Recent content by 70bigblockdodge

OBD 1 is all so non supported now because OBD 2 has been around almost 30 years. It's also random categories. OBD 2 at least grouped systems and has room to add. A computer format that is enduring 30 years is impressive. All those dead low compression engines are a emissions joke. It was...

Maybe on the GM system but even those are a PITA to work on (OBD2 is going to be 30 years old in 2 model years. Best I can tell in FSM is the Imperial uses 360 head of the day, as per valve specs, calls for 1.88/1.60, I have not looked at the casting numbers on head in my car. I did get a...

You have to get out of the keep it original. If your going to donate it to a museum and not drive it, sure leave it as a static display. Why f#$& around with some engineers pipe dream EFI. The system is a controlled fuel leak, probably worse than a carburetor. Then throw the uneducated ignition...

Hmmm, let's let the market decide. As mentioned above, horses did not disappear overnight, there were electric cars in the early 20th century. Diesels did not become popular until the second half of 20th century and are still mostly relegated to heavy duty/industrial uses. This whole "we are...

Okay so heat, cool it with penetrating oil. Don't wave the flame around when you break line loose. Common sense should prevail, or Darwinism will succeed. All better alternatives than grinding the corners off with vise grips, then complaining that a TQ is a POS carburetor.

Just drive the damn thing. Talk, talk, talk. Drive it and adapt. It's a car, and your not setting out on a round the world voyage. My Charger has a wrong sized piston in it. '66 block, '70 rotating assembly, as mentioned wrong size 80s replacement piston, 1976 #452 casting heads, a 318 pickup...

Put some heat on it. Tap around the flare nut. Probably tightened by some flat rate gorilla, so you have to outsmart a guy who is probably pushing up daisies.

As Big John mentioned they should be stamped. Both the cap and the rod on the tang side, or facing the pan the oil sqirter v notch faces the pistons on the opposite bank to squirt oil up in the piston. Would not matter too much if you flipped them (aftermarket rods do not have the v notch)...

The correct way with a crush sleeve spacer is. Remove wheels, remove drums. Measure the turning torque of the pinion nut with inch pound torque wrench. Write that number down. Remove pinion nut, remove yoke, remove and replace seal replace yoke, tighten pinion nut stopping to check turning...

As long as manifold is a late model it can be left alone. Only reason I don't like coming off the ballast side is, it draws a lot more amps through the ignition switch. Both are rather large amp draws. Coil is a large amp draws because only thing slowing the current is the huge number of...

I believe you have a lean burn car? There is a choke heater wire on the intake/passenger side connects to original divorced choke well. Just use that.

Mine is out of school and working. Spending all he gets on to old cars and guns. At least they hold value. It's nice not having to weld anything anymore. He just handles it.

Well from my experience. No matter what heads you take to a machinist they are going to say they need work. I say this because I would not tell you they are okay, because then I'm responsible for the valve job. I understand that a crap valve job can wear out quickly. So IMO a fair valve job and...

You know this is coming.

He did better than I would have. Not all doom and gloom, but dipshits and mother fv@&3rs I cannot even stand near are in huge abundance, everywhere I go. Probably just me.