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by fishman
Thu May 17, 2007 7:42 pm
Forum: Drivetrain
Topic: powerglide with jw case
Replies: 6
Views: 6505

I had a stock glide case and replaced it with a jw case and bell housing usuing my stock tail house shaft and all the guts were from the old tranny and the trans brake to which had no issues before...the old tranny worked fine just had a small pin hole in the case from inpurities in the metal looks ...
by fishman
Wed May 16, 2007 8:31 pm
Forum: Drivetrain
Topic: powerglide with jw case
Replies: 6
Views: 6505

powerglide with jw case

just installed a jw case and bellhousing on my glide but left the stock tail house shaft.....my guy installed the gasket from the after market tailhouse shaft and not the stock gasket....my question is what can be affected by doing this...i tried running the car and the trans brake would not work an...
by fishman
Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:20 am
Forum: Data Logging - Randy McMahon RPM Performance
Topic: lm1
Replies: 1
Views: 10630

lm1

I bought a lm1 innovate &the instructions r for a lawyer anyways i have a couple ? hopefully u can guide me in the right directions. Looking in the operations manual, shows a picture of what shows up on the screen of the lm1 when in use. Left hand corner is a reading of what they call lambda wha...
by fishman
Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:04 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: intake comparison
Replies: 8
Views: 6741

I am running a hurricane in a sbc and the flow numbers r unreal. Where i live it is the ticket and i think the reason why is a guy here is doing unreal things with them.........lots of meat in them so they can be opened up alot
by fishman
Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:45 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: 1.5/1.6 rockers
Replies: 3
Views: 3768

have u read joe shermans article about 1.6 and 1.5 rockers.....basically what he is saying is there is no gain by having 1.6 on exhaust and intake so he says u might as well run 1.5 exhaust and run 1.6 on the intake ..............he says there is no loss by using 1.5 on the exhaust........as by goin...
by fishman
Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:37 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: pro comp bbc heads
Replies: 4
Views: 4880

save your money to many problems with he castings right now go for a known brand like afr,brodix.edelbrock at leats u r getting a product that is american made and has good warranty and u will will be looked after
by fishman
Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:23 am
Forum: Engine
Topic: Engine problem
Replies: 16
Views: 12927

if usuing a retard box maybe is not retarding at start up and getting full advance check out your retard box wires
by fishman
Sat Dec 09, 2006 5:12 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: New to site..lookin 4 guesses
Replies: 10
Views: 8045

i would probably lean more to the high 10's
by fishman
Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:06 am
Forum: General BS
Topic: questions about footbraking
Replies: 13
Views: 9188

I think with a big cam that u have the pv is to big....run a vacuum gauge and see what changes u get when u rev it up and it will tell u how much pv u need.....if u have no pv in back run 6-8 bigger jets in back....the squiters size is decided by how much your car weights ....light car go bigger in ...
by fishman
Sun Nov 05, 2006 7:58 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: how to know where to set the RPM redline ?
Replies: 12
Views: 19673

I am turning just over 7000 rpm at the finish line...i could be going faster but i had changed the cam to a roller cam for the last race of the season and the old cam was good for 4000-7000 rpm so i had set the shift light at 6800 rpm and i forgot to change the pill so i had short shifted the car an...
by fishman
Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:00 pm
Forum: Engine
Topic: how to know where to set the RPM redline ?
Replies: 12
Views: 19673

My set up is in a 74 pinto with a 383 stroker cam is 633 lift and 272 duration and 268 @ .050 heads r edelbrock victor flowing around 295 cfm 2.08 valves intake is a hurricane opened up with a 1 inch spacer by trandapt with a 850 cfm holley 12.5 pistons headers stepped and 1 3/4 tube torque is 8 inc...