Recent content by Numax

the top fender blinker lights are stupid expensive as well, would be nice to see some new ones under 50$ for a change

not discouraging at all, if it was easy everyone would do it. you think the stock 318 heads with the larger 360 valves crammed in and fairly extensive porting would pull the best from both worlds? I know this thread has gone a bit off topic but my original question was answered in the first...

Stock flat pistons, honestly if it broke over 300hp I would be happy but if I just try to make that I know I wont get there. Im hoping that the heads will be enough with porting and 360 valves. I might have them decked as well to lower cpr. 10:1 would be ideal but it will probably end up being...

haha its ok, great story. I had a feeling it was out of place but I couldn't stop reading. After reading for a few days I've decided that the cam I have is definitely way to big. Since this is going to be a street car I'm going with a small cam, probably just a hair larger than stock with a...

Thanks for the insight. I had a feeling the shaft would be low quality but I planned on using one of the stock sets I have. I also read that people have had problems with the shaft size being off a few tenths but as long as the rockers fit on the stock ones i was just gonna junk the one that...

After discussion on my previous thread about what parts I have I've decided to completely rebuild the valve train in my 318. The purpose of this thread is not only to follow along as I rebuild this motor but ask questions that I cannot find the answer to. But to start with I need some help...

Are the speedmasters bad? I know they wouldnt be anything like harlands but is there any horror stories I should know about before going with them?

Digital Calipers, I was holding it as centered as I could.I measured close to ten times and my final measurements seemed the most accurate. I have a Dial indicator on the way so I can scrap all my old measurements and get it 100% dead on.

I didn't know cam grinding was so cheap, an old friend of mine used to build stock car sb mopars back in the day I'm hoping he will be able to accurately measure the cam for me. If it wasn't right I was going to buy a new one but if its that cheap to regrind then I'll have that done instead. Thanks!

Thanks everyone for the help, I feel like I have a pretty good handle on what needs to be done now. Awesome community!

Good point, not something I considered. I'm hoping that this cam has a shortish duration because I'm looking for a low rpm power and torque curve but I'll find out when I get everything set up to measure it, thanks!

awesome thanks for clearing up the process and for the tip

So I Measured a few times and got a Max valve lift of 0.498 and 0.5115. Ive noticed that it varies about 0.003, I remember reading somewhere that hydraulic cams are ground at an angle to rotate the lifters, could this be why I'm not getting dead on measurements? Should I measure each side of a...

Put this together to show what I've been measuring

ok, I'll remeasure it once more with less haste. I measured the cam itself so it couldn't have been the lifters or anything but I'll break out the digital calipers this time.