Recent content by JohnWayne

Hi Mopar fans I got a question about winter storage for my ´65 Barracuda. Her in Finland the winter get -30 degrees Celsius = really cold. Is it better to store it in a heated garage over winter or in a cold storage. My worries is for the condensation. In the heated storage its only +7...

The rear axle from the ´68 is problibly wider than the ´66 rear axle.

Yes, because when it comes to engines I´m kind of a rookie. Body and paint are my strong sides :) I now reading a book every night before going to bed, How to hot rod your small block Mopar engine :) And I´m learning all the time :cheers:

Usually you can spray clear coats over the base color if it comes from the same maker. And if you do, you can have the paintshop to blend the base coat without activator, because you got the activator in the clear coat.

Do you have any cam choise yet?

With futher investigations of the forged crank, I belive it came out of a 273. The casting numbers is very hard to see, but the two first ones is 21. According to my books that would be a early 273 crank. The bearings do not look very good at it. A polish would not be enough. Then, someone has...

Last weekend I purchased a block. 318 with cast number 4006730-318-4 Along came the crank, damper, oilpump, waterpump, oilpan, cam drive and valve covers. Which crank do you recommend, the one that belongs to the block or the forged one?

:prayer: That´s very valuable information. Many thanks to you sir!

I have read that the 714 head combustion chamber size is 57 cc. Is that correct?

Yes they do. I think they are the same.

I do not know why two photos are shown twice :(

These are the 714 heads that is now on the 273 engien in the car

Okay, it´s been noted :blob: Thanks a lot :)

Thanks for the info. I have understand that the most important, and most complicated with building an perfromance-engine is the choise of cam.