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That should be a flared fitting, no seal required. Take it off and check that the flare on the fitting and on the hose aren’t damaged. When you tighten it, run it down snug and then turn the wrench one flat. Travis..

Was it running fine and then you changed something or did it act up out of the blue? I would make sure there isn’t anything wrong in the distributor, nothing seized, nothing falling apart, correct air gap on pickup coil if applicable. Double check your firing order too. Travis..

I would call that not unexpected for a presumably near 60 year old engine. However, I would replace it if I were pressing the engine back into service. Travis..

Check the link provided and look through the pics. There are some of the short block in the engine bay where you can see the mount in front of the steering box. Later in the thread there are pics of the left mount on an engine. Maybe the guy who started the thread has an engine bay pic without...

I’m pretty sure that left mount forward of the steering box is 65 big block only. I believe small block and slant use the more conventional mounting next to the steering box. If you want to bolt a small block to this stub without fab work, I don’t believe that to be possible. As a side note...

If you keep your 383, don’t slap stealth heads on there or you’ll end up with way less than 10:1. Those pre 68 engines have closed chamber heads. If you go to aluminum, you’ll need the small chamber edelbrock or similar. Just a heads up. Travis..

Looking at your pics, those look to fit pretty well. I liked the headers, but I don’t recall having any room for the bell crank to swing. It’s been quite a while since I did that job and don’t for sure remember the exact deal other than I couldn’t make it work. Kind of a drag, I thought the...

I am referring to the 78070 hedman. I have a set on a 440 in a b body, they fit very well. I have also found pics of people using them in slab c bodies, and even trucks. Hedman Hedders 78070 Hedman Street Headers | Summit Racing Travis..

FYI, I have seen pics of people running hedman mid length headers on 383 slabs Travis..

My experience with the Schumacher tri-y wasn’t optimal. I did a big block swap for a guy I worked with, I had everything for a nice factory appearing install including the double bell crank kickdown linkage. He bought the tri-y’s for me to install because they seemed easiest for his car. I...

A standard replacement set should be 100% fine. At the rate you’re going, you’ll never wear this car out. Travis..

Wow, that’s a snowball you got rolling there. You could honestly clean and reassemble as long as it all checks out. I would replace all of the bearings since they’re pretty cheap. I would make certain the rods and mains are standard though, and not .001 undersize or something from the factory...

I don’t think it’ll work even just to yard drive it. The size of the heads and exhaust manifolds would likely preclude it from sitting down without steering box interference. I also doubt the oil pan is even in the same zip code as a car pan. The water pump housing and accessories likely stick...

If you can’t find a place to put fluid, you may not even have power steering. Being a Newport, that is very much within the realm of possibility. Travis..

@ just carbs, do you recall what exact cam you installed. Just curious what it is since you have positive firsthand experience. Travis..

That was my thought. I recall reading somewhere about using a smaller converter or maybe grinding, it’s been so long I don’t even recall where I saw that. I guess give it a mockup and see if it spins freely. I wouldn’t mind maybe doing the o/d swap on my car someday maybe so it’d be cool to...

Well then, carry on. Travis..

Doesn’t the ultra bell require use of a small diameter torque converter? I seem to recall that from some research I did quite a while back. If so, can you get a reasonable stall speed and lockup in such a thing? Travis..

Back when I was still running vehicles with points 20-25 years ago, I would always keep my working used condenser for the glove box, and re-use the old condenser hold down clamp. At that time, I found that the new clamps were too tight and squeezing the condenser causing failure. This once...

My thought would be as volaredon suggested. Keep it mild. Get a 360 2 barrel cam and build it otherwise stock, 68-69 318s run really good. As said, be sure the pistons aren’t later model low comp units. If you wanted to run an adapter and use the larger 2 barrel that came on a 360, that would...