Recent content by mcnoople

You are correct about the casting. I am painting mine to match the engine. It will look just fine painted red and it will better hide the alterations needed for adding PCV.

If you can suck air through it from the hose side and not easily blow air into the hose side then it is still good. Personally I am going with an offenhauser aluminum valve cover when mine goes back together. Adding baffles for PCV and a small threaded port that will allow me to use a PCV...

I have rielly motorsports uca's on mine and 5 degrees of caster never really bothered me much with manual steering. Run the most caster you can get with the proper amount of camber.

A coworker sent me these links. They are tests on a certain off brand fuse. Keep this in mind anytime you are thinking of buying something electrical that is on ebay or looks good in a catalog. If you don't see the problem in the 2 videos then you should learn some basic electrical before you...

At least it isn't another "barn find" or "survivor"

The standard equipment rear axle ratio on a 65 valiant with 225 and auto is 2.93. That info is straight out of the service manual and my 65 matches the info. Of course in the last 50 years the axle could have been changed. If you haven't ever changed your rear diff fluid you should do so and...

Just putting it out there. In recent years GM has had many issues with their V8 engines. Problems like excessive oil consumption and premature engine failure. I have talked to owners that went through 3 engines in 60K miles. 1 guy noticed his engine burning oil and Gm wouldn't do anything...

Does your mercedes have an independent rear suspension? I have never seen the rubber flex coupler attached to a rear axle that moved with the suspension. I know that if you do a hard reverse launch those couplers go boom and come apart.

If you have 30K to spend I think I would look at swapping in a 3rd hemi with 6 speed trans. It will give you plenty of power and reliability. I would never swap my slant for a small block but I might for a 3rd gen. With the 6 speed you could have steeep rear gears and still cruise at a...

Yes, I recall that post as well. I recall that when told that they didn't have any on hand the poster threatened the company with complaints and a negative review and then they sent him a crappy set in a timely fashion. I have also read that for a "driver" quality car they are perfectly fine...

There is a company out of mexico that sells 64-65 barracuda tail lamp lenses on ebay. I have heard the quality is quite good and the price is reasonable. A new lens won't have the fading or cloudiness common to old lenses...

Realistically you are looking at 20 mpg in town with a very good state of tune. There are factors that would improve upon this such as overdrive manual trans or a lockup auto trans. Using a dollar figure as a comparison in fuel ecomony just plain doesn't work, unless you always buy fuel for...

you mean this part http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=97615.0;attach=189914;image I believe it is still available I have seen someone list it for sale in the last year don't recall who. I think this clamp was factory installed on 80's trucks and vans so you...

There are no factory 5 speed bells. But some of the stranger slant lovers (like me) do have bellhousings with T5 adaptor plates attached to them sitting on shelves. Maybe someone (not me) would part with one if you posted a wanted ad. Mine cost about $250 to have the adaptor and pilot bearing...

This is not a good question for fabo. Post this question or better yet use the search feature at www.slantsix.org and you will have enough info to read for days. The link I am including is just one of the topics I found. I recall sandyinbc posting a large writeup on his 65 valiant several years...