I have a 429 Ford in a Torino I bought about five months ago. The previous owner told me it has a flat tappet hydraulic performance cam but he didn’t know the specs or much of anything else about the engine. Just recently, the engine started making a ticking noise that is the same as
I just bought a cool ’70 Camaro with a 396 motor in it. The guy I bought it from said it had a “hot rod” camshaft in it. It idles like it has a big cam but it also ticks like there are one or two valves that might be loose. I don’t even know
I have a Pro Street Camaro with a big-block Chevy, TH400, Dana 60 and 4.30 gears. I just bought this car a few months ago. The gear ratio is what the previous owner told me it had. At approximately 50 mph I’m at 3,000 rpm. I’m running a 31-inch tall tire. How fast can I
I just bought a ’68 Olds Cutlass from a local guy. It’s in really great shape and I got a good deal because the previous owner was fed up with an electrical problem. He was straight with me – he said that sometimes you’d be driving down the road and the whole car would just
I just bought the EZ-EFI and I’m still waiting for delivery. I have a 455 Pontiac. For the last couple of days, I’ve been reading up on it (should’ve done that first) and it doesn’t sound like it’s going to work for me. The only thing the salesman said is that it will work is
I was watching a dyno test video the other day with a couple of cam swaps on a supercharged LS3. On the first test, a slightly bigger cam showed more power with the same boost. On the last cam—and the biggest one—the power went up again but the boost went down. Shouldn’t the power go
I have a small-block, four-speed ’71 Camaro that I race in autocross. How much horsepower do the following items use on a small-block at 6,000 rpm? Even a guesstimate would be great. Thanks. Flex fan – 18-inch diameter Alternator Water pump Power steering pump Exhaust 2 1/2-inch exhaust tubing with Flowmasters TKO 600 transmission G.L. I have
I have a ’64 El Camino that has been converted to front discs using 1970 Chevelle parts. I was told that I should change the master cylinder as well, so I bought a dual reservoir power brake master thinking that would be better, even though my car does not have the power brake booster.
I am making plans for an LS-swapped Chevelle with all kinds of cool parts, so I’m building the car in my head. I’ve seen lots of people use that Corvette factory fuel pressure regulator and fuel filter in their cars and I got to wondering why I should place the regulator up front near
I have a 383 c.i. small-block Chevy that I recently rebuilt and installed in my ’72 El Camino. Unfortunately, it appears that the rear main seal is leaking. I’m pretty sure I installed the seal the right way, but it’s obvious from how bad the leak is that it’s going to have to be replaced.
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