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Always liked that little build.

I seemed to remember the pic of it pulling the front tire a little bit but thought it had J heads on it then.

Is the motor that was in the yellow car in the 70 Dart? You may have said that but I missed it.

I have those same brackets and it worked on mine.

In your opinion what have you found to be the best road gear. I know there’s thousands of factors going into that (converter, tire size, powerband, etc) but for a stock stroll small block what neighborhood are you in?

Never enough. It took me about a month to get used to 430 ft lbs and then I wanted more. At this point it would probably be better to just throw some more gear at it though.

My thoughts exactly. Prices today are no where near what they were even 5 years ago. I make this mistake all the time when talking with people because most of my drivetrain was purchased 10-15+ years ago.

That is a three groove pulley btw. And as far far as I know nothing was damaging the belts. I got a lot of years on those old belts and the only reason I’m replacing them is to be proactive. They still look fine.

Yep, used to be a slant six car. When I was 17 we pulled the engine out of a motor home in a field. No clue if that motorhome had AC but my 17 year old mind wasn’t thinking about anything besides getting a V8.

I’m trying to imagine how that would be possible. Doesn’t it turn clockwise just like the engine?

I surprisingly thought about that. My plan is to buy new belts to install and buy one spare of each to keep in the car. It’s ran on the car fine since 2008 so I recon I’ll just leave it.

I put a small block in my Dart when I was 18 years old (2008). I am learning today that I’ve had my belt routine wrong from day one. My alternator belt goes from the crank to the alternator and back. Power steering belt goes from the crank to water pump to PS pump. I’m only finding out now...

The gif didn’t load when I first saw this comment lol.

My hydraulic makes some noise as well. 50-60 lbs of oil pressure though.

It’s a disease. Guys see dyno numbers for an engine similar to theirs and think it’s the same. I was guilty of this at one time. I’d see a 360 on here that was .30 over with stock heads and a similar cam/intake/carburetor and think mine made the same power. The time slips and dyno print outs...

That’s a serious small block of those numbers are accurate.

Post like this remind me of exactly how bad at math I am and how little I know about hot rodding.

This one hasn’t seen too much abuse besides on the dyno but I think you are right. Now I just need to learn how to do it.

I do have adjustable rockers. Motor is 3 years old.

I’ve noticed a little noise coming from the top end of my motor. Haven’t had time to pull the valve covers off yet. I’ve always read that hydraulic lifters don’t require you to adjust valves unless one of the rocker arms was taken apart. Is this true?

Thanks

Any idea on the part number?

What belts are you guys running on your small block? Mine has been a faithful soldier for the last 15 years but I don’t want to push my luck.

Super old post but do you recall the part number?

That engine this post was about ended up being smoked. Main bearings were trashed and the crank needed to be turned because of it. Onto a new engine now though and it’s humming right along.

Dyno numbers can and do lie.

Its a 5.2 not a 5.9

I ran those headers for 10 years and they leaked from day one. Nice headers are a great investment.

Where is your temperature sending unit for water temp.

Holy gaskets Batman.