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I have a 70 Duster that i bought a 5.9 magnum shortblock for. The seller was supposed to include a pan but after repeated attempts and promises i have given up on that. What can i pull a pan from that will work for this. I used to know the answer but have been spending time with other makes for...

so the heads were soaking in gas for 3 plus years? i have rebuilt 40-50 sets of heads over the last 30 years and never seen anything on a valve stem that would keep a valve spring from shutting a valve. imo, it would be impossible for a valve to stick shut all by itself to the point a pushrod...

u gonna be at the mopar show in june?

old gas cant bend a valve or a pushrod any more than new gas can make them straight again....

dont use fram filters, period. If you go with a lighter oil 5w-30 is a better move according to oil experts i trust. All in all 40-60psi is no big deal tho as others above stated.

i say his machinist is full of it... old gas made a valve stick, please.... if you bent a pushrod then there is no way the valve was stuck on its own. your timing chain is likely bad (slipped a tooth or 3) or you revved the heck out of it and floated them... get a t-chain, a p-rod, and a valve...

i just realized, i plan to have a set of 273 super commande black wrinkle valve covers on the car as well, i have had them for about 20 years sand its high time they went back on a car, "correct" or not :) silver seems to be the color of choice....

muriatic acid is also used in pools... the headers have been/will be (i am not done yet) glass bead blasted, so it will be a perfect surface for whatever ends up on them. I have seen the blue vht hold up for 3 years on 300z turbo headers, car got sold then so cant say after that... i havent seen...

Soooo, i picked up a set of longtubes for my 70 340 duster and cant decide what color to paint them... they are a style i have never seen (i will get pics up soon). i am going to use VHT paint and it comes in quite a selection of colors... i am thinking orange :) the car is lemon twist and will...

Waaay back i had a 318 with 4psi at idle, drove it for 9 months like that. when it started to "show" 0 at idle i rebuilt it lol!

i think you are over complicating it. you have a grasp of the basics but are trying to make them co-dependent. separate them from each other and you will get it, cr can be changed by combustion chamber size as well as piston dish or dome. best practices these days with pistons are to mirror...

up until about 12 years ago, the LD340 was the most sought after sb intake made.... mine is still on a shelf in storage. until the rpm air gap came along i didnt have any interest in something different.

let me help, i have 8 fox body mustangs :) dont run the "conversion" kits, bottom of 3/8 stud is 5/16 and will fail. i have a set of p heads on an 89 with pedestal mount rollers, thats the easiest way to go. you can shim them at the bottom in the stock "troughs" that the pivots sit in for...

backfires are caused by a timing issues or burnt valves. you have a bad chain or burnt valve as already mentioned. you could have put a chain in it already.....

i've had 4-5 parts store wp's fail, but its been a long time since ones done it. lucky you it didnt go through the radiator! 2 of the ones i had go did :(

i've had 4-5 parts store wp's fail, but its been a long time since ones done it. lucky you it didnt go through the radiator! 2 of the ones i had go did :(

my sentiments as well....

great choice! i hope they turn out well for you. like everything else, there is a wide sprectrum on what you can spend. go for it and have fun!

you may have the correct firing order but do you have the #1 wire going to cylinder #1. if it has ever been messed with dont trust that #1 is where it should be on the cap. pull the cap off and put the engine at tdc on the compression stroke and verify the rotor is pointing to number one on the cap.

my .02.... follow the money

compression height would be the accurate term. since the pistons are custom you would need to know specs to compare the two kits

and black plugs means its running too rich.... that means you may be ok on the intake vac leak but need to adjust the carb and resolve whatever else is causing it.

i would be more concerned with the condition of the threads you are bolting into. grade 5, 1/4 bolts are supposed to have a 92,000psi yield strength.

whats fast (ie; quick)? :)

now, with a big block, blower, nitrous, turbo that can allllll change :) so its not just about having an 11 second car, its how you get it there. as already stated tho, you have a convertible and still need to consider the drivetrain to handle the power levels regardless.

oversize valve stems are not popular these days, used to be a standard repair decades ago. good luck finding any :) i prefer liners over full bronze guides, mostly because i have seen too many machinists will damage heads putting them in.

nowhere near as much as they used too!