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    348 heads

    anyone ever try milling the top off a small port intake then adding on a dual quad top?
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    Wheel hop

    What is this car going to be used for? Driving the living $hit out of it! :woohoo How serious are you about making it plant? At the track it HAS to HOOK! but on the street I SURE as heck DON"T want it wheel hopping. My brother said I just need more POWER! :beer:good I am working on that...
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    Wheel hop

    Resurrecting this as I now have the problem. Just put in an eaton limited slip with 3.55 gears in the 64. Dump the clutch and WHEEL HOP! didn't do this with a single and 3.70 gear. No I haven't looked at the pinion angle or bushing. It is high in the rear. Probably old shocks and busing...
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    Thinking about a stroker short block, going rate for a block?

    With all this under sizing and no one has said anything about the strength. All this cutting is reducing the overlap between the main and rod journals. just saying.
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    409 compression test adapter

    That how my grandpa taught me to do it. :good any time I don't have one.
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    Oil with zink

    SE Obsolete CAUTION: Not suitable for use in most gasoline-powered automotive engines built after 1979. SD Obsolete CAUTION: Not suitable for use in most gasoline-powered automotive engines built after 1971. Use in more modern engines may cause unsatisfactory performance or equipment harm...
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    Is me or is this weird

    Yes it was a 4 dr ht. I'd drive it but I don't know that I would pay for it.
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    Is me or is this weird

    https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1101644344353153/
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    transmission advice

    If the TH350 is good it will never happen with a stockish 348. Mine was beat on daily with a 410 gear, never an issue. YES !! build one right and never look back! There is no doubt. But they eat up 40 more HP and are 40# heavier.
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    409 race engine

    Scott the picture is not at tdc. look at the 2 center pistons. they are off set. At tdc they would be even. 30 in the hole, with a stock deck would not surprise me. Also depends of if the measurement was done in the right place and right method. Should be done at the top of the piston...
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    OH 1965 409 Oil Pan $175

    :bang :bang:bang
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    May need a rear sway bar!

    I LOVE IT! GREAT! AND its a 65
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    transmission advice

    I'm with you all. Defiantly a th350 over the 400:good
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    409 block for sale

    HECK YEA!!!!
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    409 race engine

    Those are some NICE looking pistons. 25 cc and 85cc??? yea 7.8.... I'd be re ccing those things. I would expect no more than 12cc on the heads stock. hopfully about 75 or less in cylinder.
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