Classic Car General

what a shitty OP image

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>>14021851
ay fuck you guy. Until we get a family picture going any picture is good enough.

>>14021936
>>14021918
>replied to op
shit

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>>14021936
Yeah but I think we are all to lazy to make a family picture. I know I'm not going to make it

>>14021936
we need ideas for the family picture. Best i can come up with atm is either beer on the hood or holding the cars keys in the foreground from behind the camera with the car in the background

>>14022892
And do we limit it to just one picture each, 2 pictures each? Side profile, front profile?

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>even that one oddball classic car you like and which is currently overlooked will be much more expensive by the time you earn enough money to maintain projects
>tfw
What's her name, /o/?

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>>14022997
I never ever seem to see 70 or 71 Thunderbirds for sale at all and I've never known if they are desirable. Does that make it an oddball?

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>>14022997
HG Kingswood wont be cheap by the time i get any into good money. It seems relative to what i earn and they were certainly cheaper when i had no money

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82 Corolla reporting in.
>tfw leaking window seals
>tfw it was pouring rain last night
;_;

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>>14023026
nice corolla bro, loving the 2 door

too bad my 6'3 body hates being in it

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Scrutineerin lads

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There's a fucking e-type here too, doubt its genuine, but its posdible

Need to find a way to downsize mobile images I don't need fucking 3mb shitphone.

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what bondo?

>>14023026
Well I was going to say they shouldn't be too expensive, but they are $113 each, Canadian

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>>14023026
>buy new sunroof seal a month ago for 86
>keep putting off replacing it because no rain
>seriously think about doing it on monday, but there was no reason to think there'd be rain
>fucking downpours out of nowhere

Back to the plastic wrap for now.

OK. If all the thread "regulars" post post images of their cars I'll put a shitty thread image together. Better than studying for my finals. I know there are some badass cars in this thread like dracula's caddy

>>14024447
who are the regulars

>>14024505
I'm a non tripfag regular. I can trip up to post my submissions if you want? And do we list some specs? The classics on our threads are rarely stock.

>>14024447
how would you like the picture?

>>14024530
maybe just post transmission, engine and year

>>14024505
I put it in quote marks because it doesn't really matter, if you consider yourself as a somewhat regular poster then go ahead and post a pic
>>14024551
I like this idea
>>14024536
whatever's your fave

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>>14024571
Okay anon. 1966 Plymouth Sport Fury. 512 V8 727 w/ transbrake. S60 rear end.

>Furious

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>>14024571
1965 Ford F250
300 ci I6
C6 automatic

>>14024587
>512
DAMN NIGGA. what kind of et does that pull?

>>14024607
also dana 60 4.11 rear end.

while we wait for the rest of the guys, what do you guys think of this?
http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/5353888826.html
I've been looking for a tow rig. Eventually goal would be to find a 90s RAM with Cummins and 6spd and do a full swap.

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1977 Chrysler Valiant Regal
265 ci HEMI I6
3spd Borg Warner Automatic
2.92 final drive for ehm pee geez

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>>14024617
Ran a 10.931 on my best pull on ET Streets running 3.55 gears. I think I can shave a bit off my 60' and ET this year as I switched to 3.23 and went even wider on the rears (8 to 9.5). Should be interesting when the strip re opens next spring to see what has changed. Also, if the money allows, ill be swapping in a 543 full hyd roller build with a power adder so there's that.

>>14024710
That 318 is bulletproof. Shit on gas but not as bad as a 360. It'll go forever.

>>14024795
>10.931
based
>>14024809
wouldn't it struggle to pull the kind of 4000lb shitboxes constantly coming in and out of my life? Also
>181000 mi, and rebuilt once

>>14024824
look at the torque figures, a Ford Ranger with a 3litre turbo diesel got 305 nm of torque yet only 135 bhp. Most passenger sedans get more than this but the Ranger is 2 tonnes. Yet this car is used all the time for towing boats and car trailers.

Look at load weights, torque figures and the mass of the car for deciding tow cars

>>14024795
god damn that's a fucking rocket shit. how much have you put into it? total sleeper, you would never guess.

>>14024824
Not at all. The older dodge half tons were good to about 7-8k pounds. It'll pull a shit box just fine. And to note, I have used my fathers 98 Ram B2500 van with a 318 to pull the Fury to the strip once. Not even a struggle.

>>14024865
That was the goal. I have about 2700 in just the rear end, another 500 in a driveshaft, 1900 worth of transmission clutch packs and stall converter with transbrake. The 512 cost me 5300 to build to this spec. The car cost me 625 cash value as I traded a gun for the car and paid 625 for the gun. A factory 440 was included and it was very tired thus the bore and stroke. Pic related, its the block I'm using for the 543, just got her line honed on cam and mains, new cam bearings, bored .060 over, sonic checked, head decked down by .005. And yes, it looks rusty because its sat for 3 weeks by I have builders butter in the litter bores, cam channel, cylinders, etc.

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>>14024912
those pistons are massive. what HP are you making now, and what is the goal for the 543?

>>14021936
I'm not your guy, friend.

>>14024920
I'm making 570ish hp and 615ish tq to the crank now, dynos pit to 480ish/530ish. My aim, which is conservative for a 543, is 650 at the crank and 650tq. From what the guys I am getting my rotating assembly from are saying, I could get there with a hot street cam with more duration than what im running now. With my cam choice taken into consideration, ill be closer to 700hp at crank. However, as I said before, im using nitrous as a power adder over forced induction for two reasons: I can choose when the power comes in and can deactivate the system if there are restrictions. For that end of things, im going with a 3 stage dual plane fogged setup with a plate (125/250/500 shot) and two 15lb bottles.

>>14024995
that's sick as fuck. I have contemplated throwing a 50 shot onto my F250 just for keks, but I don't know that much about NOS.

>>14025252
It's definitely going to be a handful that's for sure. I have underbody bracing and a tucked cage but they may make me add more braces if I dip into the 9s. They gave me a ton of shit with not having a full cage with 10 point harnesses when I got into the 11s. Such is a life.

