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That is funny. It feels like you're intentionally baiting me since it is not "Slitting hairs", The term you are using is actually called Splitting hairs. You seemed to miss that the first time around. Did I misinterpret that or are you now acting as if you understood it from the beginning?

The casting date of a part can be from the calendar year BEFORE the actual model year. It shouldn't be so hard for people to understand. Cars and parts are not "born". They are cast, forged, molded and assembled. This engine block was cast early enough to be for a legitimate early 1967 year...

Uhh, when new and under warranty.... When they were all stock and unmodified, sure. What goes wrong with an engine that is treated as a daily driver? (4 speed V8 cars not included) If I'm rowing through the gears with a performance build or driving some distance from home, I'd sure feel better...

A warning light is like being told you have a disease as you reach the point to need surgery. A gauge spots abnormalities before they become a bigger issue.

I know that these cars came with pretty basic instrumentation but unless you're running a fairly stock engine, I wouldn't feel comfortable not knowing about the oil pressure. All of the A and B body cars I've owned had temperature and alternator gauges anyway.

The nearby dump has a recycling facility where people can take stuff that others “recycle”. Sometimes it is spray paint, bug killer or cleaners. Sometimes it is oil still in unopened containers. There will be some that suggest that you don’t use old oil but my thought is… for a stock vintage...

Of all the engines that I have torn down to rebuild, very few had cam bearings worn much. The ones above didn't wear, they rotted from contamination. Bearings don't flake and chip apart from wear.

I bought the lift in 2015. I built the shop in 2006 with the intention of installing a car lift. I am still fully capable of "flat back" work but this is so much better. I lose perspective of what is the left and what is the right when I'm laying down. Standing while working is a lot easier.

I would be doing it standing up. Cam bearings don't see reciprocating wear, they see rotational. It has been my experience that crank bearings see far more wear than cam bearings. When I sell something and I want top dollar, I do NOT want it coming back to haunt me. I make the car as...

Who has done this? I've replaced rod bearings with engines still in cars but I don't think that I've replaced a full set of main bearings before. Rods are easy, pushing the rod UP a slight amount allows adequate clearance to slip the top shell out. The mains though...it isn't as if you can pull...

The heads on this engine didn’t have the casting numbers visible. It has been awhile since I’ve paid attention to casting numbers on heads so i am out of practice. I looked at another set of heads I had in the shed. FABO member @mopowers Made me a deal on them a couple of years back They have...

Uhhhh…. I pulled the spark plugs and squirted oil in each cylinder. With an old torque wrench, I gave it a spin and got a geyser out of #6. Then I spun some more… The spark plugs being at an angle helped me see where the water came from. Both # 5 and 6 had water. The intake ports...

The guy thought he blew a head gasket. I will pull the heads and get a look sometime later. This one found me when I wasn’t looking.

The intake is off. I’m building the drama here…. I have a car that I am undecided on the exact approach that I want to take with it. It is a 70 Charger with a 383 that I rebuilt. I’d like to use an automatic overdrive to make road trips more fun. I could just go with a Silver Sport GM based...

Thank you. It helps some but I was curious about the later 360s. I have an engine I bought from a friend… He pulled it when he thought it had a blown head gasket. The casting on the right side is faint. It looks like 5 7 90. It has the Air Gap intake and Holley cast aluminum valve covers...

I’m curious about the mid to late 80s, specifically. As I recall, there was a time where the engine blocks had the taller lifter bores but still has flat tappet camshafts. Those blocks could use flat tappers or roller lifters. At some point, the engines went to roller camshafts and didn’t go...

Welcome back. Carburetors have worked for over 120 years but some people think the wheel needed to be reinvented. It didn't. Carburetors can be tuned to run great and make plenty of power. OEM fuel injection is great but they had millions of dollars to work out the problems. Small companies...

I have no experience with the 318s and 360s once they were fitted with roller cams and lifters. I have even less experience with the Magnum series engines. A friend may be willing to part with an '89 360 that had a roller cam but he swapped in a hydraulic flat tappet setup in it. I'd like to use...

Well, THAT is an unusual build...

One great thing about Road Race inspired cars is that they are still quite fun on the street. Great handling and beefy brakes make for a fun street car.

I've read that several times. I know guys that race Mopars in road race, endurance events and drag races. They don't drive Mopars because they are dominant, they do it because they have street cars that look like the race cars and they like that.

I agree with that. I would love to win, but I draw the line at what I'd be willing to drive to be the first across the line. I love the Mopars and do like Chevys too. I sure wouldn't want to drive a car that I otherwise wouldn't own. What if a Saab or a Peugeot were more competitive? Those...

Competitive? What if the guy just wants to have fun and loves these cars? That is how I am. I want to do some stuff like this eventually. I would use an A body though just because while I'd prefer a B body, the replacement cost of a 68-70 B body car is outrageous. A 73-76 A body roller can be...

OSHA can eat my rump. Those pencil pushers are assclowns to the 3rd degree. Although....Eye protection and shoes would be a good idea. Where are all the blonde and red haired people in that video?

There are critics everywhere and on the internet, people sure like to pile on. Fram filters. Graveyard Cars. Magnum Force suspension. KYB shocks. Harbor Freight tools. Uncle Tony's Garage. Pennzoil oil. I've seen the videos posted where oil filters are cut apart and inspected. I've also ran...

There are some strict rules on the forum that make it hard to just ask the members what a fair value is for something that you want to sell. I understand the reasons for them but the situation isn't ideal. The absolute ONLY thing good about the Moparts site is their sub forum of WIW topics...

I'm 4 years late to this but I saw a link to this topic from a guy at FBBO. I'm dealing with a random NO spark issue where my '70 Charger (big block, MP electronic ignition kit) will do one of the following: Run fine all the time. Run, then just die and have no spark...I wait a little bit and...

The Lunati in my 440/495 calls for .020 INT .022 EXH hot lash. I don't lash them hot most of the time, I do it cold and since I have aluminum heads, I set them .006 tighter which....once the engine warms up, result in .020 and .022. .014 INT, .016 EXH cold. It works. Block Material Head...

I had 3.91 but I don’t think this light car needs gearing that deep. The 2.76 I swapped in later was a huge letdown. I may settle with a 3.55 but I’ll need to swap the SG differential into it.

I have a stock 360 bottom end with '308 heads on it, a Weiand 4 barrel intake, 340 cam and simple, 2 1/4" exhaust. Holley 600 single feed too. The car idles like a 318 and makes plenty of power. It is actually a great performer that does impressive burnouts and flat out loves to run strong.