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I would go with the bronze guides. Never heard of stainless guides. As for the valve seats you will not have a problem with any of them. Even the old leaded seats survive fine with unleaded gas. Towing is what kills seats, not normal driving.

The 2.25 have just a slight edge in flow. The disadvantage is the valve pocket in the top of the piston might need a bit of enlarging. If you go with 2 .19 the pistons were cut for them and if the seats ever get rough you can go to the slightly oversize valve to salvage the heads. The new heads...

Thanks Guys. I hate to smack the new retainers with a socket. I am afraid of marking them. I made a heavy duty tool that hopefully has enough guts to compress even the biggest spring. I will give it a try tonight. I am use to putting the valve spring compressor on, applying pressure and then...

I was going to take my heads apart this weekend and ran into a slight problem. I have a brand new valve spring compresser. Paid $115 for it. When I went to do the first spring, I grunted, the spring compressor grunted and the spring never moved. Tried a few more times and no go. What do you use...

I am running a aluminum rad, not the one dedicated to the corvette but the one for say a camaro. the only difference is the angle of the outlet on the lower rad hose. A corvette is curved up and a camaro is straight. with a little crativety with the lower rad hose it works fine and is hundred...

I'm running a 8-71 blown bigblock with far more horse then 600hp and even ran for a number of years with slicks. Took out 4 automatic transmsisions in that time plus twisted both back axles which I found on routine inspection but so far the rearend has held up fine. The only problem we have is...

Couldn't you just pull your back rotors, lay a pattern out and hand drill it?? It is not difficult to lay out a pattern that suits you, center punch the holes , start with a center drill and expand the holes using progressively bigger drill bits. It won't take an hour to drill all the holes...

I agree with a possible fowled plug or two. Your needle and seat seem to be leaking, could be dirt related. It is simple to pull the needle and seat out and blow it out. Adjust like you have been doing with just a slight trickle on the secondaries when idleing. To check for carb leaks shut the...

Having a steel outer brake rotor and an aluminum hat is very normal in race cars. The normal aluminum drum/hat as it is called is usually 7 inches in diameter and 8 bolts hold the out steel rotor to this hat. I didn't like the looks so I went with a custom made 10 inch hat and bolted it on with...

Yes I know my son is a part time mechanic and he told me about that. It seems that when you push the brake and pull the emergency brake a valve closes shutting off the brake line and preventing release of the pressure. I am not sure it would pass safety for me. I could just as easily hit the...

To shorten a steering column all you do is gently tap the end with a rubber hammer and the one steering shaft slides up inside the other one. It took only a few minutes to slowly tap the column back.

I did the swap because I wanted to improve on a 30 year old design. The stock system is really outdated. You turn the wheel, this turn goes through a 13-1 steering box which has play in the recirculatory balls and the pitman shaft, this movement then cuases the control valve to push one way of...

Those rotors are gone. I replaced them with 14 inch rotors. I used an aluminum hat this time but did drill a pattern for looks and reduced weight. This is the new 14 inch rotor beside the old replaced 12 inch

I too have a blower and when reading plugs I run 2 different heat ranges. I would run one step colder plug in that cylinder. Big blocks are bad for this. Some cylinders just seem to run leaner. I put a colder plug in those cylinders.

One more thing. It is easier to run a couple of flexible lines alot easier then a cable that must be secured so when you pull it it in turns pulls on the calipers.

I get these calipers and matching master cylinders for free. My son buys them by the thousands so I get unlimited numbers. This is an emergency brake, I could care less about the parking brake. I leave the car in gear all the time. In the event of a brake failure this is my backup. Also for...

For those that want to build there own strut rods. Keep in mind that rod ends or Heim joints are NOT recommended for the street because of the added noise they transmit . All my joints are rod ends and I do hear them sometimes. This is the overall shot. The outer rod end is 5/8th and the...

Last night I finished the Jeep box. I had to pull the steering wheel and wire brush the splines. All paint must be removed so the 48 spline x 1 inch flaming river universal would slide on. Notice the nice alignment, the compact joint. The unit fits very well and I find when I reach through...

I decided to upgrade my hydraulic emergency brake/ not parking brake with twin master cylinders. I fell it was easier to hook up individual lines then Tee one line and at the same time if one master cylinder failed I would still have the other one. It is easy to modify the stock emergency brake...

You do a beautiful job Gary. Also thanks for taking the time to post the procedure.