Recent content by t.flatt

Yeah, the spiros do seem like the easy way to do it. Everything has been checked and it's time bolt stuff together!

I know it's not a very pretty picture but there are 8 pistons with connecting rods attached! The spiro-loc was much easier on the last compared to the first. Just gotta get your groove on!

I did manage to get the cam and crank installed! Got my fingers crossed they will stay there for a very long time. Here is today's project, putting the rods on the pistons. Pretty straight forward but those spiro-locks for the pin are a pain!

Well, here is the cause of my delay on the motor. I bought a 1984 CJ7!! Good or bad decision it's mine now. It's rust free and 300 miles in a rebuild! I bought it for a daily driven work vehicle. The guy said there is nothing wrong with it, but once I got it home I found all kinds of **** that...

I'm about to get the pistons in the block so I've been contemplating ring gap position. I've got two engine building books, the instructions that came with the rings and the factory service manual. They all say something different! The FSM is rather vague, stating, "Be sure that the...

I know it looks old but there is no more than 200 miles on this clutch. Centerforce dual friction. $200 I'll pay shipping.

I'd use a wheel on stainless steel but not chrome. For chrome I use #0000 steel wool and window cleaner followed by Autosol. All done by hand.

At least there are good re-pops out now! I'll be ordering the ones from Dale's Cuda Shop.

Now that I went back and looked, they do. It doesn't help that when you "click to enlarge", the picture gets smaller. Do they even look at the products they're selling? These are a half step better than a shiny sticker.

Exactly! That's what I was expecting to show up.

I ordered these as a Mopar official licensed product. What a joke! The chrome plates that screw to the hood are basically stickers. I measured them at a whopping 1/64th" thick! No washers, no rubber. I put an original thicker pin in the pic for comparison. I'm sure Mancini has good stuff, but...

No, I got some steering column parts off the Charger.

Yep, I've gotten parts off that Charger! There used to be a '70 Satellite out there, too. Brought my floor jack and a bunch of tools to strip the Satellite and they had gotten rid of it a couple day earlier!

Better make sure the pistons and valves don't get too friendly with one another. I took an old lifter apart and put some washers in place of the spring so it doesn't collapse. Don't be a dumb *** like me! I crushed the little nipple piece inside the lifter that holds that small spring. The pics...

I also checked the cam centerline. For the rear-end ratio I have (3.54), my cam guy said to have 110-111 degree centerline. I measured cam lobe lift at 0.050 before and after max valve lift. I got 70 degrees before and 152.5 degrees after. The exact center of those is: 70+152.5=222.5...