Projects My first hemi car

Wasn't Quaker State....

 

Could’ve been I just always heard pennzoil was famous for gumming up engines for a while

 

Considering that virtually all of the oil in the 50's was non-detergent I don't think the brand made a huge difference. And yes, Penzoil did have a heavier paraffin base than most others.

 

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Most of the goop I’ve found in the engine has been grey sometimes a little more solid than goop too

 

The valley looks amazingly clean. My Dad used Quaker State exclusively on his new '65 Galaxie. When we tore it down at 90K the valley looked like it had been paved!

 

Thanks, that was a fun car but to rough a ride for my old back. Sold it about 10 yrs ago

 

The early heads had round exhaust ports - all of the later ones were more of a bathtub shape (oblong). Luckily you have the manifolds for your heads.

 

Ahhh I see what you’re saying now. Yeah lucky I guess but I’d rather have some headers. I wonder if anyone has flanges for the round ports or maybe I could make some so I could make my own headers

 

Referred to as oval....

 

Got my one year only “wet” 4 barrel intake that i probably paid too much for . Just need an adapter for a big base 4 barrel carb now and a way to clean loose scaly rust outve the intake ports. Any ideas? I tried with a wire brush on a drill a bit but I really need to get way into the ports just to make sure I get it all. I know I could’ve bought an aluminum 4 barrel intake for 600 from hot heads but I’d rather save for a blower intake because that’s my plan eventually

 

You definitely have your hands full ! Stay the course!

 

If you have a compressor, a cheap siphon sand blaster and a bucket of sand should get the worst of it.

I have one of those manifolds (the original from the engine now in my race car) and plan on using on my '56 dump truck 331. Carburetor adapters are generally a bad thing, so I am rebuilding the Carter WCFB that came on it. It's easy to over-carburate these old engines.

 

Yeah I have a lot of work and welding ahead of me, I know. But I love welding is the good news! Been trying to focus on getting my hemi to run first!

 

Not planning on putting 750 Holley or anything that big on her, just something a little easier to find and that I’m more familiar with tuning

 

HH has a squeeze plate adaptor that you remove the carb studs, install longer ones & an Edelbrock bolts right up. You can straighten the airflow up by running the right size bit through both the adaptor & intake. On my '55 331 I found I had to add a phenolic spacer to keep things right in the Florida Summer (crappy gas).

 

I will have to check that out. I assume the adapter is under intakes on HH website?

 

or carbs or adaptors