Author: gzig5

Anyone use and have a recommendation for a more affordable valve spring tester? The "good" commercial ones a shop would use are near $1000 new and used versions about half that. I’d be a lot happier around $100-$200 because I’m only using i…

Can I determine if a cam is a solid or hydraulic by some feature on the lobes or something else? I have a cam that came in a 65 273 Commando short block but there were no lifters or heads, just the cam, pistons, rods, and crank. It looks like it is i…

I found this book in my Amazon wish list. Not sure how/when it got there but I’m getting some extra time coming up and would like to start playing with the grinders and having a book to reference helps me. Has anyone read it and if so, what do you th…

I’m at the point where I’m going to need to take the doors off and on occasionally and working by myself, it is a PITA. They really want to tip over when just balanced on top of the jack. I’m looking for ideas, pictures, or vivid descriptions of an a…

It’s time to start putting my ’71 340 back together so it will be ready when the body/chassis work is done. Might not make sense but I’m doing an iterative build over time with different cam/head/intake/carb combinations in hopefully increasing levels…

I know a lot of you guys work on more modern cars and I find myself borrowing a scanner more and more over the last couple years and it’s getting old. I’d like to pick up a decently capable scanner that will allow resetting of more advanced codes on AB…

I’ve got a Sioux valve grinder machine as well as the valve seat stones, guides, driver and various attachements. I need to get some larger stones to do 2.02 intakes. Just for fooling around on my junk and maybe occasionally for a friend. Would this…