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Thanks to Gofannon for posting that old article about converting the Nash distributor to dual-coil. In old Hot Rod magazines (1952-54) I kept...
What car and what transmission? If it's a GyroMatic, I've got some interesting experience to relate, with the '53 Dodge I had with the 241 hemi.
I'm surprised Andy hasn't posted here since July. People at the just-completed Bonneville Speed Week have been talking about his lakester, so I...
OOPS!! I guess you're right- it's true that I've swapped Pontiacs into anything I owned that came with SBC power. I apologize for my ignorance......
Does not compute; no "modern era" V8 ('49 and up) has lifter oil galleys that intersect the lifter bores. I'm familiar with many anti-rotation...
This is from a 1958 Chet Herbert ad. I have never seen their roller lifters from that era, and don't understand that picture. It gives the...
Why are we discussing a view of an OHV port in this thread about flathead breathing?
I just discovered this thread, and will need to come back and read it all. For now- anybody got a decent domelamp lens that will fit my '55...
Barrel-shaped is the most simple description. The objective being to give greater valve-head-to-wall clearance while the valve head is off the...
I haven't read any "flathead books". I'm curious if it's now common practice to barrel-shape the chamber walls surrounding the valves? The point...
Sounds like Ed Welch- I just read the article in Jul'58 Hot Rod. Does that stretch of road still exist?
"... Soup to nuts..."? Where are head chambers discussed- I may have missed it? I may have something to contribute (hint: think valve unshrouding).
The designer was Ollie Morris, and yes, he died just a few years ago. Ollie was an engineer and partner of Fred's in Offenhauser Equipment Company...
Thanks for the welcome! Yeah, definitely Pontiac-powered. Probably a four-cylinder, 182 c.i. for class-F, using my "spare" hemi head. It can't be...
The "Pontiac Jack" moniker was started by announcers at pulling events, where I was the lone contender running a Pontiac engine. From '84 to '99 I...
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