Recent content by smd321

Do you have any pictures of routing? Pcv seems tight to rear of front. Not seeing a port for the advance on the front carb. Thank you!!

The progress gets slower the closer I get. Working on the vacuum lines and pcv. Questions : 1. Where does the vacuum advance line tap off of the 2x4 setup? 2. Where is the PCV supposed to connect to? 3. Planning to Tee off the front side of the pcv for my aftermarket power brake booster. Only...

Had to order isky cam lube for solid lifters. Got that in and the intake torqued. It put up a fight, but it fits good. I think the distributor is the next hold up and then should be ready to hit the dyno!

Heads torqued. Thinking I should rattle can paint back of water pump and timing cover before I torque that down. And maybe the fill neck. It turned out nice from the vapor blaster, hasn't even started rusting yet. Question on the fuel system... SC has a chrome plated 63 2x4 fuel line kit. Is...

Timing mark lines up with the show cars damper. Heads pressure tested good. Time to do some assembly!!

Here's the good, and the bad (or ugly) This is a coolant passage on my 690 heads. Looks like they were epoxy sealed or something. It's pretty hard stuff, it won't easily flake off, but now I'm worried. Buying another set of heads isn't in the cards unless I know these are bad. I don't know...

Thanks guys! He must have been pretty good at negotiating... from what I was told it took several years for the deal to happen. Dad never parted with anything else 409 related for the rest of his life and Scott still has a shirt on his back!!

This might be a long shot or it might be really easy! In the mid 90s my Dad sold this engine to the guy in the picture. I didn't fully appreciate it back then, but I came across the pictures recently. Does anyone know who this is in the picture? If I recall correctly, this engine went into a...

The heads came with the same diameter springs that I'm using and no method of centering the bottom of the spring to the valve pocket.

My guide is .63" od and my spring ID is 1.040. The guide and pockets appear to be both machined. So not internal located either. Don't want to name names, but the place I've been buying parts from said I shouldn't need cups or locators for these heads but it appears that I do. As it stands now...

Working on the heads. Quick question. My springs are 1.44" OD and the pockets were previously expanded to 1.63" ID. Do I need to use a spring cup or locator of some sort?

Still hung up on the damper. Turns out I have a fleet of small block dampers and no 409. Does anyone have a recommendation of repro dampers? It doesn't seem like there are any 7" 409 balancers new. Is it a good idea to switch to a fluid damper?

Looks like the windage tray will clear just fine I'm back to the standard volume oil pump. 8 pistons in. Clearances are looking good with no extra machining. Freeze plugs in. Sorting out the balancer and timing cover next. Ordered a repro timing cover since my extra was for the small balancer...

I got a good rotation in on the crank and first piston and watched all the rotating parts to block clearance. Nothing even came close enough to bother with a feeler gauge. We will see how the others go.... Has anyone else on here has issues with the Eagle kit? Also, considering ring gaps. The...

I have the 3822925 manifold (left). Looking for the passenger side, 3822926.