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Sorry typo : sealent not speaker ? Don't know how my spell check got that messed up

Could be a hair line fracture in the intake? I've had bad luck with the plan stamped steel gaskets for the intake .they make the felpro permatex coated gasket but it only fits 340-360 because the ports are too big for 273-318 . I had to improvise: plan stamped steel gaskets I buy a large tub of...

I got the engine fired up today and after fully warmed up i plugged off the port on the vaccum advance and the 2 vaccum ports on the edelbrock carb and set timing to 36º with timing light . With full time vaccum line hooked up to the vaccum advance it was reading 40º ? I didn't know if it made...

So I fired up the engine today and after fully warmed up i plugged off the vaccum ports on edelbrock carb and a cap over the vaccum port on the vaccum advance . Hooked up the timing light and the number was very low . I adjusted timing to 36º is this right? Seems to be idling good?

I'll pay more attention to the engine build for my 65 dart I want to modifying a 360 for street/strip

So I got rid of the ticking under the valve cover by switching back to the sold factory push rods. Then I inspected the carb thoroughly and the floats where a little off and some how dust or some kind of filth got into the carb and moved through out the passage ways and some what clogged up the...

Was able to get 130 psi each cylinder after leaving the throttle plates wide open like I was suppose to

Did the correct compression test with the throttle plates wide open I get 130 psi not 120 per cylinder

Since I forgot to leave the throttle plates wide open when i was doing a compression test I'm hoping the results change when I redo the rest properly

The vacuum gauge is showing vaccum at idle in park fully warmed up.

I was just using that photo of the piston at the top of the cylinder as an example. It's not even my motor . That's level the top of the piston is at top dead center.

My pistons at top dead center!

Here's how my pistons looked when at top dead center before I bolted the heads on

I think it's more the pistion then milling the block I think it's a taller piston or combo of piston and rods? He just resurfaced the block so the gaskets would sit flat .

Don't know but if you where to use a steel strait edge and sit it down on the gasket surface of the engine where the head sits with piston at top dead center the top of the piston will just touch the strait edge. I don't think 0.010 feeler gauge would slide between them?

I checked with the machine shop guy the engine has been decked!

I messed up on my compression test. I checked it will carb was at the resting position . It was supposed to have the throttle plates wide open! I'll redo the test correctly

Vaccum at idle while fully warmed up

Here is the cam specs for my engine . The one with the check mark

These are the pistons the machine shop guy put in my engine

To all : I screwed up on doing one of my engine tests! I was turning the engine over while doing a compression test with the throttle plates closed instead of being opened all the way . I will perform the test again tomorrow but the correct way plates open! Hopefully I will have a better...

So I messed up on one of my engine test: I was turning the engine over while doing a compression test with the throttle plates closed ? My bad! I'll recheck tomorrow the proper way and see what the correct compression is

Stock pumps like mine have been known to put out more then 6 psi and edelbrock/Carter 4 barrel carbs should no more then 6 psi running through them even at high RPM

I measured them side by side with a steel ruler / strait edge their the same length. Factory rod 5/16 wide Comp cam rods 3/8 wide

The factory push rods are the same length but not width

I have to pull the drives side cover off to install the other 8 factory 5/16 push rods and take out the 3/8 comp cam push rods since they are too wide and rubbing against the push rod holes in the heads . I'll see what the casting number are

Yes they have been decked

This engine has stock non adjustable rockers. I bought a chrome gauge from a speed shop that works off of vaccum " fuel saver" with color coded face plate to adjust: distributor, idle, fuel/air screws on carb to get the maximum efficiency in performance and fuel economy. It was reading 20 while...

All I know by inspecting my engine after it was done that when the pistons come to the top of the cylinder the pistion position is flush with the gasket surface of the block! I'm using a set of felpro permatex head gaskets. The pistion according to the machine shop guy he had to bore the block...