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Since you used my quote, I can assume the above is directed towards my "I'm not worried about it" posting, If it is for my benefit,,,,,,,,,,, you are preaching to the choir. I know about the lifter issue. It is not a problem with stock, or street warmed up engines. Now,......if you are...

This is an important detail worthy of consideration. I've heard this many times over the years..........quality, not quantity. Most of our cars cooled just fine when new, the design is good. How many people out there have poorly maintained cooling systems, or aftermarket modifications that are...

I thought I'd also add, that many times when overheating problem cars came into the shop, amongst all of the various things members have mentioned here, what we would always check as just part of the inspection, was to test the customer's radiator cap. The caps very often don't hold pressure as...

I have a good friend who has a highly modified Camaro, ran into the same scenario, put in a new modern aluminum radiator ( he told me he bought it 'cause it looked so hi-tech), however didn't cool any better, actually ran hotter, so he put the heavy duty original back in and temps came back...

O.K., this may or may not be applicable to what you're experiencing, but here's food for thought. Years ago, I had a '70 442 W-30 Olds with a 455. Cooled fine as stock. then, I pulled the engine and had Joe Mondello ( for those younger guys and ***** out there, he was THE Olds engine guy ), do...

Oh, leak huh? For that, you'd want to get the Chevrolet overflow bottle......

A beauty! This car hobby of ours is sure infectious. Glad to see more and more people getting into it and enjoying their cars.

Hey Ace, I noticed your B&M Blower in one of the photos. They are no longer made, B&M, Holley, and Weiand have all gone obsolete. The good news is I work at The Blower Shop, in Boise Idaho. We can overhaul your blower, as we do a lot of those for people . We stock all of the bearings, seals, and...

Very nice! Sharp looking......

Each person has their own ideas as to what they do to their car. I come from the K.I.S.S. school of automotive mechanics. I like everything simple, functional. It appears that the previous owner's ideas were to change the factory cooling fan /shroud, with electric fans and relays. Don't know...

About your car "wasting gas", I was getting lunch one afternoon in the local Jack-In-The-Box drive thru,.............the guy working the window leaned out to check out my Mach, and said "Wow, you don't see these cars any more, I bet it wastes a lot of gas....", and handed me my food, to which I...

That's a way more than decent price for the car, from the photos. Great find!! Depending on what you expect to get from EFI and the electronic ignition, you may or may not see the change much. Get it tuned up as is, and get a baseline right now on mileage and zero to 60. Check again after the...

I worked on completely stripping the hull of all of it's hardware, on one of my dragboats. The only thing made of any sort of metal left on her is the bow eye. this whole deal is a one man job, as there's no one I know interested in boats or helping. Pull the engines? ( there are two), Yep just...

Jet Turbine?????? Impeller?????? How dare you!!! V-driven propeller is the ONLY way to get the job done. Stay after class and write that 100 times.

Just part of the mandatory safety gear, but you may as well look good, so it's painted to match the boat. Knock on wood, I've never been thrown out. They say if you jump out of an airplane, the average person will attain a velocity of approximately 120 mph....this thing goes faster than that...

Sure, I have posted these before...

If my explanation on "Boost Referencing" was rambling a bit, here is a sheet I sent to some customers who ask about it. ( Yes, I spelled "aspirated" wrong on the form, but left it)

Npd sells a kit with new hose and clamp. Almost every old Ford or Mustang needs this replaced , if it hasn't already been. Just to be thorough, unscrew the hose fitting rom the axle and make sure the hole is drilled through. I have one of those fittings that I took of an old Mustang that wasn't...

Any Roots blown engine likes the mixture a tad rich, especially on gas, because gasoline ( regardless of octane number) doesn't have the cooling properties that, say, alcohol, or E-85, and the blower case will run hotter, and the gas flowing over the rotors is the only thing that cools it, so...

Heff, What is required, when using carbs, in this case Holleys, on top of a blower, is that they are "Boost Referenced". Here's why........with a normally aspirated engine, the carb will sense vacuum under it at idle and cruise, however, when you stand on the pedal, you open the butterflies and...