Author: volaredon

Head gasket question

This destined for a 318
What’s the difference between the fel pro 17050 "marine" head gaskets and the regular "car" ones?
I know fel pro also has a "heavy duty" head gasket version too. Somehow the "9898" part n…

Dual point distributor

Autolite, cast iron dual point.
Research says 57-58 392 hemi
Same length as an LA small block
Nothing seized, lots of cobwebs.
Asking $100 plus the ride
Blue star performance has one with same stamping numbers on the tag, they want a crazy $600….
1st…

TQ 9080s

Dusty, everything moves freely, by all views it might be able to be blown off with gumout spray and an air hose and bolted on and run/ but honestly don’t know anything about it, I never ran it on anything.
Comes back to a 75-77 440 application, minima…

Cooler line size

I’m considering doing a conversion from a 727 to an a500. The Mopar OD transmissions have 3/8 cooler lines, where the 3 speed tranny’s are 5/16. The fittings in the radiator are still only 1/8 NPT.
Do I retain the 5/16 lines and just adapt up at the …

Distributor ID question

Something I’ve had sitting here in the garage for a while, not sure what it fits. Was told Mopar SB.
It has the screwdriver slot drive like a SBM distributor does.
I looked up a couple online and saw a couple. Both had a gear on the end of the shaft,…

Kickdown lever

I thought I’d posted this but now can’t find it
This on a 46re in the Durango
I have this trans all blown apart on the bench as we speak.
I have heard lotsa talk about kickdown band lever ratios. How you gotta go "5 0" or how you absolutely…

who to trust for hydraulic flat lifters these days?

Title question pretty much spells it out. If I can’t find any "made at least 25 years ago" and have to buy more current stock, who’s good, or at least "less bad"?
I have a set here that (I don’t know why anyone would keep old used o…