No,no,no!
I’m not a auto mechanic. I don’t fix stuff.
I’m a hot rod guy. I make stuff. I soup stuff up.
No, I will not soup up your stuff, my stuff has to be faster than yours.
Yes, more rpm. Thats why I said tunnel ram. Both engine builds he posted used RPM airgaps. If he can’t get there with the ram alone, porting both heads and ram needs to be done.
And higher compression to increase efficiency. With aluminum heads he should be able to pump gas it at 11.3-11.5 to 1.
Back in the 80’s, Quaden dodge sold their 68 Hemi Superstock Dart for 85K. That right there should have been a precursor to Hemi car values to come as it was a locally raced and relatively unknown car without the big name pedigree like Landy’s dart or the red light bandit.
Back when mopar did the last 6pack repop for restoration parts I thought the price was stupid, I can’t exactly remember what what it was, but I thought it was way too much. Oh boy was I wrong, I should have bought a dozen of them.
call summit and get a reman carb. When manufacturing, Edelbrock only wet flows every tenth carburetor or so. Some are returned cause they dont work right. All those carbs returned are repaired and every one is wet flowed. Then they are sold at discount and they are basically new carburetors.
Hell, if you don’t have enough engine for it, Just block off the 2 outboard carbs and run it as a 2 barrel. No one will know the difference and those setups seem to just keep going up in price.
I got two, couldn’t sell them. Does that tell you anything? Still even though, I won’t scrap mine. Some day there will be someone who wants one. Even then I won’t be greedy. I’d say 50-100 bucks.
This reminds me of an incident that happened in the late 60’s of a guy home on military leave in the north woods of Wisconsin that while partying with 2 girls in his brand new Hemi charger went off the road and through the woods at speed. The biggest piece of the car they found was the trunk lid...
Y’all couldn’t afford parts if they were still made in the United States and you want to point a finger why, point it at lawyers, insurance companies and the business people in healthcare.
Definitely drive the oil pump with a hand drill to get oil pressure before turning the engine over, even by hand. I didn’t and I spun a rod bearing.
As for fluid to fill cylinders to get it unstuck, my buddy who buys stuck farm tractors uses dot 3 brake fluid ( not synthetic brake fluid) and...