--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1R00007 Date: 01/20/98 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 05:28pm \/To: LANDON ROBINSON (Read 0 times) Subj: gas tanks You where writing to Sean Dunbar; > That is something I wish would get settled soon... the big block/small > block > thing. One engine is a small block but another is a big block and yet > they > are one cubic inch differance apart (the Chevy 350 and the Ford 351). > How does one look at this... the actual dimentions of the engine or the > internal cubic inches? Physical external dimensions. Mostly. =-) 400cid small block chevy. 396cid big block chevy. and whatever other makes and models of engines you choose to throw into the fray. You just gotta get to know the engines over time so you can label them. In the begining I kept getting myself into a heck of a fray by using the term 400 big block. (with 396, 402, 400's all being bandied about). Alex. | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... If it screams, it's not food, yet.... --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMBP73M] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-680-2991 * Internet (1:2401/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1R00008 Date: 01/20/98 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 05:28pm \/To: LANDON ROBINSON (Read 0 times) Subj: muscle design factors You where writing to Joel Heckman. but the quote preceeds him; > -> I would but I've got a coil spring rear end. I was planning on > going > -> with a pair of air shocks to raise it up high enough to clear a set > -> of tires and raise the back end all at the same time. I do not plan > -> on "tubbing" this thing. I would advise against air shocks. They put a lot of strain on your shock mounts. Rather than most of the load being carried by the spring mounting pads, when you decide to level (such as a load sagging the rear), or jack up the car, all the strain is going to be concentrated on that tiny shock mount. Eventually it will punch or tear through. Others may disagree with this on the claims of using air shocks, but its a very real possibility. > I didn't think ladder bars would do anything with the way the trailing > arms were set up. For a street car, consider (poly)urethane bushings to take up any slop at the various mounting points. That will help with a good amount of axle rotation. If your after maximum tire planting capability, then you might want to explore the world of altered length trailing arms (the coil sprung cars version of ladder bars if you will). Of course, that entails reworking the entire rear half of the car. Alex. | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... You can never go fast enough. --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMBP73M] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-680-2991 * Internet (1:2401/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1R00009 Date: 01/21/98 From: BRIEN PAGE Time: 06:54pm \/To: CRAIG HEALY (Read 0 times) Subj: Car. -> Well, it's a shame the AMC dealership did not know that ... -> ... the employees at the parts counter of the AMC dealership (and various -> mechanics from time to time) said the reason it took forever to get -> non-stocked engine parts was the dealership had to order the parts from -> American Motors, which in turn had to order the parts from Chevrolet. CH> That's truly odd. AMC did buy a fair amount of things from other CH> auto manufacturers, but not engines. There were three types of CH> V8 AMC engines. The first was quite rare in the mid-fifties. A CH> Packard engine, actually. The second was the 287/327 type you CH> mentioned, but made by AMC. The third was the 290-343-360-390-401 CH> used in later cars. Not a bad engine, actually. It looked a lot CH> like a small-block Chevy, but had a front mounted distributor. I'll take your word for it, I was just going by what I had been told by someone who I thought should have known. Thanks for setting me straight. Brien --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: NUT N' MUCH BBS Madison TN (615 868-8370 ISDN/Analog) (1:116/305) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1R00010 Date: 01/21/98 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 10:51pm \/To: ROY J. TELLASON (Read 0 times) Subj: Car. -> CH> It's *possible* that a certain carb part was the same as a -> CH> Chevy, -> -> You'd think that there would be more and better cross-reference infor -> out there. Heck, maybe there is, but it's on the 'net and that's w -> haven't seen it... Nor have I. No direct Internet access, yet. Though I'll probably set something up before the Spring. -> Right now the best I can do is look in various aftermarket books, -> if you can get 'em from some auto parts place when they get new -> ones, and that can be a long and involved process. (I could tell -> stories about the Holley I can't find a vacuum pulloff for...) -> -> I've heard that junkyards are supposed to have some sort of super -> cross-reference type of material, but have never seen this sort of -> thing and wouldn't want to try and spend any money on such stuff. That'd be a Hollander manual. I've worked with those, but they don't list all the little bits and pieces. And they aren't totally inclusive. Not sure that'd be possible these days. Sure was easy pre-1960, when it was just different chrome on basically the same car per manufacturer. -> Ideally there would be some sort of electronic version of this, to -> run on your computer. Though it's hard enough trying to even