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That nick will do next to nothing to the strength of the axle which is by design incredibly strong. The only issue is the sharp edges of the nick that could act as stress risers for fatigue failure at some point in the future. I'd file down the sharp ridges and run it without a second thought.

You are likely to have heat issues with your power steering hoses too as they were not considered in the design. My return hose is near touching the exh manif so a heat shield is required! My brake pedal was drilled for both power and manual brakes so that was easy, but I think I had to mod the...

Would the correct block for a '63 300J be stamped HP as were '62 300H blocks?

This!

On a 318?

Usually a skim off the face of the cone in the lathe to restore it's clearance to bottoming in the housing was the zero buck fix.

I would not do anything until I was 100% sure my TDC mark is accurate. Easy to do with a piston stop in No 1 spark plug hole, mark TDC centre on balancer when on stop from rotating both ways and actual TDC mark is exactly in centre of 2 marks. I had similar issues to you with a 413 I rebuilt and...

72 Caddy have bench or bucket seats? Did other US manufacturers have electrically adjusted bench seat options?

My '62 Dart 440 has electric seat track option, but I don't have a non-power seat to compare to for measurements. I'd say you'd have a hard time finding one for sale nowadays. For what its worth, the adjustment range is terrible and goes nowhere near as far back at I'd like (I'm 6 feet tall...)...

Keep in mind that with progressive linkage, first 10% or so of pedal travel only opens primaries on the rear primary carb. That means light acceleration and cruising at up to highway speeds is all done on the one carb. More throttle then starts to progressively open secondary (front) carb...

Batteries have several different failure modes, so these urban myth "fixes" will work sometimes and not others. My last battery that failed was not that old, and went from fully charged and cranking fine, to unable to supply enough current to power the interior light (like an hour later) -...

Cam can be degreed with valvetrain in place. Dial indicator must measure travel of lifter body - not the plunger or rocker arm (with a hydraulic lifter anyway).

Something is seriously awry. Did you install them? Are they installed the right way around? Did you install 1 or 2 offset bushings in each upper arm?

That's a low blow.... ;-)

I ran that cam in a true 11:1 413 with stock iron heads and I had to limit the timing to hold off ping. Perhaps with aluminium heads you'd get away with it... great street cam, just wish I'd tightened lash to quieten it down.