Recent content by Scampi

Hey, I have a 72 Scamp and I live in Montana. If you have a truck rent a car trailer. Only $45 here for 4 hours. Tow truck probably $200 or higher. Buy brake parts with the savings!

I would like to buy a rear valance for a 1972 Plymouth Scamp. I think that a 1970 through 1972 Scamp or Dodge part will work. Can be used if it is in good shape. I will pay shipping charges. It has to be reasonably priced. If not I will buy direct from AMD. I live in Helena,MT. Thanks Eric

Rat Rod Al, what is the width of your garage? I am putting a lift in my garage also. The inside width is 19 feet. May I ask what the width of your garage is on the inside? Your garage looks like mine. Well used. Eric

Nice Demon and Cuda. I am putting a lift in my new shop. May I ask how far is your outside of the lift on the driver side to the wall? Looks like 24" maybe? I have a 20 foot wide shop and I would like to squeeze 2 cars in it side by side with a 2 post lift. Sound doable? Thanks Eric

I like the coat hanger trick. Also doing practice installs with the old bearings is smart too. You have to be careful with the cam bearing tool. It will nick the cam bearing on the driven side if the rubber part of the tool hasn't expanded fully into the cam bearing. Thanks for sharing this...

I did the same thing on my 318 that I am rebuilding. Great job. Thank you. Putting in oil galley plugs and freeze plugs. Any helpful suggestions or tips? Eric

Just got the same tool in off of Amazon. Just took out the cam bearings on a 350 chevy. Going to do a R and R on my 318 hopefully this weekend. The tool works great! Not cheap but not cheap Chinese crap either. Worth ever penny. Great article. Thanks for sharing.

Wow that is cheap! I thought that the valve job was for a head that was all taken apart and cleaned. The only thing that I was thinking that he would do for that price was grinding the valves and seats and giving it back to you unassembled. Here a boring for 8 cylinders is $240 and up.

That is more like it. Reasonable prices.

I specifically asked him on the phone what it would cost to mill a pair of heads .040 for a 318 dodge. You could tell that he took a while in his mind to come up with a number. Then he blurted out $325. I thanked him and thought about my other options. If you were in the area I would...

Thanks for the info about the Mike Jones cam. Have you ever heard one at idle? Similar to Voodoo 256 or dead smooth? I will try to contact Mike Jones today.

Your exactly right.

Every major town is about 100 miles from here. But if I can get machining work done for $200 less it would pay to do a road trip. Zero decking the block, etc. If not the pistons may be the best option if one doesn't have to rebalance the engine.