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Wow, Otis is really laying down a groove. Good stuff! And the Mopar? Lotta folks likely saw that view. ;)
Great stuff...thanks for taking time to post it all. Ya know, you're better with the bending tree than I am with proper bending tools....o_O
Roller rockers can be used with flat tappets with no problems. Been done forever, long before the roller tappet became commonplace. It's crazy how...
Going out on a limb just a bit, but while you're checking make sure the piston to cyl head clearance at TDC is sufficient. Usually .040" is a good...
It's certainly making power. 129 mph is typically in the 10.30 ET range in a naturally aspirated car with good 60'.
My '41 Merc with a late flathead does about the same-16-18 depending on speed and weather. Your car is very nice!
Roughly figured, a single 7" booster with 20" of vac will provide 350 lbs of force. Dual will double that. That's in addition to the mech input...
91.52 mph. Nice one,Mart! Thanks for taking us along.
I'd bet that triangle denoted footnote is telling us that the tangs are different.
If the tangs line up and the bearings measure the same, drilling the oil hole will work fine. Cutting new tangs in the rods isn't a big deal...
Guys who must have everything Perfect for their engine builds are missing out on all the fun! Going fast cheap is traditional. ;)
8BA (or 8CM,1CM,EAB) has a distributor drive gear on the front of the cam, 59A doesn't.
I threw some road gravel with the flathead powered '41 Merc yesterday. That count?
Nine sec drag cars look ok in yellow I think. This one made 1200 passes down the 1/4 and I wasn't afraid to race anybody. I painted it yellow to...
What great cars! Good on both of you...so nice. :cool:
I'll be your test guy if you like. Don't have all the posts you want but plenty more on the 'Barn and I have been running your trash can condenser...
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https://fifthaveinternetgarage.com/index.php Above is the shop you likely are thinking of,as Leon said. It appears to be in business run by...
I put an 8CM flathead (like an 8BA but Merc) in my '41 Merc. Original engine was level....was I gonna re-engineer the car to swap engines? Hell...
99% of the time when this situation occurs it ends up being the radiator. Been there, done it, seen many others do it too. Far easier to try a...
Yep, that's a hot rod. I like. ;)
That camshaft in a 283 could definitely cause vac gauge fluctuation at idle. More gauge flutter the slower you idle it. It'll be a fairly quick...
No worries...perfectly fine. That should be a fun ride!
Lobe sep angle is expressed in camshaft degrees rather than crankshaft degrees. If you take a cam by itself and draw a line through the centers of...
This is correct. In addition, advancing the cam will make the intake centerline number smaller and the exhaust number larger but when added...
Yep, referred to as "check holes" by drag racers. Shallow check holes mean your wallet is about to get thin.
If your intake CL is 110 and exhaust 114 as your card says, then the lobe sep angle is 112 and the cam is installed advanced 2 degrees.
He'd drive it.
It'll work fine backward.
Now that's some period correct hot rodding right there! Well done, Andy.:)
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