The Jalopy Journal
Purple Power is good stuff. I use it, too. Just don't let it set it on polished aluminum!
Yes, I know that the cam is probably the single most important piece of the TC puzzle. I had this cam custom ground on a 112 lobe center. It is...
I know that predicting the stall speed of a particular TC when installed on a particular engine is kind of a black art, realizing that a TC will...
I spent the majority of my life going round and round on dirt circles, so I don't have much experience with TCs. I still tend to use go-faster...
I know this question has been asked a million times before, but I gotta ask again. Sorry. My '26 T coupe has a 355 SBC. 10.3:1 CR. Good aluminum...
F From what I see, it is kinda common practice on SBC builds to use 1.6 on the intake and 1.5 on the exhaust
Yes. Now that I have seen the light, the speed of the valve movement is the answer to my original question. Thanks guys! I have been curious...
I hadn't thought about the speed of the valve movement. I can see where that would be an advantage to flow. In this instance the valve would...
Yes, I know that the higher ratio will give a gain in duration as well as lift, but again why not just design the extra lift and duration into the...
Yes, I have had to get out the die grinder to correct some push rod interferences on several sets of SBC heads, but I'm just asking if there is an...
Let's say you are designing an SBC motor or any other motor for that matter. You have decided that you want .500" lift at the intake valve. Do...
Yeah my search skills are sorely lacking. I'm better with a wrench than a keyboard!
I didn't think to check Howell's and that's where my patch panels came from. Thanks. I would still have to put my desired holes in it, but that...
When I built my T, I just recovered the original metal visor structure. After a few thousand miles the leading metal edge broke. So, I took it...
You guys can fight over the definition of a hotrod all you want, but when I think of the word "hotrod", in my mind's eye I see an early roadster...
That's what we called the connector pieces between sections of scaffolding,
AHHH! The process of turning money into noise. I am intimately acquainted. I have vaporized mass amounts of money pursuing that particular...
I have another story to tell about that truck and the summer of 1968, if you care to listen. Right at the end of summer, I replaced the clutch in...
[ATTACH] This is the truck just before we loaded up to go to Bunker Hill that day. Best picture I have left. The car probably should have run...
In 1967-68, I built a 1929 Model A pickup. Fenderless. Pretty hot dual quad cross ram 327. 4-speed. Ladder bar Olds 4.56 rear end. Cheater...
You are correct. But I suspect that at the transition between accel and decel there may be some cam walk going on. Comp cams says .004" to .010"...
I am a roller lifter guy. Hadn't built an SBC with flat tappet lifters since the 80's. This past summer I built a 1962 327 for my buddy's '37...
I like the ChapStick trick. I will put a tube of it in my toolbox. I recently went through an intense round of carb tuning and quickly went...
Yep. Unless every single component in your car's brake system is original to that combo valve, there is no way that combo valve is correct for...
I see a lot of guys not buying a lift because they don't think they have a tall enough garage. My shop has a 9 foot ceiling height, and I thought...
Thanks for the explanation and the pics. I like your setup. The reverse lockout is slick. Yeah, the Clayton is kind of billetty if you use their...
I am looking for a new shifter for my 26T coupe with a 700r4. I have a B&M in it now, and it has the Tremec style shifter handle mount. I made...
Sometimes I think there oughta be some kind of test/license/certification to be able to buy tools!
I have run my 99% street 383 with a magneto with no mechanical or vacuum advance at 34 degrees total. I have also run the same 383 with HEI...
The other day I made a Summit order and came up $9 shy of free shipping. The math said spend the $9. So just on a whim I bought a bottle of...
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