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I believe Lexington is in the mountains vs Louisville that down on the river. Supposed to be hot.
I've known a couple of different people who back in the day read that oil doesn't wear out, it just gets contaminated. Siezing on that, they both...
'56 Windsor apparently could have a 301 or 331 poly according to one of my refs, 301 being normal in the '55.
And on interiors of newer cars...Would depend on what finish the wood has, maybe check a vintage boat site.
Open to anything older than 30 years old...
Reportedly SM & up has little or no zinc to reduce emissions by request of the OEMs where roller cams don't need it.
misspelled dick cheese....
Wal-Mart used to have SA oil, said right on the can "Not for use in engines made after 1930". Pure oil no additives. Probably the change every...
T. R. Waters used to convert 2V intakes into 4V intakes, cut n weld looked like. On thehemi.com a guy used 1V to 2V adaptors to put two 2GC carbs...
For 7 years I drove a '48 Plym with a 331 Hemi, 11 gallon gas tank & no gas gauge.....The NYer wouldn't have had dual quad....
I imagine the bell pattern would be the same as others.
Coolant looks low....
There's a bunch of Threads on the subject. Pre SM & CJ oil has ZDDP. After that it's pretty much gone to help the car companies reduce their...
A stout piece of wire bent into an L will pop the int. shaft right up, usually.
NAPA's house brand, is made by Wix. Here O'Rielly has Wix.
The basic consolidated info should be posted on the "Hemi Tech Index".
Lots of controversy, but FRAMs rep has taken a beating for a decade or so. I use the Wix 51515 filter
Don't know. On the 46-48 Plyms you had to reverse the radiator brackets to move the radiator forward so the engine will fit.....
Supposedly research shows black sheds the most internal heat. Ford Blue looks good. I painted an Olds 455 that color....
Looks like the truck hemi oil filter.
It's the official '54 Chrysler shop manual. Of course they might have changed strategy after the manual went to press. Reports of long tail 2bls,...
The shop manual says the standard NYer had the long tail 2 bl with a flat bell PF, developed so they could put a PF behind it.
Short tail car hemis were 4 bl. 2 bl were long tail, but seem to be rare in '54. What's the use code on the flat in front of the valley cover out...
All the 2 bl 331s were 180 & he did say 180.
Reportedly they made 200 HP, but they under-rated them at 180 to keep from scaring the typical elderly Chrysler buyers off, 200 was big HP at the...
Does it have a place for the air to come in? Like the OEM oil fill cap?
HH has a squeeze plate that necks down to the OEM holes. Install taller carb studs. I found on mine that I also had to install a phenolic spacer...
A guy at a car show had a fiberglass sports car with Y block that according to a magazine article that he had with him was one of a couple...
The original plan called for standard NYers to get the 2V engine, and the NYer Deluxe & Imperial to get the 4V engine.
Yup! spend time reading the Hemi Tech Index, most of the info is for the '55-58 Hemis vs the long tail 51-3. If you can afford it, do it. If not...
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