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I don't think the engine needs to go up very far. Remove the horizontal bolts that hold the mount brackets to the block as well as the nuts on the mount blocks themselves and the brackets should rotate up and away from the block. If you have power steering, this may be more difficult...

It would take a lot off Lucas, or any other goo to quiet a timing chain. You'd literally have to fill the engine to the top of the cam sprocket. This would make it impossible for the pistons to move, immobilizing the crankshaft. An engine with no moving parts is going to be quiet.

The timing chain on my brother's 94 Dakota has sounded like a coffee can full of rocks since it was nearly new. Hasn't gotten appreciably worse in 200K miles. The engine has been remarkably trouble free for the abuse and neglect it has seen. In fact the only parts that have failed have been...

Todd from Project Farm just posted a DIY TF rebuild on YouTube. The trans is a 47RE out of a truck, but the basic pieces are 727.

On a street engine I wouldn't run anything cooler than a 180 and my preference is a 195. Engines that come up to temp quickly last longer, use less fuel, and stay cleaner inside. Nothing is gained by running the engine cooler. As others have mentioned, some of the low cost 54mm thermostats out...

Prevents a hot spot under the valve cover that can cause oil to coke. And as others have mentioned, a place for throttle rod clips to hide.

Okay, let's keep it as 318 as possible, meaning 318 heads. So use KB167 pistons and "302" casting heads. Keep the heads pretty simple, 1.88/1.60 valves, bowl blend, narrow the guide bosses and port match to the intake you already have. Maybe a 30 degree back cut on the intake valves if you...

The gasket port sizes are sometimes oversize as you note, and so are the mounting bolt holes. Also, what if you wish to open the port size beyond gasket size? The answer is a transfer plate. Start with a sheet of metal approximately gasket thickness, drill for bolt holes and install between...

Welcome. The Driftless Area is a great part of the midwest that most peaope have no clue about.

I would go looking for a 46RE from a 5.9 Magnum truck, and swap the fuel injected 5.9 Magnum with it. You'll gain some gas mileage and a considerable amount of power for the cost of a brand new carburetor and intake manifold.

Are you running an open hole spacer? On a dual plane manifold? If so why? Yes, an open hole spacer can help a way too small carburetor make more power at upper RPM, but it will play hell with tuning everywhere else. You're no longer trying to tune a 600 CFM carb on a 273, but more like a 1200...

Lifter noise on cold start is caused by one of two things; a lifter that does not work correctly (most likely), or a lack of oil flow to the lifter. If it's the lifter, nothing that comes in a bottle will fix it. If it's a lack of flow, a higher cold viscosity index number will actually make...

The transmission mount is a legit way to locate things. ALL torqueflites had the rear mount pad 22 inches back from the engine face. So if the rear mount is in place you'll have fore-aft location control. The left side manifold is a PITA on early A's, and the right side isn't much better.

So you need to start out with a matched set, be it 42RH, truck, 904, whatever. Just need a dipstick in the tube it left the factory with. Measure from the point where the the tube registers to the transmission case to the full and add lines on the stick. Then put the stick you want into the...

You need 64-66 A-body V8 engine brackets. You'll also want 64-66 A-body V8 steering link. Keep in mind there were a couple changes in the engine compartment starting in 64 to make the V8 fit. The firewall was different where the wiper motor mounts for distributor clearance, and there already...

Your draw at idle is 115 Amps?!? Don't forget to seriously upsize the conductors. To keep voltage drop reasonable, you'll want a 4 or better yet 2 AWG wire from the alternator to the battery (or wherever your loads are bussed).

First engine I assembled, back in Reagans first term, I used a 50-50 mix of STP and 10w40 Valvoline. That's what my dad had been using since the 50's, I was broke and he was writing the checks, so I did as I was told. Worked just fine. Now days I like the "bats blood" like Permatex...

Historically Wix were made by Gard Corp in Gastonia NC, but I think they went offshore a few years back.

Inverse sine of the half the toe (opposite side) over the wheel diameter (hypotenuse). So assume we want 1/8" total toe, that's 1/16" or .0625 per side. And assuming a 26" tire, Inv SIN .0625/26.00 =.138 degrees per side. As for being the same side to side, in an ideal world yes, but they're...

Novak Adapters has quite an extensive knowledge base regarding common transmissions, transfer cases and engines on their site. It's biased towards 4WD vehicles, but 2WD is pretty much the same but simpler. Novak Conversions :: Manual

The answer is of course, "it depends on your combination." Lets review the fundamentals. Timing advance is to account for the time it takes the fuel-air charge to burn and create maximum cylinder pressure. We want that to occur between TDC and about 15-20 degrees after TDC where the rod has...

So if you are running the stock 14" rims, 195/75-14 is probably the best fit and closest to the original. A 205/70-14 will also fit, but they are a bit wide for the rims and you won't gain much.

You have a crank sensor in the bell housing behind the right head, and a cam position sensor in the distributor. I would check that. I believe the cam position sensor generates the pulse for both the timing and the injector pulses, the crank sensor tells the CPU which cylinder is at TDC since...

So if you turn the adjustment screw and the ride height stays the same, the threads may be stripped in the LCA. Of course we know you are only turning that screw with the vehicle raised, supported by the frame and the wheels hanging in the air. But maybe somebody before you tried to change the...

I trust customer service at Mancini or Summit to make things right far more than a potentially defective part that has been gatherings dust for 50 years. I've been burned, by parts that were set aside and not used for a reason, and then nobody remembered the reason why they weren't used back in...

Why NOS? Clevite MS1344P are tri-metal bearings just like the originals and readily available. Also I think there was a change in 74 when the 340 went away. Not sure what actually changed however. MS540P are listed for the earlier engines. Clevite was an OEM supplier

I looked into having a Q-Jet professionally restored several years back. The consensus among the rebuilders I contacted was that most cores, mine included, were junk. The two front bolts are almost always overtorqued which warps the bowl and cover beyond repair. I switched to a Holley 4011...

There are a couple FSJ specific forums. fsjnetwork.com and ifsja.com I've had a few of these over the years (I prefer the earlier Kaiser era with the Buick engine, but nothing wrong with the AMC powerplants) Being an 89 you have an AMC 360, 727Torqueflite, and most likely an NP229 transfer...

The A55/42RH and later 42RE are in basic form an A904 with an overdrive. Actually an A999, which was a heavy duty wide ratio 904 with a lockup converter. So a heavy duty rebuild would involve the same parts as the A999. Basically you want the 5 disk front clutch pack if not already equipped...

It's essentially a bolt-in swap with a couple of exceptions. The 63 has a different wiper motor mount on the firewall that was revised for 64 to accommodate the V8 (distributor clearance). Also the 63 only had a 19" radiator where the 64 and later cars would accept a 22" radiator. Later slant...