>>14022854
>>14022892
>>14022900

I say just upload a good close up picture of the whole car, any angle, and call it a day, because I'm not gonna lie I'm pretty lazy too baka desu senpai

I think that's good enough.

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>>14021851
>CLASSIC CAR GENERAL
>B O N D O edition

ugh, bondo. that is one aspect of the restoration of my 1958 Cadillac that I'm not looking forward to. I already know that there is a bunch of bondo in the rear passengers door since it has separated from the steel and is coming up. I can already tell it's thick as hell.

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>>14025633
Okay then, here's my favorite picture

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>>14024795
>10.931 is your best 1/4 time
>mfw that's my best 1/8 time

>>14025505
I would love a gofast car. my 300 is like 0-60 in 25 seconds or so.

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Here is my car. It's a 1968 Oldsmobile 442.

>real 442
>dual exhaust built into the bumper
>full trim
>only thing not original is engine block which is a per-emissions 455ci Rocket
>4 Barrel Rochester Carb
>M20 4-speed manual transmission
>12 Bolt Posi Rear End - 3:73 Gears
>black on black interior, buckets and console
>original Saffron yellow paint, all original sheet metal

Sometimes I think it's the best purchase I've ever made and other times I think I bought something that's pretty unusable considering I'm 21.

Anyone else have an Oldsmobile here?

>>14025696

Meant to say pre-emissions*

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does this count?

>>14025696
Very sweet, Classic Oldsmobiles are so nice

>>14025696
do chicks dig it senpai

in all seriousness though, awesome car, I love butternut yellow

>>14025696
man that's a bitching combo. looks fucking beautiful. treat her well and rip some skids, cunt.

>>14025710
>If its older than 25 years post about it here.

>>14025713

Thank you. I've basically been saving for the car since I was 12 years old and sold my beloved 1972 C10 to afford it.

>>14025721

I've never had a girl ask me about it. Lots of 50 year old men though. And yeah, I think Oldsmobile Saffron is the exact same as Chevy Buttermilk.

>>14024995
If you want a race engine my boss still has a couple of GM small blocks he built for his race cars. His engine and car still holds some track records at Flemington Raceway (local racetrack that unfortunately doesn't exist anymore). He's running about 700-750hp and they redline at about 9300 rpm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfchx5fkeWs

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I wonder where Dracula has been, I don't think he has been in the past 3 or 4 threads

why do niggers love classic cars on dubs?

>>14025823
because they love anything on dubs.

>>14025696
Awesome car anon. I have a ton of respect for the 442. The auto instructor I had in college had one, blown 455. Car was insane.

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>tfw half your car is literally bondo

>>14025769
No need. I'm sticking with the BBM for the amount of torque I'm going to be able to produce. And I do not need 9300 RPM, this is a street car. If it reacts the same as my current big block does to similar modifications, ill be able to rev to about 6800-7000 RPM, make peak torque around 3800-4000 RPM, and peak out on HP around 6600 RPM putting me dead in the powerband going into third gear from second. I'll stick with a Mopar.

>>14026272
I'd stick with Mopar as well. Of the big 3 they are the one I'd always go with, then Ford, then everything else, then GM at the very bottom. I'm sort of half joking with the race engine, you seem to be heading towards a performance build so it just made the perfect reason to post the video.

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Pic from earlier today, kept trying to post this but was getting an error so I spent some time looking it up, there were only 23 of these made, pretty crazy.

>>14026314
Still a good video. I'd tie gm with ford because of the Fuelies, the 455 Pontiac, and the Buick wildcat.

>>14025668
Yeah but I have a lot of respect for your truck and the ford 300. It's every bit as bulletproof as any 225 Slant Six or AMC 4.0. A marvel but that's a low comp engine for ya.

>>14026434
GM's at the bottom of my list because my family has never had any luck with any GM vehicle we've had. They all had crap engines. If I got a muscle car it'd be either a Jensen Interceptor (Chrysler 440), Road Runner, or AMX,

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Holy shit Toyota centuries are fucking amazing.

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>>14027171
I really like it, lots of fine detail, beautiful road presence, fantastic interior. I'm not normally one for luxury cars, driving a stripped out track to myself but that thing looked incredibly plush inside.

Pic not a century. But can /classic/ guess the make/model

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>>14025633
oky doky

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>>14026254
I know this feel anon

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Rock on!

>>14027785
Holy Jesus

>>14023489
You do know that's just letting water in past your door seals right?

>>14027764
I came

I love grand nationals goddamn

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>>14021851
Spent like two hours trying to get the PCV system out of the way and felt accomplished until I realized I spent two hours of my weekend trying to connect a hose to a nipple. Putting the oil change off until tomorrow because I'm spent.

Sorry if sideways, I usually take pictures the right way

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>>14026467
Btw, she's on the prowl today. It hit the mid 60s in Illinope today and she's rarin for a battle. Wish I wasn't stuck at work until 430.

>>14025696
Only musclecar i've ever actually been in was a '69 442. That's a beautiful ride man

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Postan, still waiting for Spring.

Selling a gun or two to pay for brake upgrades.

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83 ranger. 289 hipo, gutted. 11.80s for less than $3500.

>>14033453
Nice. Ever consider running bed less with baja bars for extra rigidity?

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>>14033647
It barely hooks up as is, but I would like to put some bars in the bed. My dream is to roll cage it and connect the cage to the bed bars, having them run through the back plexiglass with rubber seals. Make it look clean, but I don't know if I have that much talent. Interestingly, I narrowed the rear end by welding the two short axles out of a ford 8.8.

Here's my street legal 351w ranger. Runs high 12s on a junkyard motor from a 70s mustang

>>14033261
You gonna leave the lowering blocks?
What're you gonna do with the rear suspension? IRS or single leaf or some other setup

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>>14033737
I wish I could afford IRS, but it's not really a financial option. So I'm torn between a watts-link and a 3-link setup right now, I need to do more research on the two before I make my decision.

The current suspension setup is temporary, probably getting swapped out in the spring of '17 after I've made progress in other spots.

>>14033727
Nice. Full cage is the way to go. You running trac bars?

I fixed the no-fire condition. I guess I must have no plugged in the coil all the way after messing with it.

Still backfiring out of carbs. I installed the choke to a new fuse block connection I just made up.

