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I agree, what most people don't get is that the process is more important than the finished project. One reason I like building race cars, you can always justify doing something new to the car. I often get bored with a vehicle that there is nothing left to work on.

Hard to tell without some more disassembly. To suggest what to look for, endgap of rings too tight, carbon buildup hanging rings in the piston lands, poor hone job on last rebuild.

I guess it's just what context the wheels are used in. I have a similar set on my 1989 Dodge Dakota convertible and have had a lot of positive comments from people. And it is an 80's vehicle.

If you want to set the chain without any marks, roll the engine to TDC, exact TDC use an dial indicator then roll the cam until you are on the overlap, exhaust closing and intake opening, put a small straight edge on the lifters it both lifters are at the same height the cam is heads up, if the...

Nope push a grocery cart fast enough and the wheel will caster shimmy, grocery carts have lots of positive caster. good info on trying to fix caster shimmy https://www.thedieselstop.com/threads/horrific-death-wobble-on-2011-resolved.385754/

70's Monte Carlo's were what GM called a high caster suspension they had 4 to 5 degrees caster, GM had to put a shock absorber steering stabilizer to stop the caster shimmy, all GM 4x4 trucks that vintage also had a stabilizer for the same reason. I have seen a lot of Jeeps develop caster...

I was an auto mechanic in the 1970's did a lot of alignments, and on the proper tracking, you have to adjust the suspension to pull against the crown of the road. More camber less caster on the drivers side wheel by 1/2 degree. If you do that you can let go of the steering wheel and it will...

I have a buddy that is restoring a 72 Challenger, well they are putting it together and a few years ago he bought the wrong leaf springs. He has the mopar performance heavy duty springs for a 67-72 B-body. And I can buy them reasonable. read this on an old post. "62-'65 B-bodies have rear...

As mentioned, if it is not a lockup then it will swap. Make sure you use the kickdown lever and manual lever off the original transmission there are some differences in lengths and can cause shifting issues.

Back in my youth a buddy had one of the predator carbs on his 427 chevy in a Chevelle. From my memory it worked very well. We took it to the drag strip, and it turned some respectable times. Throttle response was very quick.

Those cams are so close to same it makes little difference. The Bullet cam says to degree intake to 107 still a 110 center line. So I did the Comp cam at 110 intake center Comp cams peak HP 429 avg hp 300 peak torque 503 avg torque 419 Bullet cam peak HP 424 avg hp 297 peak torque 505 avg...

send me what info you have engine bore stroke what heads etc. just a full list

Go to YouTube Powell machine has a whole series of videos on cam failures. This one is showing how they check and what to look for when checking new lifters

I am willing to spend my time to help, if you have good numbers to input.

I use performance trends software. Next question is how many good numbers do you have to put in the program? Compression ratio, cylinder head flow, intake runner length and area, header diameter and length, carb size, what kind of accessories, what kind of fuel, remember garbage in garbage...

I mainly race nostalgia events, kind of like going to an old folks reunion sometimes, but still have fun. Got a buddies 63 Dodge NSS car going and we took it to the strip for a test and tune to see what bugs were present. And I was surprised at all the young people there. They just like...

Sorry all these stories of Musk buying everything are fake news. Musk has jumped into politics, so the rumor mills are cranking full speed ahead.

Unless you have some R-12 squirreled away you will have to convert to 134-A. Best way is to remove the EPR valve from the compressor where the low side hose hooks. With the EPR gone will have to make it a cycling type system, thermostat control to kick on the compressor easy add-on. System...

I guess I am old school, but if I am going to spend the money buy a new car it is not going to look like waxed primer. As a kid we did that back in the 70's when we could not afford a paint job.

First you may be doing it, but the patterns don't look like it, you have to take a screwdriver and hold tension on the ring gear, as you rotate, so the pinon is hard to turn by hand that squishes out the marking compound giving you a readable pattern. If you are holding tension and still get...