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i ran a welded 327 crank in the dirt car. ran fine no problems. even built a welded strocker no problems. not all steel cranks were tufftrided...
i had that same problem many yeaars ago, could not get good valve or guide work so i bought the tools and do it my self. been doing it for 30...
i think from the discription of the work it is way over built. should last a long time.
no 59 corvette had holes in the end of the heads like later heads they are truck heads. not worth much unless you have a truck that needs them.
save your self a ton of trouble rent a trailer from uhaul.
they have been sleeving corvette calipers and master cylinders for years. they use red locktight. also you will have to hone after pressed in...
where i grew up. some brothers built a 39 chevy coupe with a 302 gmc punched to 320. olds rear borg-waner 4 sp. car sat stock hight. later about...
i was tech. inspector a the local dirt track. was looking at the roll cage welds scrapeed one it was calking put on over tack welds. put that car...
i have been doing shows for over 25 years. in the begining i was like you tried to help some one out. now i learned if that part will bring $100....
a better way would be to run a corvette oil fill tube with the pcv in it and pull air in the hole in the back of the block like mid year...
that is very good work. it is way better then trying to cut and weld old cast iron. i plan on doing something like that for my 250 chevy.
i never had any children. but my father got a deal on a 61 2 dr biscyane, 235 3 sp. bad motor. cost me $60. my grandfather had a junkyard gave me...
don't matter which rear you are using a spool in the rear is plain trouble waiting to happen. even on the dirt they can and do get away from you....
a january date code would be right. in 56-57 we did not have just in time manufacturing like now. parts could be made 6 months or more inadvance...
this is a trick question who in their right mind would have to even ask something like this.
those are 235 chey cranks. they are machined then balanced. forged cranks a made much like that today only more automation. the real...
i agree 350 heads on a stock bore 283. you don't have much for compression which means no get up and go. used heads on a used motor . not...
i want a new drug. one that makes you feel real good. one that is not illeagle. does not cost too much. i want a new drug.
the 3 bolt to the bell was used in chevy trucks with stright sticks till 72
i know some one will come along and say yes they are good and work fine. maybe only 1 in a 1000. will break. do you feel lucky??? i rember...
well i have had carlisle spacies for over 25 years. the one that gets me is when they come up and say i am a dealer and offer me half what i have...
drag racing from mod. production to a fuel. dirt racing. worked on some road race cars. ran my old vette on some courses laid out on parking...
the 325 h.p heaads and the 350 h.p. heads are one and the same. the oval port heads are good to about 6500 rpm with a little port work and a good...
the reason the u joint is off set is that is the way ford did it so the needle bearings would trun. gm did it by pointing the pinion down just a...
bellytanks are from aircraft. why not use the ejection seat too??
call and check there have been open spaces the last few shows.
my spaces are k44-45. been going for 25 years. it is not what it used to be never will be again. but it is way better then nothing.
like i said i don't use them never had a problem. in fact to only time i have ever seen or rather heard a leak was when some one tried to use...
don't use gaskets at all. the bolt right up to the head. they did not use them from the factory. infact you are asking for leaks if you do use them.
if you build a new motor and have trash in it you did something wrong. if you break in a motor and drain the oil and have trash in it you have a...
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