Category: Engine Issues

When I accel normally I get a slight hesitation ,but when I try hittting the gas hard from a start it pops hard and stalls.I set the timing at TDC and adjusted the carb fuel mix screws but it doesnt help.Thanks for any help

ill be using the eddy alum mag heads and wondering whats the best ratio rocker arms for my 408 engine. what brands do you guys prefer?

Hi guys. I’m going to do some mods to my engine this winter. She’s a 69 340 with 10.5 pistons, and OEM thermoquad intake with TQ carb off a newer 340. I’m going to use a stock 69 camshaft or simular, 4 speed with 3.55 rear. She has cast x heads with 2.02 valves now. Would I gain any noticeable torque with going to maybe cast j heads with 1.88 valves? I heard some where that smaller valves may help low end torque over the 2.02s. Or is there another cast stock head that would give me a little…

I hope someone can explain. When I switch my Dyno 2000 software from “advertised duration” to “@.050” and change the specs, I loose HP and Torque. The cam in question is a Lunati Voodoo hydraulic roller #60710. Specs are: advertised duration 258/264, (@ .050 207/215), lift 485/485,Lsa/Icl 112/106, rpm range 1000/5000. When I switch to @.050 I loose 53 hp and 10 ft.lb. I tried it with the Isky E-4 (260/260 or 216/216 @ .050) and lost only 6 hp but gained a couple ft/lb of torque. I think either…

Found a nos set of M /T valve covers–never used, nice but how do I open the breather holes…do I use knock them out..don’t want to crack the covers. Do I try to use a hole saw and drill them out ?

this last weekend i went to put a pilot bushing in my eagle crank and the bushing doesn’t fit, it’s to small. has anyone else had this problem?? i think i’m going to have a custom one made. or is there one i have to get right from eagle? any input would be great. ](*,)

We dropped a used rebuilt 318 (3,000 miles on engine from a t-boned ’78 Ram Charger) into my son’s ’74 duster, 3 speed M/T. Edelbrock performer intake and 1406 carb, stock exhaust still on it, swapped the pan and oil pick up out from the truck and used the old pan and pump which worked fine. No temp or oil gauges on it yet.

We got it started, timed it, ran it for about 20 minutes, drove it up the block to see if everything shifted right then parked it in garage and went back and re-tightened…