Recent content by awelker

I picked up a KR Wilson hand crank coil tester at Hershey that I am trying to get operational again. It is in pretty nice shape except for the wiring which was deteriorated to the point of barely there. Does anyone out there have a wiring diagram or pictures to show how they should be wired...

Very interesting. When you say move the bores “inward” 1/8”, do you mean inward along block length or inward of the “V”? Questioning because inward to the V will change pistonTDC to cam timing slightly, also change left and right banks differently. Would have to lay this out in CAD to really...

If you PM me your info I can email you a pdf scan of an operator/parts manual. I have two of them. One was in the same enclosure the engine was gold. Tin work did seem to be red. Also have a floor mounted one that has no tin that was green.

The flat on the pressure relief valve on the early engines is to oil the cam gear to block thrust face. As Bored&Stroked said this was eliminated on 8ba when they changed the thrust into the timing cover. With early timing gears it is good to have some oiling to the thrust face. I leave the...

In the SCTA all "normal" engine classes are broken up by displacement only. You can build it from scratch if you would like, and some have. Only the few vintage classes require original production blocks. That being said I don't think that the demand from the landracing community is what can...

I'm not super familiar with flathead Cadillac but do they have more conventional smaller outside diameter valve guides? In my opinion the main reason the Ford flathead had the large diameter guide was for access to machine the lifter bores. Installing the valves as an assembly was an added...

I'd say you are right on track. On the 39-41 Mercury blocks the valve eyebrow cut is just that it intersects the stock 3.1875 bore on the drivers side. This creates a sharp corner which is more prone to heat stress and crack.

The 59A blocks have the same valve geometry as the 8BA blocks. It's the pre-WWII blocks that have the valves closer to the bores. Andy

I have a Superwinch S5500 (5500lb) on both my enclosed and open trailers and are very pleased with them. They also make a 7500lb version, but the 5500lb doesn't work very hard pulling my race car on. I also got the synthetic rope on both of these hoping it would last longer with trips to...

barnfind - Thanks for the compliment, years of planning and packaging that all gets wrapped in a body where you see none of it.

"Period correct" and legal for Bonneville are two ends of the spectrum. You can be true to the 1950 time period for engine technology but to be legal for Bonneville today there will be no doubt your tank is modern. I tried to keep my bellytank as true to the period as possible, but their is no...

My memory was close but not perfect. I have a 4.27 set with the pinion marked Salisbury 18449 with 10 spline pinion yoke. Manufacture date of April 1951. Quick search references that number for Dana 44. It is not new but in very good shape. If interested send me a PM, I can send you pics.

I may have a NOS ring and pinion from that era truck, I think they were 4.11. Will check tonight and post the part number. Andy

Tony, Congrats on the Schramm buy, they are definitely interesting. What are your plans for it, get it running or for parts? Andy

All things considered we had a really good week. After making a bunch of runs right around 165 I was starting to feel like I was just beating and old horse that refused to go any faster up the hill. The. Finally on Thursday we did $10 worth of duct tape aero on the rear axle and went 168.89 into...