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Welcome Joe!!!
Nobody asked you want you want out of it? Smokin' all the way through 1st and 2nd or sipping gas? Ya kant have both. Pick on and go for it....
Heck, it aint no head bolt. Fill the hole full of JB Weld, drill it and tap it to original size. It'l hold.
Right!!!! ;) And how many SBCs are in rods now???
Hey Cosmo, Thinking of using billet ALU and a screw in fitting to make it flexible for different applications. It would be much like the...
Ooops!!!! PCV - Not much of a typist.
Still working on the 283. It's a 66 block that I have converted to full roller setup. Nice 202 heads that have be port matched. Good aluminim...
Hey everyone, Got a pretty good maching shop. Just want to see who many would be interested in a PVC adapter to go into the road draft tube...
What he said.
Pretty good advice really, but since you are an aviation mechanic you already have the meticulous thing done and the patience. But as Tommy...
Building a 301 out of a 283 was done all the time back in the '60s. You can still do it but you will need to check for a block that can take the...
Yep yep yep! Way too much carb for that 283. You need 600-625cfm like a Carter AFB.
:p Buy a rice burner and keep it for 51 years and then let us know.
Now the last 3 comments were the advice I was looking for. THANK YOU!! It's forged for me then. One post earlier suggested forged crank as...
Ok, everyone (almost) agrees that forged pistons are stronger. Stronger how? When do they outperform cast pistions? In other words "how" are...
Rebuiling a SBC 283. Any advice on using cast (much more $) versus cast pistons?
Does anyone know that tolerance spec for older SBC 265/283 for cylinder bore? Somewhere I thought I read .008 as a max difference. Any engine...
Keep to it Dude! You're doing a great job.
Just noticed the repsonse. Now that shit is funny right there, I don't care who you are! :D:D:D:D
Yessiree Bob! Still working on mine. LOVE this thread JJ, very helpful. What I want to know is can I take advantage of a roller cam setup in...
It's a much "cleaner" setup to us modern side mounts and and standard cross member. If you do you will not need the bell housing mount and you...
Buy an off the shelf 383 Stroker and let'er rip. Turn key for $4k and you'll be going down the road happy and plenty fast.
:) Finish the restoration of my 55 Nomad and had the keys to my loving son Hans. It just can't get any better.
he he. :rolleyes:
And a big window at that!! For looks I would dump the spare tire fender. Put a grannry tranny in it and use it like man!!
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Having my lost daugther come home after a year of not knowing if she was even alive . . . . . then embracing me and telling me she loves me. God...
Finish my Mini Mouse 300+hp 265 and move it on down the road, maybe use up a new set of tires on it by years end (he he). I just gotta see tire...
Dear Jerry, I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my mom 14 years ago and she was also one of my best friends like your dad was to you. One thing...
Ok, gotta jump in one more time. I have a new found friend how suggests building a stroker out of it by using 307 pistions and 327 crank to get...
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