I'm pretty sure timing is good, so I don't know what else to do apart from just spinning it 180. I have been cranking this fresh rebuild a lot, so I hope I didn't grind the cam lobes flat. Fuck.

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Looking to restore an opel gt and throw a built ford duratec 2.0 in it.

Pic related for those uncultured swine who don't know the opel gt.

>>14027785
I understand that in the perspective of a purist that bondo is bad because it means the car was neglected but other than that, what's wrong with bondo? If it brings it back aesthetically and the owner is happy, why does it matter?

Of course I understand that it depreciates the car significantly but does it actually cause damage?

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Who here drawn towards big behinds and unable to deny?

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>>14023026
May as well give more info
82 Toyota Corolla SR5 hardtop
3tc with whatever the A/T trans is
No idea on power output but not much. Car is peppy and can move itself when needed.
Currently restoring her little by little and will start to commute to work in her.
Might try to upgrade the engine and suspension cause AE86 parts fit on it.

>>14034658
Do you have another carb you can try on?
Either the timing IS wrong, or the carb is running extremely lean.
The problem you are having sounds just like one my bud had when he was done putting an engine in his jeep. Somehow the distributor got twisted 180 degrees out. Once we cranked the #1 cylinder back to top dead center on compression, we put the distributor in properly and it fired right up

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>>14034981
Trunk for daaayyysss

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>>14036482
I know this feel

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>>14036502
I do as well

>>14036482
>Grandeur

HNNNNGGGGGHH.

>>14034433
I wrapped the front of the leaf springs with duct tape

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>>14036482
>>14036502
>>14036513

Picking up a Trans Am this week sometime, just collected the asking price they wanted for it. If I'm going to drive it back home, do I need to have insurance for it and license plates and everything, or is there some sort of temporary deal I can put up? It's a private transaction, nothing's registered with the state. Vehicle was in California, now is in Texas.

>>14037091
Do you not have day pass's for insurance down there?

>>14037343
I don't know, I haven't spoken to my insurance agent yet. I would assume so since you mention it because when I bought a vehicle from a dealer, all that business was handled for me and I just had to go to my insurer during the week to get it squared away. This thing is going to be on a private transaction, so there's no dealer to handle all that stuff for me.

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got parts on the way

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>>14038622

Do the interior in mexican blanket upholstery.

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so i got a bit of a newbie question here. i would have asked in the question thread, but i'd feel like i get a much more knowledgeable response here

>inb4 long ass post

im still trying to learn how to work on, and maintain these ancient NA motors, but before i get anywhere with ironing out any potential drivetrain issues, i need to single out the first thing.

basically, the car bogs out and dies, when i give some it throttle and i wouldnt know where to start. would it be an issue with the carb receiving too much fuel, too little, or is it more likely fuel lines that are the issue, or the fuel itself? the throttle has some stickiness to it as well, and i havent gotten around to fixing that.

really i havent had much time to put into this at all. it sucks but there is so much to learn, its pretty daunting.

any kind of feedback that would help point me in the right direction would help.

also one more thing

http://fayar.craigslist.org/cto/5347660291.html

this thing has been listed for like six months, but i dunno what the fuck kind of price i could offer for it. i mean, i wanna lowball them, considering how rough it is, plus no drivetrain and all that but
what am i possibly looking at here, price wise, but god damn ive been wanting one for such a long time

>>14039366
>carbtroubleshoot.pdf
let me dig it up

http://www.championparts.com/carb_troubleshooting_guide.pdf
this should point you in the right direction.
If you ever played with LEGO or something like that, carb rebuild should be a breeze. If you're loaded or have a crappy 2bbl carb anyway, just buy a new edelbrock or holley. There are online calculators to help you determine the best carb for each application

>>14039366
Accelerator pump.

>>14039236
I have a mexican blanket, but its just going to be draped over the original bench until I get them recovered.

>>14039236
I was going to go for cow hide

>>14039573
if the rubber on his accelerator pump is bad, it probably wouldn't hurt to go through the rest of the carb as well

>>14039649
If the diaphragm is bad then the carb is leaking fuel as well as being bad to drive.

>>14039366
Holley, autolite, or afb?

>>14039634
If you don't have AC then get some sort of cloth section for the seatbacks.
Otherwise you'll sweat your shirts out every time you drive it.

>>14039732
>If the diaphragm is bad then the carb is leaking fuel as well as being bad to drive
yes, what I'm saying is that if he's going to go through the trouble of replacing the pump, which is necessary, he might as well rebuild the carb, which isn't necessary right now but probably will be in the near future

How do you work on your car?
I live in an apartment building, and this complicates my ability to own a classic. I would need space to work on it.

>>14039915
In my mom's garage

>>14039892
Yeah he might as well

>>14039915
I live in an apartment too, I just work in the parking lot and at my parent's house occassionally

>>14039915
Depending on your area, some rental storage facilities have electric and you can work on your car there.

>>14039952
I can't work in my parking lot for the building. There's a policy against that.
>>14039996
I wonder if I could do that. Get myself some jacks and lights and maybe a heater. Store some tools there and I'd be golden.
I'll ask around.

>>14034959
The rule of thumb is to never use more than and 1/8 inch of plastic filler in any area and NEVER put it on/over rust. Many of those show cars with mirror glass perfect paint jobs got that way with skim coats of filler and many many hours of sanding. Plastic filler is perfectly acceptable when used properly. In fact many times the last step before sealer primer+base coat+clear coat is to throw down a layer of filler primer and do even more sanding.

>>14039366
Accelerator pump or big vacuum leak.
Also, I highly suggest finishing the stang before buying any other vehicle. Unless you reeeaallllyyyy want it.

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On the subject of tuning carbs. My 427 has a 750cfm Holley, and it's got some major idling issues. It's hard to start, and when it is running I have to use very light throttle to keep it at 1krpm, otherwise it stalls out.

If I try to tune idle mixture and it doesn't improve the situation, should I advance the timing a few degrees? I've heard BBCs with lopey cams like a lot of timing.

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>>14041120
If fiddling with the idle mixture screws don't do anything, maybe there is a vacuum leak? Otherwise, advance the timing until it pings under load then back it off bit by bit until it stops.

