Recent content by 348'sforever

I appreciate the help I've received, on problems with my 348, from club members and would like to show my appreciation. My sad tale - I mistakenly bought a set of 11/32 valves from Show Cars and by the time I found out, it was too late to send them back. They are #7419, for Edelbrock or GM...

Thanks again for the help. My engine is a 61. My friends was a 58 Impala. The 409 heads I bought are 817's. I'm grateful that I found this club. It's nice to ask for help from people who know what they are talking about. Fred 348's forever

I finally found some 63 340 horse 409 heads. I have a friend who did this years ago, but I think his were the 425 horse heads. He found 2 cooling ports in the heads that the 348 didn't have and plugged them. I checked my heads and they look the same as the 348 head gasket. Am I safe in thinking...

I'm having a problem with heads for my 61 348. I have it in a 1951 Chevy 5 window pickup. I have 2 sets of the common #3758379 heads, but the only place I could find a set of valves, was at Show Cars. They don't have them and haven't been able to get them for over a year. I'm not looking for...

Thank you. For a change, I know I'm talking to people who know their stuff. I really appreciate it. I've spent weeks fighting that problem

I have a 1961 250 horse 348, in a 51 Chevy pickup, that was all original. It ran good, but had one bad lobe on the cam. I bought a mild solid lifter cam and installed a tri power manifold from a 1958 348 engine. There was no pcv system on the engine. I've owned 2 other 250 horse 348's, a 60...