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My late machine shop associate used to laugh about "Mopar freaks carrying 'Their Bible' with them when they came in to ask about getting something done". "The Bible" was the old Direct Connection 1000+page Race Manual. He understood their concerns, but he also was a one-man machine shop and...

I am just final assembling an expensive build to one of my hotrods and I am using an aggressive flat tappet cam. This time, I decided to send the cam and lifters to Cam-King to break in the new cam on their machine. I received it back with the lifters numbered by cylinder and the break-in...

I'm not gonna use it all glass is in good shape.

Nice modern trouble shooting on your 59 Dodge!

Do you plan on using the back glass? Is it in good shape?

Thanks neighbor.

I think you are just fine. I would definitely clean up the casting flash in the lifter valley.

A little digging around Corvette forums and turns out the traction control system will do this if the wheel/tire size has been changed... Guess what I did... Yup put C5 front wheels/tires on the rear to clear the 1959 sheet metal... Root cause found....

Ford flathead V8s with transmissions being broken in using an electric motor Per the caption with this picture: "An electric motor was used to spin the engine until the torque resistance fell to the proper level."

That's what I was thinking about hte carb being too big, if it's on the edge of the off-idle transition slots (due to some mis-tuning?) it might make some surging that you wouldn't feel with an AT because the torque converter absorbs it. With a MT, that cushion is missing. (@LocuMob - that's...

Just checking to see if you were paying attention. :)

How could that NOT work... :rolleyes:

No codes other than the one for the air pump I removed on purpose.... I think I may have stumbled onto the root cause... It happened again today and I pulled off the road, engine idling but no throttle then as quick as it left, it came right back. Normal throttle and I drove away... Then I...

I believe it is for cooling the motor and I would not run without it.

Join me in welcoming @rocking Jim beam to FCBO.

Yeah - that's a drum brake booster.