Author: JedIEG

Best Offster Rockers for RPM

I am considering moving the pushrod holes on my RPM heads to open up the pinch point. I would like to use reasonably priced, shelf rockers on this setup (Sub $1000 price point so T&D, Harland Sharp, Manton are not being considered). What offset wou…

Adding Bronze Bushings to Ductile Iron Rockers

Just wondering- has anyone added bronze bushings to as set of un-bushed ductile iron W2 rockers? Mostly I’m wondering if there is enough meat in the casting to ream out for bushings or if the bushed and un-bushed castings are different.

340 Ultrasonic Wall Measurement Sanity Check

I measured my 340 block for wall thickness using an ultrasonic thickness tester I bought off of Amazon. It a cheap Chinese unit, but seems to work ok on cast iron. I dont have any delusions that this gauge will give my super accurate results, but it wi…

Edelbrock Head Quality

I just unboxed a pair of small block RPM heads and found ‘peppering’ on the fire deck. There is a small chance the cutter didn’t clean up the cast face but wirh the consistency across the surface it looks more like inclusion porosity to me. Has anyone …

E-body Wiper Arms on a 71-74 B-body?

My wiper system has decided to self destruct, (which is a problem since the ’72 SSP my preferred daily driver over the late model Ram). Long story short- the driver’s arm and pivot splines are toast. I don’t want to pay out the nose on ebay for another…

71-74 Steering Wheel Center Clips

Anyone know where to get one of these clips or have an alternative? I scored the three spoke wheel I have wanted for the car this weekend and it only had two clips.

Transmission Rebuild Kit Shelf Life

A few years ago I was collecting parts for a big block swap. I got at crusty old 727 and bought a rebuild kit for it back 6-7 years ago. Does anyone know if those have a shelf life?