Recent content by Tony Shaffer

Crapper and fuel problem I didn't know about the crapper being invented in the UK. That's cool! The monument thing, you could have something there. After you look at everything this weekend as you described, if that doesn't fix it, then we go to the carbs and related items. You may even have to...

Fuel problem Hello from the USA, This is Tony from Day Automotive in Independence, Mo. We built your engine with Phil. You know (fast Phil from Parkville) that's his nickname! Your problem could be vapor lock, but I would check to make sure that your gas tank is vented properly. Any problem...

Stroker Motor ! Since I installed all 573 Horses into the stroker motor I can absolutely verify that it exists. It would have had more but I had to save some for the next motor that I build and I'm only allotted so many Horse powers per month. I didn't want someone to come up real short if you...

Horton's 409/482 Hey Guys, This engine was kind of a mix. It's a mild race engine. It's a good solid affordable single four barrel piece. We've made 700 ponies on 444 inches with 583 heads with duel fours. But that's a bunch of work. You'll see it run at the reunion in my brother Don's...

Travis Horton's Engine Hey Guys, We're pretty tickled with the engine. The single four intake doesn't run up high as well as the duel four piece. We didn't want to go crazy on port work so the heads and intake have pretty mild work done on them. We were hoping for 550 HP but it didn't quite...

When you need hardened exh. seats in 09 Hey Fred, Most likely if you just take very short trips at a time there will be limited wear. Also there are some additives that might help some in cases where there is very limited driving. In a race engine there is no need to put seats in them. Number...

Exhaust Seats in 409's Hey Guys, The mith that exists that you can't put exhaust seats in w-series engines is just that! We have installed without blowing the quantitys out of proportion, at the very least 40 sets of heads! The exhaust seats are absolutely no problem, you just have to know...

Head Porting on the 409-474 We did some port work on the heads in the bowl area the way the 409's like it and of course the port openings were matched to the gasket. There was also some special intake manifold work performed to pick up velocity and broaden the power range. We tried to get the...

340 hp pistons Hey Kirby, Call Phil Reed at Reed's Classic Cars. (816-587-1107) He should be able to help you out. Tony

Camshaft on the 09 Hey guys, Checked out the question on the camshaft. It is a solid street roller. It's a Crane piece and the lifters also. I can't remember the exact specs right now, but it's in the book. I think it's 236 degrees duration at .050 on the intake side with a little over .600...

Horsepower and Air cleaner Box Hey Guys, Just read a little bit more and thought I would explain a couple of things. The horsepower numbers achieved by the factory engines are done with headers and no turning acc. of any kind so it even looks a little better for the 09 with cast iron exhaust...

Dyno Tests on 62 Belair409 (Dave) Hey Phil, On this engine we used 92 octane Amoco or BP as it's called now. We wanted to make sure at all stages of the test that we were not having any problems with detonation or pinging. We also wanted real numbers not associated with the addition of higher...

Sleeving 348-409 Block Sleeving 348-409 block is no problem providing there are no large holes in the cylinder. Cracks in the cylinder are no problem as long as they are within the cylinder area and do not go up into the deck surface. We sometimes put JB Weld or some type of sealer in the...