Recent content by 65 Cuda 340

The stock replacement pistons in my 360 are .100 in the hole at TDC.

If anyone's wondering, I ran 13.07 at 105.7. Top end is newer, but the short block was put together in 1990, low-compression cast pistons, .450 lift cam, 3.55 gears. Of course, now I'm thinking, a little more compression, little more cam, hmmm . . . .

No, no pix of that valve from below. But I don't think yours is in the original place - looking at the hook on the mounting bracket, it should poke into a small locating hole in the frame, and I don't see it. And I wouldn't think the factory would have put the valve so close to a 273 manifold...

Trying to get my 67 Barracuda ready to run at the strip this weekend. Will be the first time it's been to a strip in probably 20 years. I replaced the short length of fuel hose that connects the main line to the fuel pickup in the gas tank, and I also added a radiator overflow canister that...

I fit an early 340 exhaust manifold on the driver's side by switching to a power steering column and using an adapter (Firm Feel, etc) to hook it to the manual steering box. That put the joint far enough back to clear the manifold. I ran the outlet pipe between the torsion bar and the frame...

I have TTI's on my 65, doesn't look to me like the master cylinder is any closer to the headers than it was to the 340 manifolds I used to run. I did fabricate new brake lines from the m/c down to the combination valve, which I had to move to the rear to get it out of the way of the headers.

Right, that's why I had to add several washers, to get the sender up high enough to clear the floor of the water passage. I edited my post to clarify that my old intake did not have the boss.

Back in the seventies, I ran a Torker 340 intake. It had no provision for a mechanical temperature gauge. I just drilled and tapped a hole in the intake's water jacket, between the thermostat and the driver's side head - basically where the factory location was, and where Edelbrock puts the...

Back in those days, I-16 was usually just about empty. My Dad was doing 90 or so on I-16 on the way to Macon when a Superbird flew by us like we were sitting still.

I just finished mounting four new trailer tires on my open car hauler. I've mounted car tires before without too much effort, but these just about finished me. I assume because the sidewalls of a trailer tire are a lot stiffer than a passenger car tire. Anyway, next time I'll just pay someone...

One foggy morning in the early 80s, my wife was driving her 82 Charger 2.2 on a country road outside of Monroe, Georgia, when all of a sudden she saw a stop sign right in front of her. She slammed on the brakes, locked the rears up, spun a full 360 degrees across the intersection and came to a...

Three points on your license, max sentence of 12 months in jail and $1,000 fine. The first is automatic, I doubt significant jail time would be imposed, probably a fine, but no where near the max. Of course, an aggravated case and and extensive prior traffic record could and probably would...

Georgia has had this for many years: Code Section 40-6-251 No driver of any motor vehicle shall operate the vehicle upon the public streets, highways, public or private driveways, airport runways, or parking lots in such a manner as to create a danger to persons or property by intentionally...