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You have given me many idea's. I am working my "T", and I am doing floors, and fire wall now. Although mine has a V8/200r4, it's different, but...
Depends, who your asking, me or my wife!
Does anyone have a 15" Aldan coil over, a single, pair, or a set 13.5 - 15" Even one that need rebuilding. I have a 13.5 & a 15" now. I need a...
vinegar is an acid and eats it's way clean, molasses breaks down the rust, not eat metal. I'd be ok with wildlife drinking the molasses if they...
Last time I bought molasses, it was .15 a lb. 4.5 gallons cost about $13.00. I also mix it 7-1. Evintho, did you pressure wash it after you...
I soak all kinds of parts in feed molasses. It removes the rust without touching the metal. Just pressure was it when you take it out. If it needs...
I totally must have had a dead brain cell or something pop! I built a 302 back it the late 70's. But I don't know anything about them, and the...
Not to worry! She is truly my best friend. She had a surgery 10 years ago. They hit her Vagus nerve, and paralysed her stomach. It's been getting...
Thanks again! I have no problem with cutting the piston domes, if I go that way. I am use to building an engine with 10:1, 10.5:1, 11:1's, and...
Sorry for not getting back to you guys. My wife has been in & out of the hospital, and I have not worked on getting pistons yet, my mind has been...
I'm in Deer Lodge, about 60 miles nw of Knoxville. (just south of Jamestown), about 75 miles north of you. Right now I'm in the getting parts...
I Thank You all! You have given me lots to think about. I use to build some hot engines back in the 70-early 90's, but switch things to '90s stock...
I will just sit down and balance them all out to right on, the same, as I did with the pistons I am replacing. Then he will balance out the crank,...
If I'm bored +040 with flat top pistons, with 462 (64cc) double hump heads. What do I need to do, to get up to 10:1-10.5:1 compression? I was...
I had to have it bored to see how much it would take to clean the walls ' It came out at +.040 over. It is Not a finished bore. I have to buy...
How does the new type cast flat top pistons hold up?
It looks like I'm not going to get the 11:1 pistons. I need to buy new pistons since I had it bored to +.040. He has these with only 3 hours tops...
This started because I need to buy pistons for my 327. Someone has a set of 11:1 with 3 hrs running time on them when he found he had missed a...
It's not going to be a daily driver, but I will get into it at times and take off for awhile, just not everyday, probably once a week. "A 327...
There is Nothing on my commute! I live it the mountains in east Tn. I have to drive about 23 miles to town, also the first gas stop/ Which is the...
I am putting together a '66 327 bored .040. I have a chance to pick up 11-1 pistons. I am building it for the street, almost a daily driver. I...
I thank you all, we decided to try just bleeding it, instead of just changing it out. It did bleed, and seems to be holding strong pressure. So we...
Well, it doesn't sound fun of coarse! I'm on my way there now to recheck it out. Still think it comes off out side. But, I'm not forsure yet. I...
Hmm, when I looked (I will check again) I didn't see anything, but a hole the push rod went through on the inside. The back of the master base is...
The master has bolts coming from inside of a plate it bolts to, and I removed the bolts that hold the plate to a large box type thing, which is...
I am working on a friends '57 Buick. I am waking it up after a 35 year indoor sleep, so that he can selling. It's only has 56040 original miles on...
I thank you. Now I can order the right kit. They made a change in the 904 between '71 & '72 from what I can find out. Thanks, Pat
I have a dodge 904 torque flite transmission that I am trying to year ID. I come up with any thing from '62 to '73. I need to rebuild it, but I...
I can't believe that some people on here have not tried a burnout, other then at the track! No, I don't mean chained to a steel plate either! I...
You need to put the glass in first, then the track felt, then the bottom channel. I have not done mine yet, but have been told so by a few that...
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