The Jalopy Journal
The cork valve cover gaskets on my hemi have dried out and are leaking, dripping oil onto the manifolds, leaking on the driveway, etc. I'd...
I don't think I have ever done this, but I have to post up an eBay link....
Dad just got a 59 caddy coupe deville with a good body and a dead 390. So, he yanked the 390 and got to looking at the empty engine bay. We just...
My grandmother has comitted to help my sisters studebaker make the next step. The interior. We have the sewing machine and she has the skill,...
I'm looking to get some forged pistons for a future blower project. I have a .060" over 330. That makes it a 341. So, 3.78" bore by 3.8" stroke....
I am looking into getting the corner weight on my car measured, so I can tell the spring company exactly what I want when I order me some coil...
Back in 2002, I was hustling to get my car to billetproof out in livermore. Dad and I hacked up a stock hudson exhaust system and stuck it on my...
I have the Hot Heads aluminum front cover on my DeSoto, which eliminates the mount for a mechanical fuel pump. I got around that by running an...
Hello all, I have a 1949 Hudson coupe that my dad and I swapped a 1956 DeSoto hemi into along with a 700r4. The thing is an absolutle blast...
Are they really $32 a wheel from Moon? Man thats a lot of money for 4 covers. It makes the ebay versions a lot more tempting.:...
I bought a Craftsman 1hp, 6" buffer the other day, in hopes of polishing the valve covers and valley cover for my DeSoto. Meanwhile, I'm...
I know it sounds like overkill, but thats why I have a Hemi in my hudson. I have been reading the article about Bruce Crower's blown Chrysler...
I have a stock 3.07 geared dana 44 in my hudson right now. I would like to put something stronger in there, so I don't have to worry about...
My dad might be thinking that this car used to be his. It is a 1955 chevrolet handyman wagon with a chopped top. The car is painted in a purple...
I am playing around with an equation that I found on the internet. It is about using a helmholtz resonance model for intake runner length. You...
I have a 1" aluminum carb spacer on my car so that the TV cable linkage clears the manifold. I'd like to make my own out of something other than...
I got a gift card for Barnes & Noble and wondered if there is some book out there that would be worth reading and keeping?
Hello, My dad has a lincoln 185 precision tig, and I have been laying down some aluminum beads with it. Problem is that sometimes the aluminum...
In my hudson right now I have a supposedly rebuilt 700R4. It only has first and third gear, somehow I lost second and fourth gear. Well I bought a...
Well, I was home last weekend, and I am most positive that I have an 3.07 ratio early dana 44 under the rear of my hudson:...
Is there a way so that when we scroll over the title of someone's thread we can see the first sentence or so? That way we can get the jist of the...
I was over on Crower's websit looking around and found this stuff. He went 157 in a blown hemi underneath the hood of his car....
I am almost positive that I have an early Dana 44 under my hudson with 3.08 gears. I am lookidg to get a posi unit for it, anyone know of a palce...
When is bonneville speed week going to be happening this year? I have been to the scta-bni website and have found no info about this years...
I am debating having the stock camshaft in my DeSoto hemi reground. I was wondering if anyone has gone this route, and what kinda specs on the cam...
Hello there, Like many others recently I have been lurking here for a while. This has to be the coolest site I have ound. eBayis a close second....
I have a 1956 341cid DeSoto Hemi, and speed parts are way out of my budget, but it is sooo cool. I was thinking about fabbing my own intake...
Hey I am wondering what kind of rearend you guys are running in your cars. The DeSoto hemi that I put in my Hudson has already broken one rearend....
Hello, I just registered and I must say very cool indeed. I am wondering if anyone who went to Billetproof happened to snap a pic of my car. My...
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