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Hi fellas. Will someone please a transmission input shaft "stick-out" measurement for me? Transmission in question: "GM" MA-5, AKA an AISIN-Warner...
I'm putting together a little T-based sorta track roadster thang, and building a GM Quad 4 engine to power it--primarily 'cause it has: A. A...
There are several sheet-steel stamped pieces (valve cover, cam-drive belt cover) on this 2.3L "Pinto" engine that period-looking aluminum parts...
Gentlemen, good answers all--WELL DONE! Heater hose, indeed! (I likes it:cool:). Other subjects: Fryday night, and the 3 Frogs are...
The look of the top end of the 4-cylinder DOHC engine going in my '28 has to be pretty traditional; after all, it is a focal point of this car....
Support Group Heard From!...And How! Thanx, Guys! I used all Twelve (or more) steps to properly deal with Mr. 9-Inch Rear Axle Assembly: First, I...
...from the housing? I was planning on reusing this cast-iron third member, and scrapping the steel '82 pickup truck housing. I'd really like to...
In aluminium? Seriously, casting them in aluminum yerself, in your own back yard, is doable. Famous quote from my ancestor, Sir Edward the...
Does anybody have any info on that Harry Miller-Gulf/coffin-nose Cord 810-lookin' lakes roadster, in the black & white Dixon brochure? (Above,...
DO'H! Let's start with a pretty simple one--lower radiator extension clearance. Utilizing Speedway's front axle and steering packages, what is the...
Thanks! I saved a Hot Rod Magazine that built one Speedway's T kits, but twasn't the '27 Track T "kit" I'm interested in. The Speedway Track T...
I think I'd like to build a Speedway Motors '27 Track T, but I rilly need some measurements off the frame to see if what I have in mind is even...
I'm building a cross-flow inline-four; I'm going for a traditional track roadster look; and I think I'm going to use a new pair of Stromberg 97s....
One ultimately important question I've always had: would not a coating on the inside of the crankcase interfere with oil cooling? The coating...
On a different tangent: The Tight Money Thing:rolleyes:: I believe your SM420 is worth money or at least a good trade to the right guy. A...
12.375" Must be way South Oklahoma, plus some way North Texas... Eddie
Looking at Fred Puhn's (quote source info above) book again, it looks to me (with no experience w/double M/Cs and a balance bar) as though one M/C...
Would someone please provide OD and ID measurements of the two air cleaner fastening rings at the top of a Stromberg 97? I suspect the OD is...
Gentlemen, thank you all! Pretty much (ahem) put the brakes on doing the two-master-cylinder setup (sorry). Quoting Fred Kuhn's Brake Handbook...
I'm putting together a 1200-1500 pound track-nosed roadster, and I'd love to use 4-wheel disc brakes--preferably manual, unboosted, to go along...
THANKS and THANKS! But: Phooey...unfortunately...too small. :mad: Waaah, snivel, whine, moan.
What diameters are Stromberg 97 and 97 BIG dual venturis (not the inlet choke size)? I don't care about CFM numbers, I'd just like to find out...
There are guys who build hot rods with new parts disguised to look like period parts--examples, alternators built to look like generators, fuel...
Anyone care to recommend a really good TIG welder in the Houston, TX area? I have a polished aluminum intake and a stainless header project...
'Preciate, the answer, Rich, thanks! That's what I was looking for. I was aware of reproduction Rileys at this link, but I didn't think those...
Ah yass, Winfields and Rileys and YHs, oh my! :rolleyes: I'd briefly thought about all of them, and Model A updrafts as well. My thinking with...
I am building an inline four cylinder DOHC engine for use in a Track T roadster, and trying for a just-Postwar midget/dirt-track car look. I’ll...
Oooh, more technical jargon--an "RCH"...I gets it now! More precise a term than "SWAG".:p
Wowsers, THANX! That was quick...I did have time to hit the beer cooler, I mean "refrigerator", though! I was figuring somewhere near the...
I'm considering buying a set of cheap set of headers intended for a Ford 221-302W-351W and hacking them up for installation on yer typical orphan...
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