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i broke down the top end of my motor yesterday, so i could inspect everything under the manifold and so forth. when i removed the rockers, i discovered that some, not all, of the lash caps were really really galled. the ones that were not galled show a perfect wear pattern in the black coating...

so Im getting ready to go to the track for the first time this year to see what the 'bu will do, but one issue thats been bothering me is the fact that my heads are way too large for my motor. i still want to see how fast it goes with the current combo, but it bugs me that the mistake is my...

anybody using the JOMAR brand rocker stud girdles? i just ordered the 1114's for my merlin aluminum III's. they were about 200 with poly locks and shipped. has anyone used them without any troubles?

so ive been thinking about laying a thin, shallow groove in the body of my solid roller lifters for better oiling to the roller wheel. basically my thoughts were that some guys cut a groove in the lifter bore to get (more) oil to the needle bearings on a solid roller lifter, so instead of doing...

so i had a clicking / grinding noise yesterday while doing some garage run time, coming from the rear of the motor. fearing it was a bearing, i shut it down immediately and pulled the valve covers, just to see what i could see while my brother cranked it over. i come to find that it was not a...

anyone know where i can get NEW 80 malibu coupe door glass for the driver's side? my buddy owns a glass shop here in Chicago but has not been able to find anything. he got me a brand new passenger side for 30 bucks but no one makes the driver's side. any ideas? i got a nasty gouge mark on the...

i got a 79 coupe with an iron block, aluminum head bbc, dont know the weight on the front yet. i have the moroso sbc trick front springs and the car looks like it fell asleep on the floor. what are you guys running with this combo on the street / strip. i have a ladder bar / coil over set up, i...

im getting ready to drain out the break in oil on my brand new bbc, its a 477 aliminum headed '71 block with gm forged crank and medium-ish sized solid roller cam. its a street strip car, so i need a good oil for both. i used the brad penn break in oil, but i want to know what everyone thinks...

hey guys i was wondering what everyone thinks about this cam. heres what i gots: 79 coupe, 454 +.100 over, 10.5:1 diamond pistons, eagle h beams, '72 gm high perfer forged crank, merlin III aluminum 350cc heads, 1050 dominator th400 reverse w/ brake, hughes 3800 stall, ford 9" 4.56 gears and...

i got a 400 with a coan rev. man. valve body and a coan trans brake. the car's brand new, never even hit the ground yet, just filled it up with type f, and ran it. i have fluid streaming from where the solenoid goes into the case, any ideas before i get back under there? i gave up for the day.

Hey guys, i ripped out the printed circuit paper on the back of my cluster, its the 79 sweep style. im not using anything but the fuel gauge, and i need to know where to attach the wires. theres three leads coming out of the rear of the factory fuel gauge. what wires go where? i gutted the...