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A Valve Spring In Slow Motion.

Makes you appreciate what these little springs have to go through.

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Fuel pressure monkey business, 96' Silverado

K1500 305. Went out to start her after sitting for 2 days, and crank, crank, sputter, and die. She trys but wont start. So I gave up till today. I put the fuel pressure gauge on it, and hit the key and...

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Found under vavle cover

Pulled my valve covers to set the valves and found this laying next to a valve spring. Been about 2000 miles since I set the valves (solids) so it was time. Looks big enough to at least block an oil...

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Mechanical Fuel Injection

Hi, I am thinking of using mechanical injection on the street. I'm thinking a 6-71 with a birdcatcher hat, it would be on a mopar 440. What I'm conserned with is cylinder wash and oil getting dilluted....

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92 silverado engine upgrades

i just purchased a second silverado 350 tbi with the nv4500 trans ( might be a 3500) i always get it mixed up my other silverado is the same except it has a tbi to tpi swap on it im going to use this...

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Identify Lunati Camshaft

could you identify #139536 on rear of camshaft front of camshaft has RRB 292-302 F4JH

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Need guidance

Hi guys I'm a new guy into gas engines I was a diesel junkie for years and want to try something new. I have a 71 gmc with a 350 that I want to put power into sadly it's a 2 bolt main. I'm haven...

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canadian 2 barrel intake any one answer question on it

So I bought a 59 chevy pu with what I'm assuming to be a 307 or 327 has a Canadian intake I was reading that it has no egr stuff and less likely to have vacuum leaks is there more to it and would...

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Straight pipe

Would it hurt to run the motor straight pipes...Ive always heard it would hurt the valves and this that and the other

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oil leak

I have a oil leak on my 1984 Chevy Silverado I am not sure if it is the valve covers or the rear seal I have oil on my bell housing on my transmission I have already replaced the valve cover gaskets...

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1995 gmc vortec head swap what TBI & spacer to use

1995 gmc truck edelbrock heads GM Preformance intake 12496821 edelbrock cam 3702. what holly 670 TBI and airaid spacer should I use?

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383 Stroker with blow by PCV problem

Bought a C10 with a 383 installed. It had a blow by problem with the oil breather/catch can installed. PCV was removed and capped. I installed a PCV connected to air filter and blow by problem still...

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Spark plugs problem on vortec heads

Hello! I have a strange problem I was changing plugs on my 355 when I Noticed that nr 5 cyl plug was wet and all others were fine. Any got a idea of what causes this? She burns no coolant and no white...

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holley street avenger problem

Hey all, new to the site. sorry if i'm posting wrong or wrong place, but i need help. 1987 chevy V10 4x4 350. originally tbi, just rebuilt engine, using orig. intank fuel pump, return style reg.,...

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Camel hump heads vs vortec heads

Hello to all i got a question for you guys, i want to change the heads on my 1972 327 or its a 350 i got to pull pan but havent got that far yet to verify the motor,if you had a choice to go camel hump...

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What effects does low rpm's have on air fuel mixture?

(preface: 355sbc, 232@.50 480lift cam, decent heads, rpm air gap, holley 650 dp, t5 manual) I put a wideband gauge in my Camaro and I've been having fun fine tuning this carb with it. Got it dialed...

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Weird Oil Leak

I have a rebuilt SB 350 that I did myself a while back. Was using 20-50W oil and never had a leak. I just changed my oil 2 weeks ago to a little bit thinner oil and now I keep having an oil leak...

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K-line Ind

Did K-line ind. go out of business. Thier website doesn't work anymore and the only site that seems to work is any Ebay clearence store. Does this mean the Bronze -Bullet guide liners left are NOS?

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Chevy Water Neck Bolts Leaking

Whenever I go above 6000 rpm lately, coolant has been shooting up out of my water neck like a fountain. I had a billet aluminum swivel neck with o-ring on a Super Victor intake. I added a gasket to see...

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choosing cam for mild 355?

I was looking for help choosing a cam for a mild 355 motor in a heavy c10 truck, as Its abundntly clean I can't do it haha. Motor is a 355 with a set of 195 runner, 64cc heads, rpm intake, 3.73 gears,...

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