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I forgot to add more stuff. Installed the valve springs at as close to the correct hight I can get. I needed some shims of different thicknesses and was lucky the machine shop had plenty in stock. These springs with the dampers I bought from Hughes to use with their cam as they suggested. I'll...

That car looks great after that wash.

That's alright. Speed Secrets says they will have it soon. Edit: I replied late.

There is nothing there to buy, not much I can do on the site to find the book. Maybe it's because I'm on mobile? I'll check around on the interweb and see if I can find it. Thank you though.

This whole cam selection formula thing from DV has sparked my interest, maybe I might try it for the next engine I do. I want get more engine performance books, maybe I might pick up DV's How to Build Horsepower book.:)

So... once I have the duration I'm assuming that number is the off the seat number? What if the spec of cams to choose from only have the advertised duration at .050 tappet lift?

Ah, I see now. Thank you. I did some math for a low compression 8.6: 1 or so 318 with stock 1.78in valves and would need an LSA of 105 degrees. I'm assuming this is for a ballpark max performance cam and not a normal street use engine that needs high vacuum, or at least for some cases.

Sorry if I sound like a noob, but I'm getting confused because everyone is talking about LSA and DV's 128 formula is for the LCA(lobe centerline angel). I thought, but do correct me, that LSA and LCA are two different things. I thought the LCA is the centerline angle of the lobe timing or...

Alright, part two. My experience with engine performance is mostly for stock factory engines, so I pretty much just fix stuff that is not performing like it normally should in a normal factory daily driver. I've done the some form of easy basic hotroding before to my own junk and some tweaking...

Just wanted to share the slow build of this 318. I know there are plenty of people and articles saying you can build this or that on a low budget, and we all love the idea of a cheap budget engine build. But the truth may be if you are buying a used engine that is not running, you going to find...

That's good enough to make a 3200 lbs car with the right gearing feel peppy kind of quick. If people want something with some pep but don't want to easily break parts, then that is the direction they should go.

I know that some people talk about terrible the stock casting is on these old heads. While porting my 675 heads I have seen how bad the stock ports really are and well... they bad and they ugly. Some ports were casted off center and the casting slag was horrendous.

Update! I just got the headers. I did not take them completely out of the packaging yet. I will inspect everything later.

Is the radiator cap venting? Also, run it with the cap off and see if it becomes a volcano. It may just purge more air out with a little mess and then be fine. Be careful, hot coolant hurts. After that, put the cap back on and see it it gets too hot.

Alrighty, I'll check these places out and see how long of a trip they may be, as I may not be the only one doing the trip.

Ordered the Doug's D453 ceramic coated headers from summit, the amount of money I spent on my total order was a bit painful, but got a little discount, so that's sweet. The guy on the phone was very nice and polite and was also a gearhead. Overall customer service from the them so far is is a 10...

I've been searching, but it's a bit harder to find than I thought. I'm not completely limited on distance, I appreciate anything in the ballpark or alternatives(shipping might be optional... maybe). I was looking to prove some denier/s wrong that have never assembled a complete running engine.

Lol, so true. Remember the tug of war it had with an F150 and the Cybertruck won? It won because the cybertruck was heavier with 4WD and the F150 was 2WD. :steering:

That's my kind of deal! Hopefully somebody can do something with it, because it's really not that bad, or at least looks not that bad to me.

Freakin' sweet! :thumbsup:

2 plug wires in the incorrect firing order can make your engine sound like it has a rod knock(forgot which ones). If messed with the plug wires recently and you have a mild knock, check your firing order. If you did not mess with it and it just started to happen, then oof.

You mean for like a marine engine? Uh oh!

Use it, see what happens, but I think it will be fine.

I now wonder if some of the stuff used only for engine break in is fine, because it seems like a grey area to me. You are are not running it long term, so maybe by chance it's fine for just break in for that short period of time. Maybe there is an article or study out there about it, testing the...

Lol so true.

There are only a few things I will add to oil now, then most of the time change the oil 30 minutes later(Stuff that's an old trick). That video really shows the science and I now don't trust the oil additives more than ever. When I was younger we would have the BG guy come and restock the...

Nice! Please update with pictures, it would be cool to see a before and after.

Take your time and be careful with the bows.

I run all my cars on 87 octane gas with upto 10% ethanol. It never hurt anything, but my cars don't have high compression ratios. Also, years ago I did an experiment with E85 and ran a 50/50 mix in my obd1 92 Ferd bronco. Ran it like that for a good time, it ran great and the computer was able...

Others here have made good suggestions, go with that and slap the Easy button.