Informative thread thanks, you mentioned knocking the caps off the u joint when working on the differential. It's been my experience that 1 or more of the needle bearings will often lay flat inside the cap if the u joint has more than a couple years of wear especially if it's a warm day causing...
.030 360 mostly stock build from a truck.
Shifter mounted in forward location.
Have a car bell housing and another truck bell housing. Z bar from truck, another from a car.
Hey guys, so the Green Monster was sold a few years ago, (Big mistake) and last year I brung home another 76 Aspen Rt. The guy I got it from had installed pedals for a 4 speed and hacked out the rusty floors. After many attempts to locate a power brake assembly I finally gave in and thought more...
So I started taking down the heads to have a look at the bowls to see what I can do to help them along. I have a set of double springs that I would like to use. I noticed that the geometry will most likely limit me in my cam choices. Which springs do I use? Here are my bench top specs.
Intake ...
Starting another set of 596 heads today. Looks like they are very fresh from a build that used an unbalanced TC. Traded for a set of 318 heads I had under the bench. Dad put the 596s on a 318 and the results were terrible. Compression just ain't there on a 318. So I plan to finish the gasket...
OK, on the other hand I myself ported a set of leftover 273 closed chamber heads and found the process rather soothing and therapeutic. Once I became comfortable with my tools and technique I proceeded onto a set of 360 heads. Gasket matching, opening the intake and exhaust ports, smoothing and...
I made one out of 3/4 x 6 pine stock with some form and black pleather and it turned out as good as could be less the lock and latch. Just sayin. Necessity is the mother of invention.