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With the edelbrock carburetor on the performer manifolds in the mopar line it is important to have the edelbrock #2732 plate installed. It acts as a heat shield as well, and can be used together with what you have already. The edelbrock instructions are pretty clear about the 2732 plate, but...

Boost. Add boost. You have low compression pistons. Add cylinder pressure the old fashioned way. .

Any pics I have of the olds parts would be on a negative someplace, but we basically built them from a stock cover. The olds had a fair bit of room between the end of the cam & the cover. I honestly don't know how much space there is on the LA. If somebody wants to drop a straightedge...

I can probably make a two piece cover if there is a demand for it. Pretty much the same as we did for the Oldsmobiles when we were running the peak. The cover designs are very similar. How many people want this sort of thing with an OEM water pump? B.

Just go to the N19V champion. If you are having trouble finding the Champion, or you prefer NGK's the number is BUE or 2322 - Summit has the NGK in stock: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NGK-2322/ If you break that one, the piston is going into the valves next. B.

The N19V Champions may be hard to find depending on where you are. The NGK crossover is a BUE - Summit has them for under 4 bucks http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NGK-2322/ B.

Dat's a Buster Poindexter plug... HOT HOT HOT. Go to a really cold plug, like a Champion N19V (890). Part of your detonation issues is that plug - glowing like a glow plug in a diesel. B.

Yep, just changed that. I will be taking advantage of it next year. Just for reference on the catcon issue - My 1980 F100 would not pass - Predator carb, headers- nothing else. But in Clark County there is no visual inspection, only tailpipe emissions. They can however measure Dilution...

Fix that line, before it lets go & you have a big mess. It depends on how big the leak is, but probably not the cause. You can put some Lucas additive in the crankcase to thicken that synthetic up a bit. If the hydraulic lifters are getting enough oil to be quiet, you are doing fine...

Glad you got it back on the road. 5w30 should be fine. I would say that it was not a filter failure. When that one happens the lifters all start to rattle, and you pretty much crap your pants. If however this was an older engine with 40k of conventional oil use, you may have had a filter...

Is it a more or less original 1974 engine? If so, 15w40 or 20w50 should both be fine. B.

Hyperutectic pistons are cast pistons. Cast with a good alloy, but still cast. They really should not cost more than 10% more than an OE cast piston. The rest is hype. A forged piston is a different animal. Yes, a forging grows more so you have to run a little more clearance. They make a...

Any debris small enough to make it past the pickup screen should be in the oil filter. Buy a new filter, and 5 quarts of Rotella T 15w40. Drive it a little & watch the oil pressure. .

Low oil pressure at idle with thin synthetic is not necessarily a problem. At 200f, that oil is as thin as any clean 30 weight oil -synthetic or not. Some synthetics get to the proper viscosity quicker than conventional oils. If you want more pressure at idle, go to a thicker oil like a...

My brother in law lives in Brandon MB. He has had great results with Mobil1 0 W 40. He has about 60k (kilometers) on a hydraulic cam in a 302 ford right now and it sounds like a swiss watch at idle. He swears by the stuff in the cold. B.

Schaeffer oil. Available online or at local dealers. The 7000 oil has 1600 to 2000 ppm of zinc: Schaeffer 7000 tech data sheet Been using it for decades. The website has a retailer locator as well as an online store - or just call them up. B.

If they took it to 470 hp on the dyno, then it is 'broken in". Drive it as hard as you have the sack to. Nothing is going to "seat" or change after a few dyno pulls. Some folks like to re-torque after the dyno, but I have never felt that did anything for the assembly. Drop it in the...

Depending on what the OP wants to do with his 400 hp, a turbo may make perfect sense. Daily driven reliability, the ability to turn the performance up or down, run garbage gas if you need to etc. 400 horsepower is single turbo territory. It does not need to be complicated. I designed &...

Fresh set of forged 8.5:1 smog pistons, RV cam & 15psi manifold pressure. Drive it to work every day if you like. No 7000 rpm grenade, no chinese stroker crankshafts, leaky headers, etc. No, nobody makes a "kit" to turbo a 318. Nothing keeping you from doing it yourself. I built turbo...

Boost. .

Sigh. It only take one to set the choke. The others are to enrich things enough to get the car started & keep it running long enough to see if it has enough choke. If it has a few cc's too much fuel in the manifold it will settle down in a minute. If it is lean, or does not have enough choke...

Uh, the only time you hold the pedal on the floor is to clear a flooded engine. Holding the pedal down actually opens the choke a little to help clear excess fuel. With the choke butterfly closed as you have it adjusted, try it this way: Cold engine Key off, press the pedal all the way...

What filter are you using? All of the spin-on filters have an anti-drainback valve built in. If your filter assembly uses the old replaceable element like the CH236APL in a metal canister, then you may not have a drainback valve. If that is the case, upgrade the filter base to fit a...

Fire it up & let it get to operating temperature. Connect a vacuum gauge to the manifold. At idle, advance the distributor while watching the vacuum gauge. The highest vacuum reading is the maximum spark advance for that rpm. If the idle speed climbs out of range, adjust the idle, and twist...

If it only happens above 3800, check the vac advance, and the distributor curve. Find someone with a distributor machine, and have a good look at the curve. Given the fuel economy you have, there is plenty of advance. Either you are still adding mechanical advance above 3800, or the vac...

You can try a set of N19V Champions. You have not said what RPM range you have WOT pinging in. Is it above a certain RPM, or pretty much any time you open a secondary? B.

Yes, there are ways to boost octane. It is not possible to get much of a boost from a 12 ounce bottle of anything you want to be near. Toluene is the magic in a can. Toluene was used straight up as a fuel in F1 for a while. It has an octane rating of 114, and is very resistant to...

Pull the oil filter, and see if it ever had any oil in it. The down side of a solid lifter engine is that the lifters don't crap out without oil pressure. You can pull the engine with the convertor bolted to the flex plate. The torque convertor just slips out of the transmission - you...

Oh Nooooo! an "unknown cam!" Marked "117 CL" - Center Line / Lobe Centers / LSA depending on how old you are. So put it between centers, grab a dial indicator & a degree wheel and find out what it is. More than once I had Schneider had me a completely un-marked camshaft with the...

The 318 / 2v was primarily a truck / torque engine. It would be "snappy" in a light car... Honestly i am not a huge Mopar guy. I am getting back to Mopar because I recently bought a '65 Barracuda. A previous owner had already swapped in a 318 / 727, saving me a lot of effort... Prior...