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Gas will eat JB weld. Strain the gas through a coffee filter and reuse it wherever. TopHat

Ethanol will eat up ANY rubber parts not rated for ethanol, such as fuel pump diaphragms, fuel lines, rubber accelerator pumps ect. There is also a LOSS in fuel economy on engines not specifically designed for ethanol. TopHat

The cardiologist only has to work on one make, and two models, that haven't chanced in 5000 years. TopHat

No no no, shooting them is to quick and easy of a death for them. It should be legal to chain them up and drag them behind the car, just barely faster then they can run. It is ok to stop dragging when the piece of meat will no longer stay on the chain. TopHat

Right now I bounce between NC and SC, eventually I will be living on the east side of Lancaster SC. TopHat

You may want to look at what happened to me running a fixed 4 blade fan. see here TopHat

The front grill is not from a 64, looks more like a 66, though they do seem to interchange. Sweptline.org might have more info for you. TopHat

Hot Rod Gang - The Stray Cats

1.No real way to know if it has been rebuilt without opening it up. I don't know of any "industry standard" way of marking a rebuilt engine. Every machine shop seems to do it different, at least around here. 2. It depends on how the compression was checked, and how long the engine was...

Watch out on buying an aftermarket slant 6 cam. I have read on slantsix.org that there have been problems with aftermarket cams shearing oil pump drive gears. The problem seems to be with more then one manufacturer. Some people over there suggest having a stock cam reground. Regrinding the...

I posted my Dart on this thread about a year ago, of course things have changed on it since then so I figured I would post some updated pictures. Some of the things I have changed. Replaced the tired 170 slant with a freshened 225 and super six. Moved up from a 9" to 10" clutch...

I saw the title to this thread, and thought some REAL Challengers got hurt, then I read it and seen that we were talking about the new, plastic, thing that is being called a Challenger. I see no great loss, it is not like these things will, in 30 years, be worth anywhere near what a REAL...

Wow, cant believe this thread got this far without mention of my all time favorite band, The Grateful Dead. Though I like all kinds of music, I was, am, and forever shall be a Deadhead first and foremost. TopHat

If you don't need the cat chop it off, for "off road" purposes only of course :wink: If you do need the cat, drill a 1/8 to 3/16" hole in front of the cat, use a metal tapered adapter to hook a vacuum/fuel pressure gauge in to the hole. Run the engine at 2000 rpm and look at the gauge...

I too have to throw in for the slant. The 225 slant gives up almost 100 cubes to a 318. Yes a stock slant has about 7.5 to 7.8 compression. Most later 318's (what you can realistically find in the junkyards or trader paper) are in the low 8's for compression. At Summit a set of speedpro...

I said that a STOCK 318 wont have much more power then a GOOD slant. I stand by that, especially an 80's low compression 2bbl 318. I even had one rebuilt to stock specs, bored 0.030 and it was just a big disappointment. To correctly put a small block in an A body where a slant was is a lot of...

A lot of people hate eBay due to scumbag deadbeat bidders. I have stopped selling because of them, though I may go back to it some day. TopHat

When I recently had the engine out of my 63 Dart, I mocked up a truck 833OD. Though I don't remember there being a crossmember issue, I did discover that a driveshaft from a 77 Volare (904 I think) came really close to fitting, was maybe 0.25" to 0.5" to long. TopHat

Switching out a good slant for a stock 318 really ain't worth it. Less mpg and not much more power, plus it is a bigger pain in the *** to work on. Cut the head on the 6 about .100 and put at least a 2bbl on it, you will be quite close to a 318, put a cam in it and you can easily be more...

Try GIMP2, it is supposed to be as powerful as photo shop, and it is free ware. http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html I have it and it works, I just haven't learned that much about it yet. TopHat

Gotta love the General TopHat

There are VERY FEW aluminum slant heads floating around, all prototypes from the 70's. Even the "aluminum" slant had an iron head, on an aluminum block. No such thing as an "aftermarket" aluminum head, lots have been talked about but none ever made it past the "talking" stage. It is said over on...

As far as I know you need a new windshield to fix that. TopHat

I have heard the "key" to not blowing a 7-1/4 is to not do one wheel burnouts. With a big engine, you just have to take it real easy till you find an upgrade. TopHat

"Statistics are meaningless, you can use statistics to prove anything thats remotely true." Homer Simpson I know I feel much safer being surrounded by people with guns, then being surrounded by doctors. TopHat

Thanks for the link. TopHat

Truckers strike ain't going to work. Not enough truckers will do it. Way to many of them that cant afford a week off. Way to many trucking company's that will fire them for sitting out for a week. Way to many people to take the the jobs. The people with goods to ship, will find a way to ship...

Yeha, I am looking for anyone who is junking these trucks too. My wife has an 86 4X4 that she just loves. It has been in her family since new, and she has fond memories of it. I am forced to try to keep this pile of sheite running. The only good thing I can say about this truck is it made one...

I have never had a problem making a mess adjusting slant valves with the valve cover off. On a chivvy yes, but never on a slant. TopHat

I like to do it running with the engine at a stable temp. I think running is MUCH easier, No making sure the cam is on the back side of the lobe, nothing to confuse you. Just turn your idle down as low as it will stay running. 300~400 rpm for my old 170. The easy way to know you got it "right"...