Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Today, 08:40 AM
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Re: Condenser
I use Vertex magneto condensers - usually the bigger one of the two. They are expensive, but have worked well for me for years.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Today, 08:32 AM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Today, 08:28 AM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
The original gasket (if there) was super-thin - like paper thickness. If you have a rebuild kit with a thicker gasket, don't use it. I saw some kits from Speedway with a big thick gasket (like .016...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Today, 08:25 AM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Today, 08:24 AM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 05:21 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 480
Re: Evans Aluminum Heads
Edelbrock changed their chambers in their "modern" head quite a few years ago. Truthfully I liked their original cast chambers better. But, they are milling the valve pockets way deep - probably to...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 12:41 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 480
Re: Evans Aluminum Heads
The chambers appear to be quite big over the transfer area - so compression will be down as compared to many other heads, but flow will probably be good. In the end, it will probably make no...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 12
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Re: Evans Aluminum Heads
If these are the NEW ones that are on places like eBay, they are a modern product - the chambers are very different from the originals.
From looking at the pictures, they appear to be well made,...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 480
Re: Evans Aluminum Heads
Post some pictures of the combustion chambers - many of us can tell just by looking at them whether or not we'd recommend using them.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 08:58 AM
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Replies: 363
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 08:57 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 399
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 16
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Re: Timing advance plate - Crab Distributor
I'm with 38 - usually I have to advance the timing and I always have timing marks on my pulleys (when I build engines). Usually, I try to get to 24 degrees (total) and that takes at least a few...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 363
Views: 25,050
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
There are starters with the thicker front cast part and ones with the thinner front cast part. Seems to me the ones with the thinner plates were later on . . . but I don't know for sure. I have...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 08:42 AM
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Re: it came home
Well, that was a fun story! I can't imagine making the rod bearings . . . but yah gotta go what yah gotta do!
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-25-2024, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 16
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Re: Timing advance plate - Crab Distributor
I think that is what it is supposed to be . . . but I always have a TDC marker and an adjustable timing light to know what I'm really getting. I don't trust the distributor, the slot in the cam or...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-25-2024, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: 8Ba with Big Cam idle/hg
Looks like you should have about 25 degrees total advance - all in early. That part is good, though as FlatJack noted, you could lower the mechanical and add some initial timing. The max you want...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-25-2024, 10:54 AM
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Replies: 363
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Lucky Charms and Captain Crunch . . . my childhood favorites.
And if you got really greedy (on a new box of Lucky Charms) - you got up on the weekend before your brothers and cherry-picked a...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-25-2024, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 846
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-24-2024, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 847
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-24-2024, 09:38 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 846
Re: Crane 400 Cam and a AL-1 cam
Interesting Story on Harvey Crane: Most of us remember the "cam wars" and it is easy to have the impression that guys like Harvey Crane and Ed Iskenderian must have had little respect for each...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-24-2024, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 17
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Re: Crane 400 Cam and a AL-1 cam
I used to run a cam that Tom Hutchinson called the "Awful Awful". It was a .450 lift flat tappet grind that Erson once made. Somehow I "lost" the damn thing over the years - have looked for it many...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-24-2024, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 12
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-23-2024, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 363
Views: 25,050
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-23-2024, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 398
Re: Head bolt/stud sealant
Hey Rock . . . checked that 'Leak Lock' stuff out . . . looks like a great product for an application like this - ordered a 4 - Oz jar of it. Will report back the next time I use it.
Thanks for...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-23-2024, 03:26 PM
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