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O wise and venerable forum ! (in b4 "get turbochargers by hugh MacInnes", its on order) what if a guy took a motor home turbo plenum and stuck a draw thru turbo on his 440? or even what if he bought the book "Turbochargers", by hugh macinnes, and figured out how to make a plenum? then what...

o wise and venerable forum! i have el cheapo summit fuel pressure gauge and the face grazed over from gas getting on it. im lookin to replace it but every gauge i looked at had like a 2/5 review . . . whats the good gauge? try not to die - - saylor

o wise and venerable forum! i need to stab the distributor gear. the book says set the timing to #1 TDC / "0" on the timing marks, and then set the drive shaft gear so it is parallel with the centerline of the crankshaft. the reference pic makes it look like the distributor slot is 12/6...

o wise and venerable forum ! so, its cold here. when starting the car, I can hear lifters tapping for a few seconds, until oil gets splashed around. 1.) am I killing it? 2.) what do you people north of the red river do to avoid/prevent/minimize this? thanks! - saylor

o wise and venerable forum! it is time to pull the motor + transmission out of this car. - 68 fury 440 / 727 / AC. the only motor ive ever pulled was out of an 85 CRX, so that doesn't even count. its half a motor, it sat sideways, involved pulling the left front wheel off and lifting the body...

o wise and venerable forum ! i ordered up an OEM fuel pump from summit racing and it got here the other day... so i go to stab this thing on and the nips are facing 180 away from each other like some women i used to know . . .anyways WTH? I didnt even really look at the pic of the item as i...

was out this morning changing teh oil, wax on wax off, everything was splendid. brand new zinc valvoline oil good to go. start it up, give it a few licks, and i hear the worst ever engine quief gurgle belch noise ever heard. somethings not right. houston! there is absofknloutely a problem! shut...

ohshit i bet this will make a seat of teh pants difference:

O wise and venerable forum - why is my edelbrock this way? I have to ether up to start it. once it starts, everything is great. acceleration, sitting at a light idle, corners, punch, etc, etc. but it wont start, just cranking and cranking. no choke used its about 6000 degrees outside right...

O wise and venerable people - what the hell is the deal with intake manifolds? can i make a blanket statement about them like: any intake that fits a 361 will fit a 383 will fit a 400? any intake that fits a 413 will fit a 426 will fit a 440? is that true? does not matter if its a 2bbl...

dudes - can anyone recommend some fuel line that does not suck? the cheap by-the-foot rubber hose from vatozone keeps swelling up, and splitting, etc, and i grow tired of fighting it. whats the good fuel hose that i dont have to change every year? thanks - - saylor

at 70 on the highway, with a steady gas pedal open just enough to maintain same speed, I could feel a stutter/miss/burp/fart/surge something happening. if I gave it more gas it picked up good, and if I let off it idled down no backfire or anything. but trying to hold a same speed down the...

I was down under the passenger side scrounging around with the front end work, and noticed that this spot on the transmission is missing a couple of bolts. anyone know the size / spec on these so I can get more? are they all the same like I could pull one out and go match it at the store? - saylor

I was driving down the road this weekend, and smelled some mohican burning. All the gauges looked OK so I kept going I was close to where I was headed - got to where I was going and then had a look at the motor. There was a puddle of oil sitting on top of the valley pan I changed a few weeks...

my car has the cheap chrome T handle valve cover bolts that you put a stud in, then the valve cover, then the chrome T handle thing to tighten it down, like these...

here is the target - the fuel sending unit in the top front of the gas tank. on the 68 fury III there is enough room to get in there and get this done without having to lift the car or anything really.

OK I have a new mechanical fuel pump pushrod on the way from summitracing. there is an allen head bolt / plug under the fuel pump - that is supposed to be the access hole to R&R the pushrod. I read that when you put the plug back, you should seal it. But they didn't say what to seal it with...

Todays project - R&R the fuel delivery system from the mechanical fuel pump to the carb, including installing a reman carb. Standard issue carter 2bbl 5-599. going on top of a stock '68 383 motor. So the one I took off has a manual choke, on a wire, to a control under the dash - all addon...

hi all -so im changing the shifter seal and kickdown seal on a 727 transmission... im dorkin around and a bearing and spring come out from somewhere. I THINK it goes into a little hole on top of the valve body, but does the spring go in, then the ball? or the ball, then the spring? I hope yall...

hi all - ok I want to pull the motor and transmission out of this bad boy. I haven't pulled a v8 motor before.. the only motor I ever did was an 85 Honda crx... kinda different. So I know all the crap has to come off the engine, alt, fan, radiator out, etc,. Disconnect driveshaft. unhook...