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here's my 425.[ATTACH]
heres mine, 425 nailhead power[ATTACH]
Here s mine,aluminum coated, they are 10 years old and polish up great.[ATTACH]
Just saw your post. Welcome from warmland BC. attached is my build.[ATTACH]
Before I sent my 425 to Centerville Auto, I removed all the flashing as I did not want a failure from a piece of metal going through the oil...
Thans for the reply. The tranny is a 66 switch pitch. It has deep pan (Extrafluid) and a flat filter ( brass screen type) mounted at the bottom of...
Thanks for the reply. Nothing has changed, I have an external cooler ( Deral) mounted under the frame rails. My temperature gauge on the tranny...
Thanks for the reply. 10 years ago when I built the car I shortened the fill tube and the dip stick by the same amount. It has been OK for all...
Thanks for the reply. I blew on the vent tube and because of fluid level, the fluid game out the top of the filler tube. I forgot about the torque...
My st400 auto trans is pushing fluid out the dip stick tube. Not a grat deal, but enough to leave a bit on the floor when parked. This is a new...
my 425 with all the internal goodies built by Centerville Auto put out 425 HP on the chassis dyno.
In my moddel A RPU I run a 425 nailhead with a switch pitch T400 tranny. I have the kick down and the switch pitch wired to a 3 way toggle on my...
I run a 425 nailhead with a full hood. engine set back 4 inches.[ATTACH]
I used T bucket shocks on my model A front. The ride hieght is 9-1/2 inches. I have gone through 2 sets already as there is not enough movement...
Have you considered a buick nailhead. They are narrow. I run a 425 nailhead in my RPU with a full hood.
I have the down shift and the switch pitch wired to a togle on my shift lever. I can togle the down shift to 2nd , but it does not kick in until I...
I have aSP400 in my build. In drive, the trans works as it should, goes through all 3 gears. The trans has a B&M shift kit with a Genie shifter....
I'm running an edelbrock 750 on my 425. No problems and easy to tune. Good on gas also. I chose this set up over multiple carbs. [ATTACH]
Centerville has a wide variety of parts. They built my 425 for me. I would suggest that you make sure your waterpump is a 5 vane one and not the...
My R.P.U. is on a boxed and reinforced model A frame. It is powered by 425 buick nailhead with a st400 trans. No problem so far and Ive had it on...
hello Chris. Read your write up. Do you know of anyone that can build me a xmember and trailing arms to put a jag rear end in a model A ford....
In drive it upshifts through all 3 gears just as a normal trans would do. I can manually hold the trans in any gear if I start in low. The 2 nd...
My St400 has a B7M shift kit. While I can upshift manually or in drive, It has quite going into 2nd. on a down shift. I use the down shift to slow...
Who is organizing this event? Local island car clubs or ?
Here's mine, 425 in a model A[ATTACH]
Here's mine, 425 nailhead with home made headers. [ATTACH]
I'm running thrush glass packs behind my long tube headers. Its noisy and drones a lot. Looking for quieter ones.
Hers mine 425 in a 28 RPU with a switch pitch . the engine set back 3 " and I run a full hood.[ATTACH]
Get the set from Russ Martin. The knock offs for the ports and the nipple area don't seal correctly as the gaskets are too thin.
I made mine and it folds up. Got the local shop to do the upholstery. Make sure you put a Zip out rear window, otherwise the top will flap at high...
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