Recent content by Licensed to kill

They took the zinc out of Rotella about 6-7 years ago IIRC. I also use GM EOS. It is actually recommended by ISKY for break in with their flat tappet cams. It should be used in every oil change, not just for break in.

Thanks Don

OK, thanks. I'm looking at buying a chevy pick-up frame that has a 348 with casting # 962 in it and the guy said he pulled the engine out of a "50's gravel truck" so it looks like it may have been a transplant in the gravel truck??.

http://www.348-409.com/cgi-bin/block/csvsearch.pl?block=3798962 It says "passenger car" then says under notes "truck block". So which is it??.

212,000....That's usually when I BUY them.

Another way to check if it's fireing in those cylinders is to hit the exhaust manifold right where it bolts to the head with a heat gun and check the temp of each cylinder. They should be all relatively the same. My brother has a '57 caddy that was running HOT on two cylinders. Rebuilt the carb...

I like SS and do all my fuel lines with it. I use it because to looks good and will ALWAYS look good. I don't flare it (don't have anything that WILL flare it) rather, I use compression fittings. The fitting are EXPENSIVE if you have to buy them but I get my tubing and most fittings for free. I...

Gotcha. Thanks. I just didn't understand how this all went down.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean here. Did they send you the part you ordered or not?.

Not that I'm aware of.

If I recall correctly, Clyde's car no older and maybe even newer that that solstice when he made the swap. It wasn't a classic then. The BIGGEST difference is that, IMO real hot rodding is putting a more current, higher HP per Cu in/lbs engine in and older car (which fits what Clyde did)...

It's already sold and it's too far away. Would cost as much to transport as it would to buy then it's no longer a deal. Exchange and shipping would be about $8000 CAD.

Because I love the car and i love the motor. Perhaps it's something only Clyde would have understood. :dunno

I would have bought this in a heart beat and put a 409 in it. It would have become the only one with a 409 I bet. Might be a tight squeeze though. http://merced.craigslist.org/cto/5432701668.html

Where's the fun in that. It seems to me that the quintessential example of the K.I.S.S principle would be pulling these old tired W's and installing crate 350's.