I have an Edelbrock 2×4 setup using the 500 cfm Endurashine carburetors for my 383ci small-block Chevy that I’m putting in a ’53 Chevy hot rod pickup. In a month or so I’m going to fire the new engine and I’m wondering if there are any changes I should make to the carburetors before I
By now, you may have already heard about the self-tuning FiTech Go Street EFI (or other FiTech fuel-injection systems) as being the aftermarket’s most-affordable alternative to carburetors. Depending on your application, you may find a FiTech system that fits your wants and needs for about the same price as a new carb. Which is why
Q: I have a 1976 Chevy Blazer with a 320 hp small block. It has a 600 cfm carburetor, MSD 6A ignition with an HEI adapter kit, and a heavy duty distributor cap and rotor. I keep melting a hole through the distributor cap, plus the center terminal (spring included) and the arc seal. I swapped
Depending on who you believe, hub centric rings are either: A) essential to the performance and longevity of your wheels, or B) a scam created by the wheel industry to charge the customer more money. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in between. A hub centric ring is used to help a wheel stay centered during
Editor’s Note: Mike Mavrigian’s shop, Birchwood Automotive, specializes in street performance and racing engines as well as vehicle restoration. We covered his last build, a 499 cubic inch Mopar 400 big block. This time, he’s building a 408 cubic inch LS engine based on a 6.0L cast iron block. In this final installment, we’ll highlight
When the gang at COMP Cams decided to swap the camshaft in a 454-cubic-inch V8 L29 L.4-liter Gen. VI motor with an aggressive profile, they were also forced to upgrade the engine’s valve springs to accommodate it. You can see that cam swap video here. There are three important considerations when choosing valve springs: Matching
Q: I have a small block Chevy engine. Unfortunately, I don’t know what size it is! The bore is 3.87-inch so I assume it is a 283 or a 307. There is a canister type breather in the lifter valley; I understand that means the engine is a 1967 or earlier. I copied down the casting
I was working on my engine the other day when I pulled the distributor cap and noticed what looked like grease around the inside of the cap. But what really caught my eye was the strange buildup of crud on one end of each spark plug wire terminal on the cap. What causes this and
There are many myths and misconceptions about engine cooling, but the truth is your engine’s cooling system must perform a balancing act. It needs to extract enough heat to keep your engine happy, yet maintain enough heat to keep it operating efficiently. That means keeping the engine in the 180- to 210-degree F range. To achieve and maintain optimum temperature range, a good cooling
Discover how adding a more-aggressive camshaft to a factory engine can dramatically increase power, when the good people at COMP Cams show you how to perform a cam swap in a massive big block Chevy. Using a 454-cubic-inch V8 L29 7.4-liter Gen. VI motor, which originally came equipped in 1996-’99 full-size Chevrolet and General Motors
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