Generally a big lopey cam will always have poor idle and vacuum, so you might just have to crank up the idle speed and deal with it for now

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>>14039366
Assuming its a stock motorcraft carb.
Take off the top and unscrew the big screw that holds the venturi in place like pic related. Theres gonna be two holes that you need to blow compressed air into to clean out the fuel passages. 90% of the time its just gonna be a clogged passage causing it to bog. and make sure you have a new inline fuel filter so it doesn't happen every couple of weeks.

>>14041120
Could be timing, or just the idle speed. How many RPM is it idling at? Also, is it only stalling when cold or does it happen when the engine is warmed up too?

>>14041159
I've had it ping higher in the revs as it sits, but I've been told it could just be running lean. The worst part is I don't know my exact cam specs.

>>14021851
What are the coolest classic car owned by anon?

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>>14041200
Not the coolest, but I like it

>>14041226
Is it a Mach1? I know it's not a boss302

>>14041120
Take it apart and check the idle jets

>>14041235
Its the coupe. Might as well be a mach 1 though, the only real difference is the rear window and hood

>>14041285
whats the engine though? 302?

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>>14041200
mine :^)

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>>14041285
oh also forgot pic, this one is me mums'

>>14041299
he said anon, you nigger faggot

>>14041292
Yeah, built 302 with c4 tranny

>>14041308
mm, nice indeed anon

>>14041307
fuck you're couch nigga

Can someone go onto this anons thread?
>>14041345
He's looking at a 1967 Impala but knows fuck all about it. Someone needs to help him

>>14041349
fuck me if that isn't nearly identical to my 68 Bel Air. I'll help him out after my last final tmr

>>14041519
its actually a nice car, but the faggot wont buy it. He'll probably stuff it up anyway

>>14041598
yeah, going through the thread he sounds like he's dreaming more than anything. But you have to start somewhere

I think I've reached my limit. I was trying to get the radiator my car came with to fit with the hoses properly, but it's just not working.
Time to buy a new radiator.
It's not like I can make money off the old one either. I don't even know what car it's off.

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My 1968 c/10 special 327 original except paint work in progress
Like I said its a 327 with 650 high rise holley double pumper4"11 rear end

>it's starting to get too cold/icey to drive my classic
>half of the engine is on my desk

Fuck me.

>>14034809
I heard C20LET swaps and Rover V8 swaps are common and easy for the GT, you might want to look into that.

>>14041120
Sounds like the engine is running lean if you have to hold throttle to keep it running. Even with a fairly bug cam, my BBM idles alright (minus the lope). How large of a BBC we talking? Is it overbored/stroked at all? Sounds like idle jets may be gummed up if your idle air screw does nothing. What's your current ignition timing set at?.

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>>14041200
I don't know if its the coolest, but one of the fastest I think.

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>>14042729
It's a 454 brought down to a 427, 13:1 compression, .030 bored.

I just bought it last month and put it in storage, so I haven't had a chance to start fiddling with it yet.

>>14043548
Ah I didn't see the name splits! Being that its destroked but with a higher CR leads me to believe that you are running very lean and with a bit too much cam for the carb to run right with. I'd say try a carb rebuild if you want but your CR is way too high for most pump gas. Even with aluminum heads to have to run low lead 110 AvGas with a UCL to get the most power and avoid pinging and that's with an 850 CFM carb. If not, I have to richen my secondary, go to a bigger primary jet.

Seeing as you don't know your cam grind, if it was used for drag as it looks and the destroke lead me to believe its a max effort street/strip cam that lives in the upper rev range. It could be the fuel pump but that is doubtable as the car does run under throttle. Just to get it going until the LS is ready, you could do a rebuild and up your jets or switch to a larger carb as I said above but why bother unless you have someone that wants to see it run.

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>>14021851
low miles, running with no problems. how much should i pay?

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>>14043826
also this is dirt cheap, running fine, only needs a brake line, comes with a new top. but 600k miles on it. worth restoring even?

>>14043826
Need more information. The very is a shitload of work. Guaranteed the floors are gone and the interior is shot. Depending on how the floors are, the gran rails might be compromised.

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>>14043991
interior looks pretty good, with all the rain here in bc most are rusted as fuck

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>>14044020
and backseat floor. trunk looks fine as well.

>>14044020
Sorry autocorrect fucked me. The little 4 door looks clean. The convertible is what I was talking about.

>>14044026
yeah i will have to take a look in person and see how bad it is. only 350$ including the top but may not be worth anything.

>>14044078
If he's saying its running for 350, the frame, body, and interior are ruined and may not move under its own power. Best case scenario, its a torque converter. Worst case is a transmission or rear end is blown. I prefer the 2dr but skip it, too many unknowns.

>>14039533
>>14039573
>>14040694
thanks for all your feedback, cats. i will eventually buy a new carb for it. but for now i will work with what i got and troubleshoot
>>14041175
it is a motorcraft yeah. ill try this out, thanks!

I guess this might be the place to ask
My dad's kit car has leather seats which are apparently from some really old race car that was scrapped and my granddad found, but the car is open topped and has lived outside under a cover for the last couple of years and the seats are now mouldy and hard.
We've put on some leather treatment which made them soft, but they got hard and the mould came back within days.
I have a feeling an auto upholsterer would upholster the seats, but would they make new seats if I give them one of the old seats to get measurements from?

>>14043858
Hey I've seen this for sale. You from Vancouver or around Vancouver?

>>14045623
Just take them the bare seat frames sans covers and foam/packing. They can recover them to spec.

Waiting for parts sucks. I thought I would have my carb rebuild kit pretty quick, since it shipped from Chehalis, Washington, then made it's way to Kent, but next thing i know when the shipping info finally updates after a few days, the fucking thing is in Los Angeles.

Shit guys, I just want my carb rebuild kit. The Holley has just been sitting in pieces in the shop for a 2 weeks

>>14047997
Shoulda used Amazon prime nigga. They had one for my Edelbrock. Also kinda retarded to take it apart before you got the kit, or at least I wouldn't, I don't write down how it comes apart so I'd probably forget while waiting for a package from timbuktu

>>14048568
Not my first time taking a carb apart and Holley's are simple. Also, The site I ordered the kit from is the only site on all of the internet that seemed to have the kit. Even Holley them self told me it was obsoleted.

