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You mentioned tire rake. I can't tell from the picture, are the tires on the chassis? If not, is the frame positioned to approximate the rake...
If you are on the fence about doing the blower conversion yourself or sending it out this would be my recommendation. First, buy a copy of the...
Nice score! Perfect for a SBC. The blower will not care what's it's sitting on. Just do some homework and pull together a collection of parts...
The chassis certifications are there for your protection. As my brother says "you are the first crash dummy at the accident". The safety...
I would feel more confident in the following if it was just the steering wheel. You might not feel play in the steering but the center pre-load...
When you say "feel": vibration / shake in steering wheel; vibration in the seat; excess road shock???
This is one of those subjects that to do it correctly there isn't really any middle ground. Explosive vapors are nasty as are the resultant burns...
Should you decide to do some grinding, when done don't leave a sharp edge. Recreate the small radius on the transition edge so not to create a hot...
A few minutes in a milling machine and you can get any ribbed valve cover fixed up to put breathers or PVC valves anywhere you want.
Breathers are not positive ventilation. So, yes if you want to manage and get rid of crankcase vapors and get rid of the crankcase moisture that...
Yes, Corvair. And based on the welch plug on the ribbed end of box, reversed....
Lots of ways to layout a PVC system. You just need an air inlet source and a vacuum source that are ideally separated as far apart as you can get...
Perhaps one of these? [ATTACH]
Correct. May need to use adjustable perches.
Just two curiosity question. Have you cut the oil filter open? Do you plan to pump some kind of flush through the oil system?
Measuring the angle is easy. You just need to know when. By that I mean you need to have the frame set in a position that included frame rake and...
Based on the location of the swept area on the valve tip the push rod length is probably OK, but I would double check. The damage looks like more...
It's only been relatively recently that you can buy just about any crankshaft, rods, and piston combo you can think of. It use to be that you...
It depends on the block and how big you want to go. If the block checks out to not have significant core shift it will bore + 0.125" and you use...
You didn't mention what transmission. But using the T5 as an example it comes with 4 or 5 common gear sets that all have different ratios. So...
As mentioned, that style of cooler needs air flow through it to work correctly. If no room near radiator you would be better off with a finned...
The reducer washer use to be a standard circle track item used to slow down the coolant to the radiator so the coolant would spend more time in...
Marty, great story. After that ride the fuel dragster probably seemed pretty smooth!!
One way to get an idea of the accuracy of your new balancer would be for you to balance one or two tires and before mounting them back on the car...
A bubble style balancer was a go to for a long time. Several big name brands pretty much had the market. Very accurate with a bit of patience. I...
Miss the old days when the fuel altereds were part of most race meets. Didn't get much better than a pair lined up at night under the lights.
Nice! Was that just on the primary or did you get the secondaries fixed also?
Just curious. While redoing the PV gaskets did you confirm that you have the correctly machined PVs?
The 2100 stuff seems to be less available though there is some availability of stock length shafts on some of the ag sites. Are your shafts at...
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