Recent content by dvw

Jetting will be based on fuel Specific gravity, along with reid vaporazation pressure, octane, or if it's oxegenated. Listings I found for Turbo blue were .735. AV 100LL averaged .680-.720 Plug the reid VP is lower in AV gas 5.3 vs 5.8 for turbo blue. Higher reid numbers will lightoff easier in...

Diamond, Weisco, Racetech all make anything you want. Most of time Ross can as well. If you were to buy new pistons? Yes there are plenty of flat tops available. But the original poster already owns the domed pistons and cam. Both are old school, but that doesn't mean they won't work. I would...

I have your rocker arms. And we will have a beer together this year. Doug

Why can't you use a dome piston? And nobody uses domes? Really? Yes you may have to trim an edge fo piston to head. Depends on what compression you want. There is no mention of how much dome there is on this poster's TRW's. An Open Chamber Edelbrock with the small TRW 11.5 compression dome will...

I was there that day. Met Ross back when his Belvedere had small block. Too bad about the crash. It was a very, very nice car. And a 8 second Hemi car to boot. Doug

Mopower Mania is less than 2 weeks away. If you have been to this event you need to go. Summit Motorsports Park 4 days for those of us who have served our time in the work force. Or for those with vacation saved up. Biggest gathering of Mopar race cars anywhere. Not to mention fireworks, car...

A 360 pump is a 360 pump. Doesn't matter the year. Doug

I've had more than one car with rust under factory lead. After cleaning to bare steel we epoxy prime, then Duraglass. Final top coat with a very thin layer of filler as Duraglass is quite coarse. If it's a racecar we weld the seam solid first. My Challerger, Road Runner and Belvedere race car...

4.5" stroke, 57cc chambers. Doug

For sure the Hemi flows more. But it isn't as good down low. Thats why I mentioned the converter that worked with the wedge was too tight for the Hemi. Which might shed light of using the wedge on short tracks. The modern Max Wedge style heads (Indy-1, Trickflow 270) not only have smaller...

A few notes. Al Adam who developed the J converter is a close friend. We talked recently about it. He said they dynoed many and had to sort through to find the loosest of the lot for Hemis. He said though while the J was perfect for a Max Wedge, they needed to be looser for a Hemi. So the torque...

If the wheels actually are locked (cant be rotated when in second)? Then I only see 2 posibility's. Either the forward clutch or the rear band are being fed fluid pressure when the shifter is placed in 2nd. I'd call Paul Forte at Turbo Action and ask him. He usually answers questions after 1:00...

I raced my wifes 73 4 speed Challenger using slicks leaving 5000 rpm for a season. It did twist the splines on the stock axles about 1/2 spline rotation. Stock parts: close ratio 833 23 spline, motor mounts, (no torque strap), u joints, 742 8 3/4, leaf springs, gas street shocks. It did run a...

I find it hard to believe anyone could polish .001" from a crank. It would take forever. Doug

Shorten the kickdown linkage slightly. There is more than kickdown lever length. That along with a carb that isn't stock can alter the geometry. Doug