Recent content by kaj750

Well, I'm not quite to that point yet, but will get to it.

Also, out with the baby radiator, in with Papa radiator.

Welp .. Got started. Looks like the heat crossover thingamajigs definitely were not blocked.

I'm pulling the heads and timing parts today. Starting over so that I know recently what I'm dealing with. Everything is telling my the cam isn't installed right. It's the only thing left. Fingers crossed! I'll report back with my findings.

I use Hiatt on Clovis or Doug Rylee in Fresno. Those are the only two places I go.

I don't have a carburetor, so that makes timing much easier. Car had been tuned multiple times with zero luck.

1969 Charger My car currently has a radiator that measures approximately 22 in across (overall). The car came with a larger radiator that measures approximately 26 1/4" (at the core) that I would like to toss in. It has a shroud on it already. I was told the radiator will fit. I guess I'll...

Pulling the heads next weekend. Will check. Thank you.

Looks like I forgot to reply to your post. All of those suggestions are in this post. Your solution happens to be what I planned to try. I'm going to go ahead and swap heads next weekend. I will check the head gaskets that came with the heads. Maybe I will be lucky and they will be the 0.051"...

Noob question, but with piston at TDC, yes?

I forgot about Chandler. Heck, why not? Maybe it'll get me a chance to drive the crap out of the car before I tear it apart.

Balancer only has paint marks. Adding tape on the reinstall would be simple enough. Not sure I have any airports that small, around me. I'll check, just for the heck of it.

It's kinda hard to hear over the exhaust. https://youtu.be/SwI_EIZBWe4?si=cANIPGbYYz4rEX5J

Actually, there is a private portion of my local Int'l airport. Not sure if they will sell me anything. I'd like to experiment, though. So was the Holley 750 and Edelbrock carbs I tried. It did the same with the old dist and carb. I've never heard an exhaust leak that sounds like popcorn...

Not sure. I was going to check everything when I swapped the heads. Now that I'm not doing that, I think I'll at least pull the intake mani and see what I can find. At this point, it couldn't hurt. I've been slowly pulling timing in an attempt to stop the detonation. I started at 32*. It's...