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Pulled fuel pump and checked spring and arm. Spring was intact and tight and the arm and cam had nothing more than normal wear. Timing set was all in good shape with nothing loose and no signs of rubbing on the cover. But once I had the cover off I tapped the oil slinger on the crank with a...

I will give that a try tomorrow

I agree sounds like something bouncing around. I shined a flashlight down there but didn't see anything maybe I will shove a magnet stick down there and go fishing haha

I replaced the timing chain back in March. Tomorrow I'm going to drain and pull the radiator so I can pull the timing cover and check to see if anything came loose in there.

Will try to get you a photo tomorrow

I can try tomorrow, taking a break from the car today. I ran it with the belt off so I ruled out the alternator and water pump

not sure how to check that but I did put a screwdriver to the fuel pump to listen and couldn't hear the noise

I checked and couldn't wiggle the outer ring but I have definitely heard of that happening or the outer ring slipping and throwing off the timing mark.

I remember there was an oil slinging ring/disc that when on the crank gear and I made sure to reinstall it in the same orientation as when I pulled it off.

not sure

I checked the pulleys on the front of the engine and everything is tight. I even ran it with the belt off and it still made the noise. Checked the flex bolts two I couldn't get any tighter, the other two I was able to tighten a slight bit but the sound still persists and hasn't changed.

225 stock except it has a super six intake and Stromberg ww3 carb uknown mileage I went to take the car out this morning and it was idling rough, thought it might have just been not fully warmed up yet but thought I heard a noise while driving so I came back home and it almost sounds like an...

Sounds like an awesome project! That straight 8 is going to sound great. The 16x4 wheels are from an early 40s Ford so they are 5 on 5.5 bp

Thanks it's been a fun learning experience and am already wanting to build another haha but don't have enough garage space... for now

it's 1710 lbs with about 4 gallons of gas in it. I paid $5000 for it and it was tagged and drive able but I made a lot of improvements and corrected a lot of mistakes the previous owner made. Had I had a better eye for things at the time of buying I would have offered even less but it was nice...

So I finished the cockpit cover a while back and really love how it turned out! I ended up waxing it to help make it more rigid and give it some water resistance. Had fun in April at South Mountain Raceway and made it through 3 rounds before losing to my friend who also drives a Slant powered...

Well I'm back from winter hibernation haha. I have been making progress on a lot of different updates during the winter but wanted to post after things were wrapped up. Ran new brake lines with better routing and everything works great with no leaks like they were before. I took out the...

Thanks it's been a lot of headaches and a lot of fun making it. I wasn't but am now. I will try to post some photos over there too when i get a chance. I really can't wait for my buddy to finish weld the exhaust I made. It's going to look a whole lot better. The exhaust on there now was...

No problem! Sorry they weren't a-bodies or mopar powered but we are all car people here! I'm glad yall have been interested in my roadster build.

It's been a lot of fun that's for sure! This winter i'm going to try putting in a simple roll bar behind the body so I can run my car up at Loring to see what it will do. I will also be able to add shoulder belts as well.

As for my track bucket I sent the steering box to Clark's Corvair Parts to have it rebuilt and they did a great job. I knew I didn't have the tools to do the job right but had other tools I would have used and screwed it up haha. They even media blasted the box and it looks great. I ended up...

Haven't made any updates in a while. Have been busy racing and crewing so still having fun. In July I raced a lakester powered by a mostly stock pinto motor at the Loring Timing Association in Maine. It's land speed racing where you are timed at a mile and 1.5 mile. We race on an old retired air...

I had a stone bit and was able to open it up to a little over 2". The opening now matches the gasket I have. I was able to do this while it was on the engine and in the car since my slant is in a open body roadster. I will try to take it out some more next time I have the exhaust off.

I was planning on opening up the exhaust outlet on my stock manifold to help it breath a little better. What tool would probably work the best? I was thinking about a burr but in a drill or impact driver. Has anyone else used something else with decent success?

Nevermind, I reread the ad and saw the zipcode they would be like an hour and a half away. How far are you from Reading PA? I have some friends there that might be able to grab it for me. I'm down in MD and wouldn't be able to make it up in time.

Here are some photos on of the shocks and the way she stands today. Test drove the car today and the shocks worked great. I still need to take the shocks apart and paint them. I ended up making the discs out of a sheet of slippery UHMW Polyethylene from McMaster-Carr. I read up on sooo many...

Thanks it's finally coming together. Adding socks and headlight mounts today! It was cancelled due to rain. There aren't anymore drag racing event till July unfortunately. I do have some dirt circle track events I'm going to try to run at in May. Need to get shocks on the front end and build a...

I set the toe to 1/8" in and that helped greatly with the front end. I also made some modifications to the brake pedal to make the pushrod more inline with the master cylinder. The car stops a lot better now but I'd like to improve on it though. ( no photos of that right now) but..... I do...

It has to be a very long reamer with a pilot bit or set up in a honing machine as the 2 holes have to be aligned exactly so the king pin slides through.

I got the starter installed and it works great! I went to drive it to a friend's house to do some welding and discovered some front end issues and wasn't able to make it to do the work so I doubt I will be racing this season. It looks like the king pins bushings are wore out on the front...