Recent content by Steve1974

This is the same exact marking my 67 belvedere 2 motor has its a LL low lead the R is regular gas 383 2 bbl motor that had 915 heads . Dick landys shop turned it into a 426 in 68 very good motor to use cause the casting has some meat to it it will survive a while mine was built in 68 lasted...

Every single mopar ive bought I asked the owner how are the brakes ? they always lie and say great its become a normal thing with these older mopars ive yet to buy a single one with good brakes abd they are always a total pain to repair even with all new parts .

Ive actually had issues with my 3 bolt cam before had 1 of the bolts decide it wanted to back out and it wiped out a lot of stuff ! and they always get loc tite they vibrated loose one fell out ! only issue ive ever had with a single bolt mopar cam is the fact these fools manufacturing nice...

you need a piston with a 1.345 compression height, I used a 496 chevy piston in the last one standard 4.250 bore 3.750 stroke 6.76 rod . .7854x 4.250x 4.250x 3.75x8 gives you the cubic inch 425.58 - 426 cubic inches . the 498 chevy piston is 1.345 on the nose it gave me .027 clearance wish I had...

10.725-6.760-2.075 =1.890 you got pistons 1.865 or .025 short you would be .015 in the hole had you used 1.890 compression height . your deck is only .015 off which is phenomenal considering the technology! you take the deck height minus rod length minus one half of your stroke your stroke being...