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Drmalacarne & all, I will share what I gathered when preparing our distributors. Distributors were Delco #1111540 and an old Delco parts...
My friends and I have just had 3 years of interaction with a seagrave engine like this to get it ready to run at available car and engine shows...
I think I have noted another difference in the 57' 283 that is found on no other year and I can't imagine why it exists. I have seen on 57 only,...
May be an old interesting post, but I'm old too. Let me mention one other small, primitive drag strip effort in the Nashville area.I currently...
Pete, The factory did it in 55-58 (chev)with a ceramic bodied resistor between switch and coil +.We have all wondered about the usually unused...
Kevin,With all the room in the bottom of that 3 main brg v-8 it should be easy to manage but let me throw out a couple of alternatives.If the main...
Mobucket, PS if you need specs on a specific engine just ask.Some of us can deliver.
Mobucket, Like asking "how long is a board?" The acceptable oil clearances will vary with the bearing and engine design.The Olds rocket in one...
Antique, Most of these dowels are soft enough to drill and tap.Be careful to center the hole carefully and use as large a thread as you can...
Gasfor, Notice the BUSYBEE was by Gladden of Glendale Ca.They were a WW2 company that had a good engine after the war and tried to find uses for...
Twofo, Also Hot Rod had, as I recall,the testing and development of the 215 engine as power for an Indy entry.The olds/pontiac version developed a...
Frank, Buda would be another industrial engine maker using a pony motor on their big diesel as well as those mentioned but I don't think I've seen...
Brow , Heres how we retrieved a stub once without pulling the chunk: We had a sharp weldor and a good arc welder.Took a length of 1/4 in rod long...
Brow, I've seen a bunch of broken/twisted axles--mostly big truck,some fork lift,some race car.A break is usually just outboard of the splines and...
Brow, To remove the stuck axle: Take a spare brake drum of the same bolt pattern( or maybe a wheel),bolt the upside down drum or wheel to the axle...
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