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I am not a fan of thumper cams never seen one run right. I would pick a hydraulic roller around 230 @ .50 duration and about .530 lift on a 110 centerline

using a vacuum gauge to diagnose worn valve guides is pretty hard. A guide has to be loose enough to cause the valve to rock on the seat. So you should be seeing oil smoke when you start it if the guides are loose. Fluctuations in the needle indicate a valve not sealing, or opening properly...

stripping down my 65 Coronet Convertible, and in pulling out the dash and wiring harness came across this weird switch, it has Yankee 760 warning switch, it appears to be aftermarket as the harness ties into the signal harness with squeeze connectors. I guess it is a 4 way hazard switch? My...

2618 pistons expand more when hot, .005 is a good clearance in my experience, if they are as tight as you measure it will scuff the skirts. On a racing engine I run them as loose as .007 to keep them from scuffing. Make sure when measuring the piston you do it in the right spot on the skirt...

Depends if are you building stock or race? The Oregon kit is a good choice for a race unit with the red clutches, kevlar band, most of the stock builds I use the alto green clutches. I seldom use a kevlar band for stock rebuilds.

when you drop the valve body it is a piston that sits in the case, you will see it easy.

As mentioned probably has a shift kit in it. And if you can drop the valve body they most likely left the spring out of the accumulator. Putting that spring back in will calm down the harsh shifts in my experience.

If you look at the power flow and the size of the gears 1,2,3rd should take as much as a stock A-833 but I would not power shift into OD that would be the weakest gear on the output .

I have had a Harbor freight drill press for 15 years always works well and does the job. I have a milling machine for the tough stuff.

When I build an engine first step is to measure everything and then decide on what machine work is actually needed. The majority of the time boring and cleaning is all that is required. If it needs line bored and decks done for example many times it is just cheaper to find a better block.

I have rebuilt transmissions since 1976 and even for me it is tough, because there is more than one way to do things in a valvebody. What I do is save instructions for different shift kits in a binder for reference. usually, the giveaway is the orifice plate in the valve body the holes are...

Well you have to swap the transmission as well to go to a big block and at least modify the exhaust system. You can buy a stroker kit for the 318 and get 392 inches for less than $2,500 so you get the same cubic inches, add a set of decent heads or port your old ones and you may be surprised...

I will tell you my experience put a bigger water pump pulley on it to increase the speed of the water pump. I had a customer we built a 512 stroker on pump gas, for a 4x4 truck and he wanted a serpentine belt system. The engine ran hot, swapped out radiators, high flow pumps, even took the...

Just from my experience, and I am semi-retired, but my retirement present to myself was an engine dyno, always wanted one and I have owned and used a flow bench for 20 years. Been building a lot of muscle car engines, mostly stock with small cam, everybody wants a lump at idle and then clean out...

Well if you want some now is the time to buy, lost 1/2 value in three days,.. may get cheaper yet.

Don't remember all the parts I needed, but yes if you have the output shaft governor, and tailhousing you can build one. I used an electric shift version and changed out the valve bodies as well. Been a couple years ago so I don't remember all the little stuff I had to do. I have one done on...

Yep that is correct, no quench areas to speak of in the chamber, dual plugs were needed to pass emissions. If no dual plugs Hydrocarbon emissions would be much higher compared to a wedge type chamber.

The biggest bangs for the buck are gears and a torque converter in combination and working together. Never used the cam you mention but if it is a stock short block you have probably low compression. Easy way to tell if you need more compression with that cam is to do a simple cranking...

Great event for a good cause. Our car club does charity events each year as well, and while myself and all the members feel good about the money we raise, I personally think it is sad that many times what we are able to give people is just a drop in the bucket for what they really need. I just...

Best way to get good at welding is to just like you are and do it. When learning to weld the best way is to learn how to acetylene oxy weld first. With a torch and some welding rod, or as I did a coat hanger. That is the method I still use to this day when I build headers and some body work...