's all about the time period that you grow up in. I am 20 years old. My dad and I started this 1931 model a project before I was 16 and I...
I'll look into my intake more and check for a vacuum leak.
Which bead roller did you buy? I am currently looking at the 23" model and am curious if it is any good.
Yeah it's got me a little confused too. The way the intake is, two cylinders share a barrel from the carburetor. 1-6, 2-5, 3-8, 4-7. But when I...
Next week I'll post how to adjust the valves, pretty simple process once you get doing it.
I'm a sucker for black engines.
Thanks for the advice flthd31. I don't recall seeing holes in my bolts for the safety wire. Definitely something that would be good to have. Not...
Still playing with the carbs a little to get rid of some of the soot on the passenger side. It seems to be getting better, but still running...
I'm changing 1/4 to 1/8-3/16. The main thing is that it stick past a little, then when the oil pan gasket goes on, that takes up some of that...
I just kind of meant, it's not going to be easy to turn over with all of the parts rubbing on each other. But if a connecting rod is in wrong,...
I'm using an Isky Max-1.. has a nice choppy sound at idle. Here she is complete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSl4cQCxr7k
Time for paint~~ I picked these up from lowes. They seem to be holding up just fine. No pealing or flaking so far. And it has a nice shine...
I used a rubber seal on the front of the crankshaft. Something that Rick does for his customers is make a bushing for the crankshaft that won't...
Now it's time for the rope seals. Rick showed me how he does them when we picked up the engine. He says to have the rope seal stick past...
Next is the timing gear. This can only go on one way. Fortunately it has a weird bolt pattern that will only allow it to go on one way. A...
There is then a cover plate that goes over this area, it has a gasket. If that gasket doesn't go on, most of your oil leakage will probably come...
The oil pump idler gear is then installed. This spins on a tiny busing, make sure that this spins freely before installing. I had one that was...
Oil Pump~~ I just used the stock style oil pump and pickup. There are several options out there for aftermarket modern style oil systems and...
Once the connecting rods are torqued down. I suggest spinning the engine around by hand a few times to make sure nothing is stuck. A good engine...
Installing the Pistons~~<O:p</O:p Before you install the piston assembly, wipe the cylinder clean to make sure there are no metal particles from...
I got a hold of some U.S.A. ford script aluminum pistons.
The rear main seal is a rope seal that goes into an aluminum retainer. Work the rope seal into the retainer. I used a large socket to help work...
Here is a list of the torque specs that I used. These were all scattered around from different sources and also the book above from Frank Oddo....
Here are the stainless steel valves installed. I used this book for the majority of my guidelines for building this engine.
I got this block totally machined by Rick Wetzel.
This is a 1952 flathead out of a car. I had never rebuilt a flathead before and hope to rebuild several more throughout my lifetime. I am only...
My "new" block finally got checked and is crack free. It's getting the works,,, bored, decked, new cam, valve seats, crank turned, yada yada...
thanks flatlander, I will check em out
Mainly just as a plan B but wanted to get some info on them basically just in case.
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