Recent content by Michael Harrington

No one has mentioned that wrapping headers causes the metal to rot much more quicky than not wrapped. Wrapping hold moisture too.

The hobby is all about tinkering. Often things are purchased and installed that don't improve acceleration but are part of the hobby. Think engine dress up kits- yellow spark plug wires and those big Accell super coils back in the day. Yes, those parts were legit performance parts but most...

You say its got "Original Headers." It has headers the previous owner or one of the previous owners installed OR it has the cast iron exhaust manifolds? Headers for old mopars works like this. TTI and Dougs fit the best- do NOT route any tubes under front end components resulting in lessened...

Should do a budget build like the Sunday morning cable TV shows do it. Edelbrock heads, hyd roller cam, roller tip adjustable rocker arms, full MSD billet ignition, Holley sniper fuel injection, and the best part- a set of E3 Sparkplugs!!

It's easy to spend other people's money.

I like the plan layed out by 318 will run. I also like a high stall converter but be warned- they are not cheap! Get it running and running as well as it can and enjoy. For future power increases you could work on a separate pair of heads. For the newbie try not to think of it as porting but...

4spdragtop asked: "So did you have your dual quad manifold drilled for magnum heads?" I have a new set of EQ Magnum heads that are drilled for LA intake manifolds. In the future- I will build a carbureted 360 to replace the OBD1 318 that's in the truck currently and the 360 will use the EQ...

4spdragtop that is a great looking 273. The oOffy and probably the Edelbrock dual quad manifolds were specifically made for the 273 only. When the 318 came along it worked on those because the heads were the same. But no one tooled up and made a low profile under hood dual quad for the LA340...

On my mini tubbed Dakota I recently did the intake manifold plenum plate re seal. While the keg was removed I set my Offenhauser dual quad on the 5.2 as well as a Weiand Tunnel Ram. The 273/318 Offy probably will work great with OEM Magnum heads. The Magnum heads have smaller intake ports than...

The air cleaner assembly may have had great value by itself but cutting it up? Ouch!

Neat set up. Edelbrock D64 manifold. Looks like a factory Hemi air cleaner assembly?

Offenhauser never made a dual Pane intake manifold. Their low-profile manifolds are a split plenum single plane. Not the single plane design like a Victor or Torker either. 50s tech. They made a "Dual Port" which does not accomplish the claims Offy made. Offys Tunnel Rams and Port O sonic single...

Too many attempts at humor with puns. Just like the Batman and Robin movie with Alicia Silverstone. Connor MacGregor played himself and its unbearable to watch.

Dyno runs are interesting and beneficial but I noticed sometimes the engine that makes the most peak power does not necessarily cross the finish line first. I like to use large displacement V8s as an example. Take the 440 six pack and the 455 Stage 1- vs the Chevy LS-6 454. The 440 and 455 had...

Many already knew that Apollo Creed was modeled after Muhamad Ali but many don't know Stallone wanted Apollo to have the Ken Norton physique. So much so he had Ken audition for the part. But Kens a boxer and Stallone was worried Norton would actually be dangerous to film scenes with. So, Wethers...