find -> something of this sort to deal with electronic parts! I'd love to find a CDROM Hollander. I'll check Saturday when I do my weekly "fishing" trip to the junkyard. -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1R00011 Date: 01/21/98 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 10:51pm \/To: ALAN MORRISON (Read 0 times) Subj: Where the Chevies lived -> BP> There were two V8 engines available, a 287 cu in (made by Chevrol -> BP> like I had and the Chevy 327 cu in engine. The 287 mostly came -> with a -> BP> Carter 2bbl carb but some had a Holley 2bbl carb. -> -> I don't think these were Chevrolets, Brian, Chevy had a 283. Rambler -> their own engines back then, although the Avantis used the Chevy 327. Studebaker was a different company. They did use the Chevy small block from 1964 to the end of their run in 1966. Avanti Motor Company continued that after Studebaker went belly-up. -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1S00000 Date: 01/21/98 From: BRIEN PAGE Time: 11:42pm \/To: ALAN MORRISON (Read 0 times) Subj: Car. BP> There were two V8 engines available, a 287 cu in (made by Chevrolet) BP> like I had and the Chevy 327 cu in engine. AM> I don't think these were Chevrolets, Brian, Chevy had a 283. Rambler had AM> their own engines back then, although the Avantis used the Chevy 327. It seems I was mis-informed. According to Craig Healy, neither engine was made by Chevrolet. Brien --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: NUT N' MUCH BBS Madison TN (615 868-8370 ISDN/Analog) (1:116/305) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1S00001 Date: 01/19/98 From: DAY BROWN Time: 06:02pm \/To: ALEXANDER BILAN (Read 0 times) Subj: Murphy's law on brakes Believe me Alexander, I pumped the bejesus out of that pedal trying to bring it up; it never completely lost back pressure, but it obviously wasn't doing diddly to the brakes. so far, I see no indication of leaks, but it has been raining, and I have yet to crawl in the mud under it to make sure. They hadda backorder the master cyl, saying it was an oddball. maybe that is a clue too. ___ * OFFLINE 1.58 * I usta be lusty... I forget how I got to be lecherous. --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: * After F/X * Rochester N.Y. 716-359-1662 (1:2613/415) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1S00002 Date: 01/20/98 From: DAY BROWN Time: 11:46am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: 56 dodge power wagon Bubba Keith got one with some weird, probly fuel, problem. Says it has a 5 inch lever sticking out of the side of the fuel pump- glassfilter that runs off the camshaft. Is this lever some kind of hand primer? it is not spring return. Or does this lever do something to the diaphram throw to adjust the flow rate? X-military, 1-2 ton chassis on 19.5 rims, it is a killer ass truck that looks like a hummer with ground clearance. 24 volt electrical system. ___ * OFFLINE 1.58 --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: * After F/X * Rochester N.Y. 716-359-1662 (1:2613/415) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1S00003 Date: 01/19/98 From: STEVEN THOMAS Time: 07:23pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Distributor I am putting together a 69 351W longblock. Since I have to buy a distributor I wanted to go electronic. I don't want to pay the big buck$ for an MSD, Is there an inexpensive way to go. I have seen some nice looking distrib / coil combos in articles in Super ord, But they never mention the prices. Thanks --- WFIDO 1.10c * Origin: Clone Builder BBS, Fallbrook Calif 619-728-1169 (1:202/411) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: F1S00004 Date: 01/21/98 From: KEITH SCUDDER Time: 09:43pm \/To: CRAIG HEALY (Read 0 times) Subj: Car. CH>Re: AMC Engines... CH>-> Well, it's a shame the AMC dealership did not know that when I was tr CH>-> replace a cracked carb base plate. I don't claim to have the detail CH>-> you do, but the employees at the parts counter of the AMC dealership CH>-> (and various mechanics from time to time) said the reason it took CH>-> forever to get non-stocked engine parts was the dealership had to CH>-> order the parts from American Motors, which in turn had to order the CH>-> parts from Chevrolet. CH>That's truly odd. AMC did buy a fair amount of things from other CH>auto manufacturers, but not engines. There were three types of CH>V8 AMC engines. The first was quite rare in the mid-fifties. A CH>Packard engine, actually. The second was the 287/327 type you CH>mentioned, but made by AMC. The third was the 290-343-360-390-401 CH>used in later cars. Not a bad engine, actually. It looked a lot CH>like a small-block Chevy, but had a front mounted distributor. CH>It's *possible* that a certain carb part was the same as a Chevy, CH>and therefore "back-door" ordered by the parts guy from a Chevy CH>dealer. I can't remember that much about the specific carb type. You mention carbs., I was surprised that on my 1971 AMC Javelin, it had a 2-BBL Autolite on it. I later replaced it with a Holley 2-BBL. The Distributor to a certain extent was replaced with a Dual-point setup from an older Corvette. The connecting rods were the same length and the journals were the same size so if one wished they could inprove on that part of the engine. I was using it as a street car that I used for racing on the weekends so I couldn't get too carried away with modifications. Keith Scudder --- * OLX 2.1 TD * E-mail address: kas@juno.com * Origin: PC BBS : Massapequa, NY : (516)795-5874 (1:2619/110)