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Did you have the correct length pushrods in either of those engines? Tom

Made a little more progress today. I am about 3 hours into the project. Have all the logos off the exterior, one of the machining location tabs removed and blended into the flange nicely. Next step is to remove the other 3 machining location tabs, the coil bracket castings, and some general...

Started the logo removal today with the deletion of the Edelbrock script. By the time I get through with all the outside grinding, resculpting, and sanding I'll probably have 35-40 hours in it. Once all that's complete it will be time to start porting on it. I am giving serious thought to...

Something going around at 1500 rpms out of balance is the same out of balance at any rpms. You probably don't know this, but commercial laundries have the drums in their washers and driers balanced. Balancing of any rotating mass regardless of size, weight, or rpms matters in the longevity of...

What are you intending to do with this engine in the first place? If performance, or improved longevity is your goal then the cost of balancing is really low compared to most anything you do with an engine. Having aftermarket pistons and pins is a great way to save weight and increase the rate...

Button pusher, Your inbox is full. Please clean it out and contact me. Thanks, Tom

Type that same request in ChatGPT and you'll get a totally different outcome. Tom

I play around with ChatGPT a lot and I also have to help it out with corrections a lot. That said, it's a great tool to get you headed in the right direction on most subjects and provides information that you would probably never even think of. It's just a tool and like any tool you have to...

While not cast pistons, ICON makes two versions of 440 pistons with a 2.067" pin height. Far better quality than OEM cast pistons and substantially lighter. Tom

It's a forged crank. Just because it's 1970 318 means nothing in 55 years. Anything is possible over that time period. The factory could have used what they had available on that given day, or someone could have added it years ago. How it really got there is irrelevant. Put some good...

I worked on removing all the silicone left on the flanges of a newly acquired Edelbrock 440 Torker II intake. Then I blocked sanded the flanges down with some 150-grit and went around with a brass brush cleaning it. Finally, a bubble bath in some Dawn dish washing soap and a good scrubbing...

Still available Tom

Still available Tom

Still available Tom

I use Autolite 85 plugs in all of my engines that have 452 heads. Tom