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I have been trying to find a ticking sound in my valve train for quit some time. I have read every thread on this board. I measured everything in the valve-train and nothing seemed to be out of spec. I even change out the cam, lifters,rocker, rocker shafts and pushrods. The ticking was always...

Bruce, The 9/11 converter you sent is great. You got that thing matched perfect!!! The car pulls much harder even with less boost and the efficiency on the big end could not be better. It was worth the wait!!!! Thanks

These cooler temps reminded me of something that happened about a year ago that I thought that I would share. One morning I got up early to test a turbo that I had installed the night before. There is this place I like to go that has a long flat surface with no place for cars to enter the...

I have a cam shaft that I purchased from Crane back in 94. I spoke with the rep on the phone for a while about my intentions with the car. The Crane rep said that he did have a cam shaft that would do what I wanted but it was a custom cam for one of their customers and was not in Crane's...

I have been at home the last couple of weeks due to some back/neck surgery and I have been doing some reading,,,,a great deal of it with regards to torqure converters. I would like to post some things that I have noticed.Please correct me if I am mistaken. Observations: 1) Maximum...

I work for a large engine manufacturer and while at work I struck up a conversation with one of the mechanical engineers. The topic was turbin failure. Our engines are about the size of a TR stacked four high and alomost two deep. What I learned was that to little timing is just as bad on a...

I purchased a Stage 2 transmission and a billet 9x11 torque converter from Chris at CK Performance in May( received the tranny in May). I thought that I would get around to installing it right away but between work and the kids it did not happen until two weekends ago. Dealing with venders on...

I just placed an order for a new transmisson. I did a lot of checking into the different companies that sell them both large and small. Looked for a good 4 to five weeks. Many companies were marked off the list simply because I could not find a history and some because they had customer service...