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She made a good donor , so she lives on .
Those are 10's in the rear , and 3 1/2's up front . I scored them at an eststate sale last summer for cheap .
Didn't have title to it , plus it was rusty , plus there wasn't much left after I took everything from it to make the Ford a car again . I gave...
That is a 1971 360 Dodge .030 over with a stroker crank making it a 408 . It has w2 heads that I ported years ago with Harland sharp roller...
I tried to buy the 51 body 15 years ago , but the guy wdnt sell it . I caught him going thru a divorce last summer and I got it finally . Didn't...
Got it finally . Sorry , but my phone didn't like the open headers .
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So I wanted to build something different . I used the 408 stroker from my Dart drag car , along with the spooled 8 3/4 rearend , and pg trans ....
See y'all there . Looking forward to running the Dart again .
Dont under estimate that little English Ford Thames of Andy's.He put a whooping on The Shockers ass with it Friday night .That little green Bread...
It ran an 11.39 in the 1/4 at Temple last time i was there as the old cam was falling on its face 100 ft from the end at 6000 rpm.Im hoping to be...
I wanted to go to a solid roller ,but that is big bucks to make the switch on an "LA" style motor.Bushed lifter bores ,hardened steel intermediate...
Thanks .Im real pleased with the outcome :)...
Well after 2 months of being down i finally got my Dart back together again.I pulled the W2 heads ,home ported them ,and installed an NOS...
Ported heads back on ,new stainless Milodon valves ,Comp double springs (340 open pressure),Iskenderian Soild cam ,10 degree super locks and...
Thank you.She does stand out from the crowd .The Dart is usually the only small block Mopar at the Nostalgia events and holds her own against the...
Thats good advise Reed ,but its too late now.I have already installed the new cam and the heads are at the machine shop for the valve job now.When...
I went ahead and pulled the heads ,ported and blended them ,and sent them down for a valve job.Took me 20 hrs to do the port work ,but i think its...
Im with you Risky on the BBC being known for loosing cam lobes.IMO a Big Block Chevy has one of the worst valve train designs ever.Not only are...
I agree on the piston skirt damage .I have heard that metal particles off the cam lobe and lifter will embed into the piston skirts.On another...
Best way to tell is to look at the lifters that came off the cam.If one of them looks dished or cupped on the "face" or the part that rides on the...
Its the luck of the draw when it comes to metal from a flat cam eating the rod and main bearings on a BBC or any motor for that matter.The cam in...
Actually "checking the lash" wouldnt have found the retainer problem .These are shaft roller rockers (not the typical SBC ,or SBF Dollar General...
Yes ,the old girl has been good to me for years.Now its time to give her sum love in return :) ...
Its funny i have had many people say that this cam is wrong for my setup ,but i read a write up awhile back where sum engine builder took a 383...
The car is lite (2750 lbs with lots of gutting) ,and the 408 makes great torque down low ,so that part is fine It 60 foots in the mid 1.5's...
I cant find it.I checked for the missing keeper on the head ,lifter valley ,and i even ran a long magentic rod into the pan Via flashlight through...
Well after 5 seasons and 150 passes i finally decided to tear into my old Dodge for sum upgrades .This is a 360 (LA) stroked to a 408 .The old cam...
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