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Yeah it's got the "road draft tube" and I had planned on the pcv change...good heads up on the drain hole issue- this motor is definitely a bit...
Found it. So the super clean looking oil line had a tiny pinhole or pinch in it... turned the engine over by bridging the ignition circuit until...
I've gotta admit. Climbing in and out of this damn engine bay is getting annoying. I'm either up on my knees on fender and ac unit or I'm...
Was a tricky spot to pressure wash since it's in the car still. But yeah that would help. I think if it's squirting oils from somewhere there...
Just re read. You said sidewall- that makes sense that I missed that. And where the oil is pooling That's A good spot for it to come from....
9 o clock. I see it. Damn if that's the fix I will be ecstatic. Is it a bolt on the same flat "plane" as the distributor hole? Or one that the...
I was thinking both those may be options. Gonna have a look at my 331 spitfire block and see the locations. Oil galley seems reasonable but I...
Photo is of the rear of the engine with distributor out
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Well maybe not a mystery, since I finally tracked down where its coming from.... Had to take the distributor out like 5 times to wipe the area...
Thanks guys, much appreciated... I'll be emailing those of you who asked me to, and following those other links, suggestions.
photos didnt show up on here- but they're in my photos on my profile under "chrysler trans help needed"
So I got my hands on this 1958 Chrysler Imperial with original low miles 392 Hemi... guy said he'd get me ALL the missing parts (as he is an...
Anybody done anything fancy besides swapping out front suspension to lower a 55 dodge 1/2 ton? Mor-drop in oakland wants 800 bucks to drop my...
No idea where my current photos are- but here goes from the archive: First is my 1925ish Dodge Bro's Phaeton shortened to a 2 door, with 53 old...
Man, thats great... you'd be hard pressed to find anything like that around here. I had a 60 cadillac and a Chrysler Imperial with a Hemi STILL...
I've got two of these motors sitting in my garage right now- one is going into my hot rod, the other is just a spare for parts that I got with a...
Added some photos of the manifolds I currently have in my profile gallery... need the shallow side pictured on bottom in all 3 pics. Any junk...
Hey guys, I've chatted a few of you up about the poly motor, and read a lot of tech articles and general postings about 'em and its been a lot of...
Again thanks for the info- was thinking of running a 500cfm edelbrock... anyone run one of these engines and have suggestions? 500 too big?...
Nice, thanks for the info guys- I appreciate it. I've definitely seen the manifolds for cheaper and also for way more expensive... grabbed it...
I've been looking around on here and have gotten some info about this but there isnt a thread about my specific conversion pair that I've run...
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