Recent content by 427John

This isn't unique to W's but applies to most V type engines to some degree, depending on the cylinder bank angle and whether or not its a conventional 90 degree head surface or a plank head engine that has a different deck angle.

Yes and no, while increased CR will eliminate smaller cams that will build too much cylinder pressure, most guys that want to improve engine power will ignore those anyway, so in reality it allows more choice.

Or better yet Sum Ting Wong.

I was on a Ford forum the other day and a guy had ordered a set of control arms for a 65 Galaxie a few months ago from Hotchkis and hadn't received them yet, he tried contacting them to no avail and someone posted that they had shutdown their east coast facility it was in N. or S. Carolina and...

Isky and Crower may have had proprietary lifters back in the 60's but I know 20 or 30 years ago already there were only like 3 US manufacturers of lifters there was Johnson and Delphi and maybe 1 or 2 others, they would make lifters to spec with special features but it was still them making...

As far as matched components, reality is that only the boxes match, I'm not aware of any cam manufacturer that also makes lifters, they source them from a very few lifter manufacturers that supply everybody with lifters.

While technically a PCV system was a smog control device, I think the manufacturers viewed them more as a good idea that would give more benefits with internal engine cleanliness (longer life) with no negatives.

The worst part is that when he is asked about the negative consequences of the way he chooses, instead of owning it he wants to act stupid and shrug his shoulders and say I don't know. You can tell he's never been in the military those 3 words together aren't an acceptable part of the...

I pretty much agree with most of what you're saying about the rich not suffering the consequences, but as rich as Trump was I feel that he truly tried to look out for the majority and not just the rich or the poor. His biggest shortcoming was that he couldn't keep his ass off of social media and...

That could work if the opposition didn't know that sooner or later your reserves will get dangerously low and you will have to refill them with their oil since he already castrated domestic production. They know its a pay me now or pay me later scenario.

The only war affecting the price of gas is Bidens war on petroleum and energy independence in the US. That's it in a nutshell, Trump had us down to near zero net oil imports and Biden destroyed that his first 6 months in office so remember that come November. When you make foreign oil the only...

Yes back in the early days of stroker kits, welded cranks and boxed stock rods were the only game in town, MT was one of the pioneers of the new manufactured stuff.

I can see incorporating an adjustable flex stop into the back of the water pump as a good option. The cover would need to be mighty thick to be able to resist flex by itself.

Without rebar or steel reinforcing mesh they must be building where they don't have to worry about earthquakes.

Holmes was the original manufacturer for Moon, you may be right the early Cal Customs did look a lot like the Holmes covers.