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When rigging the grounds on these I run the black Duraspark dizzy ground to the 4 pin tie down screw and also to the engine block. They should be...
Tim's been fooling with this Y-block thing a while......and Charlie Burns even longer... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=573420
Either one of them qualifies for the title "Boss Bird" if you ask me......... Spencer was truly one of the best car builders of any era. Hotrods...
I believe the wire from the oil light is powered. Key "on" - power flows to the light - but the ground side is routed to the block switch....
Goes on terminal "C" which connects to the primary lead of the coil.
Personally - I agree with keeping the green birds green ..... but it ain't easy as the saying goes.... Not a lot of them around for sure....
Still running the Y-block? Still got a full set of pushrods? Its a steady miss for sure if you are dealing with the old skinny "bar type"...
Holley says you get 1 HP for every 10°F of inlet air temp drop. Air-stream out of my radiator is often 145° plus - so its almost power for free....
Overloading the right rear spring is the culprit behind wheel hop. The twist on your drive shaft in low gear causes the right rear wheel to lift...
The Ford system is designed to replace the points - think of it that way....... If you turn your key switch to "ON" - the (Red) wire to the...
After you've got the primary blade in the right spot - the next trouble is how do I set the idle speed up without moving the primary?.....its...
A whole lot of Holley stumbles are due to this...... [IMG] The primary blade has a sweet spot - where the idle transfer slot looks like a square...
If the thing has the Viton tipped needle and seat assemblies - you may have to get some of the steel ones - built for alcohol. The new junk gas we...
A parts store rebuilt will do the trick for an OEM look with a steel gear. I know several guys running a Duraspark distributor with the...
This isn't a six - its a y-block - and the original part in the picture is a steel strap bracket off the forward intake manifold bolt. Steel line...
I had an 1850 on mine for awhile and it can work OK. What I found was that you have to try and match the "arc of motion" (leverage) of the...
Yep - It will work with the spacer, the later carbs wouldn't fit without it. Which type of carb are you hunting for? The Holley 390 cfm is a...
You may need to send the intake back - the one shown isn't a B ...... [IMG] above is an "A".....below is a "B"....the one you want is an...
I'm glad you guys got the N.O. two post relay figured out - I was away for awhile and missed out. Be really aware of the grounding of this sort of...
I've tried all sorts of schemes to make the secondary stop screw easily adjusted -changed screws and directions and all of that. The itty bitty...
YEAH - Don't worry about adjusting for the transfer slot in the secondary - it just needs to be open enough to do the job. Do you have a PCV...
For a round "traditional" coil, black, all position mounting - with no ballast resistor - use the Pertronix 40111. I think the price is right at...
These are the necessary directions for wiring the Ford "Duraspark II" distributor trigger - to the HEI "four pin" controller. [IMG] I would...
The grease used under the heatsinks is not the common stuff at the autoparts store - unless it plainly says it is for use on a heatsink. A lot of...
I got ahold of a 600cfm 4160 in recent years that had a bum primary metering plate -was bleeding gas somewhere inside - gasket face or something....
Many factory intake manifolds use exhaust heating - makes the engines a bit less "cold-natured" or slow to get up to operating oil temperature....
There is a slick little tool I learned to make and use - got this from from a long departed uncle (who was the family gearhead). It is a "double...
Don't choose the size based on closing everything to the minimum and the belt down in all of the grooves - if you do, it'll really be hard to get...
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