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A manx norton is a really nice looking motorcycle. I think that is a reasonable point. If it was me and I had a motor that was together or...
A Triumph 650 rod length is 6.50" with a stroke of just under 3.25", not exactly a short rod. Not to mention that this is an 8000 rpm engine,...
They aren't blown, but the ones I have are all 9.5:1 or higher compression ratio. Early models mostly were low compression (into the mid 60's)....
I've never seen or heard of a machinst using a drift to remove valves, even if they were stuck.
Triumph, norton, BSA, and other brit bikes run aluminum rods with a steel cap stock. Not just one or two models, pretty much all of them. One of...
Were you eating M&M's when you put the motor together? Probably one bouncing around in the number 6 cylinder......gotta be more careful with your...
You can never have too many tools (take it from someone who has three roll-aways of hand tools)...plus if you didn't even know about a tappet...
I'm guessing in-between the frame rails and at the front of the car respectively...
I have a little under 8K in my A coupe. It has a 283 with a four speed, I also have a 4X2 that is ready to run that I need to put on it. It...
I'm running a 283 with flat tops and power pack heads in my Model A. Granted it's a light car, and has 3.73 gears in the rear, but I am very...
The company I work for simply farms out all of the "enviornmentally harmful" parts of the company to other states, Texas mostly. A friend of...
Thats called supply and demand. They have it, you don't. I hate it when people tell me how much I should sell my parts for. Let them hock...
Maybe this yard is different but here it goes anyway... Locally there is a yard that has a bunch of 40's, 50's and 60's cars and trucks. I went...
I have a set of flowmasters that I am very happy with, but they are the 3 chamber type that are also larger than normal. They are the quietest...
Its amazing how expensive any zagato-bodied car has gotten. About 7 years ago I was looking at a double-bubble with the pushrod engine in it for...
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