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White smoke is sometimes a coolant leak on the intake manifold or bad head gasket.

At least an acceleration baffle to keep the oil from heading to the back of the pan. Terry

Well maybe our new members don't know that this topic is overdone, ain't to them or they wouldn't be asking.

Call Dean (he's a restorer) at 403-938-4172, he'll have shops he'd recommend.

I can see an overhaul in your future or at the very least a ring job.

No question Mobil 1, been running it for 30 yrs. in everything from Muscle to Economy, with the additive of course for the Muscle.

or 383/400.

Going nowhere fast gentleman, the OP has a few examples he can check to see which one works for him and his 318. One thing I've learned over the years with these cars is seldom is there only one right answer. What should have worked doesn't at which time ya fire up the brain sparkers and find or...

I always put the lifters in dry (paste on bore and face) on startup they should all pump up within 10 seconds and no you should not be able to push the piston down by hand once they're full of oil unless of course they've sitting for a long time. If you can either the check valve is screwed and...

A thermostat has 2 jobs, the first is obviously to control temperature. The second is to control coolant flow rate ie. an orifice. Take the thermostat out and the coolant will not have the time it takes to pull the heat away from the block or have the time it takes to transfer that heat to the...

Look like this maybe.

2 stroke rings have to be pinned otherwise, as they want to rotate, the ring ends will run in the exhaust and transfer port areas giving you ring clip and broken rings. Did hundreds also.

Before going any further you need to map out all 8 cylinders using a bore guage preferrably, check for out of round at top/bottom/middle then check how much taper there is, in line with crank then 90deg. After all that you may find that the holes are out so far that a hone is a waist of time and...

OK Magnum's back and he's got some numbers for us.

Hughes Big Block, no problems so far, and banana groove shafts with their hold downs. Reasonably priced and geometry was perfect.

Well we've lost Magnum (just kidding), sure he'll be back. He's got a ton of stuff to check over gentleman, some excellent advice by the way, when he's got some answers particularily around his ignition set points he can contact one of us and we'll open her back up and hopefully get his problem...

you might as well move this thread to where it belongs...small block tech...I'm just say'n. Good point, moved. Once Magnum returns with the ignition info other ideas can be discussed. For those of us who have done the troubleshooting it's easy to get from A to M, however for those that...

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Okay gentleman lets just take a deep breath. Before going any further with this thread as far as what is or what isn't the problem Magnum needs to answer the 1st and most important question. Magnum if you don't have a timing light or know how to use it find someone who does. First disconnect the...

if after checking the timing she's still sluggish go with a 750 and you may need more gear. 3.91 or up.

What car is this going into? For a weekend warrior type and little track time you should consider 3.91 gears or the weight of that car will kill the engines bottom end. IMO

There is no adjustment with the stock stamped steel rocker arms. If no material was removed off the deck or head sealing surface then there should not be a problem but the lifters should be checked and this is the way I do it. Start at no.1 cylinder TDC end of compression. With the rocker arms...

I run 10-30 year round in the Demon and grocery getter, works just fine. No need for the thick stuff unless you're racing or got a crap load of horespower, 700 plus. Diesels are a whole different kettle of fish with their very high compression/combustion hence very high rod and crank bearing...

Varify that the outer ring on the damperer hasn't shifted by checking that the TDC line on your balancer that you check timing with is correct. Get yourself or make yourself a piston stop that goes through the spark plug hole. Turn crank CW and bring No.1 almost to tdc and adjust the stop so...

Valley pan that block off the transfer ports.

The big thing that needs to be considered is way back when that crank was built/balanced and kicked out the door standards ie. gram/inches tolerances and the machines used to do the balance have changed alot compared to todays standards and equipment accuracy. Maybe not considering what the...

Well how many miles since you checked it last. Lets say it's been 3000, check it now and if everything is still within .002 plus or minus of your target clearance then check it again in another 3000-4000. Dangers, if the clearances are closing up because the valve head is pounding into the seat...

I would agree with Moper, I've driven both 340's and 440 six paks and if you're looking for the wow factor then they are certainly that. Personally I can get a good 4 barrel and manifold engine to run quicker that the 6 pak mostly cuss the single 4's easier to tune. I've also experimented with...

If those mains have been in the saddles for long then they've developed a memory. Hence when you reinstall and torque them you may not get the crush required. My rule, you pull one for inspection you replace it regardless, and if you replace one main you replace all the mains.

First did you have all the spark plugs out as you were doing the test, you should have. Second, did you have the carb throttle blades wide open, you should have? When you do the test you want 4 good pulses on the guage then stop at 4 and have each cylinder do 4 pulses.