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One of the bolt holes in my block (440) is stripped (one of the long ones in the middle). A couple of questions, can this be helicoiled, what size/pitch helical do I need. And most important, does the bolt hole go all the way through to the crank case, or is there a bottom to the hole? I don't...

In an effort to take some weight out of my car, I am considering switching to AGM batteries. I currently have 2 batteries wired in parallel and mounted in the trunk. Can the AGM batteries be wired in the same fashion? I think switching out the two batteries for 2 agm's may save quite a bit of...

This happened again last night and for some reason, it only seems to happen in the wee hours of the morning. The alarm on my 2019 F250 will go off randomly. I say random, but there is one thing in common. It only happens when there are temperature changes or it gets cold out. Since I live in...

My motor has been at the machine shop for months now. It has been one delay after another. Back in early August, I was told there was a 6-8 week delivery time for a set of Jesel shaft rockers. I stopped by the machine shop on Wednesday to try and get some kind of update. At this time, they...

I have installed a MSD 6AL Programmable unit in my car, replacing a standard MSD6AL. My distributor is locked and I dropped the dizzy in at 38* advanced with the rotor lined up to the #1 cylinder. broke out the laptop and created a curve that started at 25* (pulling 13* of timing) at 0 rpm and...

What in the Wide World of Sports is this????

Not more than 1 month ago, I was at a point where I was consistently in the low to mid 10.40's. Since then, I have not made any changes to the car. This past weekend at Rockingham, I was struggling to get below 10.65 (with similar DA). The times were off consistently through the run from the...

I have wildwood disc brakes on all four corners of my 64 NSS car. The master cylinder is from a 90's Dakota. This set up worked fine since installed. However, now the fronts are dragging REALLY bad...I can hardly turn the hub by hand with the wheel off. Both sides are equally bad. If I...

I had been struggling with a slowly worsening issue with my car. It has been running like crap, very hard to start and would not idle. I could keep it running at idle, but would immediately die when I put it in gear. When it would start it would rev way up to about 3,500rpm and then die. I...

A couple months ago, my Father-in-law gave me his old welder. I hadn't had a need for it until this weekend when I was installing a crankcase evac system in my car. This required some welding to the header collectors. Since this would not be visible, structural, or in any way need to be...

This weekend, I removed the choke plates on the dual eddy 1407's that I have on my 512 with indy 440-25 intake. Now the idle is extremely high....about 3000rpm. I have the idle screws back all the way out and the idle mixture screws closed all the way. The carb linkage is ok and the throttle...

To increase my compression a bit, and get a better handle on the internals of my engine, I am looking to replace my head gaskets. I have a 440 based 512 using a 440 source kit. I have searched but cannot find the proper bore size I should be looking for. I plan to go with a Cometic gasket...

I have a 7qt Charlies oil pan with an external pick up under my 440/512. There was a nagging leak coming from the pick up fittings so I decided to tackle that project today (instead of hanging out with the in-laws). Well one thing led to another and I ended up dropping the whole pan. Time...

Your feel good story for the day: Manatee County teen's carburetor-rebuilding business takes off Riley's Rebuilds We should all do what we can to support this young lady.

What relationship exists between timing on the crank and phasing on an adjustable rotor? Here is my example, I am running 35* of timing (locked) on my 512. I have an adjustable rotor to assist with proper phasing. When the rotor is lined up with #1, it is moved approximately 7-8* off center...

It was bound to happen sooner or later. So sad for the family. Street Outlaws: Fastest in America star Ryan Fellows dies in car crash while filming

The Rears on my car are starting to get a little tired (Ha!!!). I am looking at options for replacement. Current tires are Mickey Thompson ET Street 315/60/15 on a 10" wide rim. They are on my 64 Dodge 330 which is predominately a NSS race car (It does see some VERY LIMITED use on the...

Turned on the TV this morning while eating breakfast and noticed the motortrend channel is gone. Yeah, not a lot of new programming, but it's a good time-kill for 15 minutes before work and I enjoy the reruns of Roadkill, Engine Masters and Hot Rod Garage. Is it just my carrier that dropped it...

The staff at the track are doing a great job documenting the process and progress of the renovations to the track on their facebook page. Daily updates with photos and explanations of the work being done. Very interesting to follow. Bradenton Motorsports Park

I thought I would create of post of the saga of the cam swap in my 512. I am, by no means, an expert mechanic. This was the first time I have ever completed a cam swap. So for all you other beginner wrenches out there...this is how I did it. First, I watched the complete series on You Tube...