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I guess it’s just the top of the piston, not a piston head. Got nothing to do with cylinder heads, that was bad phrasing on my part.
I’m currently building a large journal 327 and just bought high compression 350 piston heads for it. I understand that the pin height between 327...
Fixed! Larger gauge wire did the trick. It’s wired the same way as in the original diagram shown above just with larger wire and a better or...
Should have specified, the wiring running from the battery to the alternator switch and the wire from the alternator switch to the amp meter were...
I should add that the battery did charge with this configuration of wiring and the amp meter did work. None of the wiring got hot until I started...
[ATTACH] Shown above is the wiring in one of my projects that is not HAMB eligible. However I was driving it home from school today when I had a...
Hoping someone can give me some insight as to what valve springs to order for my 283 build. We are hoping to go with the 097 Duntov can with solid...
Hoping someone can help me figure out exactly what I’m messing up with this alternator. It is a new TotalPro 7133 alternator that specifies that...
My great grandfather bought a 1964 Impala straight from the factory in 1964 and had it Delivered to Harken Chevrolet here in town. It was a radio...
Hoping someone can help shed some light as to what I’ve gotten myself into. I am trying to identify a small block Chevy that I am in the process...
We’re out of ideas on this thing. It is not leaking out of the jets but is actually leaking out of the secondary idle air bleeders.(Labeled 13 on...
Thanks for the input, we’ll try out these ideas and I’ll let you know what ends up working out. Salt racer, that’d be great as a backup, but in...
After rebuilding our stromberg AA-1 carburetor for a 1949 Buick engine as soon as we hook up the gas to the carburetor it gushes into the intake....
Exhaust is now on and the car sounds 1 million times better. Just as soon as I got the chance to rod it around on my own I got a quick lesson in...
Thanks for all the help, we got the rings installed and pistons as well! Thanks, TR
I am installing piston rings in a 1949 Buick 248 straight 8. Unfortunately the new old stock piston rings I purchased came with no instructions....
Today, a spare off of dad’s 57 Chevy which proves itself to be a Sears Allstate Guardsman. Probably a mid 80’s vintage but still holding air. It’s...
Great tires so far! They just don’t make them, let alone name then like they used to. This is a 7.60 15” Sears Allstate Deeptread Traction Silent...
I forgot to mention, the Cordovan was a 6.50 16” off of a 1940 Buick. In the mean time keep the tires coming! TR
Haven’t been able to find a thread of pictures of classic tires. I drew inspiration from coldwarmotors who has a segment under the same name. This...
We’ll the corvette goes in for exhaust on Thursday but in the mean time more shake down runs! [MEDIA] Thanks, TR
Took the corvette out again to work some of the bugs out. Turns out $12 electric fuel pumps are not as good of a deal as they appear. So we...
The butterflies on the carburetors are shut, the fuel pump is regulated to 4 psi. The gasket seals hood and the linkage is off of the carburetor...
I should add that the 2 high speed idle screws are also all the way in…
We have run into a problem with a carter wcfb that we just rebuilt. It goes on a dual quad setup on a Chevy 301 with 202 heads. That back wcfb...
It lives! Took it out for a quick drive down the road and back. This thing is fast, the transmission does have a shift kit too. We determined that...
Got the corvette running loads better. Had to take off the front carburetor temporarily to tune the rear wcfb and plugged the holes with an...
We’ll today was a big day, it started and ran much easier than I thought it would. Had to shut it down because the carburetor wouldn’t idle down,...
Probably an oversight on my part but where is the oil pressure location for a 1959 Chevy 283? We are about to break in a rebuilt engine and want...
We are changing from a power glide transmission yoke to a turbo 350. The yoke that came with the turbo is roughly 5/8” wider for the universal...
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