My advice, only buy brand name USA items, scat, eagle etc, If there are cheap, do not purchase. I feel embarrassed to mention that I purchased a set of pro comp connecting rods, that were absolute fucking junk and required me to purchase scat products - eventually costing me double the initially purchase price. Any questions please ask. Glen
The bad is the shit products that I made a mistake to purchase - The good is that the good products work awesome and this hotrod is awesome fast. Glen
Old guy never saw before until last year on very mild easy street driver. Cheap imports got to be careful what buy
I was having issues tuning an off idle stumble, felt the triple carbs were holding the engine back. I wanted to maintain the nostalgia look so I installed a pair of Edelbrock carbs, WOW, what a difference, engine now revs fast and clean, no stumble, sounds real strong, and that's without tuning - mixture screws 1 1/2 turns out. Yet to drive the car as a few little things to do and the weather is shit, cannot wait to tune and drive. Glen
Took car for a drive a couple of weeks back, ran like shit, way to rich and not wanting to idle. Pulled the top of the carbs to check float level etc. Both carbs were full of crap (obviously been sitting for a while) and the front carbs metering rods were bent, also one carb was a 1406 and one was a 1405. I ended up rebuilding both carbs and now they are identical in specifications. It started up first go and runs like a dream, took it for a short drive and its so much better than before, from standstill it fry's the Tyres. Yet to dial it in but more than happy with the result. Glen
My 31 recently had cylinder head issues, heads are tired so I decided to replace with some alloy units. I purchased a set of cheap heads from Skip White ( whiteperformance ) on Ebay USA, they look all right for cheap heads, I plan to clean up the ports a little and maybe port match to intake. I also needed roller rockers and a stud girdle and tall rocker covers to compliment heads. While I'm changing heads I decided to fabricate some new headers as well, today I worked on collector position, pipes will be 2 inch and use header plates to suit my SBC, a few pics Glen
Holy cow those are tough as nails! Huge improvement over the old set as well, love the look of the car with them
A few pics of recent progress, welded up headers and modified exhaust to suit. Still a lot of work to go, but so happy with how they are turning out. Glen
Thanks Outback, pipes are finished now, next job is to match port heads and intake as well as clean up intake and exhaust ports, a few pics. Glen
Started porting heads and measuring spring pressures etc, using my home made equipment, my spring tester may not be 100% spot on but it gives me a guide on how all springs compare to each other. Also adding 1 inch spacers under Carby's, a few pics. Glen
My car is finally on the road again, lots of little dramas during the rebuild but Im overall happy with the result, This hotrod pulls like a train in any gear, has more down low power and more legs up top, and I feel the new pipes look the part as well. A few pics, Glen
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