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    Compression leaking to valvetrain

    Hi! My 318 was completelly rebuilt a little over 1400 miles ago. Heads were completelly done (stock specs), compression ratio around 9:1 (Sealed Power 526ap pistons and Mr. GAskets 1121g head gaskets). One day it started making some noise on the drivers side valve train, I took the cover off...
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    Input shaft "play"

    This is a brazilian 4 speed, stock to our Mopars down here. I was cleaning it yesterday and noticed this "play" at the input shaft.Is it supposed to be there? The american 4 speeds, do they have any bit of play? I'm measuring it tonight, got so bummed yesterday I didn't even think of it, but...
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    318 pistons

    Hi! I'm rebuilding my 318 down here in Brazil, on a budget. Our 318's are a bit diferent from yours, for exemple, the stock compression ratio was around 7,5:1 (pistons were as low as 0.149" from the deck). Our gas today has around 15% to 22% ethanol, so a lot more tolerant to compression...
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    318 Heads: bad valve job?

    Hi guys. I´ve just picked my heads back from the machine shop, went checking it and found some "odd" stuff. First: putting a straight edge on the top of the stems, all exaust valve tips are higher than intakes. The difference is around 0,039". As I got the heads assembled, I measured the...
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    Another 76 Brazilian Hardtop

    Introduced myself here more than a year ago....and not much progress has been achieved. Life is definetly gettin in the way...at least I'm having some progresso on other "work fronts", like buying my own house and stuff. This is a brazilian Dodge Dart, they were built here from 1969 to 1981...
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    New guy from Brazil

    Hi, I´m another A-body fan from Brazil! I´m currently restoring a 1976 brazilian Dart, just like my pal alex_borges_br. This is my first car, and I´ve been restoring it since, ah, 2001...yeap, that´s right. Hope to get it done soon, have A LOT of questions! Attaching some pics of how it sits...
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