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I had a couple people want to post ridiculously rude comments about me in one of my other threads so I defend my position. I report these incidents to Joey and he is going to call me the one being "snarky" I will not log into this site again.

I think the guy who built my engine the first time said to run 20-50. But he didn't build my motor right and I had bearing damage from not enough oil pressure. Last time I changed oil I decided to put in 10W-30. When the motor is at idle in park it has 30 psi oil pressure and when in drive it...

Had a guy recurve distributor. He sends me a card that says 20 degrees initial, 34 total at 3400. He said bring motor to 3200 and set timing at 34. Last time I set timing after replacing the pick up coil I just set the timing to 14 degrees. Could not setting the timing the way that guy said set...

I went to a tire distribution warehouse in the 440ci 66 Satellite because I noticed it had a really long and straight road going from the businesses in the front to the tire warehouse about a 1/4 back from the road. The road itself is totally safe and I probably only hit like 60 in second gear...

I give up. I'm done. Or at least after this. After spending $100's of dollars on two electric fans, 100 amp alternator, and a new 7 blade flex fan my car still runs hot. Driving on a cool Florida night like tonight it is still going up into the low 200's. I don't care about that. But the...

Why in hell does it say Japan on my Milodon water pump. I am taking a file to this and grinding this off before I put it on my car. I don't think I will be conducting any more transactions with Milodon/Japan.

I realized Magnum Force was going to charge me $5,250 for a setup without any brakes. That is too much for me. Looks like I will just rebuild the original front end with some quality parts, and spend the thousands I save on some better brakes and other things I need. Plus I emailed them a...

While admiring my new Flex a lite 1817 I noticed that one of the rivets wasn't the same as the others. I flipped the fan over and noticed a washer on the back. I called Flex a lite to ask about this. They said it is a counterweight from when they balance the fan. This is what I suspected anyway...

Would like to have power brakes, but pump gas race motor only makes 6 HG vacuum. Only option is to install an electric vacuum pump. But I am concerned about reliability. If the electric motor dies, then I won't be able to safely stop the car. Maybe I should just upgrade to bigger disks and...

Why would a Chevy (yeah I know, go to a Chevy website) have a bypass? I found this odd bit of information while researching thermostats. BME/Stewart modifies Robert Shaw thermostats to have three bypass holes because their water pumps for Chevy's no longer have the bypass.

Is it true that if there is any play in the water pump pulley that the pump is bad? I have an aluminum water pump on a 440 that has the main housing and the separate pump in the middle. The other day as I was installing a new fan I noticed that I can wobble the fan/pulley side to side a little...

I am still not sold on the 160 thermostat. I cannot get a straight answer anywhere. Everything I read on the Internet is conflicting. Personally, I would like my motor to run at a minimum of 180 degrees when cruising. So I probably need a 180 thermostat. I would be totally happy if my new...

Has anyone had any problem with the orange coolant eating away at their motors and gaskets? Recently I have seen a slick oily residue on the valley pan of my 440. I don't really know what to think of this yet as I cannot tell what it is. It may have something to do with the motor having been...

So the 18" fan was too big. It was slightly larger than the 18" MP fan I replaced. I should have been smart and measured the opening and ordered a 1817 17" Flex a lite fan. So instead I first messaged the opening in my box to give me 19" from the previous maybe 18.50". Needless to say I had to...

I had an 18 inch fixed blade fan with a clutch, but decided to upgrade to a flex a lite 1818. It is a seven blade 18 inch flex fan. But the hole in my aftermarket fan shroud kit is only 19 inches. I actually spent a couple hours stretching the hole open and re-drilling holes for the round shroud...

I say true.

So my car has always run a little hot, even with a fan shroud, 18" MP viscous fan, and 19x26 4 core aluminum radiator. Like 210-220 degrees in traffic, and even once to 230*. But while cruising it stays at around 160-180*. I am in the process of installing two 10" 1100 cfm Zirgo fans in front...

Never mind, the email link was going to my spam which I just remembered could happen. I tried to delete this thread but for some reason you cannot delete an original post. Now I should be able to figure everything out with the instructions which I can now download.

I bought a brand new toggle switch from the auto parts store and have flipped the switch off and back on a total of 3000 times. The last time I went to turn on the switch, I had to flip the switch off and back on two times before power was going through it. What kind of life expectancy can I...

The car is a 66 Satellite with a 440. First let me state that anytime I create new wires I always crimp, solder, wrap with electrical tape, and finish with heat shrink. I have already bypassed the ampmeter by connecting the two wires together. I upgraded the charging wire to an 8 guage wire...