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  1. pwDave

    fifth ave headaches

    I have a 85 chrysler that I am trying to do away with the electronic junk. I have heard for years that is one wire in that wad of wires under the breather that you can cut and it disconnects the whole shitaree. I have put a dist. in with a vaccum advance, and a different carb to do away with...
  2. pwDave

    swing outs

    I had a roll bar put in my car about a year ago, when I had it put in I asked the installer if I could get a swing-out installed on the driver side, he said (quote, I don't do swing outs) alrighty then, in just the year since I am finding it very hard to get in and out of my car. I now find...
  3. pwDave

    wheel cylinders

    I have a 64 Belvedere that came with the big brakes 11x3, does anyone else have that oddball wheel cylinder on the front of their car that cannot be found anywhere. I have lying in the floor three pairs of cylinders that don't fit a damn thing, and espiealiy not a 64 plymouth, bleeders are too...
  4. pwDave

    tires -n- tubes

    Has anyone ever glued their tires on the rim instead of drilling holes in them for screws? if so did it work? I went to the track fri. nite and slipped a tire and sheared the valve stem off my left tube, I am looking for an alternet way of attaching the tire to the rim to keep it from slipping...
  5. pwDave

    drag strip

    loaded up my old car and went to the drag strip for the first time in 30 yrs. boy, have things changed!! did manage to get three half assed runs under my belt. first run was decent, but high gear slipped the last 50 yards and went 7.14(1/8th) second run had a bad burn out and again slipped...
  6. pwDave

    go big or go home

    I was at a friends shop this afternoon and saw a very interesting motor, a 740 cu in hemi!! he is building for a customer. said it had a Titan block, never heard of such, anyone else ever hear of this block?? Dave
  7. pwDave

    steam power

    Is there anyone else on this forum that likes the old machinery from the last century?? I just bought a steam engine model to play with, am having a ball with it. It did not have much on it so I am putting a inline pressure oiler and a govener to control speed, put a nice little exaust pipe on...
  8. pwDave

    making it run straight

    Ok, last time this year to try the car, 1964 Ply. Bel. car weighs 3465 with me in it, 509RB ,3800 turbo action,dana 60 w/ 4.56s, 590 PS, victor small port heads, tunnel ram w/ 2 750 eddys, hoosier tires out back, this was a no prep race, old school, no clocks arm drop starts, track was pretty...
  9. pwDave

    drive shaft yoke

    Ok, I just bought a ford truck drive shaft for my 64 bel. nice shape aluminum, too long but I can have it cut to length, has the large u-joints in it. I figure the shaft has no idea what kind of a car its in, so it should be happy in my plymouth. anyone else try this? I know a fellow that has a...
  10. pwDave

    Weight and the bias

    got my car weighed today, I have a 64 Plymouth bel tudor sedan, glass front end, glass doors, plexiglass side glasses, car was gutted 40 yrs ago,(can you say regret). has a 440 w/a dana sixty. car scaled at 3460 w/ me sitting in it, the front to rear bias was 51.2 % and the side to side was...
  11. pwDave

    stuck!!!

    Ok, so I am making an up-grade to the oiling system on the old Plymouth, super stock rear sump pan w/dual line pick-up, the drag link goes thru the pan on this one. a problem has arisen, both tie rods popped loose with-out much fuss, and the pitman arm, the idler arm on the other hand is...
  12. pwDave

    awl pump

    I am getting all the components together to install a dual line external oil pick-up. has anyone had to trim the k-member to install the pump, or is this the SOP for the big pumps. if I am looking at it right I may have to take loose the drivers motor mount and raise the motor a bit also. the...
  13. pwDave

    Free parts

    Friend of mine gave me some left over race car parts from a a-body, all the steering parts, ball joints,tie rod ends drag link, steering box, the door glass parts handles and two boxs of misc. other stuff. included is a set of rear springs that he said were super stock springs, 20.5 inches...
  14. pwDave

    Light miss

    okay, here goes, 509-rb,64 bel, MSD mounted on the drivers side front rad. housing, I have the trigger wires from the box routed inside a piece of stainless shielded fuel line to advoid any interferance from the plug wires,msd wires,( which I am not impressed with at all) starting at about...
  15. pwDave

    fuel return line

    Okay, had a lean fuel issue on my Plymouth, installed a Aeromotive 1000 fuel pump and a bypass regulator, running 8 an to the front and running 6 an to the back for the return to my stock tank. now the question becomes, how to get the line back into the tank somewhere. drill a hole and what...
  16. pwDave

    Hardens muscle car world

    Does anyone remember hardens muscle car world company? what ever happened to them? bought out? go belly up? Dave.
  17. pwDave

    gas supply

    OK, heres the details, 509rb, 590purple, eddy victor heads, tunnel ram w/ 2 750 eddys. the first test run it broke up badly(acted lean) changed the secondary jets to .004 bigger and tried again, same thing, forgot to turn the fuel pump on so off I go to do it again. this time go to 6200 in...
  18. pwDave

    edelbrock carbs

    I am rejetting two 750 eddys to correct a lean condition above 4800 rpm, should I keep the jets square? or can I run the primaries leaner than the secondarys, at present the primaries are .122 and the secondarys are at .135, the car runs very well at low speed and around town, but has a miss...
  19. pwDave

    break in oil

    how much metal should I find in my oil on the first change. got about 200 miles on the motor so figured it was time to get the break in oil out, there is a very small amount of metallics in the oil, have not run a mag thru it yet to see if any is steel or iron, find that out tomorrow. I'm...
  20. pwDave

    64 sports fury

    After having the only 64 plymouth in my town for twenty plus years another has shown up! this is a nice car (or appears so) it is a dark metalic purple two door hard top, narrowed rear w/polished center lines, drag radials, center lines on front. it has a stock inteirior, worn but still good...
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