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I try to look for the good in people first and I try not to view the world through dip **** colored glasses. I say this as a self-admitted moron.

People who have had a wheel fall off are probably just " Lazy, unconcerned dipshits". I don't believe that.

Wow. Three examples of wheels comming off vehicles from members. Sounds like they are all grateful no one else was involved. Imagine the verbal beating they would get here if it would have caused the melee in that video.

Seems like anytime an accident happens there are some who blame the cause of the accident as the person being a moron, idiot or stupid. I think it gives them some comfort to believe that something like this could never happen to them because they are neither a moron, idiot or stupid.

Take it to a shop that can braze or weld cast iron. If I was doing the repair I would choose brazing. After that I would use a stud if possible. Might want to have the rest of the block checked first in case you find something else wrong with the block that makes it unusable. Good luck with your...

I guess you got the last word in. Couldn't resist?

I agree with you. I only shop at stores that allow perverts to use the mens bathroom. Cool shirt!

Which book is that in? Thank you.

Does anybody have the measurments for the 440 8 bolt crank register diameter and the bolt circle diameter and spacing? I need to make an adapter for the dyno. Thank you.

Just found this youtube video on pinion angle.

Sounds right. The .5 to 3 degees is what's recommended. Keep in mind working angle is dependent on the speed of the driveshaft. Think rock crawler vs race car. The higher the driveshaft speed the less working angle you can get away with. If you want to learn about u-joint working angles and how...

Does the dye get sucked into the flow bench? Does it cause any problems or is it messy? Thank you.

Here is a link to a video of my circle track car (metric 4 link) on our dyno to see and measure pinion wrap. First let me say that the shock is not bent. The lens on the gopro makes it look that way. The 3" mark is the at rest zero. I know I should have marked it differently. Anyway, the rod...

Loving every minute of it.

True, but if we got rid of every thread that asked a question that could have been lookup or answered somewhere else there wouldn't be much of a forum left. Sometimes you hve to put up with stuff you don't like to enjoy the part you do.

I was waiting for that. Everybody drink now.

I think the problem is when when people don't understand the difference between 5 degrees relative to the ground and 5 degrees relative to the centerline of the crankshaft. The numbers we read on the protractor or angle finder are relative to the ground. You can say it doesn't matter and be...

Would steeper angles benefit more from a port that has a more straight on approach to the valve from the intake runner? And less so from a stock head where the floor is low and flat and no room for a radius on the short side? See picture

In my opinion what old man mopar said is right but he left out the math part. After you have the pinion and crank shaft centerline parallel to each other measure the pinion angle relative to the ground. For example: If the crankshaft centerline is angled down (from front to rear) 2 degrees...

The angle needs to be calculated relative to the crankshaft centerline angle. Opinions differ as to how much this should be. It should be front of pinion lower than parallel to the crankshaft centerline. If someone thinks this is wrong jump in.

This is just my opinion. If both surfaces are final machined and you keep track and replace the gaskets in the same orientation as when mocked up then yes. You can torque them short of your final torque spec in mockup. I save old gaskets ( in good condition) for mocking things up. If you end...

It's a mechanical cam. Don't forget to add valve lash. Also if coil bind is going to be close I like to measure actual coil bind of the springs. Then the actual lift of the valves with a dial indicator. All this mocked up with the valve springs you are using and on the engine it's going on. I...

Have all your numbers handy and give comp a call.

Subtract your valve lash from the lift.

Sorry if I ruffled your feathers. I know you are trying to help. But you can see where a person could be confused or mislead by your post. I think you would agree the part about the rear end being upside down was key to the information you provided. Nobody is perfect. We all make mistakes. I...

I didn't see here where the rear end was upside down when you measured it.

So when you say you always set your rear ends with the front of the pinion pointing down toward the ground at a 5 degree angle relative to the ground this is with the rear end upside down?

So with rear end out of the car and the spring pads level to the ground the front of the pinion is angled down 5 degrees relative to the ground?

When you set your pinion at 5 degrees, is that measured relative to the ground? If not what is the 5 degrees relative to?

So the bottom is correct? It looks like the crank centerline and the pinion are both at zero degrees relative to the ground.