Recent content by 51secondchance

Hello all I first want to thank everyone for their advice on my many questions on my journey building my fist flathead,the engine runs really good and I could not have had a better first experience if had tried ,the bubba dist with the offenhouser intake with a Eddelbrock 4 barrel 1404 carb all...

Hello to any one reading this post I'm looking for some info on what other people have tried and what seems to be the best setting, I have a new Eddelbrock 1404 4 barrel carb on an offenhouser intake for my 8 ba that's going in my 51 f1 the carb I've been informed needs to have metering rods and...

Sorry about getting back busy summer the distributor is from bubbas ,it the Chevy one with just the mechanical advance , no vacume and it seems to be working real good I just received my jet and metering rod kit for my Eddelbrock 1404 and i need to go leaner ,this is uncharted waters so any tips...

Thanks as soon as I get the info I'm looking for I will send you a list of what worked and the motor is all stock

Hello everyone I have been out. Of the loop for awhile but I'm back I got my motor just about 100 % done and fired it up last Saturday first flatty second crank big grin I wanted to say thanks to everyone that filled in all the blanks for me and made my first motor a success, I'm still in need...

hello can any one please tell me if I'm nuts or just paranoid I'm putting together my 51 8ba engine and I'm to the point of installing the cast iron heads and a lot of post i have read says 55 to 60 lb. torque but my ford book says 65 ,70 ft lb. its not a rocket engine I'm just curious if the...

Hello all , I have a question regarding valve guides I know I have read it some ware but I'm not having luck finding it again , what is the consensus on lining the valve guides or just leaving them be , I have read that some people send them off to be sleeved. The reason is its supposed to help...

Thank you all I took a little break but I'm back thanks for all the tips. The seal kit I had had the razor and the seal was long and it definitely needed trimming like the instructions said

Thanks to all for the info I greatly appreciate it when I get this motor up and running again I will post some pictures thank you once again .

Hello all as you can probably see I'm a junior member which equates to me not having a whole lot of experience on flat heads , so please bear with me if this is old hat or a rehash of old stuff I am currently in the process of putting together a spare motor that came with my 51 f1 when I bought...

Re: Front exhaust bolt holes 8ba Sorry guys time to clarify what I did, when I tore down my spare motor all the bolts for the exhaust manafold were 3/8, the front two exhaust ports one left front one right front the holes were gummed up with what I think was large gap filling loctite green in...

Ok first off I made an assumption , not good, we all know what that means, I'm in the middle of putting a spare motor together for my 51 f1 ,it came with my truck and was pulled out of a wrecked truck 20 plus years ago and kept in heated storage the only reason I'm putting it together is the one...

Some of the forums that talk about this type of upgrade mention that hoses and gen cause issues sometimes and thy mention a tall adapter plate for carb thanks fo the reply

Hi all does anyone know if ther are any clearance issues with a offenhouser intake and eddelbrock 4 barrel carb set up for my flathead, just trying to be prepared when the time comes

No it's not a nut but a bolt that is 3/8 or 7/16 fine thread with a thick washer thanks for the reply