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So there is a 440 on craigslist that I spoke with the owner about, it is from a 77 RV, it has 902 casting heads, I have heard of 906's of course, but what's the scoop on 902's? I am sure it is a low compression work horse, and reportedly has low miles. From what I'm told the motor mounts from...

My duster is running again, and it's all thanks to Greg from berkeley, jomoper, and Big D from South San Jose, after going thru three different setups I got it right last night and drove the car, smooth as can be, and I have to give some credit where credit is definitely due. I have enough parts...

I need an 8 1/4 or 8 3/4 for my duster asap, I blew my 7 1/4. I am in San Jose, ca. Please let me know what you have, I just need my car to run. Thanks!

The new engine isn't even broken in yet, barely 250 miles, I have never even pushed it passed 5000-5200 rpm yet,and I was just leaving a stopligt on santa teresa here in san jose and I heard a snap-ting! sound, and I drove it back home, it was a loud sound, very loud, I heard it twice more and...

I broke in the new engine today, there were a few challenges gettin it all sewed up and running but I got it! It runs good. Pulls hard! For a 318 it will suprise the crap out of you.. So here's the question: How do you get the last two header bolts on the driver side tight enough? I got an...

I bought a craftsman valve spring compressor and was putting some Isky toolroom springs on my 302's, they are a single spring with a damper. They bent the valve spring compressor. Has this happened to any of you? Now the heads are on, but I want to replace the valve seals, I got some new ones...

I have TRW pushrods pn# 48814 and the only length I can find listed is 7.492 hydraulic with adjustable rockers. My calipers aren't big enough to measure these right, I am concerned because the length listed by comp cams for their pushrods for this applicaion is 7.389. So, which is correct? Do...

Found cracks in the saddles around the cam bearings and in the oil galley, and valley area. So, I got another block today. This is what I am putting together this week. 1972 318 .030 over with KB silvolite pistons -4 valve reliefs, .068 in the hole New durabond bearings thru out...

Can someone tell me the correct size plug screw to buy to plug the little outlet below the exhaust port on 302 heads? I want to get the right ones, also, what material should they be? Iron, stainless, bronze? Thanks guys.

It was ground by Cal Cams, numbers are 275-10-S 31A with the initials TJ. The solid lifters had an extra deep oiling groove, like REALLY deep. 1/4 inch or more. It is in great shape and was supposed to be pretty big. I'd like to find the spec's but I googled cal cams and all that came up were...

3 of the cam bearings in my 318 were cracked. Do I have a cracked block? I JUST bought this motor today, was supposed to be pretty fresh.

I have stock early 9.2 cr pistons in my 318, is a 150hp shot too much?

They have a "O" where an x or J would be, does anyone know what these came off? They are uncut, 2.02/1.60 valves.

With a 318, if I am running a 221@.050/489 lift single pattern on a 108 would a single plain work well? I have a P4532851 M1 single plane and the port size is much smaller than an air gap, but my regular performer really hasn't anything to offer above 5500-5600 rpm. My concern is that the plenum...

I saw in a 415 hp 318 build in engine masters they shaved some smog heads down .050 and ran it with stock pushrods and non-adjustable rockers, with a pretty big comp cam. I called comp and they said it's not a problem. Now, that seems pretty wild to me, but if I were to shave say, .040 off and...

There is a ridge at the top of my cylinders, how much ridge can I allow before I have to bore it? I also need to check for taper, I know, but for an emergency rebuild...Please help, I'm in trouble. My primary transpo has messed up on me bad.

I drove it to auto zone to buy a tach so I could do my cam swap this weekend. I got back home, installed it. When I started the car back up, there was a very strong racket coming from the block, like there was no oil in the top end. I hear a similar sound occasionally, and I hear lifter noise at...

So, I have had the duster at home for about 10 days, bought it from a mechanic, and the guy had 8 quarts of oil in it. It was making some pretty scary clacking sounds deep inside, I got worried! I changed it, was shocked at how much was in there. Put in about 4 1/2 quarts of VR1 and the clacking...

So can I use a starter from a dakota or durango? They are smaller right?

If you could build a 318 for the street, using anything you wanted, what would you do? I have a mountain of parts and plenty of time, but I keep leaning back on what I've done before. I want to do something really cool with one of these teens I got laying around, and don't want to do the same...

So the duster I'm buying has a 318 in it with an rv cam and etc, but with the deal I'm getting a second 318, so my next logical choice is a 390. I know there are a few guys around here who have done it, and I'd like to ask if there are any issues specific to this build that I should know so I...

This is gonna be Fun! Picked a cam, pricing a ring and pinion, getting this party started!!

My new project has a 318 with 308 heads, and I'm gonna do the deal on it, and I am gonna swap out the cam for a 20-600-4 thumpr from comp cams. I don't wanna have to take these heads off to get them machined for a double spring, so I was wondering if an 1102 from hughes engines would work right...

So, it's been a minute since I've posted, as many of you may remember I had to sell my dart to keep the family fed, things were rough this year and I had to make it happen, so I did what I had to do. It would tear a hole in me every time I'd turn on speed channel, or when I'd be out and about...

Before I order any parts I want to make sure I got this right... 4.28 bore, 3.38 stroke, 84cc chamber, .038 gasket, piston is a kb162 ( +5cc), .005 in the hole, should turn out to be 9.2:1 with an .044 quench. Am I right? I wanna get it perfect this time... The stealth heads and XE275HL cam...

Has anyone here run stealth heads on a 383? 440 source also has 915's but that's a real good price for some aluminum heads.. I know I'm out of the loop on these, just wondering if anyone here is running them and how they worked out? I'm trying to shave as much weight as possible. The build so...

Can 516 heads have the exhaust valve and port bored out to the same size as a 915? The bigger exhaust valve would be a huge improvement, and with the closed chamber I could achieve a good quench.. I have some 915's that were decked too much, with my setup. I got kb flattops and I'd end up with...

If any of you have a 67-72 dart available for a pro street project please let me know. I'd like to find an old race car or unfinished project with tubs or spring relo already done. It need not have engine, tranny, interior, etc. I can do the rest. Complete body, steering and suspension are most...

so I hard to make the hard choice, and I sold the dart. I got kids. No work since Jan 15. So anyway, I've been looking on craigslist and everywhere else I can think of to find another dart to start. I only have 500 left out of several thousand, that's what it took to get us out of the hole. So...

I got the dart running strong, the new cam is excellent, great power from about 2200 all the way to 6200 which is as far as I have pushed it. I had noticed without thinking that the amp meter had not been moving with the revs before we started the swap but the break in went smooth and everything...