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  1. famous bob

    End of an era!

    I was walking thru a Mopar junk yard , looking for window crank Handel for my 69 rt , found a 68 426 hemi in a rolled road runner with 11,000 miles on it , couldn't sleep till I had it home .. Wanting to buy the car back now that me and a friend (mechanic) , put that engine in , but the coin is...
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    Drag radials

    same here , I went to Hoosier 295x60d15 treaded slicks , still lites them up , but it moves while doing so...wear is close to acceptable...
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    Drilled for slicks?

    no , not if they were drilled right ..
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    15 inch tires?

    reminds me of my past rottweiler , he used to grab the front wheels on my lawn mower and drag it side ways , was funny till you work out in the heat all day and come home to a 1 acre yard and its still hi 90`s to 100 with humidity , then not so funny , I still still miss him tho ...
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    Backspacing and Offset - the never ending headache of wheel shopping

    agree^^^^^^^^^^ , if the wheel is the right width , and the back space is right , I don't give a rats *** about offset ...jmo
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    BB Engine Removal

    yes if all is in good shape ..
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    Been Out (almost permanently)

    dang , GOD help you !
  8. famous bob

    Are Hughes Converters any good?

    I've got a 3500 Hughs convertor in my 68 505 fastback , no problems for 12ish yrs. , maybe a hair loose for a street car ...
  9. famous bob

    Hooker headers with Milodon 8ct pan

    I have never owned or worked on a small block Mopar , have SBC , but from all this I think I`d run a straight 7 qt pan and TTI headers ...jmo 7 qts are enough for an all out blast at the dradgstrip , I run 7 1/2 qts in a 9 qt pan and TTI headers in my 440/505...
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    Valve Clearance on Larger Camshaft and Flat Top Pistons

    of course these are steel rods , alum. is a diff story...
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    Valve Clearance on Larger Camshaft and Flat Top Pistons

    agree , mine came out /036-.039
  12. famous bob

    Who's put a hellcat in an A-body ??

    don't know how old this posts is , but their running 8 :30`s and 40`s now...
  13. famous bob

    Duster front chin spoiler/ air splitter

    Randy`s spoilers , someplace in Ark....
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    Valve Clearance on Larger Camshaft and Flat Top Pistons

    you must be ---- , depth gage works , dial caliper if your carefull , not rocket science never met anyone that couldn't do it right ... must be on you ...
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    Valve Clearance on Larger Camshaft and Flat Top Pistons

    taught to me by an 18 time national record holder : fill the valve relief full of clay , even w the top of the piston , roll the engine over in a complete /contiuous rotation , pull the head , take a razor blade ind slice the remaining clay in the pocket in half , "up and down" or vertically ...
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    Valve Clearance on Larger Camshaft and Flat Top Pistons

    pushrod deflection IS a big deal with dragracers hunting every last bit of horse power and needing longivity...
  17. famous bob

    Valve Clearance on Larger Camshaft and Flat Top Pistons

    not as fast as rolling the engine over all at once , with clay in the reliefs , takes too long checking it degree by degre for me ...
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    Valve Clearance on Larger Camshaft and Flat Top Pistons

    I cut a set of pent roof hemi prostock pistons down to legal superstock height back when I switched to superstock , they bairly touched the heads at high rpm , Tom Hoover told me, (at a chrysler seminr, in OKC) , he gave) that is just right if it didnt cause any problems , just kept the carbon...
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    Valve Clearance on Larger Camshaft and Flat Top Pistons

    you need to clay check it , that way you`ll get the closest reading at the tightest of stage of rotation , fail proof !!
  20. famous bob

    car that influenced me when I was young

    63 max wedge , red 2 door hard top , 63 max wedge black 2 door sedan , later on my dad bought a new 63 sport fury , not a max wedge tho. When I got out of the service , the red wedge owner (drag racer ) switched to hemi`s , super stock and then later prostock . I later found my first hemi in a...
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    Valve Clearance on Larger Camshaft and Flat Top Pistons

    Back in the day , Chrysler and most everybody else said , minimum of .080 on intakes , and minimum or .100 on exhaust . This was for performance engines (dragstrip) , but "DONT FLOAT THE VALVES very hard , if at all !!! I think you`ll have more than that to start with...jmo
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    1970 V-Code Sport Fury GT with 440 6-Pack?

    wasn't it a 1966 or 67 Plymouth wagon , seems like I saw one being raced a lot of yrs ago , I always wanted to put my hemi in a wagon , just for traction...
  23. famous bob

    Hammerfab Suspension

    they must be dreaming , $9000 , u gotta be kidding ...
  24. famous bob

    Anyone Own/ Drive a Max Wedge Car

    I grew up outside of a small town , the next town away , an older guy bought the liteweight 63 savoy , the dealer (in our town where he bought it ) couldn't get it started , they offered him his down payment or what ever back , if he wanted it . He brought 4-5 big buddies of his to pick it up ...
  25. famous bob

    Del, Please Take a Look!

    dam rob ,you is pretty "smart feller '' Have you put it in an older dist. machine / wonder if that would tell you anything .-----just curious... ^^^^^^^ don't get those mixed up -lol
  26. famous bob

    1968 Dart fuel sender replacement

    I went thru the same thing , ''reuse the stock ring ''. On another note .has anyone replaced one in a 68 fastback that had a Dana 60 with a chrome cover on it ? And where did you find the replacement sending unit ? The one I bought doesn't read right , not even made the same ....
  27. famous bob

    Is this stuff normal?

    was/did that from day one when it was new till I traded it , I think it was a condensation trap , never showed up in the oil ...?
  28. famous bob

    Is this stuff normal?

    that's nothing , I had a 2002 dodge 4 door p/up , that had the oil filter container up top , it always had way/way more than that from day 1 , traded it at 168,000 just because I was tired of it ...
  29. famous bob

    383 - 432 Issues

    I ain't sure I understand this , but you ain't gonna get nothing right unless the thrust bearing is right , surely its no 3 on that block too... you don't have the no 3 main in backwards do you ??
  30. famous bob

    8 3/4 swap question

    no big deal bend the u bolt to make it fit .
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