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Yes to the front.Support motor under the oil pan. Install bellhousing motor mounts and cross member. The rear hole in crossmember should line up...
Did you buy parts from Don Houck at Hollywood Speed?
Using a ford solenoid to overcome a GM stater problem is an old wives tail.It could be anything from warped plates in the battery to the armature...
Is the motor a ford or GM? If it is a GM why are you using a ford solenoid?Whenever you run current through a switch there is a voltage drop.
If the sending unit is ok there is a cheap battery fix. The original battery was 1.40 v. take a new bat. witch will be 1.6v. run it down to 1.4...
I have a 55 slant pan in Wastedchildhood. I had to drill 2 new holes and move it forward. You also need a 54-55 yoke.
Oil filled coils should be mounted down' The oil is for cooling.
I raced on Woodward back when it was legal. The fuzz where driving six cyl. Chevys. They could not catch any one so I guess that made it legal.
Olds is the cheapest to rebuild, 49-56 engine, ,Pontiac rod bearings Chev. lifters,late Olds timing chain. Lots of nos .super wild cams around...
49-64 blocks are the same front and rear.Any Olds Hydro will bolt up.Standard shift cranks will work as is. 56-64 Jet a way cranks need a pilot...
Just think how fast they would have run if they had a credit card.
A friend of mind bought one in 1956,paid $18.00 for it.
You don't run first and get gas mileage to. One of the hoods at 9 mile and Northwestern in Detroit. 1955
Pontiac built the rear ends for Olds.1939-52 Olds 39-56 Pontiac are the same.49 Olds auto trans is 3.23 50 auto is 3.42. Old pontiac auto trans...
My brother has 2 compete Buick 37 floor shift set ups. Dan griffin 479 973 4331
Connect a volt meter to the out put on the back of the alt. It should read around 14.2 volts.If it reads down around 13 volts its charging at a...
Side gears are the same through 64. 56 Pontiac yoke fits early rears. 56 uses same U joint as 57 up.
Pontiac Olds side gears are the same size 39 to 64. The spline count is the only difference. 57-8 Pontiac side gears and axles are a bolt in deal...
Pontiac 39 to 56 Olds 39 to 52. Pontiac built the rear ends for Olds. Gears from 3.07 to 4.56.
John I thought you guys ran 255. Dan
Charter member NHRA been there and done that. Been skating the same line since 1950 but the ice is getting real thin. Dan Griffin
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