Recent content by Coronet1965SWE

Thanks alot guys.

Im replacing the front end on my Coronet and found a picture of the 1965 Plymouth Belvedere chassis from the 1965 Tru-Way book but not the Coronet one unfortunately. Since the Belvedere is 116" wheelbase and the Coronet is 117" I´m wondering if the chassi measurments are the same between the 2...

I was using a 0.040" gasket and my plan now is as you say. Grind for clearance and check with the heads on. The 0.040" gasket puts me at 9.95:1 static compression and 8.06:1 dynamic (if i used the calculators right). We have both 95 and 98 octane gas here so i think it will work well.

Thanks for the feedback all. I will take the advice to grind off a little in the heads so i ordered this die grinder: http://www.toolstop.co.uk/makita-gd0800c-high-speed-die-grinder-750w-240v-p4060 wich will hopefully do the job and for the saved money with buying regular headgaskets its almost...

Anyone? It would be good to know if the thicker gasket is the way to go.

Garys1969RR: I tried with the modeling clay but since the hole in the headgasket is bigger than the cylinder it was hard to see properly. The pistons do extend above the block about 0,5mm or 0,02" and the gasket is 1mm/0.04" compressed thickness so that leaves 0,5mm/0,02" clearence at best...

I had a look with the boroscope but couldnt see anything in the 3 cylinders i checked, not easy to see with a cheap boroscope and im guessing it only hits very little so i vill pull the heads off and have a look. At the same time i will check the pushrod length, can i buy just one mechanical...

I used the Fel-Pro Head 8519PT1 wich should be .040" compressed thickness. Guess i need to have a look with the boroscope tomorrow and see if i see any hitmarks.

Have a look here Hemi rebel: http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showthread.php?50618-Help-please-are-these-pistons-mounted-correct Sad story hehe.

snakeoil24: The clearance between valves and pistons is ok, considering they didnt crash with the pistons mounted 180 degrees wrong they should have lots of space now. Piston to cylinder head might be the culprit, when i was mounting the cylinder heads i tried without the gasket and then...

It runs great, the noise has (as far as i can tell) been there since this spring when i had to pull it apart and rotate the pistons due to a sub-par enginebuilder (i made a thread about that).

Hello, i have this strange noise in my 512 cui. stroker. It has a 440source strokerkit but due to a limited budget the heads and valvetrain is original for now, the cam and lifters are new comp cams and also the valvesprings are new. So, the problem is i hear a kinda "dieseling" sound from...

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You need special nuts that are longer, Mancini racing have them as a kit http://chucker54.stores.yahoo.net/mabenexmafak.html or you can buy them separately.

Problem solved. It was not sparkplug related at all but an erratic rpm signal from the Hall effect crankshaft sensor due to unsheailded cable, to big airgap and a missing pullupresistor. It sure ran good now compared to last year :)