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Get a grade 8 3/8" diameter bolt about 4 inches long. Cut the threaded portion off and then use a cutoff wheel to cut a slot (1/4" wide I think)...
Thanks Paul.
So, there is a thread from a few years ago that contains some personal information of mine, and it just seems like good practice to not have that...
The oil goes from the number 4 main bearing up to the number 4 cam bearing where a hole drilled in the journal lets oil up to the heads when the...
I am glad he was here with us for a while.
Some of us are wary of buying clean parts, I would leave them dirty.
Need to tell us what year, make, tranny, etc...
This setup was not for fuel injection, but for carbs. The filter is an aircraft unit sold by speedshops as a high performance unit in the 50s and...
Depends on what you want to do with it. It likely had all the unnecessary stuff removed when it was put together, but current rules require the...
That Hot Rod article is interesting. They basically say that the 4-7 swap sometimes does nothing, sometimes makes more power, sometimes looses...
OD ford trannys are really worth that much? I saw one in a junkyard the other day, I knew they are worth a few bucks, but really that much?
"Perfection" in manufactured parts is impossible. All measurements have errors, and they have a finite accuracy and precision. With something...
The A833 is the mopar 4 speed. It originated in 1964 and went through a few different forms into the dark ages (1980s) in trucks and vans. They...
If you check out this picture I boosted off ebay, the standard mopar A833 has a asymmetric bolt pattern. That plate is the stock hemi trans...
Those condensers don't look very nice. Electrically isolate them and check them with an ohm meter. When you put the meter on them, they should...
Holes are really a terrible way to save weight, unless they are a part of the original design. Some quick numbers: The original 12" long rib...
Try one of the local tool suppliers, the outfits that supply contractors and businesses. They are generally staffed with people who know what...
Your piece of titanium weights 0.055 pounds. How much do you expect to save by cutting holes in it? "still keeping adequate strength" is very...
Unless you've got some goofy reverse rotation cam and 2 gear cam drive to match, the cam rotation will loosen the bolt with RH threads. Its just...
"Chrysler Firepower" valve covers, no bumps: roughly 100,000 per year "Chrysler Firepower" valve covers, with bumps: roughly 2,500 per year...
Most, if not all industrial motors came with hydraulic cams and non-adjustable rocker gear.
Post a picture, and see if they have "american racing" cast into them. If they do have the name cast in, they are a aluminum. If they don't have...
I would be shocked if you could make a single change to anything that wouldn't upset a large number of people. It is because the MSRA is huge,...
Interesting that this thread popped back up. I just started in on it again after letting it sit for a while.
A 40 pound 10" converter spinning at 6000 rpm has about 1.5% of the kinetic energy of a 2000 pound car moving at 150 mph. 1.5% seems pretty...
331 industrial motor. basically like a 1955 passenger car 331 chrysler.
Sounds like google documents....
You'll need at least 2-3 microwave oven transformers (MOV transformers to the basement builders) to get the kind of power you need to weld body...
"All cooling systems/radiators must be installed in the stock location for body style used. " NHRA general regulation 1.1. Don't forget the...
Like the coveted A-1 marking on the hemi block, this appears to be no more than a myth. It seems to be a mostly meaningless foundry mark,...
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