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A thorough and fantastic reply as usual, thank you! It seemed fast to me too, having known about the Beebe and Mulligan record, but I was nowhere...
I had the same thought, maybe they engraved it after a few to many victory beers haha
I think you nailed it, as usual. Even if the seller didn’t quite know what he was selling I’m still going to run it, just need to buy a stock...
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Anyone wanna take a guess at what I bought? I’m a little confused It’s certainly the shape of a 6-71 rear bearing plate, but the counterbores for...
Damn! I would have a BBQ just so I could make all my friends sit around and stare at it too Good find!
Yeah, however the Speedmaster version is still available most places...
Damn, so what I’m hearing is they aren’t even a good fake
The little o-ring seals should come in any full gasket kit, I know for a fact Fel-Pro includes them. The o rings work, umbrellas work a little...
And now I’ve saved it, the pattern continues. thank you
The one we have at the shop of already assembled and the guides have been machined down for positive seals. However… [ATTACH] This is the intake...
This is tempting, but given that this started as a “spare parts” blower build, and the B10 happened to be priced right and fit the time period....
Yeah I understand this, have owned plenty of questionably operable cars. I have no intention of half assing this, drilling the heads seems to be...
Yeah, this has been in the back of my head all along. something in me hates sacrificing the “cool factor” for something as stupid as...
We have a 331 torn down and machined at the shop right now, so I’ll see what I can confirm off the original valve train. Worst case I also have...
I’m 23, and have hit every swap meet I can get to for the last few years. It’s not entirely surprising that the average age is getting older, I’ve...
The B10 has a water port coming up from both sides in the rear, on either side of the distributor, one side has bleeder valve and the other is a...
Oh he absolutely has, learned more from his old posts than I could ever say
Oh I wasnt arguing with squirrel, I know better than that
I promise I’m not that hopeless, thank you for your patience hahaha
Center punch where you need to hole and bring it to your local machine shop, what seems like a major job with a hand drill is 15 minutes on a...
I understand that, I know it wouldn’t leave me with the most effective thermostat, just spitballing ideas here. trying to resist the temptation to...
Ah this one’s on me, I misunderstood the sort of housing he was talking about. we’re on the same page. I have also seen somewhere a set of...
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I was considering that, but given this motor is already in and assembled I’ll probably run a remote one
I am blown away by the amount and quality of the replies, thank you all so much The manifold is an edelbrock B10 (showed up in the mail today)...
Hey folks, I've had a 6-71 laying around forever, and i decided that my perfectly reliable truck needed to get even worse MPG. I'm in the process...
Currently im working on converting this admittedly very tired 6-71, because all old blowers deserve a second life (last photo is as i found it)...
how is it possible every worn out SBC on earth came out of a 72 corvette?
i had a 50' DeSoto, dash wasnt as cool but the early 50's mopars are just good cars
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