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On every engine I build, I retap every hole in the block and heads to make sure they are clean and full depth. I have seen many head bolt holes not threaded deep enough for the stock bolts that were factory installed. With stock engines those may run fine for years before causing gasket leakage...

A high end shop may not know about the intracasies of Turbo Buick clearances and oiling mods and such, but should have the proper equipment and know how to BHJ deck a block and mill heads. Get the line hone and oiling mods done before BHJ decking the block. Both will change main roundness and...

BBC had ARP STUDS.

Bearing clearance looks tight or line hone is bad, or both. Was the oiling system modified/ ported? What brand and weight oil was in there? How about a pic of the deck and cylinder head close up showing the machining finish on both. The old rotary broach finish is waaaay too rough and wavy to...

Before we go any further with "help", we need a few questions answered honestly. How fast is a "rocket ship" to you? Have you ever driven, owned, or ridden in a car that fast? And actually seen time slips from that car? Not "I beat my buddies car and he says it runs------. What are you willing...

Crawl, walk, run, then run real fast.... You can get away with a lot more on an old school N/A car than a turbo Buick. Get away with, and turbo car= disaster!, EXPENSIVE disaster. TIMINATOR

There are only a few stations that sell E 85 out here. Not much corn here. Mostly cotton and animal feed.

I have had enough with parts availability, and computers. The Dodge is big inch, old school carburated,on squeeze. TIMINATOR

After what I have been hearing around here, I wouldn't run E 85 without checking each batch with a hydrometer! TIMINATOR

Phoenix,AZ. I have been asking the street/strip guys lately about their E 85 experiences because I'm building a 512" nasty motored 1972 Challenger that will run 9s on the motor and might dip into the 8s on squeeze. If I put it on E 85 I can get a pretty blue and cloudy Enviornmental license...

E85, mebbie in other parts of the country, but here in Phoenix,AZ. you need a flex fuel sensor equipped operating system, as reported by several of my customers here. One circle jet boat racer has brought his hydrometer to most all of the FEW stations here that sell it. His results chart shows...

I have been modifying go kart/ minibike motors since I was 11 or so, and cams have always fascinated me. I re ground my first minibike cam over 55 years ago after graphing the duration and lift and using my grandpa's lathe to hold it and a 360° protractor on centers. A homemade tool post grinder...

Call Comp cams and get a catalogue! LOTS of good info! Read all of the tech info in the front, there's lots of it! Some shops will donate older catalogue to customers, but now we are holding on to ours, as many companies are going online only. Shop car swap meets for cats too. Even older ones...

Have you run it yet? Smooth idle and lots of vacuum if you have a vacuum brake conversion. I have run the 212/212 and custom 213/215 hi lift quick ramp hyd rollers with 1.65 hi ratio rockers and had plenty of vacuum too. That 212/212 cam you have responds well to 1.65 roller rockers also! The...

It is an older Comp 260 Hydraulic flat tappet cam. I hope you numbered the lifters and put them back on the same lobes. Whenever I remove a F T cam, I relube the lobes and lifters on the bottom and sides with cam lube. Comp usually doesn't put the lobe #s on smaller cams, usually just rollers or...

1987, Turbo T Limited. 74 options on SPID, Recent paint, new idynamite, headliner, carpet/dynamat, rebuilt front suspension and brakes, steering box, new 9", 31 spline, posi/ 3.50 gears, big drum brakes, new Art Carr trans, deep pan and convertor, 3" dp, dual 3" exhaust, 62/62, big slic, cold...

As a side note, the ultrasonic also cleans the outer fins that get a lot of road dirt and dead bugs that reduce cooling effectiveness. TIMINATOR

If you aren't going to clean the IC correctly (ultrasonic), keep in mind that you have to purchase the cleaner, that entails $$$ and going somewhere. To clean it correctly will require at least a quart or two of solvent, and you have to buy it. You should get some sort of rubber or neoprene caps...

Many general and automotive machineshops have large ultrasonics. Mine had a 55 gallon tank, i did the final cleanup on blocks, heads, intakes, etc. In it. I charged 20 bucks for intercoolers and did it while the customers waited. It took about 5 to 8 minutes. Let your pages walk thru the yellow...

I put them in an ultrasonic cleaner. Cleans the inside and outside very well. TIMINATOR