Looks like a fun hot rod!
Picked up a '65 Valiant 100
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I agree! And would ya believe our hobby started as low buck hotrodding!? Don't tell that to the guy that spnet $50 grand on his 55 Chevy????!!!! ha
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A good find.
But I’m bias...
But I’m bias...
70DartMike
Too many projects
Got it running yesterday, still needs full exhaust. I have a set of Spitfire Early A body headers on it, the collectors dump right into both torsion bars, and the Z bar for the clutch.
My mystery engine holds 65 pounds of oil pressure, which is sweet!!
Has some duration of an unknown cam inside, though it was too loud for me to even guess what it is.
My mystery engine holds 65 pounds of oil pressure, which is sweet!!
Has some duration of an unknown cam inside, though it was too loud for me to even guess what it is.
70DartMike
Too many projects
Been a while since I posted here!
Well, that LA318 with Magnum heads/intake didn't stay in there too long. Started blowing a ton of blue, suspected rings. Then the rear main popped. So I pulled that and installed a '69 318 I bought from a friend, it was in his Barracuda. Again, rings and rear main.. sigh.
So then I painted it dark blue with a white roof, sprayed it in the shop. Should have probably cleaned the shop, oops! Lots of orange peel, dust and dog hair, but it's ok! I didn't pay anyone to do it.
Then I pulled the 2nd 318, and decided to do a home rebuild on the 1st one, the one that had Magnum heads/intake, as it had previously been to the machine shop, hot tanked, new cam bearings and flat top pistons installed. I had since sold the heads, intake, oil through pushrods & lifters to a buddy, but I had LA parts I could put back on. I did a stone hone on the cylinder walls for fresh cross hatch, new rings, new rod and main bearings, new oil pump. Cam is a Comp .488. Still running the Spitfire shorty Early A headers. Welded the slots in the distributor to recurve. Edelbrock 650 with mechanical secondaries, Flowmaster 40's, though I may change those.
Still running the ball & trunion 4 speed, I shortened the driveshaft and installed an A body 8 3/4 I had in the shop.
Broke in the rings/bearings the other day, it's running great, no more smoke, no more leaks.
Well, that LA318 with Magnum heads/intake didn't stay in there too long. Started blowing a ton of blue, suspected rings. Then the rear main popped. So I pulled that and installed a '69 318 I bought from a friend, it was in his Barracuda. Again, rings and rear main.. sigh.
So then I painted it dark blue with a white roof, sprayed it in the shop. Should have probably cleaned the shop, oops! Lots of orange peel, dust and dog hair, but it's ok! I didn't pay anyone to do it.
Then I pulled the 2nd 318, and decided to do a home rebuild on the 1st one, the one that had Magnum heads/intake, as it had previously been to the machine shop, hot tanked, new cam bearings and flat top pistons installed. I had since sold the heads, intake, oil through pushrods & lifters to a buddy, but I had LA parts I could put back on. I did a stone hone on the cylinder walls for fresh cross hatch, new rings, new rod and main bearings, new oil pump. Cam is a Comp .488. Still running the Spitfire shorty Early A headers. Welded the slots in the distributor to recurve. Edelbrock 650 with mechanical secondaries, Flowmaster 40's, though I may change those.
Still running the ball & trunion 4 speed, I shortened the driveshaft and installed an A body 8 3/4 I had in the shop.
Broke in the rings/bearings the other day, it's running great, no more smoke, no more leaks.
70DartMike
Too many projects
8 3/4 is installed, check out that cool banner in the background behind the Barracuda too..
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