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- Thu Apr 25, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Rich 3000 rpm cruise
- Replies: 75
- Views: 1581
Re: Rich 3000 rpm cruise
---I haven't seen any information about your carburetor's fuel pressure or float level ---If you would hook up a vacuum gauge and a tachometer and a fuel pressure gauge to where you could read them under the hood and leaning over the fender ---take a really good little flash light and watch the bott...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Sbc shaft rocker arms, how much side to side play is normal?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 494
Re: Sbc shaft rocker arms, how much side to side play is normal?
---in the 1975 era I started chasing using a timing light to watch the valve springs and rockers thru clear plastic valve covers ---I had a “dial back” timing light that could change the timing around about 30 degrees or so ---we were running typically running roller rockers and two bar girdles and ...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: service life of Brodix heads
- Replies: 8
- Views: 723
Re: service life of Brodix heads
---back in the early 1980's when I was seriously doing aluminum heads I was chatting with JV Brotherton---the BRO of Brodix---and I asked him his opinion just on simple shelf life of new heads ---He told me the very best day of a new properly heat treated head is the next day after it had cooled off...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:32 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: SBC freeze crack
- Replies: 10
- Views: 725
Re: SBC freeze crack
Brazing a cast iron crack -I do NOT care for cast iron welding of the block, but instead I would braze the crack. -That needs to be done by somebody who KNOWS what they are doing. -------------------------------------------- -When blocks are cast iron welded they heat the block so bad that the block...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Bill Jones books ISBN
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2162
Re: Bill Jones books ISBN
---as far as getting those two book copyrighted they were both done in October 2003 ---the "Racing Engines and Engineering" book has a copyright #TXu 1-126-439---application received OCT 30 2003 ---the "Porting, Flowtesting and procedures" book has a copyright #TXu 1-126-010---al...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 1:50 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: cast iron porting burrs?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1019
Re: cast iron porting burrs?
---here's my story from some years ago
https://www.ryanbrownracing.com/Bill_Jones_Page_15.html
https://www.ryanbrownracing.com/Bill_Jones_Page_15.html
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:42 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Prove it to me....Camshaft Gear Drive is a HP Killer
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6622
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:01 am
- Forum: Shop Equipment - For Sale or Wanted
- Topic: WTB- Sunnen P-310 Valve Guide Gauge set-up
- Replies: 2
- Views: 451
Re: WTB- Sunnen P-310 Valve Guide Gauge set-up
---I bought a Diatest split gauge test set for like $400 about 13 years ago
---it will do .180" to .394" stems---has 9 sizes of probes---and .0001" increment gauge
---and I'm happy with it
---it is way shorter than those long Sunnen probes
---it will do .180" to .394" stems---has 9 sizes of probes---and .0001" increment gauge
---and I'm happy with it
---it is way shorter than those long Sunnen probes
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 7:30 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: SBC Valve float at 6500 - need some help
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3049
Re: SBC Valve float at 6500 - need some help
---I'm curious as to what type of rocker arms are being used here ---are you running stud mounted rockers or shaft mounted rockers ---and I haven't seen anything about if the pushrods have ever been checked for perfect straight when checked with the pushrod ends in a jig to rotate them off the ball ...
- Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:40 pm
- Forum: Shop Equipment - For Sale or Wanted
- Topic: Shotblaster WTB
- Replies: 2
- Views: 472
Re: Shotblaster WTB
---I would sell my pressure pot type shotpeener that is in SLC Utah for around $4500 cash
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:55 am
- Forum: General Tech
- Topic: Hobbs Switch Adjustable?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1721
Re: Hobbs Switch Adjustable?
---here's my story about adjustable pressure sender units from some years ago
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viewtopic.php?f=1&t=63854
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:22 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Camshaft/lifter hardness test
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2107
Re: Camshaft/lifter hardness test
---have you ever done tests of a modern serious fully loaded valve train installed and heads adjusted with rockers etc----but then removed the crankshaft---pistons and rods out of the engine? ---reason to remove the crank---rods and pistons is to allow getting dial indicators onto the basecircle ---...
- Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:21 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: 383 SBC Holley 750 eye burning stinky idle
- Replies: 198
- Views: 8610
Re: 383 SBC Holley 750 eye burning stinky idle
---speaking of power valve gaskets---I have occasionally found that the power valves once installed onto the meter blocks will bottom out on the inside power cavity casting ---might want to quickly check it without the meter block's outer gasket ---if it touchs the main body without a gasket use som...
- Tue Dec 06, 2022 5:49 pm
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: 383 SBC Holley 750 eye burning stinky idle
- Replies: 198
- Views: 8610
Re: 383 SBC Holley 750 eye burning stinky idle
---have you ever got your head out and over looking down into each of the 4 venturi areas with a good flashlight ---to watch fuel spray activities of the idle circuits ----and to monitor exactly rpm when the sprays start ---and get a good idea of what it looks like when throttles get up onto the tra...
- Wed Aug 31, 2022 11:07 am
- Forum: Engine Tech
- Topic: Enlarging a transition slot
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2556
Re: Enlarging a transition slot
---I use a 32 tooth hack saw blade ---you can only get about 3 teeth into the slot on about a 45 degree angle ---the sides of the teeth need to be lightly and precisely ground flat to the same width as the blade --- blunt end needs to slanted back 45 degrees or so---so the blade can poke into the sl...