Recent content by JunkyJimmy

I also had one of the motors out of a cop car, 318; 360 heads and thermoquad, for the life of me can’t remember what color it was, it’s black now but that may be what I painted it.

.050” over on a 3.91 bore is 3.96

Thinking taller was better (8022), only had 1 2176 but never had a use for it at the time.

I always ran the 8022 because of the height, but the last few I got (5-7 years ago) the ports were terrible for consistency, makes me think I should have tried the 2176. All water under the bridge now,thanks much! Imca won’t let you grind anything, supposedly.

If may ask 92b how does the 2176 compare to the 8022 power wise? Thanks!

I guess their true colors were shown, think you’re doing everything right and still get in a pickle. You definitely got a reason to be pissed! Been in on afew inheritance deals that we had concerns about and it all turned out ok, but you never know. I would imagine your folks are rolling in...

Sorry to hear this, money does funny things. Your folks are the ones who should have written their will differently but probably this was accepted as plenty good when they had it drawn up. If you have any net worth it is really a chore to keep up with ever changing tax laws that can really...

Low comp 340 had 4 valve relief’s iirc.

When I was racing I loved msd box’s and power glides. Darn near any night at any track someone in my class popped a power glide or was walking thru the pits with a msd box in there hand, no finish, no points. I do know the newer glides are pretty much bulletproof, not sure about msd box’s. They...

How are unemployment rates figured? There are a lot of working age people around here doing nothing. Disabled deadbeats that can do anything I can enjoyment wise, but are on Medicaid and living good, a real burr in my ***. Guess my folks raised me wrong.

In the long run I ran Hughes adjustable pushrods on the rest of my motors, they are kind of a stinker to set also.

If you are shimming the shaft with .125” worth of shims you are moving the rocker up roughly that far, so, the pushrod side grows roughly that much as does the valve side. I did stock magnum rockers on a sft cam with regular pushrods and used arbor shims to set valve lash under the pedestal, a...

I haven’t built a street motor in 45 years, I’ve had some good 318 and 360’s and some dogs of both also. In my early years I built some real dogs putting a bigger cam and such on a stock shortblock, you sure don’t forget those ones! Not everyone agrees with ol’ Aj but he is spot on if you want...

Maybe oil pan and pickup. Intake, and then the cracked heads, that’s another cluster…. Front end stuff can all be swapped over. Not a real big deal for most people, million posts on this subject.

Bingo! MOST LA motors need bored, the decks are all over the place front to back side to side. MOST magnums never need bored and the decks are even Steven, they are right at 9 to1, LA,s are all over the place usuall quite low for compression. So your LA now needs bored and decked and a set of...