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Jumping the gun a bit here. So since I rebuilt the 340 and spent the bucks on it. It's been burning oil. Honed the cylinders and installed new rings. Went over the heads with a fine tooth comb. I can burn 3 litres in 200 miles after the ring change. I now have 1000 miles on the rings and still...

I was at a local wrecking yard this past weekend looking for a dana 60 for a friend. I found one and the axle was stamped with dana. However the case had 248 stamped on the housing which stopped me to dig a bit deeper. I grabbed the dana part number of 6684 -1 the sticker also says...

Took Dartie to a local cruise on the main drag with Maddy (daughter) as my co-pilot. Lots of spectators to see the parade of classic cars. The compliments she got to hear and all the praise Dartie was gathering as we rumbled along the main drag. Maddy learned to listen to the crowd out her...

So I have been away from the Internet for awhile sorting things out with life. Fiance took off so it's back to the hand. I have been tinkering a bit with the dart. I raised the rear end up a bit because I did not like the level stance. I put some nitto drag radial on the back with 325/50/15...

Looking for a 850 double pumper holley Electric choke would be nice. Don't want to pay a small fortune for it

rare 69 camaro with a 302 hemi http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-midsize/with-its-hemi-crossram-check-out-the-rarest-1969-camaro-ever/ar-BBnXapC?li=BBnb7Kz http://www.guinns-engineering.com/Ricks%20Hemi%20Heads%20and%20Cam.htm

360 hemi http://www.racingjunk.com/Drag-Racing/182593072/360-small-block-hemi.html

So i am looking at tires today since the good year wrangler sra's scared the brown nuggets out of me on the first snowfall. looking at 275-60-20 tires for the ram thinking all terrain tires I had the bfg all terrain t/a on my old dakota and did not have much complaints about them except the...

stumbled onto this last night and obviously dont find too much about them on the internet. I guess first thing. The plug .. was there suppose to be one with it? might have to do some more digging in the heap of old radios. :hmmm: I wonder if it still works :hmmm: anybody know how i can test...

Looking for the female connectors for the rally dash so i can use the original plug. anybody know where i can find the female plugs for these? I forgot to take a photo of the other side.

I just stumbled on to a set of mopar blue plug w5 aluminum heads for the small block. They are unmachined and raw. I already have all the w2 stuff to bolt on to them so i started to debate. Damn brain. Are they worth the price of admission? thinking for lightweight and i am using high...

any idea? the numbers i have found on the carb 5157 on the throttle plate 5275 and 5271 on the metering blocks also on the one metering block has 4100 I am at a loss for what it is :hmmm:

i have had this sitting on the shelf for awhile as well. I went to look up the numbers for the carb and its list number from Holley is R84042 which i believe makes it a 4011 carb, but what cfm? It is a very very light aluminum carb and spreadbore. I also have the Mr gasket adapter for it. I...

I have been tripping over this door for awhile and i finally decided to take a photo of it and figure it out. I am thinking it is from a charger can anyone confirm it?

so i have to get some new pistons for my 340 since i had to overbore i am at .04 over now I have some w2 heads with 62 cc heads. I have been playing with compression ratio calculators because i want to keep it on pump gas. The best octane rating around this area is 92. I am thinking i want...

just heard from machine shop today that the 340 cylinders have a .003" taper in them. Is it ok to run it? or should it be bored another .01? It is already .03 over.

So i have been doing a lot of digging lately for my late grandfathers tractor. It is a 1950 Oliver 77 row crop tractor picture is not ours, just up for reference. looking for electronic ignition conversion for a delco distributor. Has anyone ever played with this stuff? This will be an xmas...

so i went to look at a set of heads for the 340 today set of vintage 1976 w2 race heads max ported and polished by Batton performance with the harland sharp rockers 1:5 ratio:dance: springs for 650 63 cc chambers make 10.5 compression now to find a camshaft :hmmm: also have an edelbrock victor...

I have the 340 apart and spun a connecting rod bearing on piston #7 so looks like i need to turn the one throw on the crankshaft. next when i was cleaning out the bores i noticed down in bore #4 that there was a gouge in the wall. The piston that was in that bore has no signs of any problems...

Dr, Jass goes to a restaurant and orders a chicken dish. By the time the food is ready and he is about to eat, the waiter comes back and says, "Sir, I'm afraid there has been a mistake. You see, that police officer (sammich) who is sitting at the next table is a regular customer of ours and he...