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No worries...perfectly fine. That should be a fun ride!
Lobe sep angle is expressed in camshaft degrees rather than crankshaft degrees. If you take a cam by itself and draw a line through the centers of...
This is correct. In addition, advancing the cam will make the intake centerline number smaller and the exhaust number larger but when added...
Yep, referred to as "check holes" by drag racers. Shallow check holes mean your wallet is about to get thin.
If your intake CL is 110 and exhaust 114 as your card says, then the lobe sep angle is 112 and the cam is installed advanced 2 degrees.
He'd drive it.
It'll work fine backward.
Now that's some period correct hot rodding right there! Well done, Andy.:)
Looking at the pic, the adjuster has an "R" stamped in it and should be an "L" for the left side. Should be on the rear side-never seen one on the...
Listen to Jim (squirrel). Hone the cylinder with a ball hone if you can, or whatever you can find that just breaks the glaze without removing...
Damn, that sounds and runs great! :)
136 at the wheels is a darn good flathead! ;) In a 1500# car, great fun.
Well, obviously. o_O
And they could be since that's a popular option,but I think it looks like the two upper rings are thinner than 5/64.
Looking at those pistons I'd guess the rings are 1/16 1/16 3/16. Pretty common back then.
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