Recent content by Mean416

It's one of those things where you'd probably be alright but a small chance you wouldn't. If it was me I'd pull the caps to inspect the bearings. Same for the rods. But I'd reuse the current bolts and windage tray.

We had these made up for a recent customer project. They allow easy and secure attachment of harnesses, hoses, etc to frame tubes. Simply attach with a hose clamp, and secure items in a very clean fashion to a tube. They're zinc plated so they won't rust. $30/pack of 10 $50/pack of 20...

The making scrap metal variety lol My next toys will be a sheet laser and a mill...

Guys will spend a few hundred bucks on a big stick but don't want to drop $2500 on a good torque converter, gears, and locker. For those guys it's better to go safe.

The other aspect of this is that guys like Earlie and PBR (rip), are getting heads to experiment with. I'm sure there are many castings in the graveyard before you really start producing worthwhile results. Better to buy some TF or Bloomers and move in with life, it'd be a lot cheaper

You don't need a flow bench.... For bench racing :lol: :poke:

Great post and thank you for sharing! The more I see of this stuff the more I realize I wouldn't mess with my own heads.

You will never find a consensus here on anything. I gap my rings first then clean them with soapy water followed by drying and wiping down with engine oil. I definitely wouldn't try rubbing off any coatings. The ring manufacturers put down what they put down for a reason. Think about it like...

How do the posted variances stack up to say, a factory sbm? How about a more modern factory engine? Short of something exotic, I can't imagine OEMs will spend any time trying to match things up as finely.

By modern standards, all stock layout heads (edelbrocks, SM, TF, etc, ported or not) are undersized for all displacements 318+. Compare a modern LS/Hemi/Coyote head to any stock layout Mopar head. Big difference.

@273 Honestly man, I'm pretty sure you know the math/theory here and you also know there's an abundance of dyno data out there to back up what you already know. Really not sure the objective of the thread here (not that there needs to be one). What are the performance criteria? All things...

Cool color!

If you have a good condition Magnum the bores might be good enough with a ball hone cleanup. Find a set of pistons and a crank, check all the clearances and put it together. I'd advise looking in the sale section on this site, guys selling good parts there all the time. Don't get in a huge...

Maybe he's saying all in at 3500? What's initial timing?

The TF head is a somewhat modern head design. It's a better head, and will make more power everywhere than the eddy, ootb. Regardless of displacement.