Recent content by lewtot184

Main thing is to drain the water first. Threads in the head should be dry before installing bolt or stud for a good seal when using a sealant.

I have a friend who has a 427 corvette with an earlier 800avs carb. I had to do some recalibration on the carb but after all that I'd have to say the carb is an overachiever. For a stock type 440 I prefer the factory avs, but the edelbrock carb isn't a poor choice.

I really like 470"s.

I think a 7" wheel may be a little wide for a 215.

look to see if the distributor has a metal tag attached. if so give us that number.

just a crusier? then stick with stock half groove mains and stock oil pump. you don't need a high volume pump.

Welcome from a 39yr owner of a 69 r/t.

The 14 slot on my fbo plates is actually 8.5 degrees.

The fbo plates I have are VERY inaccurate. Measure to verify the numbers on the plates.

I use small .030" thick washers with a small dab of ultra Grey rtv.

anybody here old enough to remember when all we had was a simple light (no inductive) and we'd put a safety pin in the #1 plug wire (and keep it there) at the distributor? if you're trying to measure distributor degrees each .0154" of travel in the slot is one distributor degree. i use number...

That's a beautiful car!

You'd be surprised at how many people don't check crankshaft end play properly. Could be converter issue. Perfect reason to build your own stuff and keep notes.

both of my cars actually run/drive worse with full centrifugal distributors than vacuum advance distributors. to think all i'd run back in the day was full centrifugal makes wonder if i used my brain back then. long term the cylinders last longer, plugs burn cleaner, and mpg can be a noticeable...

I used to do the collar thing. It doesn't work on a b engine. The intermediate shaft thrust is down due to the helix cut on the camshaft and intermediate shaft gears. All you have to do is look at the wear pattern on the bushing thrust flange. I've found that sloppy timing is more of a loose...