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It takes at least 200 hours to port and polish stress risers out on a flathead block. I would not make a guess on the rest of the car.
It may be false economy buying junk yard parts to put in a high performance car. These cars go relatively fast and as such when they stop suddenly...
Listen to Max and be sure to pull from the same side as the linkage.
Those valves are ok for a stock engine. They can be lightened considerably for longer life. They have 45 degree seats. That is not good for a...
Bleach works good for softening rubber. The longer it soaks, the better. We used to use it on our race car qualifying tires till it was outlawed....
I use K&N filters for a Datsun. They are about 7.5 X 14 inches. You can stack them depending on the area required. You will probably have to...
Yes. Pete1
Safety equipment in a race car is designed as a package. The belts are stronger than street type with an additional crotch strap. There is a...
A lot of good suggestions listed previously. The library is probably the most reliable source of "how to" info. There is a lot of good...
Dean, were you at Saugus for the last USAC midget race of the year in December 1958?
I like it. If you were closer I would buy you a beer.
I have had quite a bit of experience with V860's in midgets. If the engine in that roadster is stock, it maybe makes 40 hp. accounting for age so...
Very few people understand or have ever heard of metal migration. This is the principal of a wire end crimp. Heat of compression is the...
There are lots of places to race legally all over the country. Drag strips. Who knows how many. Circle tracks. Thousands. Autocross. Who knows....
A place I worked for many years had a sign on the wall. "DEAD ON IS CLOSE ENOUGH"
You had to dig the jive and become hip before you could become cool...
Depends on if you are after hp or the kewl drive-in look. I did a lot of dyno diddling and found a 4 into 1 with 2 inch pipe and 1/8" reversion...
Yes, a 34 Ford coupe. Pale blue. Short individual spaghetti pipes. Beautiful sound when going past the timing stand. Sounded like it was going...
Yup, I knew Scotty fairly well. He used to come around for Kustom Klub parties and he pitted next to us in 1953. As I recall he had a basically...
You may not be able to afford it now but eventually after you race for awhile or maybe drive someone else's car with a real race car steering, you...
EXTREMELY poor welding.
SAE 6150 RC36. It is what race car torsion bars are made of. Very high fatigue resistance.
Freeze crack. Tig weld with ER70. 1/8 mild steel patch. Not a row of dimes but cast iron doesn't like to do that.[ATTACH]
Sorry to hear that. I have never used them but have referred people to them. Over the years I have watched a couple of the best cast iron repair...
Wilwood makes a dual cylinder assembly that will mount either "swing" or under the floor. It has a front, rear bias adjust built in also.
Breathed it around that it was for sale.
Yup, I remember them. Read them all. The content well wasn't deep enough for it to last very long.
I quit doing anything but flathead Fords. Still enough original parts around to assemble a good one.
Yea, what he said but I haven't seen a set in 20 years.
Can people show pics of lifters that various shops have done?
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