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You can calculate deck clearance nominally if you know the rod length, deck height and piston pin height. Actual measurement is always more accurate.
I missed the Ontario plates. Your right, $25K CAD is right inline with the current US market. Bring-A-Trailer results tell the story....
$25K is probably a bit steep for that Packard. Wagons and Convertibles bring $25K and up, but very good condition, high end drivers of the 2 and...
RTV (Room Temperature Vulcanizing) sealants use moisture in the atmosphere to cure. This means that if you live in a dry climate, the curing time...
You end up with a funky pin height with the 445 stroker, just due to the geometry. Typically a 6.7" BBC rod is used, with the 4.25" stroke and a...
Polyurethane is stiffer and less compliant. This means the suspension will be firmer and tighter, good for aggressive driving and track days....
Then you are going with custom pistons, so it won't matter.
As SunBeam said, Be careful with 360 pistons and wrist pin height. There were differences between the early 360's used in Edsel's and the later...
Fatigue. Small scratch generated a stress riser which led to a crack. Fatigue.
Talk about bringing an old thread back to life. My '62 Monterey (pronounced: re-badged Galaxie) [img]
Land Speed Record Snowmobile from 1971 Boss Cat I: The Boss Cat I was a Turbonnique powered sled said to have 1000HP and ran 125mph. It had a...
Even so, $2100 for a clean '35 Tudor body is not a bad price. Of course, that assumes it is clean, who knows what kind of nightmares are hiding...
Amen! 1952Henry. I just brought this 1960 Ford C700 home, with the goal of turning it into a roll-back car hauler one day. It was rated at a GVW...
If there is proper cylinder finish, the rings will rotate as the engine runs. In other words they likely would not have remained lined up for...
Do you have a gasket to seal the trunk lid?
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