The Jalopy Journal
To answer your question again, Squirrel is correct; all 318 heads had the same ports and valves. These heads have always been the cork that keeps...
We live in an somewhat upscale subdivision, on a .45 acre lot with a somewhat tightly controlled HOA. It's a really nice neighborhood and I...
ABS in and of itself does help...a lot. However, I recently bought my third Ram pickup. The one it replaced was a 1997 model with disc/drum ABS....
It never ceases to amaze me how some in this day and age still cling to the notion that drum brakes are somehow better than a properly set up...
I also agree with you, here. Unlike the 440 magnum, which was over-rated horsepower wise, Chrysler's ultimate small block was grossly under rated....
And I thought that I was the odd man out for feeling this way. The 383 was the most common Mopar big block encountered on the street back in the...
An ancient thread, but it amazed me to see this level of misinformation posted on such an important topic. I don't mean to pick on anyone in...
I'm GONNA BUY ME A MERCURY AND CRUISE IT UP AND DOWN THE ROAD!
I am a strict observer of chaos theory when it comes to such things...
If I had money, tell you what i'd do....
I haven't actually acquired my Hemi just yet. It's a gen II and I know it's out there waiting on me. I have simply not been successful, as of yet,...
I hunted down a 9 1/4 sure grip rear for my 64 300. The rear end came from a cream puff New Yorker that was headed for Derby. The seller started...
"My first car" was actually my mother's Olds Delta 88. Drove the sh#t out of it, but it was never really mine. Other than basic transportation, it...
The Zinc motor oil story has almost become the stuff of legends. I have seen more people haggle over this issue (heatedly) on automotive forums...
Half of the hand tools in my rollaways are old Craftsman USA. A big part of the reason for my investment in Craftsman was the warranty. I've had...
If it were mine, i'd hunt down an old Gen I hemi. It would be right at home in that machine. Just sayin'....
Had a wife, a son, a daughter and a mortgage from hell. The marriage came apart 10 years ago now, just as my son was approaching high school. He...
From what ive heard the early Flex a Lite flex fans had issues because of weak blade mounts. I cant speak from personal experience on these...
It's the aluminum blade flex fans that fail (and have given flex fans a bad name)...and from a metallurgical standpoint, that makes perfect sense....
Oh, I see. So if I don't favor a crappy, ancient design tire type that has been demonstrated countless times to be completely inferior to radial...
Old ass thread, but still relevant. This statement is totally incorrect. The clutch in a factory type clutch fan is controlled by one thing and...
It's called Project Acqusition Syndrome. Many who dabble in the car hobby have this virus lying dormant in their bloodstream... until it is...
This post is old AF and the slump in prices that the OP was talking about has long since vanished. Prices in the classic car market are not just...
Sheet metal warps like crazy when it comes to fire, so while you could technically rebuild almost any car, it reaches a point where the economics...
My present truck is a new(er) model, but i've never owned a pickup (and i've had quite a few) that didn't earn it's keep...vintage or not....
Sounds like your old man was a good guy. My first car was a Satellite. One day I dragged home a Satellite for my teenage son. It infuriated my...
It was 1983 and I was 17. I had been driving my mother's Rocket 350 powered Olds around. My Aunt calls my brother while I'm up in Reno (visiting...
You speak the truth, MGT, but many of us old guys understand that the vast majority of big block cars built by Ma Mopar were issued with the 383,...
Also, the RB 383 was a stopgap solution for Chrysler...and a head scratcher at that. Few of these motors survived, as they were considered to be...
I don't know if i'd go so far as to say there were "a lot" of RB 383s. They were offered as an option....for two years only, 59 and 60... in...
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