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Part of the problem you are fighting is the softer material your fitting is made from. Holley's originals are steel, so the simple metal gasket...
I say for that reason the 455 Olds is also "in". It takes a serious Olds guy to tell the difference between a 330" Olds and a 455" Olds......the...
Have you got a dial indicator and magnetic base (or a way to solidly attach the indicator and arm)?? If so, degree the cam out and thus reverse...
You have to realize that a Sprint car is barely 1200lbs, soaking wet. You've got a 3200+ lb car. That's huge difference. I've got a brand new...
Powell Machine can as well, cost was $170 , at least just a few months ago it was. They are in South Carolina. They can also change the grind spec...
I'd love to see one run over a flow bench and charted out, just so the information would be available.
Relocating studs in the wheel hub is sooo much easier than plugging and redrilling the wheels. Looks like you don't even need to plug the old hub,...
If he has a pair of 6" calipers we can figure this out easily enough. We need a Measurment over on the edge of the piston, beside the end of the...
Video some might find useful. EngineMasters tested this Iron vs Aluminum recently. They address all those myths as well. Watch Engine Masters...
General rule of thumb is .006" tighter cold for first start-up with aluminum heads. then get it running and up to temp, shut down and pull a...
A lot of it comes from returning Navy veterans from WWII era but was more specific to the long skinny through-hull shafting. It got mis-applied to...
Old body guy up the road from where I grew up had a whole drawer full of rubber and plastic shims, wedges, blocks, chunks of hose, shaped pieces...
On a 355 that's a pretty deep breathing set of cylinder heads. Don't be afraid of a 750cfm carb. Even a small solid roller cam and it's going to...
Make sure to fully check your measurements....as far as I know Western did not make 3 pattern in the same wheel, as without a recessed locating...
Any pics of the finished tunnel ram interior??
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