Recent content by BillGrissom

Best to detail your engine and car whenever asking an engine question. I had to scroll down to post #46 to learn. Easiest is the 8-pin GM HEI module (1985-95) with their coil and cable which connects the two. Many posts and TrailBeast here use to sell as a kit for those who don't go to...

"... where street races are held at least once a month" Is this a public road and not closed for racing by authorities? If so, strange the Police wouldn't learn of the regular races and shut it down. Race tracks have provisions for safety. Paul Walker ("Fast and Furious") died in showing off...

A 4th option is to install a Ford 8.8 rear-end. That is mostly done by drag racers and not needed for a slant-six. It gives disk brakes. Not trivial since one side must be shortened by cutting and re-welding, then using a shorter-side axle on that now-shortened side. Several posts with...

slant6dart76 has an 8-1/4, as is junkyardhero post 28. Just count the 10 bolt (5 below in post 26). A 7-1/4 has 9 bolts. Oops. Just noticed that 7-1/4 also has 5 bolts on the lower half, and we can't see the upper half in post 26, so agree slant6dart76 has a 7-1/4 rear-end.

Often true that those GM-style coil-in-cap distributors are too wide, so interfere with the firewall. Also pricey. GM changed to an external coil in 1985, using their "small cap" distributor, even though their small-block had room for a coil-in-cap.

If picking parts, you also grab the GM coil and the cable which connects the 8-pin module to the coil, so no custom-wiring for that. The coil has a white wire for tach signal. Also clip the pickup wire and cable. The 8-pin module is inside the "small-cap" distributor. The pickup connector is...

Easiest and cheapest is the Ningbo "ready to run" distributor on ebay. I put one on my 1965 Dart 273 ($45) with the e-core coil ($20) (both from seller Steve White Performance). Not avail for slant-six. I also found a spare module ($15 ebay), which I think is used in some Japanese cars...

Thanks for splaining your setup. Is that WWC carburetor correct PN for a slant? volaredon above said that some Super-Six came with a WWC instead of a BBD. There were also WWC and BBD models for much larger Mopar engines (and other makes).

Why I said to check the PN. But, even a carb for a 318 would be oversized for a 225 slant. I understand the BBD on slants had a lower CFM rating than for a 318. A 4 bbl carb can be even more over-sized on a slant, unless you can find one of the rare and expensive 370 cfm 4 bbl. An...

Besides having a 2 bbl Stromberg WWC carburetor, other things are much different than a 1966 slant. I doubt due to Canada. Yours has an EGR intake manifold, which I don't think was until the mid-1970's. Even California cars with the Clean Air Package in 1966 had only a few additions like PCV...

Rockauto shows Centric 123.63020 for your car (1976 Dart, front disks). Their Centric listings are best since give all dimensions and photos. Strange if your rear wheel bolt circles was 5x4"D. Does your spare wheel fit both front and rear? You can find many photos how to measure bolt circle...

Yes, have rebooted both PC's several times since I have seen similar behaviour for over 6 months. Typing is working OK today, on this web page.

As stated, I have used 2 different PC's for the FABO site, both running Win 10 Home w/ latest Chrome browser. As I said, it behaves better on this page, but is bad on other pages. Popups seem less frequent on this page. It also behaved better in Edge, not totally losing the cursor, sometimes...

You can google my past posts with photos. Parallel-reversed diodes with a forward drop ~0.5 V (at ~100 A). I measured ~0.75 V drop in the ammeter circuit at ~50 A output. The diodes I used are rated ~200 A and need a heat sink (can be the copper wires). Don't try it unless you understand...

Reason for the "MAD Bypass", though that disables the dash ammeter. Some owners instead install a dash voltmeter. I added a shunt diode to my 3 1960's Mopars so that increasing currents begin flowing direct from alternator to BAT+. The ammeter is still active, but doesn't peg. My cars have...