This is a very rare carb for some reason

I've just been gifted a Ford 429 and C6 combo. What would be the best car to put this in?

>>14049680
Any. If you want a good match, go ford. Last I checked you could cram on into a 280z.

>>14049680
A Miata of course

>>14049680
69 ford mustang.

>>14050134

I had thought of that, but doesn't that require shock tower surgery? For all I know, this thing is likely some malaise era low compression slug, and that's a ton of effort for that. I was thinking Torino

>>14050146
Condition, miles, pictures?
Are you going to rebuild it?
Are you going to upgrade some parts?

>>14050146
maybe, but they had big block cars from the factory by the late 60s.

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>>14025633
All my pictures suck so this will have to do for now

>>14050486

Pics will come later, but I'm gonna tear it down to figure out what it is anyway. It was gifted to me last night, and it's about 300 miles from me now, at the father-in-laws. From what I remember, it was complete, minus intake manifold. "Might be a Cobra Jet!", but we all know how that goes. It's mated to a long tail shaft c6, so I think that means passenger car, but that's about all I got.

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>>14024447
>>14024551
Didn't see your post the first time around, my bad.
83 cutlass supreme
383 stroker
700r4 transmission with 2800 stall converter
3.73 gears

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>>14024447
God speed anon

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>>14025696
Love your olds. Heres my 75 track/street project. Powered by a pre-emissions 350 rocket

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>>14024447
Do I count as a regular?

>>14050966
That thing looks pretty rad, what's your plans for the front bumper? Gonna shave that shit off and flush it out? 73+ is a pretty rough year for A bodies, they all had that bench seat bumper in the front

>>14050976
I'd say so desu senpai

>>14050966
>Dem Soft 8s
My nigga

>>14050966
that's a bitching looking ride man. you have any mods to the engine?

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>>14050988
D windows mustard race

>>14051008 >>14050988
Love the soft 8s! wrapped in 275 40 r17 nitto nto5s

Thanks! Nothing too crazy its a '68 block with a edelbrock 650 and performer intake and mild cam. Bolted to a th400. I want to swap in a 700r4 in the spring.

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finally fixed the brake booster on my duster
this weekend im doing brake pads and replacing a cracked headlight

>>14051045
Wish you were closer, id trade you a 440 for your 340. Did some measurements and I will need some crazy custom headers and a huge cooling system that will not fit the budget on my Datsun.

>>14051169
>mopar in a datsun
that's kind of new actually. what datsun?

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>>14024447
In.

>>14051045
If you bring your engine to germany we can swap

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>>14051169
fugg
>>14051304
was meant for you

>>14051310
interesting barn find

>>14051345
no barn find though
why would it?

>>14051417
who do you think you are kidding

I worked at O'Reillys before

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So I went out to the storage unit and fired it up today, which was surprisingly easy with an almost dead battery.

Also took some pictures of my carb setup. So it's a Holley 750 double pumper, which should be enough carb for the displacement.

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Also, does anyone know anything about these ignition systems?

>>14051525
What do you need to know?

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>>14051175
1979 280ZX. Wanted to do the big block as I will have a spare 512 stroker fairly soon. I have her all torn down atm here's a pic. Used her for AutoX for 2 seasons then decided on another path.

>>14051489

>>14051525

What you need to know Splits? And that 750 should run that 427 fine. I'd try a rebuild. What you need to know on the ignition?

>>14051652
Does it fit?

>>14051652
are you satellite/fury anon?

also it seems like a smallblock would be better suited to the datsun.

>>14051662
It can fit, but id be looking a a ton of fan work. It's uncommon enough putting a SBM into a S30 let alone a big block into an S130. Like I said, got a quote on the headers and I was looking at almost 1400 just for equal length headers using 1 7/8 pipe to 2.25 factory exhaust (use a 2-1 muffler for that stock look.)

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>>14051661
How does it compare to an MSD style, and should I find a used ICM to use with it?

>>14051681
Yes, I have the Sport Fury. Really a small block is better for the car but I have a 5500 dollar big block that'll make a nice paperweight when the 543 is done.

>>14051788
About the same as an MSD electronic ignition. Find a used 6AL. Best bank for buck. I thought you were going LS though. Big block sounds bretty gud though right

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>>14051846
>>14051846
I'm still planning on selling the whole drive-train for an LS/T56 towards the end of 2016, but in the meantime I'm going to have some fun with the bigblock. It's a learning experience, since I have absolutely no experience with a carb'd performance engine. I'll just factor in the ignition to the selling price.

Learning how to tune a carb properly is going to be interesting. I might have to up the primary jets if I can't solve the lean condition with just tuning, and I've never even disassembled a carb before.

Can I use Vaseline for a thermostat o-ring?

>>14051908
Yes, but why?

>>14052000
Don't have any rubber grease

>>14051896
Well anon, I'll help if I can at all. Carbs aren't bad to rebuild at all, just a fe small parts to keep track of. Jets are easy to change, and tuning a carb is not quite a lost art yet. The most 'famous' local Mopar guy named Art taught me how to tune a carb and how to sync multi-carb setups. The former takes practice, the latter is a cocksucker.

>>14052168
On that note, the easiest way to find the perfect jet size is to install an O2 sensor, although not the cheapest at $160 or so

>>14052206
Very true, but there are some calculators available. Best way for me to find the right jets is dyno tuning.

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>>14052168

I'll definitely be asking some stupid questions when the time comes to start driving it again. In the mean time, I'll just keep reading as much as I can.

>>14052359
A good book that can help is How to modify the Big Block Mopar. great guide and has a few carb tips as well.

Anyone here ever had an 86 Ranger? How were they? I have a buddy I'm considering purchasing one from.

>>14052600
If you don't mind low towing and hauling capacity, I say go for it. There was an 88 or 87 Ranger in my Auto Tech course and I must say I did like it. 4 liter V6 wasn't too much of a pain to work on, everything else is easy. It was nice and comfy inside, I'm 6'2 and there was ample leg room with the seat all the way back

>>14050986
yeah i made some mounts for the bumper and removed the core.

