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New. Excellent condition. Be the quickest at the drags. Pinion 9 Teeth - Ring 41 Teeth - 4.56

SOLD***** Halibrand 101 Quickchange rear end. Torrance, CA. Complete. Very nice. 4.33 R&P, fits Model A housings, no cracks no welds ever. This needs no bearings or any kind of work it's bolt in. Eleven sets of gears in a case. 13/22, 15/23, 16/19, 18/24, 18/30, 19/25, 21/26, 23/25, 24/36...

Any updates on this?

Good condition

Any brand manifold would be great.

In search of a dual carburetor intake manifold for dual Winfield SR carbs. Thank you for any leads. glennhalperin@att.net

Sorry to be misleading in my initial post. The engine has not been apart since the '70s. I was driving it a little too hard on the toll road and afterwards is when I noticed the nocking. All of the babbitt clearances were very close to .0015". I only ended up adjusting a couple.

I know this is an old post, but are the Miss Victoria style indicators available anywhere?

I know this is an old post, but are these indicators available anywhere?

After completely disassembling, adjusting all the babbett's and reassembling, it still knocked. I sent the rods out to have the wrist pin bushings changed. When I was cleaning it up for reassembly, again, I noticed a small mark on the center of the combustion chambers and matching marks on two...

Can you please post a photo or two?

Thanks for the tip, I plan on it.

The engine was rebuilt in the '70s, I doubt if they're still around. The car was in Napa for decades.

Tonight I pulled the crankshaft and started whittling away. It took about 30 minutes with a breakaway utility knife. It almost looks like the end thrust was poured separately from the main bearing. There’s a dirty section in the center that looks like it was not bonded well with the thrust...