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D Hearne said Your intake/carb combo has a lot to do with street manners as well as the heads and cam. Yet you didn't mention them. I plan on using an airgap edelbrock and holley 600 vac secondary.

So after along wait I am getting ready to finish assembling my motor.I came across a good deal on edelbrock rpm 2.02 heads and cam is 7122 edelbrock.I calculate 9.5 comp. I am a little worried about using the 2.02 heads as I worry about losing low end torque. I have a wc t5 and plan on btwn...

So if it is a 69 302 there is no adjustment on valves just tighten them if the studs are 3/8th you adjust if it is 5/16ths no adjustment needed.If the ex valve seats have receded/sunk in the lifters can no longer adjust valves and you loose comp. it would not be a sudden thing but gradual.

bent p/rods A sticking valve can cause a bent push rod. It can stick due to carbon build up,lack of lubrication or excessive heat. If you know what cyl/and if it was an int or ex. you can do a simple but not definitive test by tapping on the suspect valve on the spring side and compare the...

oe plugs best I had a parts store for 18 years and I found that the oe plugs worked best for each application. Gm use ac ford use motorcraft toyota nippon denso german cars bosch and so on. You see gm makes 75- 100 Plug style/heat ranges for gm cars and bosch fits all gm cars with 20-30...

smoke problem Find a repair shop that caries BG products and get a can of Quick Clean. It is a mild solvent put it in oil and idle for 15 - 30 min do not rev engine.It can clean the oil rings and may slow oil burning I have seen it stop it completly and also do nothing. It should cost $10-15...

fr column I had same problem with ididit coumn and (duh).it turned out that the flasher switch which I did not use would kill turn signals if it was pulled out but worked fine when pushed in.I think they use same harness maybe same issue. Good luck

Gw strut rods I talked to tech at Global West and they are correct length. It appears that my car is a bit off as the wheels are way forward in fender openings.I have 1 1/4 " clearance in front of tire and 3+ in back.what I have done is drill lca end of rods 3/4" closer to front and this will...

GW strut rods My rods have no welded stop and have a slight bend at control arm end. Yes I have a call into globl west But they open in a few min. Wil let all know when I find out. Thanks for responses

I just started to install a pair of gw adj. strut rods and I think they may be too long. I made a rough measurement from 2 points and the new rods are going to move the lower arm back by 1/2 inch when adjusted to minimum length. I would have expected them to have the ability to adjust for both...

I lucked into complete versailles rear disc set up less 9" housing. as far as I can tell it should bolt onto my 65 8" housing . Anyone know if it will or what problems I may have. I have discs in front and know I have to change m/cyl to all disc anything else?

hard seats/leaded gas I am not an old timer machinist(started in 74) but I do see old heads and they tend to have sunken/eroded seats also. I don't see as many as 70 and yes 80+90s heads but that is because there not as many and they don't get driven as far or as hard. My understanding is that...

rockers I think I have a set of rockers from a set of e7 302 heads at my shop I will check monday when I get to work. you can have them for the cost of shipping ? $10.00 or less. I will send a pm to you monday eve if I find them.

knock I hope I am wrong but after a car is in a flood I would be really concerned that a rod is bent by water in combustion chamber(water does not compress). I would check lifter spyder as D. Hearne suggests.If that is not it try pulling plug wires 1 by one on side with knock to see if noise...

exaust leak and backfire If you have an exaust leak it can allow air(oxygen) into the exaust flow.If there is unburnt fuel in exaust (running rich) the air/fuel can ignite in exaust causing backfire.Be careful if there is enough fuel it can also cause a fire. Good luck

angle milling You may have to have manifold milled to compensate for surfacing heads. .020 is at the edge of needing to have manifold milled but if deck was cut or heads were surfaced in the past the current .020 plus whatever was removed before could make a requirement. For charts go to...

bearings Those bearings should be replaced but of more concern to me would be the rod bearings as they get oil after mains. You need to remove the caps and inspect them. By he looks of mains you may be able to lightly polish journals and replace bearings of course that depends on if there is...

351c 4bbl/2bbl I think i have them figured out.They appear to be correct fot 73 pantera with egr valve which this one has.Not for my use just a customer And I wantedd to be sure he correct part for oe car. Thanks for all the help.

I am working on what is supposed to be a set of 73 pantera heads.What has me stumped is that they have the large 4 bbl int/ex ports but are using the small 2bbl size valves (ex. 1.655" int 2.040") they are open chamber heads casting #D3ZE-AA. Everything I have read tells me all 4bbl heads...

coolant leak Do you know history of heads? most likely a valve cover bolt broke off in head and whoever drilled it out went throu bolt and into water jacket. All is not lost as you can drain coolant so level is below bottom of bolt hole then clean out with brake clean dry and fill botttom of...