Recent content by David Dickerson

That is correct.

I have a 340 T/A for sale that I purchased in 1981. It was from a wrecked AAR Cuda, so as far as I know the car is long gone. I purchased the engine in parts. It was bored .030 over. The heads were ported and polished. I have all the documentation of the machine work done to the engine. It...

It's had 2 different converters with the same results. Both internal balance.

Vibration shows up at the same rpm while going down the road. No, the car isn't up on jack stands when tested. It vibrates at rest on all four wheels. If you are going up a hill and can keep the engine at a constant 3000 rpm, it will begin to pulsate. Increase the rpm to 4000 and it...

Yes it was. Vibration and all

Yes, there were already pins in the new block.

And the torque converter also lined up with the wrong dowel pins? If I were to take the dowel pins out of the current transmission, would I see an offset in them if they are the wrong ones?

Could you explain how this caused the vibration? Did the dowel pins not line up with the engine? Mine bolted up perfectly.

The 408 is an internally balanced engine. I made sure of that. The torque converter was replaced, so I doubt two converters would vibrate at the same rpm. Both were for internal (neutral) balance. I purchased the 408 from ATK completely assembled and balanced with forged crank and pistons...

Haven't chimed in in awhile, but looking for more opinions on an ongoing vibration issue I have been dealing with in my Duster that nothing I have done has alleviated the problem. I have a noticeable vibration that starts around 2200 rpm and gets very noticeable at 3000 while the car is at...

I just received emergency FDA approval to produce them! I love this forum. Always entertaining and quite informative. Stay tuned for full approval if you are interested.

Guess if you want to use one, this one will not get gouged out by a double chain. That seems to be a common problem. It would be just as easy to make one without blades that still has enough offset to clear the chain, and tensioner if you use one. Lots of opinions here, but wanted to share an...

Put just a slight pitch to direct the oil back at the chain, but that would be up to the individual.

Thanks for all the comments. To address your concerns: No clearance problems. The main reason for making it was to address that issue. It is made of stainless and is .020 thicker than the stock one, so fatigue shouldn't be an issue. We even made the area around the keyway thicker to minimize...

I decided to address the situation I encountered with my factory oil slinger grinding on my double roller timing chain. No more metal where I don't want it. Hopefully this better design will do the job of throwing more oil on the chain. Feedback appreciated. Anyone interested?