Anyone got an update on the family photo?

>>14051489
That's a vacuum secondary, nigga

>>14051788
And 750s didn't come with that style booster

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So maybe you guys can help me with this. I did a 4bbl swap on my truck, it has a Ford 360, I decided to use an Autolite 4100 for the carb. So currently I can get it to start up, but it idles incredibly shitty, almost like it has a miss, and often dies while idling. It also does when I try to give it any gas. I don't suspect a vacuum leak because I can stall the engine by closing the choke plate. It also seems like my idle mixture screws don't do much when I tweak them. It seems like it's down to a carburetion issue (unless I have bigger problems like fried rings or burnt valves) but I can't seem to put my finger on it.

>>14056183
A side note is that I pulled all my plugs and they're completely carbon fouled. I bought them new a few weeks ago. I wonder if I should try hotter plugs? I'm using regular Autolite 45s right now.

>>14056362
Try adjusting your ignition timing a few degrees while running and see how she reacts.

>>14056362
Tweak your ignition timing and see what happens.

>>14056374
>>14056409
Alright, I'll mess with it when I get home. I'll replace the plugs since I can't clean them up, I tried.

>>14056734
Oh yeah I feel like an idiot for not mentioning this, prior to my 4bbl swap I was out driving it and it developed a really bad miss that actually kept the truck from running at idle. It would run if I punched the accelerator but very poorly with lots of backfires out of the exhaust. I took it for a carb issue which is why I did the swap, since I had wanted to anyway. Now I feel like I'm missing some other issue that's causing my poor running since it's occurring with a different carb.

>>14056807
You still running a mechanical fuel pump? Could be on its way out and starving it for gas until you are at WOT. If you can get ahold of a fluid pressure gauge from AutoZone (bout 20-30 USD) put it in between the line from pump to carb and get a reading. Only other thing that could cause the stumbling that hard is timing being off by a ways, did it just sort of happen or did it gradually get worse?

>>14057078
The fuel pump is mechanical, but it's new and I actually had to put a regulator on because the pressure was too high. But I think I actually know what it is, I'm pretty sure the timing chain slipped. I checked by putting a breaker bar on the crank snout bolt and it looks like I have about 10° of slop before the rotor actually engages and starts moving.

>>14057592
Shit. Whelp that's definitely it then. Being ohv, do you have a tensioner or is it set by a cam bolt? Haven't torn into a 390 in a while.

>>14057592
That's not uncommon when you consider how many transfer points there are between the crank bolt and the rotor. It is highly, highly unlikely that the chain slipped. How many miles are on the engine? How much advance
are you running?

>>14058587
This. Double check your ignition timing and see where that goes. Hell, the hold down for your dizzy may be loose.

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I want a Luv. Should I buy this?

https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/5333974601.html

>>14024963

I'm not your friend, guy.

>>14058643
No. Even if it is cheap, it is an old Luv with 180k on it at least. The bed rust may be the least of your worries as the frame could be gone. Also looks to be missing the front bumper as well, but that's not all that bad. And as for the brakes, you could be looking at a line but the way he makes it out to be you will be replacing 90% of the braking system (booster, master cyl, wheel cylinders, all lines). And that's all before you look at how tired the engine may or may not be. I only saw one reference to it in the ad and it said it was not original.


Tl;dr Be patient and keep searching. It will happen.

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>>14055823
>>14055871
Welp, shit. Can you tell what I've actually got from the pictures I've provided?

>>14058929
Just a picture make sit a little hard to know what exact Holley it is. Did you write down the carb number at all?

>>14058642
>>14058587
I know for a fact my dizzy hold down was tight, there was no way for it to rotate out of time. I've also got it set in the best spot possible right now as far as timing goes, less or more advance kills the engine, I can't say how much I'm running because I've been playing it by ear. As far as it being, "unlikely" for the chain to slip, one has to consider that the original timing sets on these engines (which I'm sure this one has) used nylon teeth on the sprockets, so they really weren't that durable as time went on. And the odometers on them only go to five digits, with mine reading 64k. That could mean 64k or 164k, either way more than enough for a timing set to wear out.

Has anyone used Loctite form-a-thread?

>>14060002
On that note, anyone have experience with the Summit timing sets? I'm looking at this one.

http://m.summitracing.com/parts/sum-g6608-9

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>>14061551
They always have well priced parts and I've never seen bad reviews. I went with the plain old Cloyes set for my 360FE

>>14061561
>>14061561
Alright cool, also is it necessary to drain the oil before you pull the front cover? I know I have to drain the radiator.

>>14061698
As long as your careful with scrapping old gasket material off the block, you don't have to drain the oil.
But yes you do have to drain the rad and take it our

>>14058929
What are the numbers on the choke horn?

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>>14021851
1980 celica reporting in
>rusty
>but spotless frame and underside
>truck motor

>>14061737
The radiator has to be removed? I hadn't read that anywhere. Is it just a clearance thing so there's room to work?

>>14038622
Love those Falcon lines

>>14062671
Has to be removed to remove the water pump housing which partially covers the timing cover. And the summit kits are fine if you aren't running a hipo modified engine. For that Id go gear drive.

>>14062671
I've always removed it, makes more space for the gear puller I use to remove the harmonic balancer and it's only 4 bolts. If you just put in fresh coolant, just find something to dump it all into if you pull the bottom rad hose off

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>>14062708
I really want a Falcon because of that car
What it currently looks like

>>14064461
Same, I'm currently looking for a 63-65 Falcon. I love certain elements from both iterations of that car, but the blue wheels are definitely better imo.

>>14064461
Digging the crosscultural shit going on there

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Too hot in Australia, had to put my sun visor back on the val

>>14065601
classy as fuck. Why not leave it on year round?

>>14066003
visors have really bad drag

>>14058643
I owned a 1981 Luv. Don't.

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nobondoforsomereason.

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>>14067213

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>>14067213

>>14062671
Trust us, it's only on with a couple of bolts, and you wont accidentally stab your radiator to death.

