Recent content by forphorty

Yep. I received an Email today claiming that UPS must have delivered them to the wrong address and my card would be reimbursed . Won't be buying anything else from PartsHawk.

Good luck. After reading the original post, I ordered a set. Amazon shows them as being delivered today "left in the residents mailbox". No package to be found and wouldn't fit in the mailbox anyway. I contacted the seller (PartsHawk) and we'll see what happens.

Large flex plate on 11.75 converter , small flex plate on 10.75 converter.

The story was in Cars Illustrated , written by Tony Defeo.

As already mentioned , tuning. If I was only making one big purchase : Converter. Call PTC or Dynamic and get their suggestions on a good 9.5 inch 3500ish . That will get you the low end performance you want. A quality convertor in that range should drive pretty nice , even with 3.23s. With...

Looks like an LD4B with the letters/numbers ground off.

No they don't . The secondaries on a dp don't even come into play until the primaries are open about 40-50 %. Most around town driving will be accomplished on the primaries only.

Chrysler engineers didn't design it with a 7 quart pan either.

I run 6 quarts in my 7 quart pan. Less windage, less oil aeration , more horsepower.

Block it. I think you mentioned that the intake is painted . An unblocked heat crossover will often burn the paint off.

The Weiand would be the one to get.

A clutch equipped fan would be easier to remove than the fan/spacer combo you currently have.

I looked at some pics from the AMF site and I betcha some of those panels are hand formed ,not stamped. Atrocious is a word that comes to mind. Better than nothing, I suppose. Expect them to require quite a bit of work to look good.

I'm not sure I understand. You replaced an entire set of lifters because a few collapsed ? And then you replaced that set too? And then another set ? Why not just replace only the defective ones ?

Torqueflites don't really care what you put in them , including a mix of types.