How would you retain the lifter dog bones? Older LA blocks don't have the bosses cast into the block in the valley for the lifter spider bolts. Plus, I believe the lifter bores are shorter and would uncover the oil grooves on the lifters.
The seals for a 68, 69, 70... are all the same. They only changed HOW they install. Later ones go in from the front. Just get one and pound it in. Don't overthink it.
One has the seal install from the front and one has the seal install from the backside. That new one is like the later model version (76-and later I believe?) which installs the seal from the front.
Yeah, if it's a 2-corner idle deal, it won't have idle mixture screws on the secondary side. Pretty easy to tell if you look at it closely.
edit - or you can look up the list number to see if it's supposed to have 2- or 4-corner idle adjustment.
For what it's what, I think Firm Feel has them for $400 plus whatever they charge for shipping. Still a stupid price in my opinion, but if you can't find a used one and you can't get a slant six version to work, what else are you gonna do?
Thank you. What tires do you run up front?
Maybe the early Valiants and Barracudas had less room for a rear tire than the early Darts. The 315/60/15 drag radials fit like a glove in my '66 Dart.
I'm a firm believer that it's the skill and know-how that makes the paint job, not necessarily the equipment. Good painters can lay down a paint job with a cheap gun much better than a newbie with an expensive gun. Me?? It doesn't really matter. I can paint runs with an expensive gun just as...