Recent content by Blusmbl

Definitely fair here. I had a '68 300, mostly stock it ran low 16's. It was fun and a great cruiser but would definitely never call it a hot rod in the classical sense of the term. I've heard from multiple people that have owned them that the street Hemis definitely required more maintenance...

Maybe recheck initial and total timing as well. It can't hurt.

If the rod journal is scored, you're fighting a losing battle. You could try polishing it yourself but it probably needs to be ground 10 thou at this point. The 440 source kits are a good value for the money, they have everything and are already balanced. Just bore and hone the block...

Agree, don't worry about it unless you're racing it or routinely taking it to higher engine speeds.

The high rvp ethanol based fuels that we get in the winter can lead to vapor lock issues with carbureted vehicles. It's boiling the fuel out of the carburetor when you shut it off- the carb is empty when you try starting it again later and it won't run until the mechanical fuel pump fills the...

If it hasn't been run in a long time it likely had rust on multiple cylinders, this is totally normal for vehicles in storage. I'd run it and get it warm first before doing the compression check. If the numbers are still as bad as what you just showed it could use rings at a minimum, but I'd...

I had to do this as well. I swapped the rearend in my '68, went from 4.30's to 4.10's with a 30" tall tire. I bought the correct gear based on the Brewer's chart (36) , and when I put it in the speedometer still wasn't right. I had to go up 2 teeth to get it to read correctly and match the GPS...

I've had a variety of stuff, lean towards mopars but I can appreciate many different types of oddball cars. Mainstream like a 1st gen Camaro or fastback Mustang doesn't do much for me but I love '63 Galaxies, suicide door Lincolns, 65-68 Impalas, '65 Bonnevilles, Wildcats, etc. My daily driver...

Worth mentioning, even though most musclecar era stuff is listed as 10:1 compression, it rarely is ever close to that in the real world due to manufacturing tolerances on the combustion chamber size and deck heights. There are many things that can be done to enable lower octane fuel. Loose...

It’s beautiful!! Great job.

Glad it's fixed! Was it 180* out or just a little out?

Agree on using the 400 block to start with, 4.25 stroke with 2.2 BBC rod journals fits a stock internal pickup no problem.

AREngineering makes C body front spring hangers, I have a pair on my Fury. I bought mine through Mancini.

It depends on your driving style and how much you’re going to use it in traffic, honestly. I've had lots of vehicles with 4 wheel drums, and for normal light cruising they were fine, same for single instance panic stops. Drums don't dissipate heat as well as discs do though, so repeated hard...

I have Wilwoods front and rear on mine but I don't think I'd suggest them for a street only, daily driver type car. There aren't many good disc brake options for C bodies. Leed has a kit that from what I hear works ok, but trying to use OEM parts right now is a bit of a pain - it's hard to get...