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>walk into garage
>see this
hoh

>>14068928
Sell and get a proper car

>>14069237
>Tubbed, caged, blown V8 swap S30
>Not 'proper'

Get out.

>>14068928
that roll cage looks very suspicious

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>>14069316
>drag car
>proper

>>14069384
What do you call a proper car then? It's fine and proper as a drag car. If you get vague it is a proper car.

>>14063775
>>14064418
>>14067794
Alright, thanks guys. Also just for fun I checked the slop again, turns out I was wayyyyyy off the first time, it's more like 20°, not 10°.

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Just picked this up, what does /o/ think? Rebuilt engine on it it seems, in real great condition.

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I did it guys. Finally got the old Holley carb rebuilt. The kit came in yesterday. Now I''m just waiting on a local parts store to get me a bolt for one of the fuel bowls, as one is missing.

Then I can get the fan back in the truck, put some coolant in, change the oil and break in the new camshaft

>>14070940
Looks very nice anon

>>14068928
Put the belt on the blower

>>14070940
4000/10

>>14070949
What cam did you end up using? I'm debating swapping mine out just to know it's all taken care of, I mostly just want something that's nice for a cruiser but can open up on the rare occasions I tow or haul things in the bed.

>>14070949
>break in the new cam
You really, really, should use a known-good carb for that. Extended cranking is not good and once running you shouldn't turn it off for at least 20 minutes. Either situation occurring dramatically increases the chance of a flat lobe.

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>>14058929
I'm back, with my list number.

Research tells me this makes it the latest version of the 750cfm 4160 style. Any major differences between a 4160 vs 4150?

>>14072387
Yes I know. Not my first cam break in. This carb is fine, the bud I got the carb off of said it still ran when it was on his truck, he just said I should probably rebuild it, so I did. Cam and lifters have plenty of assembly lube and I have a ZDDP additive to put in the oil.

>>14072372
Just a cheap Enginetech Stage 1 performance cam. A bit better than stock at a good price

>>14072397
4160 has a metering plate on the secondaries. Other than that, no real difference, you can convert them back and forth. I prefer the 4150 because you can easily rejet it as opposed to swapping a metering plate or drilling it out. And there is nothing wrong with vacuum secondaries unless you are running a very large cam and no vacuum manifold. Going to the 543 fro the 512, I'm going to be low on vacuum so I'm split between converting to hydroboost for the brakes or adding a vacuum manifold.

>>14070940
Rebuilt engine? Did they increase the CR?

I have my eyes on a Camaro with the same 6.6, but depends on budget to build that engine up to somewhere close to 11:1. Also not sure if stock crank will take that or I need to include a forged one.

Oh budgets, why art thou never enough?

>>14074325
Your crank will be fine up to 12:1 if you aren't trying to spin it up too high. The cast cranks are only a weak point when you try to make a ton more power, a compression bump wont hurt you but a large cam and headwork would constitute a full forged rotating assembly to me.

>>14072397
All I can find as well is that it's a 750 cfm 4160

>>14074454
Well this is the engine that makes like 150 net HP stock.

If I'm going to rebuild the engine, then yes, that'll involve new heads, carb, cam. Haven't decided on specifics yet but I'm looking to make between 300-350 at the wheels.

If I'm gonna need that crank anyway I might as well see how much more I can get out of it without ruining its DD reliability.

I haven't done much research yet, tho. I have no plans to do any of this in the next few months anyway.

>>14074597
Then find a forged crank. Not saying the cast one will break, but better safe than sorry. Go full forged or keep it stock with a set of headers and an exhaust. Desmog and it'll be a 300 hp engine again.

>>14074681
Damn. Yeah, I guess you're right. It's gonna add more cost and it was already going to be an expensive job considering all the int. shipping and customs charges (eurofag).

Also, what is desmog? Never heard that term before.

>>14074786
Removal of all emissions equipment from the 1970s. It really does choke the power out of the big V8s. It's perfectly legal in the US, don't know about euro... Pic of engine bay? If he rebuilt the engine, there's a chance it's already de smogged.

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>>14074895
I kinda have my doubts it'll be available by the time I have the funds/time/opportunity, but I guess another small-block 'maro will pop up by then. Maybe even a 400ci like seller advertises this as.

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>>14074282
>>14074502

Is it worth it to swap in a 4150 secondary metering block?

>>14074917
I'd go she and do it splits. It'll make tuning easier as you can jet swap as opposed to swapping a plate.

>>14074905
That has been totally de smogged my good man. That's making a minimum of 300 ponies of he brought the compression the 9.0:1+ and removed the torque biased cam. I'd grab it if you want it.

>>14075309
Well I'm not necessarily against torque biased cams, I guess. it should be better down low, right? But 9:1 NA makes me cry, in terms of efficiency.

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>>14075304
I think I'll do it and get one of the Holley trick kits to go with it. It'll teach me how to rebuild and tune carbs, and I know I'll probably need to re-jet anyway due to a 2000ft elevation change.

>>14075332
But that's about right for regular pump gas with iron heads. If they are aluminum, 10.2-10.4:1 is a good spot for 93 RON/ 98AKI.

>>14075339
Yes you will have to rejet if you want peak power at that altitude. Also, I suggest running your primary jet a size larger than is required and slightly lean out your idle. It'll up the throttle respond a bit at that altitude.

>>14075346
Yeah I was going for alu heads with the build. Eurogas is 95 RON regular though. 98 RON is premium, so I figured I could creep up on somewhere just below 11:1.

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>>14075381
I did some calcs. Red shows differences between options. Honestly havent checked what kind of valve lift I can get with dome pistons, tho.

>>14075459
Just look at the below deck height at TDC. Then measure your total valve lift and the amount of valve below head at full valve spring compression. Remember, you do want a good quench area as well so don't make everything make just .010 total clearance or you will be hurting. Free up a bit more clearance and you are golden.

>>14075381
Keep it at 10.3-10.5 and you can run premium, any more and you will get knock guaranteed. My buddy has a 400 SBC and runs a 10.5:1 CR. We are going to be thickening his head gasket to lower it as much as possible as he gets knock at 5800 RPM and higher. Ran AvBlu with UCL and it does fine.

