Recent content by Neil W

Aubrey, That must be a fun ride! Does that '62 rear really hold up to that 700 hp?!! IF so, maybe I don't need to replace the one in my Impala. I can't believe the casting can take that much abuse! They sure dont look that stout. I've blown four 9" thirdmembers in my jeep with a non...

Seon, I may have our brake light done fairly soon (if my new lens material gets here quickly). I have stuck with the plan I told you about in the other post, but the plastic I have now, just isn't going to look good enough, so I am waiting for a new piece. If you would like, I can take some...

Is anyone interested in this car? If so, I live about 15 miles from Boulder, and can check it out for you. If not, I may check it out for myself. I don't know anything about what to look for if it's genuine, but would be happy to crawl around it for somebody. I must say, at that price it's...

More Comp cams trouble Was at dinner with a buddy of mine tonight and told him about these Comp. cams failures. He said that he put a Comp. extreme energy in the last motor him and his brother built. Shortly after break-in, they lost the intake and exaust lobe on number 8. After teardown he...

Me too! Don't think I would do it myself, but I would hope that if they come with the holes in them already, it must be okay. Don't know anybody that has tried them though, not sure if I want to be the first.

Thankfully, I have not yet had a cam break-in problem, but just the other day, a buddy of mine told me about a lifter that has an oiling hole drilled through to the bottom. I'm guessing it would be solid flat-tappet only but I thought it sounded interesting. Neil

Hi Russ, I also think that Stewart rebuilds them. Not sure of the cost, but it may be another option. You can check out their site, it's www.stewartcomponents.com Neil

HI 348NUT, That's a nice looking little bronco, you must not see many of them up there. I have a few friends that are early bronco fanatics and I've probably got as much time in those f**ds as I do in my own projects. Actually I like 'em a lot, and enjoy working on them. Both have 1 ton...

Twin turbo 409 oil4kids, If you can I would also love to see some pic's of those hair-driers. I've considered doing the same for my future '62 project. Got a couple new turbo's sitting around collecting dust, and thought they would look great piped into a W. Just realized I have never...

Have I made a mistake? Lonnie, Sorry for any advice I may have given you (and others) out of ignorance. I was just so happy with how well the car turned out and the amount of time we saved. We had our 58 dipped following the suggestion of a local hot rodder and after the company assured us...

Lonnie, The company I used was listed in the yellow pages under "auto and metal stripping." If you can't find someone in the book, try an online yellow pages search, then you can search a larger area more easily. If you have tried both of these with no luck, I would try to get in touch with...

Belair58, We had the body and doors of our 58 impala acid dipped. I was very glad we did, even though it did not come out as good as they(the acid dipper) said it would. The time it saved us was phenomenal! It was so much nicer to work on after we got it back. The acid bath removed all the...

Thanks Tm

Tm, Is there any way of knowing if you have steam pockets when your sender is in the intake? And are you saying that water wetter helps even with a water/antifreeze mix? Neil

The sender installed in the intake manifold (usually at the t-stat. housing) will give a much better indication of overall engine coolant temps.. I pulled this off the Stewart water pump web site, I think it's www. stewartcomponents.com I was curious about it myself. Neil