Recent content by BigBlockMopar

Upto a few weeks back I've been daily driving my '62 NY wagon (413ci) with blocked heatriser port in the intake. Temps were around 40-45F. The car would start to run and idle rough and stall at slow speeds after a few minutes of driving... Why? The carb's idle-circuit was freezing up. Frost was...

My collection of old 'crap' machines range from a Videopac 2000, Commodore64, Amiga500 and a small number of old Apple Macs after that.

As a test with the engine running at idle, squeeze the PVC-hose shut for a moment. See if the miss disappears. Idle will usually improve while doing this nonetheless. Could be a lean mixture, or one or two cylinders getting a lean-mixture. Perhaps the PCV-system host is connected wrong, or...

You don't want 'softer' shocks, you want 'better' shocks.

I'll take a 400-block over a 383 or 440 any time of the day.

The +3.41 is how much the value has changed since the trading day-opening. Generally, you hold stocks (regular ones) just as long as you believe in the succes of the company behind it. If you just want to day-trade, or buy/sell on every change in the market-price .. well good luck, it will...

I have daily driven my '73 Dart with 1" torsion bars and a 318/360 under the hood. Currently have 1.08" bars. FORGET the "autocross / roadracing" term. It comes from 'outdated' Mopar-literature. IMO, 0.9" to 1" bars should have been stock from the factory in any A-body with a V8.

If the engine really was not balanced before assembly.... ...with 8 KB-pistons roughly 150grams lighter than the stock pistons, there's some significant unbalanced weight flinging around in the engine now... I think you should be able to feel that by just putting your hand on the engine while...

My 2 cents; Don't listen to dedicated 'dragracers' too much. They usually don't care at all for streetmanners. Driving around with a loose convertor on the street is like your transmission is filled to the top with butter. Feels like a sloppy turd if you want to just go for an easy drive. Big...

Any sharp edges the bushing is in contact with? That will surely dig into the material easily. Those big washers look completely flat. I would think dished washers like used by the factory will be friendlier on the bushings. But I've also seen these dished washers installed backwards, to limit...

Why are your pistons are installed upside down...?

Has the cam been installed correctly/degreed? What's the timing advance set at? Vacuum advance hooked up? Fan rotating the wrong way? Properly burped the system? Is the radiator top still the highest point in the cooling system?

You need enough play to be able to clear the rear yoke when installing/removing the driveshaft (with the car at normal ride height). And that's roughly about an inch. Too short of a driveshaft can cause vibrations easier as the transmission yoke is a little bit further out of the bearing in the...

Most recyclers really don't like it when you have mixed coolant with oil in a container.

A significant left and right difference in caster will make a car pull to one side (with the least caster I recall).