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I thought I would create of post of the saga of the cam swap in my 512. I am, by no means, an expert mechanic. This was the first time I have ever completed a cam swap. So for all you other beginner wrenches out there...this is how I did it. First, I watched the complete series on You Tube...

I am in the reassembly phase of my cam swap. When taking things apart, I did not realize the intake manifold bolts are all different lengths. I know the shortest bolts go on the ends (as shown in the pic), what is the order that the different length bolts in the manifold?

I'd rather ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake. Tonight I am going to be reinstalling my rocker shafts on my 440 following a cam swap. I was very careful when removing the shafts (with rocker arms, shims in place) to place them in a manner in which I can put them back on the studs...

Is it acceptable? Changing from a solid flat tappet cam to a solid roller cam. Not changing rocker arms. I used an adjustable pushrod checker to verify length and there would be no change in length for the new pushrods. Is it ok to reuse the ones I have. This is a low mile engine...

Motor is a 512 with a cross ram and dual eddy 1407's. Currently, there are breather caps on both valve covers. I want to add a pcv valve to help with some of the oil that is blowing out of the breathers. I purchased a PCV Valve from summit and have a couple of questions. First, Edelbrock...

When warmed up and idling in park/neutral, i need to set the idle speed to about 1800 rpm, this will net an rpm of about 1000rpm at idle in gear. Is this normal? Motor is a 512, 10.5:1 compression, solid flat tappet cam 600/600. dual eddy 1407's on a crossram. tci trans with a 3500 stall.

While checking my coolant yesterday, I noticed some sparkles in the water. I have a little magnet on a stick and it attracted the sparkles in the water. Not a lot, but enough to make me wonder where it is coming from. This is a freshly built (about a year old, less than 500 miles) 512...

Ok....yes, I know how to do this, BUT.....At some point in its history the 440 in my car had the dipstick removed and plugged. Now there is not easy way to check the oil level. I remember as a kid, the propane tank on my Dad's grill had a tape of some sort on it that when he poured water on it...

So this should be easy enough, but I'm struggling with this. motor is a 440, stroked to 512, Edelbrock Victor heads. I removed most of the spark plugs (except for 4 and 6, but that is a topic for another conversation!) this made the engine easy to turn over by hand. I have one of the whistle...

So, still working out the bugs in my...new to me...car. Motor is a 512, crossram intake with dual edelbrock carbs. 10.25:1 compression, solid flat tappet cam. Electric fuel pump set at 5.5psi. MSD 7 ignition box. Running on 110 octane race gas. When cold, the car fires right up. I don't...

This car is new to me and I am working through some of the idiosyncrasies of it. 64 Dodge 330. 512cid, transmission is a TCI Super Streetfighter, Dana 60 rear with Strange axles. With the car in Park (or any gear), the car will still roll like it is in neutral (forwards and backwards). It...

My weekend project is to replace the speedo gear to get my speedometer to (finally) start reading properly. When I remove the existing unit, how much (if any) fluid should I expect to lose? 727 tranny.

My 69 RR with 440 and 727 runs great. My question has to do with the shift points of the trans. When I take off from a dead stop, the shifts seem to happen almost immediately from 1-2 and then 2-3. This was occurring with my original trans, and I now have a brand new trans from John Cope...

So the plan this weekend was to swap out my tired torqueflight for a brand new unit from John Cope in my 69 RR. I am using the same torque converter that I installed last year after the rebuild of my 440. As you can see from the photos, it is not seating nearly far enough in the trans. There...

My project over the weekend was to replace the trans cooler lines in my 69 RR (440, torqueflite). I am guessing that due to the difficulty of feeding the lines through all the suspension, k-frame, and around the oil pan, the previous owner had just cut the lines and then linked the two halves...

I am chasing a leak in my transmission and want to replace the dipstick seal. I found a short video on the seal replacement, but nothing on removing the dipstick. From the look of the end of the dipstick tube in the video, it appears that the tub just pushes into the trans. Is that correct...

I have a column shifted 727 tranny in my 69 rr. All gears engage and shift fine, except that it will not go into first gear with the shifter (even sitting still engine off). Where should I look for the issue? I am not thinking it is the linkage adjustment at the tranny because all the other...

I have seen many threads converting an auto trans to a manual trans, but nothing about converting a column shift to a console shift for a 727 in my 69RR. I would think this is a far less difficult process...new steering column, console, shifter, and some linkages. Other than that, anything out...

Without starting another debate over the benefits of vacuum advance, I have a question. On my 440 6bbl (bored/stroked to 493), the vacuum advance is NOT hooked up. Car runs great, starts easy and has plenty of power. Initial timing is set at 15 degrees. I don't recall total. Lets say I...

Results are in for my new motor. Started with a running and driving 440 6bbl with unknown internals. My instructions to the machine shop was to put together a 500inch stroker motor that maintained the 6bbl set up, and stock manifolds. The motor needed to be pump gas friendly and look stock...