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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) Yesterday, 07:51 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 2,614
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts

You'll also need a small snap-gauge or inside machinist divider/calipers to get into the valley and measure the installed spring heights. Usually, you'll find that the installed heights will be...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) Yesterday, 07:48 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 2,614
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts

You should be able to order a box of shims from Goodson. I usually buy a box of .060 and another of .015. I don't have the part numbers handy (anybody have them?). You can just measure a guide a...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-25-2024, 04:38 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 2,614
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts

It is always best to test the particular springs that you have in your hand. I've seen them vary all over the place.

I have a hydraulic pressure gauge (from Jegs) that I put in my mill to...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-25-2024, 04:32 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 501
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Clutch Release Shaft Bushing tool

You'll probably find that you'll need to ream or hone the IDs of those once they're installed. You can use a basic brake cylinder hone to get the job done.

I made a pilot on my lathe - that picks...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-24-2024, 09:14 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 771
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: W&H DuCoil V12 conversion

If you're making the points plate, the real issue is trying to get the points in the right location - as even being just a bit off will screw up the timing on 4 cylinders. Back in the day, the...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-24-2024, 09:09 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 336
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: stock NOS fomoco valve springs on a 236 @.050 .355 lift cam

You can probably get some LZ springs from Mac VanPelt. He used to carry them all the time, but last time we chatted he was having some issues with supply. I checked his last ones out - they were...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-23-2024, 12:28 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,908
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Cadillac 331 in a Ford

That looks like it was a real beauty!
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-23-2024, 12:24 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,246
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Break-in gone wrong!

If you had absolutely no oil coming out of the 1/4" NPT port at the back of the block, then the issue has to be with the pump and/or the pump drive gears. I would surely check out all the bearings...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-23-2024, 12:22 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 2,614
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts

It also has to do with spring pressure. If you're running a stock cam, you only need about 45 -50 lbs (max) of spring pressure . . . so that tends to be a bit more forgiving when using older...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-23-2024, 12:19 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 771
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: W&H DuCoil V12 conversion

Those are definitely magneto points - the same ones used in the Harman-Collins dual coils. They are not super hard to find (if you know the part numbers), though they are not exactly cheap either.
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-23-2024, 10:43 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 315
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Clutch?

I recently had RAM clutches make me a couple billet (lightened) flywheels and clutch packages for two different flatheads. The stuff wasn't cheap - but I wasn't looking for cheap . . . I was looking...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-22-2024, 11:27 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 282
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: 1933 Ford Truck Invoice

Interesting that the up charge for dual rear wheels and tires was roughly 25% of the base truck price.

Keep in mind, the base truck probably included single rear wheels and tires.

Goes to...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-22-2024, 09:44 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,246
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Break-in gone wrong!

That is a real possibility! That happened to me on my very first stroker flathead (when I was 15).

Luckily, I saw the oil pressure drop and shut it down. Pulled the pan and there was one of...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 07:27 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,558
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Transmission Countershaft and Bearings Question

I went back and checked my pictures I took of when I miced some shafts. As you can see, my new shafts are spot-on, while the repop ones are .002 smaller in the OD. This causes slop in the bearings...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 07:18 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,558
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Transmission Countershaft and Bearings Question

Here are a couple of the shafts I made - these ones have "end caps" to seal the oil from leaking out. Since then I've been using o-rings (with grooves) on the ends of each shaft. I also shorten the...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 07:13 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 763
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Testers ?

Depends on what you're testing. I prefer a digital MM for most voltage and continuity-based tests - is easy to use, easy to read, small footprint, etc.. I come from a world of big-black analog...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 05:36 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 928
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Compression questions

You'll probably find that a re-core will be pushing a $1000 - my 32 recore cost me over $800 and that was almost 10 years ago. While a radiator is probably mandatory, you still may be having issues...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 08:25 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 708
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: How important is the oil pan baffle

Something to note - it kind of depends on how early the pan is and what the pump pickup is like. On the early engines, there was no big round assembly with a screen on the end of the pickup - it was...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 08:14 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,246
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Break-in gone wrong!

Get those peepers on Tim!
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 08:11 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,558
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Transmission Countershaft and Bearings Question

I believe the original shafts at .750 on the nose - and are very hard (heat treated). I could not find any NOS shafts, so I made my own out of hard linear shafting from Thomson. All the repop ones...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 08:00 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 2,614
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts

Yeah, I'm like Tim . . . I like hot-rodded flatheads! LOL
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 07:59 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,246
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Break-in gone wrong!

The idler gear can go on two directions - he's showing us how it was when he originally assembled the engine. If it is on as the picture shows, then it was at least on correctly at this point.
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 07:55 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,246
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Break-in gone wrong!

I've seen this with a repop 49-53 pump from Speedway. The casting was too small around the base - massive leak. BUT if that was the case it should have been like this from the start.

This is the...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 07:47 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,246
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Break-in gone wrong!

On the gear - looks fine to me - you have it meshing as it should. If you're getting no oil flow/pressure out of the back of the block, then it has to be related to the oil-pump and/or drive gears -...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 03-21-2024, 07:47 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,246
Posted By Bored&Stroked
Re: Break-in gone wrong!

It is also possible that the little gear on the end of the cam spun (and is now spinning). I have seen this before as there is just a very small "flat" to keep it from turning. On my race motors I...
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