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I'd like to start out by saying that my engine is now a little over a year old since rebuild. Before running, I had the distributor rebuilt by a...
I picked up a second Rochester 4GC that's identical to my stock one, and I was advised to go with solid linkage, so I'll be running that pair and...
You could always try and find a donor car to cut out pieces from. There's at least one 56 Pontiac in a local yard up here in Washington, I don't...
Looks like you have some pretty decent room under there. You could probably try and mount a tri-five Chev truck booster system in the same area...
NAPA is usually just stock OEM parts, but if you search online using their interchange, they have parts numbers dating back to the 50s - I just...
[IMG] It's the hole in the middle.
Care to take a pic before you drop that nice engine in there?
Bolted to the frame in front or behind the firewall? I'm not familiar with Pontiacs, but if the master cylinder is in front of the firewall and...
You cannot increase voltage without a transformer, which is essentially what your coil is. However, how much it increases the voltage is based...
Have you tried not using the ballast resistor?
I have the 4jet, also. For help with the carb, contact the user CarbKing. He really is the king of carbs and has been tremendous help with my...
My grandfather invested a lot into these old gimmicks. I pulled one of these off my old coil and just put it on the shelf with the Luber-Finer.
Really takes me back to when I first started my 56 Buick, the heads were off the car 30+ years and needed a total tear down. Biggest single...
If you can get the original one out, CARS Inc. sells a kit to install a new hot air pipe. It's the equivalent of just buying some brake line and...
Is that a 322? Looks nice with the chrome valve covers! If posed the choice between 2 new edelbrock and 2 old rochester...
I can't watch the video... if the carb has been sitting, it will most likely need to be gone through soon. mixing old fuel varnish with new fuels...
he said dual 500cfm edelbrock avs on progressive, but i just wanted some other opinions. I don't really like the idea of progressive starving...
bump want some nailhead guys in here Was suggested to me to find some matched small bolt rochesters, strombergs or wcfbs from 1954-56 buicks for...
Shop manual is a suggestion. Loosen and adjust choke spring until it barely holds it closed before a cold start. If you're using a stove pipe,...
On my 322 I idle at 550-600RPM with premium fuel. Engine is bone stock atm and that's in drive, so parked or neutral would probably be around...
This intake is a Weiand late model intake for the 264-322 for AFB carbs, not WCFB. I've just been hearing that dual 500CFM might be too much but...
I have a 1956 Buick Century 322 Nailhead with a stock drive train and I want to put in dual quads. I've got a lot of SBC guys telling me its not a...
I have been lurking for years, but never made any posts until a week ago where I was asking for impossible help. Oops! Anyways, this board has...
Alright HAMB, I don't think I've ever really posted here, mostly lurked and read topics similar to what I've done, but I've got a serious issue....
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