Author: coupe32

Anyone have any experience with the Edelbrock RPM air gap intake manifold on a small block? I’ve heard its a good manifold but could freeze the throttle plates in the carburetor due to it does not have the heated crossover runnning under it if you run it in cold weather. I probably won’t run it…

I had another 340 engine built by a machine shop. I just got it back from the shop. I have edelbrock aluminum heads on this engine. The machinist said it will be slightly over 10.5 to 1 compression. I have always used champion
N9Y sparkplugs on my mostly stock 340 witht the X heads. Should I…

Anyone had any good or bad experiences with Lunati flat tappet cams?

Got more questions. I want to use 273 adjustable rocker arms and shafts with a flat tappet hydraulic cam. Can I get the right length ball and cup push rods? I think I need a shorter push rod with the hydraulic cam. Also is it okay to use new push rods with used rockers? Somewhere I read where…

I am having another 340 short block built by a machine shop. Currently I am running an Edelbrock performer RPM manifold that I had chromed. I have a RPM air gap manifold that is not chromed. I was wondering if it would be worth it to run the RPM air gap manifold or just stick with the performer…

I have a set of used edelbrock 6077 heads that have been ported and have had some bowl work done also. I had these heads checked out at a local machine shop and was told that they are in good condition and I can just bolt them on. Will I lose a lot of bottom end power with these heads due to the…