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  1. 68gtx

    440 pickup tube to oil pan clearance

    finishing my 512, milodon 8 quart pan, pickup and windage tray, pickup tube is approx 3/4 of an inch off of bottom of pan, i am thinking it should be closer but how the heck do you accomplish that? tube is dead solid!!! and with the way it mounts to support bracket that goes onto main cap , it...
  2. 68gtx

    440 oil pump pickup

    oil pickup install,is there anything needed on the threads? or just dry?
  3. 68gtx

    440 oil pan gasket . what ya using

    finishing up my 512 build. what are you using for pan gaskets?? I'm using a windage tray, but i really don't like using cork!! i see summit and moroso have some rubber ones. would they be too thick having them on both sides of the windage tray??
  4. 68gtx

    valley pan, recommendations

    hello all, just finishing up my first stroker motor, 440 based 512, 440 source rotating assembly and stealth heads , motor will be running a six pack setup and I'm am thinking its prob not a good idea to run the stock intake valley pan tin tray, .. what do you guys use when running aluminum...
  5. 68gtx

    68 gtx oil pan

    for my 512 build , i am wanting to increase the oil pan size but dont want a pan that sticks out really low , worried about bottoming out, and dont like the look of a pan hanging down another 8 inches, is there any size that anyone on here has used and would recommend????
  6. 68gtx

    Aluminum 6 pack intake bolt torque

    Installing my 6 pack edelbrock aluminum intake and am wondering what to toque the bolts to with a stock tin valley pan gasket , Manual says stock I take is 50 ft lbs but most aluminum intakes are like 20-25 ft/lbs with regular gaskets , anyone ????
  7. 68gtx

    1968 440 engine block id

    bought a 68 440 a couple years ago, in the process of building it now , when I got it I noticed there were no vin stamping near pan rail or by bellhousing, today I found this number and it looks like maybe a part number on the underside below the starter , does this number make sense to anyone?
  8. 68gtx

    are these pistons in right?

    just playing with my 440source 512 kit , trying to measure how far down the pistons are in the hole, but never having put one of these together, do I have the piston in the right way, rod bearing tabs and writing on outside of rod are towards pan rail, I think I have the piston right, better to...
  9. 68gtx

    440 roller cam conversion questions?????

    thinking about going roller in my new build, have never done the conversion before, what is all involved? obviously cam and roller lifters,. can you use say a crower cam and comp lifters ? or erson cam and comp lifters? if a cam is made for solid rollers can you put hydraulic lifters on it?also...
  10. 68gtx

    512 cam advice

    ok guys and gals, I bit the bullet , I ordered up a 512 kit for the gtx, and a set of stealths too.. I have never built a stroker before and am not sure what cam to pick, 727 auto for now, 3:55 gear maybe 3:91, 6 pack and intake, 440 source says it should be 10.25:1 comp. power brakes, would...
  11. 68gtx

    heads stealth vs edelbrock

    sorry if this has been beaten to death , but would like some opions, gonna build a motor , 440 stroker, street motor , but wanna get all i can out of it being sensible, question is stealth or edelbrock, stealth looks more sleeperish, but do they compare??? , the e streets vs rpms , according to...
  12. 68gtx

    gear vendors overdrive? what ya think?

    tossing aroundthe idea of a gear vendors overdrive for behind my 727 in a little project im building, anyone have any experience with them? are they holding up? worth buying used?? or stick with new?
  13. 68gtx

    383 and 440 flywheel the same?

    are the flywheels between the 383 and 440 the same? are they balanced the same?
  14. 68gtx

    edelbrock heads , do i need to surface these?

    pulled my heads of to regasket motor and the heads have some tinny little corrosion pits, do i need to resurface these ? or can i just bolt them back up , dont want to raise comp so kinda leary about resurfacing..
  15. 68gtx

    360 oiling system questions?

    have some questions about the oiling system , on a 360 , say comparing a 1980 block and a 1991 block , does the oil follow the same path? i have adjustable rockers and solid pushrods on my truck motor, which is a 1991 360 roller block , ,i think the older smallblock the oil flowed up into the...
  16. 68gtx

    need help identifying a 360 block

    casting number says 63008921360 cant seem to find any info.. trying ti find out what year it is to get the correct gaskets,, year stamp says 20-2-heres where i cant tell is either 81 or 91, was hoping the casting number might tell something..
  17. 68gtx

    915 head questions

    what do 915 heads cc at? trying to figure out a future build with these heads and want to try and figure out the right piston to comp ratio..
  18. 68gtx

    68 440 questions

    i bought a core engine to build for my gtx as it has a 71 440 in it and not a 68 engine, the one i bought was cast 21 st day of jan 1968.. but it has no vin stamped along the pan rail or i have read that there may be one by the bellhousing flage by the oil presure port , but there is none there...
  19. 68gtx

    lots of 8 3/4 ????s

    ok i got quite a few questions here, wanna build an extra third member for my car so i can swap out gears failry quickly, i bought a bunch of 489 cases, some complete some just the cases... 1st question, one of my compete units , has a very fine spline on the pinion where it meshes with the...
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