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If you are using them for interior decorating, then coordinate them with your interior colors. Forget about what color the engines were.

Very recently there was a guy in Seattle selling a couple of Hemi slants. You could double-check CL.

Well, Moparchick, at this point the engine is currently being built on the stand while I try to get the car through DEQ ( smog emissions) with the stock engine. Once it passes, I get can get 2 years of smoggy-free use out of the car, or even apply for lifetime plates. I have not yet...

Yes, the overlap is what gives that cool "cammy" sound. Kind of a bummer since I am running a blower and need to use a cam with very little overlap. Hence, no "rumpity rump" for me. I will have to be content with that whine.

Slant sixes had lousy carburetors. Always a "usual suspect" with any running problems. Also with the ethanol in the gas, the accelerators pumps go away faster.

First: Are you carbing or using forced induction? If carbing, then get the compression up. If blowing, leave it low. Then it is a matter of matching-up the right components that work together: cam/carb/manifold/headers according to the RPM you want to run, the gears you have, etc. The guys on...

I think you get a Lokar cable kit.

That is SUWEET, Sixpakattack!

The reason I bought the valves was only a little bit about size. I liked= that they are high quality, stainless valves. I know that .080 is not a dramatic improvement in size, but frankly, what is the difference between a 1.88 valve and a 1.92 valve? Only .040, yet guys will go out of their way...

Guide checking procedure: If you can wiggle the valves back and forth in the guides without the springs installed, they need knurling ( which few guys really want to do anymore) or replacement. As far as your valve size and installation, I have the same ones sitting in a box, so I am waiting...

I also like the dual carb look. But the look I like even better is the "blower-with-Hilborn-scoop-through-the-hood" look. That is what I am starting on right now. Got my blower, engine, pistons and oversized valves. Just need to finish my car's interior and paint and then it will be time to...

He either means 3.395 or his block is bored .050 over with .005 attributed to wear.

Milling the head and bringing up the compression is the first and best thing you can do once you have established that the engine is in good shape. Without this, a cam means little and a 4bbl means even less. You can mill the head .060-.100 or deck the block, or a combination of the two...

That's cool. Enjoy your store-bought cookie cutter car. :D

I am 51, and have had my fill of "normal" engines and cookie cutter hotrods. Look! There's a Duster! Open the hood! Oh, its a crate 360. *yawn*