Recent content by Blackhatguy

I haven't sat in the backseat yet, but the driver seat felt like sinking into a nice recliner. Going to have to put a cam and pipes on that car just to help keep me awake while sitting in it

That's a few more, but not a great many more steps than what I went through on my dart swapping out from the slant 6 to a magnum block with LA heads. Even did the vacuum advance small cap HEI distributor on that one as well. The transmission is welcome news though, now it's time to go on a parts...

I knew I should have opened that lid before I opened my mouth... What in unholy tarnation is all that nonsense? Though that does simplify matters.. if it's already carbureted, then I presume it's easier to throw a different carburetor on it. My next concern at this point is finding out for sure...

I am picking up an '82 Cordoba, 318 TBI. Where can I go to get some learning on how that system works, and what hop-ups I can get away with on it?

It did end up being the pressure relief valve in the pump! We just got frustrated and tried it with the pump off the old block, and it showed pressure so that led me to find out what the difference between those two things are and sure enough the pressure relief valve in the new pump is just...

This is the one, right?

We have not tried a different filter, but hearing about that second plug behind the front cover is one of the things I was hoping to hear about. If they can forget to put the back plug in they can forget to put the front one. I'll have to pull the harmonic balancer and timing cover to see

I went out and checked after I saw that, sadly that isn't it this time. Would have been really nice to be that simple though!

That is correct. We packed the pump with Vaseline and crank it over with no filter just to verify visually that it primed and got flow. After we cleaned up the mess we refilled the filter and put it on, crank again and get no oil pressure. Push the valve cover off to get visual on the valve...

Thank you for the idea, I went and double-checked. It just has the short nub with the threads on it

You are correct, talk to text didn't pick that up and I didn't proofread well enough

Helping a buddy try to get his wife's car running, and we've run into a bit of a problem. 1964 barracuda, slant 6, 1965 block with 1975 head. Just had the engine built by matco in Texas and we installed it today. Got everything buttoned up, go to crank it for break-in and we get no oil...

No way!! That's awesome! I will check that out, was sad about the thought of giving up on the novelty of the push button shifter

Original motor was a slant six, I've got a magnum 360 in it now. I had to get a machined adapter bushing from torque flight Patty to make the current transmission fit so this 727 will let me eliminate that bushing. It also comes with a 10-in converter that has 2,200 RPM stamped on it and I am...

Last Saturday I was given a freshly rebuilt 727 to put in my 64 dart, so I will have to get a floor shifter for it since I can't see how to make it work with the push button shifter. I got online and was hit with option overload... I'm looking for recommendations, pictures are a big help too if...