Recent content by pearlblue

Back in the pulling days. Stroked 440,727 and 208.

I have 440 Source rockers on my daughters bracket Cuda. One of the adjusters recently broke off with the locknut, and luckily came to rest beside the valve out of the way of the spring. I now carry a spares but plan to upgrade to Harlan's when the Indys get ported. They are rather noisy.

The TTI headers I have would not clear the idler arm nor the torsion bar on the passenger side due to the raised port design of my Indy legend heads. These headers got used for dyno time only as I had to have a custom set made to fit the car.I am not familiar with your KB heads, but you may just...

Since NHRA is requiring all cars (9.99 and quicker) in the e.t. finals to have an oil retention device, what is the setup to use? My car has a Milodon 31460 pan with a single line feeding the pump, and a boxed k member.

I made 6 more passes to get licensed on Saturday so I for sure need to now.I attempted to pull the valve cover last week. Since the 426 Legend heads are studed for the cover, it requires the engine to be raised in order to clear the shock tower that was modified to prevent this issue. Raised...

How often or how many passes down the track should I be checking valve lash? I have 4, 1/4 mile passes and 6, 1/8 mile passes since the valves were checked on the dyno.Thanks in advance for your replies.

The lugnuts on my Dart are flush with the the end of the 3" studs. As long as there is 1/2" of threads on the head of the lugnut (clamping part) holding your wheel on you should be fine. I had my wilwood rotor hats machined .100" on the face that the wheel rests because of this issue. I have not...

About 15 years ago, I was harvesting soybeans and found a small orange parachute hooked to a ballon and a weather recording devise.On the outside of the box were instructions to return (all shipping paid) to the national weather service in Aberdeen South Dakota, about 160 miles to my west.

If you decide to go with the Hemi, stay with stock port location heads. If raised port heads are used, throw the torsion bars away and go RMS or similar front suspension.

Does anyone make headers for Indy 426-1 Legend heads for an A body with stock suspension and manual steering? TTI advised me their headers would work with a little effort, but fixing 1 clearance issue creates another somewhere else. I believe at some point a hammer will be in order. Any help?

I'm putting aluminum diamond plate on the ramp door floor of my enclosed trailer. I was online reading how some guys are using pl 500 for this. Would you trust this to permanently bond or should I use screws, rivets or what?

I checked receipts from the body shop back in 2009 when I did my 69 Roadrunner. After some straightening on both bumpers, the rechrome bill was $737.40

Last week I used my buddies IR 1/2" drive impact (not sure of the #) working on a tractor. It was very impressive and better than any I've used. I would not use it on 3/8" and smaller bolts unless you are careful and yes it was turned all the way down.

Can I buy just the rubber grommet that keeps the accuator rod inside the master? Just wrecked a new one.

Some years ago, there was someone in Hemmings motor news that could trace your cars history for a modest fee. My dads 1955 Chrysler 300 we knew came from Florida, but did not know the car was delivered to a dealer in Daytona Beach. The researcher discovered the car was present at Speedweeks in...