>>14075479
Well, I'd have to check before buying any parts and after determining whether or not my deck needs any machining. Hence preliminary. Right now I just entered a deck clearance that I read in some article, which may be normal for these blocks or just that specific one. I can't really tell right now, but it just illustrates I have some options.

I'm not sure which various head gasket thicknesses there are beyond the 0.040", but I figure I can have one cut from some thinner copper sheet. I've seen it done before. Thicker likewise may or may not be an issue, but of course I'm not gonna make any decisions before I measure what I've got and I haven't got anything right now.

And before I'm buying any car, though of course I like to keep dreaming, I need to focus on buying and decorating a house first. I just got a new job so I might finally be able to start moving ahead again. It'll be a while before I can set any car plans in stone, but at least doing these thought exercises will help me learn what I need before I need it. /blogpost

>>14075487
Thanks, that's a good datapoint. I guess I can live with just over 10:1, I'm just used to high CRs because I drive a diesel VW (pre-2010/dieselgate if anyone cares - I don't) now.

>>14075775
I was both posts and I see where you are coming from on the priorities, bought my house last year so an engine build was put on hold. As for the CR, you should be safe up to 10.4:1 on premium. Do you guys use ethanol in your gasoline at all? It's very common here except at marinas.

>>14075821
To my knowledge regular gas ("Euro 95" - for 95 RON) has a legal max (no minimum) ethanol content for cars that arent compatible with E10 or higher.

E85 is the only ethanol fuel sold as such, and only available at select few gas stations, none of which I'm anywhere close to. I wouldn't like to redo my fuel system if I don't have to anyway.

Is it your first house? Did you rent before that or straight out of your parental house?

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>>14075381
>>14075459
>>14075487
There's more to it than aluminum heads, it depends on a lot of variables in the combustion chamber size and shape, one example is if you can avoid having sizable cutouts on the piston you can typically go a little higher with CR. IMO it's always better to copy or get close to someone elses proven engine build with the same pistons, heads, cam, and intake, let them do the trial and error with parts and dyno time so you don't have to. Car Craft and Hot Rod have built countless engines in all power ranges, one is likely to be close to what you want to do.

>>14075919
*legal max of 5% ethanol

>>14075971
>Car Craft and Hot Rod have built countless engines in all power ranges, one is likely to be close to what you want to do.
Well I guess that's true.

In the end, I'm afraid budget will be the primary deciding factor in which parts I'm going to run, if any at all.

>>14075919
Yeah we have E85 everywhere around here with E10 max for regular and E15 offered.

It is my first house, me and my fiance had rented for a year then moved back with family to both save money and keep my parents afloat on their mortgage ( we took our 10k down and paid off a chunk of their mortgage and brought them current, both my parents are disabled). We then saved about 5k for move in expenses and about a year after being at home, we found the one we wanted to buy.

Renting for us did not make sense in our area as the average rent for a 2 bedroom apartment is 650/mo plus electric. I have a 5 bedroom 3 bath house with 4 cars of garage (2.5 car and a 1.5 car, really need to rip out the dividing wall, it isn't structural) and a 3 car driveway. 2300 square feet for 73000. Area has a negligible crime rate and is 99.3% white in a town of 20000.

>>14075971
I was just giving him a basic go to. From his spec sheets he posted, the combustion chamber size is stated and I was telling how to measure it up. I do know the is a ton more involved, just stating that if everything else is the same, a set of aftermarket aluminum heads will flow well enough for a 10.3-10.4:1 CR out of the box if he has enough carb (650 will run just fine) Factory irons will not flow anywhere near that so unless you want to run super rich and wash your rings out, aluminums will get you there.

>>14076121
That sounds fucking GOAT.

Houses are quite a bit more expensive for what you get in eurostan, and I don't have a partner to combine incomes, so I'd be glad to get a driveway in the first place.
That said, eurohomes are built to significantly higher standards, as far as I can see, so there's that.

>>14076133
Yeah I assumed as much in the first place. First thing you learn in engineering is that any cause-and-effect relationship only holds for all else being equal.
Aluminum also conducts heat better, so I assume that plays a role too.

For comparison's sake, what CR would you say is the max for 95RON?

>>14076149
>what CR would you say is the max for 95RON?
too many other factors.
in a modern car, probably 11:1 or even 12:1

in an old car with a carb and mechanical ignition probably 10:1 max.

>>14076149
It's a pretty nice house and the build quality is good as the man who owned it was a carpenter and built the house to his specs by hand. That means I have a few oddities like built in wall storage in various shapes and such.

As for the 95 RON (regular) id say 9.7-10:1 would be as high as I'd go. With timing adjustments, you could make it work at a higher compression, but you would be losing power.

>>14076164
Sounds solid.
What I was referring to though is things like building materials. Houses here tend to be fully made of brick, rather than wood.
Are the storages hidden? (Was he a gun owner?)

Hmm. Well, premium isn't that much more expensive so I might as well.

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so.....land yachts?

Timing chain anon here again, I put the new set on but noticed it seems to be very loose. It seems to have plenty of play in it, shouldn't a brand new timing set be tight?

>>14076336
Like a 4 year old's pussy.

>>14076355
Well I looked into it, the timing set is made by some company called S.A. Gear. The gears were made in the U.S. but the chain got made by nips. I'm thinking I should send it back, but I don't really know what to get instead, I can't afford a Cloyes set. I'm wondering if Comp Cams makes a good timing set because they have one that's $20 more than this one I bought.

>>14076448
Oh there's also an Edelbrock set for about $60, same as Comp.

>>14076448
Comp cams is a step up but just spring for the Cloyes. Ive put many of their sets through hell and wont get anything else.

>>14076448
>>14076463
Seriously tho? Take it to someone who knows more about that shit than I do. Because I know about as much about timing chains as I know about how tight 4 year old pussy is.

>>14076468
Do you have any experience with their street true roller line? I could definitely live with $70 for that versus $110 for the original true roller.

>>14076520
Works just fine, Ive never had any of their products break on me yet. Then again I havent really had much experience with the higher dollar stuff, not too many clients wanna spring for the more expensive parts.

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