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3.23's and 3000 stall with a 30" tire, is just about the best all around combination. imo. Much quicker on the street than 4.xx's.
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If the car was sitting, it's probably the fuel filter.
Yellow pages under tool rental. Usually they will deliver the hoist to your addy. I did it this way once, and I had the motor pulled and on the...
Ship the car directly from Canada. It will travel through the states in bond, and US customs will not have to get involved.
Your initial timing is way out. How are you setting it.
People; There is no vacuum advance when you stomp on the go pedal!
Make accurate templates of everything before you pull it apart.
I believe that site closed about a year ago.
The diodes in an alternator are a rectifier bridge, not for polarity protection. They take the AC current coming out of the windings and change it...
I carried an assembled short block up a set of stairs when I was 20 something. I saw stars for a good minute afterwards though!
A mild 460 will kill the 390.
WTF are you doing?
Good grief.
When you drive from Canada to the US, you do not have to stop at Canadian customs. You only have to speak to US immigration. Tell them you're...
You probably bent a push rod, or broke a valve spring.
There is NO duty on car parts if you declare them as "for your own personal use". All you have to pay is the GST/PST on the invoiced value. Don't...
Humber Super Snipe. ( did not make this up )
You can absolutely do this. Find the nearest UPS store on the US side, and ship from there. They do not care if you are from the better side of...
Zamboni's are nothing more than a chevy pickup chassis with new bodywork.
Modifying an emmissions era QJ is going to be problematic. The rods and jets are not interchangable with the early carbs, and they are calibrated...
I don't think you will find a full vin anywhere except for the missing tag.
Under the 'body by fisher' trim on the sill is a partial vin.
About 250 horse.
I transplanted a 305 into a BB Impala several years ago, and I had to cut a full coil to get the front end down to a reasonable height. I would...
You measure bore clearance 90 deg from the pin on the skirt. There can be a lot of clearance on a forged piston at the crown, however it does look...
Has someone tagged a shunt resistor across the input terminals?
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Any of these fuels, when in a vaporised state, will ignite with a spark. My oil furnace does this all day, all winter. The high mechanical...
I have run a 2 stroke gas motor on Jet B in an emergency. It pretty much ruined the motor. The only reason I was able to start and run it was...
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