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Along time ago, I pulled a 318 out of a 67 belvedere, it had a factory single plane and a 2 barrel Stromberg carb. I shoved it in my 72 Demon complete with 727 Trans. Rear was 8 34 with 2.94 gears. Engine was real loose worn. Tuned it as best as I could, points you know.Decided to move to NJ...

I will guess input shaft sheared. But a thorough investigation will be in order to find this problem. any noises with the engine running and in park or neutral?

accumulator piston spring [Just a guess] or a slow releasing manual low band.[maybe servo]. How does it shift when just placed in drive [from a stop].

junkyard, in a pickup, motorhome or a van

8 3/4 is expensive to build a strong version. 8 1/4 is way more common because of the variety of vehicles it was used in. [jeeps etc.] So it has support from the 4wd community. That makes it easier to build. Still it has the C clips but they dont seem to be troublesome like the gm C clip axles.

Not much to do. the E body spindles will bolt to the 73 and up A body suspension. if you have an older A you will need the 73 and up, upper control arms. If you don't have the spindles, look for the later A body spindles or F or M body spindles. the lower ball join will be the 73 and up disc...

what a brain that guy has. must be a genius

pinion length is different [axle centerline to center of U-joint] Dana has a longer pinion. About an inch. could be compensated for with the right parts. [special yoke etc.]

not sure bout mounting them on a 7 inch wide rim though. might need to stick with the 205's at minimum

14 inch tires are still very common. you can get some goodyear viva's in a 195 75 R 14 at walmart. Fairly inexpensive and they would be just a touch narrower that the 205's. 205 70 r14 could be an option too.

ARP studs, billet caps and a stud girdle. I believe hughes makes a girdle for the small block. splayed caps are an option but I am not sure if they're worth the hassle. It depends how far you're gonna twist the thing. It is a cast steel crank I presume.

the problem is that all the machine shops are disappearing and the older dudes that had the knowledge on the older stuff are disappearing too. It's a tight margin when you have to compete with turn-key crate engines that are tested before they get shipped. I believe the younger fellow who took...

well, this topic could open a large can of worms but worms can be a healthy nutritional snack so I will take a stab at it. If you twist the distributor to increase the timing and the rpms immediately jump up then you need the extra timing [more initial advance] if you twist it some more and it...

10 to 1 or if you got a large cam maybe a bit higher. [you can bleed off compression with a big cam]. I'm being on the safe side here IMHO. Big blocks tend to get touchy in the street with too much compression.

ok. If that is the case then someone did an extremely good job of cutting the two holes [each about 4 inches] and drilling the holes for the studs and on the inner structure of the hood. Maybe I can get some pics to show what I am talking about.