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  1. AJ/FormS

    high compression egge pistons for 273

    I would use those hi-tops in a NY minute, and machine them to fit as may be required. It's really hard to get decent cylinder pressure in those small bores, for anything but a small solid-lifter cam, any other way. Part of the problem, you're gonna find out real quick, is getting a decent...
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    Bad engine miss

    Quit throwing parts at it and just do a compression test. Like Inertia said.
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    15" wheel size for 60 Valiant

    that blue wagon is kindof my dream car. I have a hot lil 367-4speed to put in something like that.
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    15" wheel size for 60 Valiant

    For the KH System; You need everything between the control arms; but you get the 4" boltpattern on the discs, which, I have found to be more than adequate for street duty. At conversion time, I highly recommend to change over your braking system to a dual-system. It's not that hard, not...
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    15" wheel size for 60 Valiant

    Ima thinking that adapters on the front is a bad idea. Especially so if you have the 9" front drums with the tiny wheelbearings. Those adapters are gonna put a lotta stress on the tiny outboard wheel-bearing. Plus, if you offset the wheels to the outside, this will increase your scrub radius ...
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    What could cause this bent push rod (not a Mopar, but still…)

    at 58,000 miles? I'd be trading it off.
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    what is the most Desirable A body line

    Really; any short wheel-base, non beak car; and if it has the big wheel tubs all the better. and if it has the 70Dart front end, even better. For me, that points to the 71 Demon.
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    273 commando Build

    When I mention a powerpeak, that is exactly what it says , the rpm at which the power on a dynograph has reached it's highest number. This has nothing to with the engine's redline nor to it's shift point. It's just a powerpeak. The peak can be long/relatively flat, or it can be short/narrow/ and...
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    360 runs strange, lifters??

    How much Idle-Timing are you running? Here's a possible scenario; Too much IDLE-timing will run the IDLE-rpm up. Then to get it down, you close the speed screw. Then the engine runs out of fuel from the transfers, so next you get more from the mixture screws, and now it idles. But then...
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    273 commando Build

    Just so you know; The Wallace calculator predicts, with cam of 260/260/106, in at 104, with a true Ica of 54*, points to 150psi at ~8.85Scr. But, because it's a solid lifter, I have no idea when the intake actually closes. Probably a couple of degrees earlier At 52*, 150psi would be ~8.75Scr...
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    Old is when?

    Old starts when you realize that you are the patriarch now. Your parents are gone, and All your Uncles and Aunts are gone, and your older cousins are dying, it seems like your going to a funeral nearly every week. Next; every morsel of food piles on to your waist, you can't sleep, and your...
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    Teenagers suck

    I am the eldest of five. I was a model child, lol. I only crashed my own cars, and only twice, both times minor collisions with immovable objects. Oh wait, I crashed Mum's car once, a tiny British-Ford Anglia, Yeah I had to pay the insurance deductible. On the other hand, my younger brother, 10...
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    Cam Experts: Lobe Separation Angle?

    I'm not a cam expert, but I have run a few combos that I can talk about. What I know is; Compression cannot begin until the intake is closed. The sooner you close it, the sooner compression can start, and all things being equal, the end Cranking Pressure will be higher. The LSA has NOTHING to...
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    Cam Experts: Lobe Separation Angle?

    IMO Post 15, is on the money. IMO the 340 cam in the hi-compression 340 only worked as well as it did because of the package it was in, which included; a high compression ratio, log manifolds, a lightweight chassis, and limited rpm in a street application. IMO that 114LSA which may have...
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    Pulling Engine/Trans over the winter....Header Question??

    I have a Milodon 8qt Roadrace pan; 30940, with the Side bump-outs. and Yes, I notched my K-member for ease of removal. this only took a couple of modest cuts. I will add this to my post as an edit. https://www.milodon.com/oil-pans/chrysler-318-340-360-oil-pans.php
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    Pulling Engine/Trans over the winter....Header Question??

    My Barracuda used to be my 4-seasons DD. Every September long weekend, I'd pull the 367, and drop in a stock 318 for the winter. Come May long weekend, I'd swap the 367 back in. Sometimes the A833 trans came out with the engine/sometimes not, and many times I'd run an automatic in the winter. I...
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    Oil pump intermediate shaft breaking

    Just to add to what has been said; the Drive, and the HV pump, in my 367 came out of the DC catalog, and were new in 1999.. They now have over 100,000 miles on them. The last time I inspected them was 2005. --------------------------------------------------------- My Barracuda only runs the...
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    Is it just ME..???

    for cramps, I sometimes take Magnesium, Potassium, Zinc, and various vitamins like D and K. I'm 5-9 and 200, a lil thick around the middle, nothing another pump or two on the jack-handle cannot handle. Bananas are good, as are certain nuts, but, I bet that you probably already went to a...
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    Which Water pump?

    To answer your question; In about 2000/2001 I installed a Milodon late-style Hi-Flow, (plated 8-vane impeller), HD (5/8ths shaft) pump, and Hi-flow (195) stat. on my 367. They are all still in operation. Doing the math, they have rolled on over 100,000 miles. So I have no problem recommending...
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    1969 Dart GT owner for 44 years , bought a new swinger 340 in 1969 and that was the most fun I ever had in front seat of car .

    You got about a dozen years on me. I agree; those Darts sure were a lotta fun; In fall of 1970, at the tender age of 17, and in grade 10; I bought a very low mileage 70 Swinger 340-4speed, in mint condition. Even the tires were in great shape. Just 4 years later, it was on it's second or third...
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    Is it just ME..???

    I feel your pain, I'm 71, and my brain, (never mind my body), is not quite as sharp as it once was. Ever since I went down with Covid in late fall of 22; my body is different. My Muscles often lack strength or endurance; to do the things I used to do, as a matter of course. Lately, I have...
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    Is it just ME..???

    lemmee guess; are you over 70 years old? lol. I assume you know that brake line are Tube-thread, and most other fitting are Pipe-thread, lol.
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    Quick dumb question

    Those are GREAT brakes for a streeter, and I run them too. But don't forget; not any old wheel fits over those. The spiders have to be shaped to provide room for them. IE, a flat mounting face will not bolt on.
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    [Found!] 1976 plymouth duster speedometer

    where is you at? I think I have a good one. But before I go a hunting, if yur in France.......
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    Oil pump intermediate shaft breaking

    I was thinking; the oil pressure is measured at the top of the main line. It is not measured at the pump. So; what if the pump was running super high pressure, and dumping at the bypass, because there was a restriction up the line. But as soon as the oil got thru the restriction, now the...
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    Cylinder #7 down on compression

    If you are a newbe, and you do not have a LD tester; here's what I recommend. 1) Take off the driver's side VC, and look for a sloppy pushrod preload, on the low-pressure cylinder, as compared to another cylinder with good pressure; which may signal a cam-lobe going down. Of course the...
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    Cylinder #7 down on compression

    LeakDown test
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    Just needing some help

    are you outta gas?
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    Transmission oil

    I drive on the street, and I used to drive my HotRod 4-seasons. In my effort to switch away from what I had been using, and go to full-Synthetic, I discovered that my trans shifted real slow with it. I reasoned that the oil was just too slippery. I took the trans down several times to modify the...
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    Moog camber kit junk?

    many years ago, when I was still an alignment tech, I discovered that the Moog bolts were TOO LONG, and/or the flats too short on the threaded end. Thus when I tightened them down, they would not hold the adjustment. My solution at that time was to go to a farm-supply house, and get hardened...
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