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Been away for a bit, got too busy working on other people's car and was neglecting my own crap. Now I'm trying to catch up. I want to...
I did do each cylinder at a time. I brought each cylinder to top dead center.
Royal Purple 10-30.
I'm going to re-adjust them anyway. We'll see what happens.
Hot is 20ish. If I blip the throttle, it sprays oil, but at idle it just kind of trickles. Like I said I had no issues until maybe after 10...
Each cylinder at top dead, snugged the nut until i couldn't spin the pushrods, then 1/4 turn more.
Oil pressure is good. 50-60PSI at idle cold.
Yeah sorry, valve covers off. I'm slightly out of it.
So a few moths ago I ran at the track, and after a few runs I started hearing the valves chatter terribly. I had just installed new 1.6 roller...
There is a Chevelle gasser I saw at a local cruise night here. If I remember right it was a 4 door, but had a blower and a straight axle!
Here are the pictures of the unit. I got it cleaned and painted tonight. I used Rustoleum hammered paint. Turned out pretty good. [IMG] [IMG]...
I picked up an old air compressor today for my shop. It's a Westinghouse Air-Brake Company. Only info I can find is that they made air brakes for...
My old garage was well, terrible. Uneven concrete/dirt floor, no power, animals living among me, etc. Like three weeks ago I heard from an...
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What gave out on your car? Never did hear for sure.
And a few more; [MEDIA] [MEDIA] Just so ya know, it's freaken hard to find AMC blue paint.
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I'm still working on uploading more, I'll post them as I get the chance. Great event as usual! [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA]...
Has an HEI distributor in it. I may just buy an MSD streetfire if I don't replace the pickup and coil in my current distributor (the module and...
All stock.
Alignment marks on the gear set. The keyway on the crank points at 1 o'clock roughly, as it should.
It is the 260hp GM crate motor. My friend had the car before me, decided to put a .510 lift cam in it and other crap, and the car ran so horribly...
I have a professional products 8'' balancer, same one I have on my Chevelle. It's a quality unit, so I'm sure the marks are right. I lined it up...
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