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FOR SALE: Asking 1500.00 BBC Edelbrock Cross-Ram Intake w/Twin Holley 650 Carbs w/Pair Weiand Triangluar Air Cleaners Includes...
We've found the best method is to use a "pre-luber" setup, has worked numerous times for us! The one in the photo below is used when they are...
Hi Darin, the bore I.D. on the pulley should be 1.313"/1.314", anywhere in between is fine! The crank snout (OEM) should be 1.312" (nominally),...
Hi Eric, you need to get some Autolite 3924's to start off with, we use these on almost all our "pump-gas" builds (requiring long reach plugs) for...
Hi Eric, just one more "to check" item, make absolutely certain that oil-galley plug is not hitting the back side of the timing gear?? Ford used a...
Hi Andy, those don't appear to be a "progressive" spring, if I'm correct (based on the photos) there's no "tops or bottoms". Ford OEM springs were...
Hi Eric, cam's where it belongs, now you need to find out why the crank gear is in way too deep. Next item to check would be the rear main brg...
Hi "al", not exactly true, we have always used an air-operated valve spring compressor to both disassemble AND reassemble every Flathead we've...
Good morning Eric, those guide retainers (horseshoe locks) look fine? Thanks, Gary in N.Y. P.S. One more quick check, remove the cam gear and...
Hi Eric, those rear gears also make it appear as though the cam is way too far forward in the block, like I said earlier, it's difficult to make...
Hi Eric, I wouldn't even consider not using the Flathead, you'll "devalue" the ride some! And we build high-end Chevies here also! Thanks, Gary...
Hi Eric, more pictures of what's already here won't really help. We do this type work for a living here and just finished a few Flatheads. You...
That cam gear appears to be in the wrong location, hard to tell from internet photos however? There should be no noticeable difference between the...
Been down for 2 days now here, frustrating for sure? Thanks, Gary in N.Y. P.S. Haven't been able to answer a number of P.M.s for members over...
Hi Joe, Pontiac balancer bolt & washer is the same as the Flatheads. P.S. Pontiac's should be much easier to find locally??
Stay away from the "019" head shop, not a real good item. Owned a new one back when, kept it for about 3 months and "offed" it! Replaced it with...
Would recommend picking up the May 2014 issue of Hot Rod magazine, very interesting read and write-up on a good friend/customer about his '56!...
I'll add this also, we stock a Ross piston/metric ring pack for a 3.228" finished bore x 4.000" stroke also. I only have these in this specific...
We sell a number of these kits, Eagle (4.25)" crank, Scat rods, and the Ross (3.312") pistons with the 1.5, 1.5, 3.0 metric ring pack. We also...
Here's a few shots may answer your questions?? Thanks, Gary in N.Y. P.S. Everything you are seeing is as it should be, there are no issues...
It's a good idea to do the seats while the heads are being done, but I would just put a tip here having done a bunch of these type resto's in the...
Been in this business a very long time and never encountered any adjusters with "o'size" threads?? I have a photo below of an adjuster we...
I have access to the screws themselves, new, but no rockers. Thanks, Gary in N.Y. P.S. They should look like the ones in the photo here??
You can heat the hub in oil hanging in a coffee can on a small electric heater and you should be able to "slide" it on by hand. We do many this...
Just a "heads-up" guy's, but neither the Eagle nor the Scat's are going to "fly" with any std bore (3.190") Flathead bore!! Simply put, they...
It doesn't really pay to offset grind the cranks anymore, the parts are readily available and I personally would go direct to the 4.250" stroke...
Thanks Bob, wasn't really sure where it came from but it does the job on the dyno with no problem! Thanks, Gary in N.Y. P.S. Believe we got...
If you guy's are willing to separate the HP numbers for a moment and keep in mind logical HP expectations from the Flathead and logical HP...
May be the wrong plate, it doesn't look like the one we use here for dynoing the 8BA builds?? Thanks, Gary in N.Y. P.S. Here's a shot of our...
Here's a shot of 2 sets, the one on the left is a new 8BA setup. You can see the timing marks clearly. We find them with both "lines" and...
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