Recent content by wagon409

I have a powerglide problem. Last time I started the car it started to spray or throw transmission fluid out from around the torque converter to front pump area. I now have the tranny out and can not see any damage to the front seal. So now I am wondering if it is leaking from around the pump...

Check out this pic..nice 62....click on the next link on the right side a couple times to see what happens on this pass. :eek: Sure hope it wasn't anybody we know. http://gallery.competitionplus.com/main.php?g2_itemId=604967 Marc

Interesting Now I don't know Ignitionman personally, so I am wondering if he being somewhat facetious or if he is really as big an *** as he comes across on this board. With each post of his I read, I am becoming more and more convinced of the later. Marc

what fuel? Just out of curiousity....with the 13:1 what fuel are you running? Marc

Good plan Sounds like you have a good idea of what you want to accomplish and have a good direction planned. We raced two super comp cars in the 90's with automatics and transbrakes and I think that is a great plan although I realize sticks have some plusses as well. A transbrake is an...

That is the best part of an event like that, the people you visit with. Whenever we take the twin engine car to shows, I love to hear about people's stories and memories of the 60's.....its a blast!! All I have to do is stand there and listen to the great stories.

My 2 cents First off, it was great to see the 62 sitting back in the staging lanes once again. It looked right at home. Sorry to hear the car didn't run as well as you may have hoped right out of the box, but tuning is half the fun and I'm sure you will get it in the 13's in no time. I feel...

Back on the strip It is nice to hear the car is going to hit the strip again Tom.:clap You should have seen the smile on Wendy's face when she read that you are taking it to KCIR. Good luck with that and I hope she holds together for you and makes you proud. Very happy she went to a good...

John force interview Great interview with John Force. He is doing remarkably well. He thanked the lord and is lucky to by alive. http://cbs11tv.com/video/?id=21549@ktvt.dayport.com&cid=7 I know it may be hard to beleive, but John was pretty talkative as usual. Well worth watching.

accident It will be interesting to hear more about the cause of this accident. It appears the car split in two before contacting any other object. John said in an interview today that the chute pulled the car in two. The chassis must have been weakened by some other incident. The tire was flat...

3 speed 409 I took a truck 409 and threw it in the 283 wagon and by the time I sold it 5 years later I shelled the 3 speed, the pinion gear, and an axle. Amazing what an increase in torque can do....and that's just 252 HP. I'd bet the 3 speed would live a short life behind a 380HP. Marc

My two cents on the start-up deal. Whenever we are starting a new engine, or our race car, we always remove the spark plugs, crank up the oil pressure, install the plugs, check the acc pump to make sure there is in fact fuel in the carb, and start. No problems with tons of trips down the quarter...

I just sold a couple on ebay I just sold a couple for $308 on ebay. One needed a .010/.010 grind while the other needed just a polish to be used but .010/.010 would have been the likely outcome on that as well. They went higher than I thought they would......but then again I didn't think...

I have a set of pistons in an engine I am trying to sell that I would like help identifying if possible. They are arias pistons with a number on the bottom of H-60-A. On the camshaft, I know this is a huge longshot, but what the heck. I am not aware of the maker, but it has RRC L85 or L86 and...

The rod makes perfect sense. That would lean it out and cause the overheating problem. Now the other question for the experts out there....what caused the cam to go bad?