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With a proper clutch in front of it and no wheelhop, a 2.54 Saginaw shouldn't give you any problems up to around 450hp. Not likely you have a...
I cut a few pcv valves apart to see the differences inside. All these appear the same on the outside, common GM pcv valves with a plastic elbow......
330' for a street car is better than no track at all, I'd race even 60' if that was all that was available! I hope they make it work. We had a...
I had a .040" 350 that I built with some cheap $89/set H345ACP hyper rebuilder pistons. With pistons down .055"and a .039" head gasket, "quench"...
Looks like he made it... [IMG] Grant
Not sure he will make Friday, told me Saturday... Grant
Talked to Rocky last nite on the phone, the Evil Twin has been repaired and will be at Riverdale in Toutle WA this weekend 8/19/23!!! Grant
My OT street/strip car has a faceplated Toploader that I did myself in 2010 using Liberty parts. Still in the car... Here's a pic of a trial...
Thank you for the feedback! Using your brakes also creates heat and shortens brake life, but as long as you do not overheat them they will last...
For a driver it may not make much difference, but if you have the pickup's original clutch and it will fit the new engine, I would use that. Grant
"Traction control" is a hi-tech way to say power reduction. If they called it what it is, many would look for other solutions. Grant
That was likely me, probably a thread about my original Hillbilly Clutch Slipper that I made 13 years ago from a $15 hardware store hydraulic...
A clutch rating is just a quick/dirty way for the typical aftermarket clutch buying customer to feel assured that the clutch they buy isn't going...
Several scenes with this car in the '58 sci-fi flick "Earth vs. the Spider", saw it on MeTV's Svengoolie show a couple weeks ago... [IMG]
Without any sort of clutch hit controller, the best you can do is a clutch that barely holds after the shift into high gear. You need about 1sec...
I bought just about every pcv valve GM uses for common '70's-'90's 4/6/8 cyl applications. Most are very similar internally, just minor...
I make my living building clutch control devices for manual trans drag racers. One thing that I can tell you is that its far more likely the...
Seems to me carb venturi vacuum with enough volume would likely mess with signal, an exhaust venturi would likely be better. Grant
Back when I was a kid in the late 60's early '70's my uncle was a mechanic at a buick/olds/gmc dealership in Santa Maria. I went with him one...
What you have is basically the same as the dual friction Ram Powergrip, something I would recommend for a street/strip car at your power level....
One of the most common mistakes that stick shift hot rodders make is to install more clutch than they need. Clutches are much like brakes, they...
I removed side mounts and fuel pump boss while lightening up this sbc, cutoff wheel in a angle grinder, carbide in a die grinder, and a flap...
Here's the pcv valve setup I previously used on my street driven 2-stage nitrous sbc... [IMG] Worked great and didn't pull oil, but I further...
Here's something to think about. Actual Racepak data collected from my personal 2525lb driver/car, with some rough calculations applied. Sbc...
5252's only practical purpose is to make the resulting number smaller, as typical hot rodder doesn't really care much about how his engine might...
Basically an engine operating WOT in an actual car spends it's time between two acceleration rate extremes that affect it's torque output. Keep in...
When you actually put that 400ftlb engine in a car, the flat/constant 400ftlb "curve" number becomes meaningless as you introduce engine...
I made a 3pc bell/midplate/block plate. Midplate has ears that attach to the firewall, hangs the back of the engine so that I don't need to...
No need for knife edges, cold rolled shaft gave me 1g resolution on a 5" radius... [IMG] I used small magnets to get an idea of how much...
I have a car that I moved the firewall/engine/dash/seats back. No heater or defroster. When I moved the dash back, i originally intended to make a...
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