Recent content by madmoon

thanks to all !!!! just a quick note to say thank you all very much for your helpfull answers and consideration of my vette problem. i have now fitted new valve guide seals and used some much better inlet gasket sealer. she now runs lovely and not a whiff of smoke !! she has just passed her...

thanks guys! just a quick message to thank everyone for their help. willreply to all later. on way back to work just called home to check blog. wish i had one of your rigs, i might get job done quicker,lol. better go and earn some more vette running money. cheers, phil, uk.

dont know if its ever been decked jim cos it had several owners here in the uk before it was more or less abandoned by its last owner and just stood outside for some years.i dont know if theres any way of telling just by looking.my main concern is that it has,nt got a damaged or cracked block...

thanks for that shark, yes i am definately beggining to think its a mismatch. had problems with the front and rear intake seals both on and with them both not used. i now need to find out how to check if there is a mismatch, this is all new to me. i thought of using a dye on the gaskets or...

yes i think when i,ve cleaned up the heads and re assembled thm with new gaskets i,ll do a comp test. what do you mean by leakdown? the pistons are all new and have just had re-bore to + 30 but i suppose i could have busted a ring maybe but the engines only been run for an hour or so and...

i removed the pcv pipe and breather jeff as i now just have the two breather caps in the valve covers. the car is actually an 84 vette that has a 73 motor in it and all the smog reduction system has been removed along with the management system, far less hassle or so i hoped! the only pipes to...

hi jeff, i have stripped heads off today and i think i,m getting an idea of whats going on. the inlet ports and inlet chambers and valves are soaking in oil. there is evwn engine oil in the cylinder bores, not a lot but i,m beggining to suspect i,ve got a problem with the inlet manifold pulling...

hi everyone, have just had bottom of engine proffesionally rebuilt by reputable firm. rebore, new flat tops and rings, new cam, lifters, balanced crank etc. i fitted 2 new pro torker heads with new springs and 1.6 rockers and new pushrods topped with a weiand intake and new holley. car goes...

Hi all, i,m back again with another question!! Can anyone tell from the following engine id code and suffix which car or model my engine was originally installed in. I know its a 72 / 73 350 base 350 sbc chevvy and the code is: T1214CKL. got the 14th of the 12th bit but which model was it for...

major discovery about my engine! Thanks very much to toms94 and hib for your help but i have been shocked to find that on closer examination of my supposed 84 engine it has become obvious by the casting numbers and dates that some previous owner has replaced the engine totally at some point and...

Hi guys, I would value a bit of advice on my really old 84 vette engine that i am restoring here in the uk. I have the motor stripped down as she was very tired and worn. She is a very early 84 and has had the crossfire and corresponding electrical and emission controls removed long before i got...

hi from new member phil (madmoon) uk, just to say thanks for all your welcome messages and if i missed anybody when i was replying to each one of you, i,m not very sure of how it all works yet and may have made a couple of mistakes, thanks again for your welcomes, phil, uk

thanks, i,m sure i will, phil, uk

cheers jane ann, its great to be amongst people who are so helpfull and freindly, cheers again, phil, uk

thanks tammy, i,m sure i will, cheers, phil, uk