Recent content by hefavitzen

Is quite alright! I'll try to be more on the spot next year. :)

Where would we see who we are gifting too? I may be dense but I'm not seeing anything :( It's also possible I signed up too late...totally possible.

We found this jewel in lower old Quebec. The kids liked it for sure.

So its electric instead of vacuum driven??

I'd say go with the tire you want! If you break your D30 then you have a fantastic reason to upgrade to fit the tires you like. :)

I have 3.54's in my axles with 32x11.50 tires plus a 383 SBC and a TH350 trans. I think of it as the 🏝️"island gear"🏝️ setup. Its kinda laid back but will certainly get up and go if it must, plus it will happily go down the highway at a reasonable RPM. But mostly, its kinda laid back. 🌴

After doing a little research I find that the engine came with an 8" instead of a 6.75" balancer and that now that it has been stroked to a 383, an 8" is suggested as the go-to size. So, I ordered a new one. Just another part that likely was reused by the engine builder from what he pulled out...

Hey all - how do you feel about hammer damage to your harmonic balancers? I just pulled this off of my Jeep and, not knowing a TON about Harmonic Balancers, wanted to get your opinions on whether I should swap in a new one instead of risk reusing this one. Also, have you ever seen them with...

I'll do that when I get the head back on. Good advice!!

So now I think he may have just bilked me on the hydraulic roller cam shaft and lifters. The only way to validate the Cam specs are to pull the radiator and timing cover which will be a major PITA. I am tempted to just clean up my heads, replace the pitted exhaust valves, put it all back...

Ok, so I have verified that the crank is indeed a crank for a 383 and not a 350. If it were for a 350, then the piston would bottom out at 3.5" instead of 3.75" inches. Also, the Keith Black pistons that I had ordered at least LOOK like these pistons, though the "KB" that I'd have to see to...

I was pretty worried about my ability to take my heads off and figure out what was up with them, but it's not been that bad. Honestly, I am surprised at how few moving parts there as I seem to have been assuming there were parts "no one was telling me about" that I was bound to lose...

Oh boy, so as I've been taking my engine apart to fix these nagging misfire issues I've been looking at the innards and I am not a happy camper. In 2014 / 2015 I paid someone to rebuild my 350 to a 383 and I paid for the parts as the build went. This was supposedly a reputable area engine...

OK, as I was rebuilding the heads I put my old spark plugs in to keep the threads clean while I repainted and I realized that my plugs weren't anywhere near the top of the head, like, they are buried in the threaded spark plug hole. I did some searching on Summit looking at the specs for the...