Recent content by boilermaker

Thanks to all who have posted here . You know, after coming down from super pissed off mode, my head was cleared to digest the damage. I think the door can be saved ( fingers crossed). Quarter is not terrible . I hope the old paint can be matched.

Thanks, I'll give them a call tomorrow. Many parts have come from them for my car. They are always great to deal with .

Heading south 404 to 401 lots of braking and "pos" following too close, in right lane to me. Driver swerved to the left and tagged a suv on passenger side bumper. This turned him 90 deg into my lane. I had no place to go. OPP charged driver with careless. Thank God no one was hurt.

Thanks, Once Hagarty is done, I'll check with Keith

Hello all, Bad day yesterday . My 1968 Dart GT convertible was side swiped on the highway. Now I’m looking for some body parts. I’m looking for passenger fender, Passenger door ( are convertible doors different than hardtop). Passenger quarter and GT side trim. I’m up in Toronto Canada . Closer...

I Great tip! Mocking up with heads on, and pushrods in. The link bar buttons lose some clearance at full lift. Back to a bit more clearance grinding.

Hello All, Just wondering what minimum clearance is required between link bar ,button and pin to block would be acceptable? I'm using Comp 828-16 lifters in my 318 roller block. After grinding I can get a .015" feeler gauge all around and under the pin to block. I'm concerned about growth when...

I have small scuff on the cylinder side of the top and a small scuff on the bottom cam side. This I would expect due to lifter angle. I have not measured. I’ll check that tonight.

More street than strip. My 318 with the solid 528 Flat tappet, 3.91,3200 stall 904 28” tire ran 13.0 Last year. I was hopping for 12’s this year with the hydraulic roller. The spring pressure is 340lbs at 1.188 and close to 110 closed .

Thank you for the information. A lot of people never look for the problem that takes out parts. I read a lot about "it died and they sent me a new one". In my line of work (boilers and furnaces) most manufactures don't care about their products when it comes to operational defects or parts...

I had all pushrod holes opens up (eddy 60779). This cam was new this season. Had springs changed to meet cam card. I put about 600 miles on assembly. The lifters were sometimes a bit noisy after car sat for a week or so. All in all it worked great. I really need to watch the tach once I’m back...

A rotator might be a good idea to keep pushrod cup from staying in one place?

I was setting preload to .045" . The marks on lifter were about .070". I'll take apart another pair of good lifters once i get my new set. Just wondering if the push rod plunger rotates?

Hello everyone. Autopsy done on collapsed ( crane hydraulic roller) lifters. 3 that collapsed had markings inside lifter body ( see pics). Pushrod cup didn’t want to come out. After I got them out , I found the marks on the inner bore of the lifters on the cylinder side only not any marks on...

Who has these rivets? They are hard as hell. I used a grinder to remove rivet and washer. Then a punch to get remainder out. Do any oem use link bars?