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I think the guy who built my engine the first time said to run 20-50. But he didn't build my motor right and I had bearing damage from not enough oil pressure. Last time I changed oil I decided to put in 10W-30. When the motor is at idle in park it has 30 psi oil pressure and when in drive it...

Testing viscous fan/engine runs too hot at idle. My motor will run as hot at 230* if it is just sitting there idling. Often it will run at 210-220* when stuck in traffic. As soon as the car is moving it runs at 160-180*. I ran the following test on my fan. The fan is an 18" MP viscous fan. It...

I pulled four 4x6x16 blocks of fuel cell foam out of my 20 gallon fuel cell. The foam came with the cell which was brand new when I bought it from Jegs. The original foam blocks were huge when I pulled them out, then when they dried they shriveled up to 4x6x16. So I ordered four 4x6x16 blocks of...

Today I drove the car and then came back to the garage to adjust the idle speed. While the car was sitting there idling waiting for me to finish hooking up the timing light, remove the air cleaner, adjust the idle and idle for a while in drive, the engine temp crept up to 230*. Afterward I...

I just cleaned out my tank and replaced the filter because my filter was all clogged up from foam bits and crud floating in my fuel cell. I start the car up and suddenly it has 8 psi fuel pressure. So I turn the regulator out and bring the pressure back to 6.5 psi. The gauge is very responsive...

I have a 20 gallon aluminum fuel cell with a sending unit. It came with some blue foam inside. I had the cell installed in 2007. The tank had a crack in the pick up area between the two fittings. The shop drained out my full tank of gas, pulled out the foam, and welded the crack. They then put...

I just saw the new apartments I am probably moving into and they are not the greatest but right now I am on a very low income. I would feel much better if my car was not super loud like it is now with the Flowmaster 50 series. I want to draw as little attention to my car as possible even though...

All I hear inside my car is this constant drone sound especially when at idle in drive. I can't even tell my car has a cam in it except for the sound coming from the headers because inside my car all I hear is the steady drone sound like a constant vibration or something. I have 3" 50 series...

Does anyone in the Tampa area have a Holley accelerator pump tuning kit laying around? I have been struggling with a stumble off idle and a hesitation when going from part throttle cruise to instant full throttle. I already went from a #31 on the front squirter to a #35 for a slight improvement...

Years and years ago I sent my distributor to a place to re-curve my distributor to work better with my engine combination. When I received my distributor back it had a tag that said 20* int, 34 total and 3000 rpm. I just now found the tag and on there I had written a note long ago that said...

66 Satellite Full weight street machine 446ci 440 Eddy RPM heads/intake Holley 850 double pumper with mechanical secondaries Comp 305H cam (.525/.525) 305 Duration (253 @.50) 110 lobe separation 1 7/8 headers 3" exhaust 10.5:1 forged pistons 13* timing 727 4000 rpm PTC convertor 3.91 gears 29"...

I have a perfectly fine engine but the harmonic balancer is so rusted the original timing marks cannot be seen on the balancer. I have been using what I believe is the correct mark which I drew over with a permanent marker, but now I am doubting that it is correct. The motor is exhibiting...

I had taken a month or so off from working on the car out of frustration. Today, after replacing my failed calipers and tightening the Earl fittings to stop the fuel leak after having to replace my cracked fuel pump, I started the car. I first noticed it was cranking slow. Then once fuel hit...

I have a 727 with a Griner full manual reverse valvebody and a Turbo Action Super Competition Shifter. The shifter was adjusted in third and the U-bolt which holds the cable to the transmission bracket has a slight bit of movement. The shifter lines up the cable perfectly with all transmission...

Hard cranking when hot On to the next issue. I take out a spark plug. Put my finger on the hole. Crank the motor over until the compression blows my finger off. Then manually crank the motor until the timing mark lines up with the hole in the timing tab. Then I rotate the distributor housing...

Anybody ever had there vent tube go missing on their mini starter? I was just putting my starter back in when I noticed there looked like a plug was missing. After looking at Internet images I saw that it was a vent tube. Any suggestions on what to do? I am considering taking it to the hardware...

I bought a brand new PTC converter and put it in a newly rebuilt transmission. The transmission leaked from the front seal from day one. I drove the car less than 1500 miles and have since pulled the transmission for a new front seal. The front seal cost me $100 and they had my transmission...