Recent content by James Clews

Car Nut it has 1.6 roller rockers so the theoretical lift is .610 but as we know the theory and actual is very different on a small block mopar.

Rusty you are probably correct as I meant to say 106 but as my memory is fading it may have been 108 but all I know is that last one was way more rowdy than the 114 cam I had many years earlier. Bewy I ran you many times and my car was a surprise to many on how mild it ran but was very quick...

I had a 292/509 purple shaft cam in my 340 back in about 1976.it idled great at about 650rpm with a nice lope and reved cleanly to seven five as this was in a manual with six pak carbys it would pull cleanly from any revs. fast forward to about 2005 and I bult my 410 and installed what I...

I have an Australian Valiant charger with 360 based 410 and five speed manual with 3.91 diff. mine made 392 rwhp and 594ft lbs of torque at the rear First run it did a 12.1 dropping the clutch @ 5 grand. The next run I thought I would take it a little easier and dropped the clutch @ 2500rpm. It...

I put a kevco pan on my 410 in my Australian Valiant charger and yes it did hang about an inch lower than the K member and I did not like the idea of that! I simply took the K member out and cut into the bottom of it and made a ramp area down to the distance of the pan so the K member is at the...

Okay what would you call this with my edelbrock AVS carb? I have a fully programable ICE ignition and my 410 idles about 750 rpm and timing is 18 @ idle with 16 in by 2500 rpm. Car is a manual and on take off I bring my revs up to about 1000rpm but as I load the engine with clutch engagement...

Back in the seventies I had a 340 with 11.5 comp (forged pistons) with the mopar performance 292/510 cam in it and it idled really nice with a six pack induction. It would pull down low in second gear from about 600rpm with the accelerator flat down and just pull away until the secondaries came...

Are you sure that it is leaking from the main seal? My 318 had a serious leak and I knew it was coming from the rear of the inlet manifold! You could idle it all day long and there was not a drop of oil but you take it for a run down the highway and there was oil everywhere! I took the manifold...

My 410 has SRP forged pistons 5 thou below deck with .028 cometic head gasket with trick flow heads and calculates to 11.5 to 1 compression! It has 5 speed tremec and 3.91 diff ratio! I run premium unleaded that is 98 but in Australia we measure our fuel in the opposite to USA ( RON or MON)...

Its not just Mexico but the rest of the world that does this!

Back in the seventies on my 340 I put an high energy coil on my 1 with 1974 charger with electronic ignition! the system failed so I took it to my mate (with the pionts dissy in it) and asked him to fix it. He diagnosed a damaged electronic Box and put a known good one in it. After a few minutes...

Hey! You fellow Aussies please chill out ! Our Valiants are USA beasts, not australian and they are not those Holdens that the sheep are driving. You have to understand that all parts are expensive but don't get carried away as us aussies earn a lot more in our pay packet than our yank...

Hysteric! My 410 VJ Charger came in @ 3050 lbs at WSID but that was with back seat and passenger seat removed, fiberglass race seat, bumpers removed, console removed and no tailpipes! Last time out it ran 11.4 @ 119mph with a 1.63 sixty foot time. Yes I run a set of 26 inch high slicks with...

That looks like a crate engine!

Well Ahoey the girls do look much better with almost no clothes on !