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Theres some good advice here. As for burns, I think we've all hit one or two. Easiest way to find out something suspicious is if its the driver or the friend selling the car. If its the driver, get all the info from him/her you can. If its a friend, ask to talk to the driver. If they arent able to be spoken with, walk away. Theirs probably a reason they dont want to talk about this car.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by synthetic
[B]how the hell do u increase piston travel, at rpm they all travel the same distance,

Synthetic, Thank You ! Its late and I need to leave this alone ,But, I can't.

FMX, You need a new teacher.

If you have a motor that was built to turn , let's say-4500rpm, but it's normally been run at 2500, You're not going to stretch anything or hit anything at 4500,And! You're not going to hit a ridge that may or may not be there.

Now, If you're trying to turn that same motor a lot more than it's capable off, certainly damage is possible, but the old lifters are going to pump up and float the valves before you get to any extreme RPMs.

Yeap, Riverhorse, that's rig ht. There so many myths out there that's it's just crazy.

Been pulling wrenches for just about 25 years,Diesel and Gas,,,and i wont debate with you what i know is just plane fact.
Experiment at your own risk.

Originally posted by Thunderbucket
Been pulling wrenches for just about 25 years,Diesel and Gas,,,and i wont debate with you what i know is just plane fact.
Experiment at your own risk.

Like they say, It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks. If You have held that belief for 25 years, it is highly unlikely that anyone here is going to change your mind.
Like you, we all have the right to our own opinions.

For years I was a manager for one of the most successful car dealership chains in the country. Such courses as Dale Carneggie and other positive thinking motivitational courses that I taught were important to our company. We would not hire a car salesman that had worked somewhere else. Most have bad habits engrained in them that we did not have the time or desire to try to turn them around.
For 3 years there I was the Service Director,over Service,body and parts.Although we did have some older established mechanics,most were the younger ones that we brought up within the system. They were the ones that grew to be the A- mechanics and team leaders. They did not have years worth of missnomers and miss information clouding their minds.

In 1962 I bought a totaled 57 chevy 4 dr SW from an old man. He had proberly never driven it over 60 mph. for 70,000 miles. It had a power glide and a 308 gear ratio. I jerked the motor,(283--220 hp power pack) slapped an 097 Duntov solid lifter cam in it,Put it in my 56 with headers,4speed and 411 positraction.For 2 years I would race anything and everything on the street and it got turned close to 7 grand on a dailey basis.Thats proberly 3000 rpm more than it had ever been turned before. It was still capable of 100 mph--13.90s on street tires,the day I sold it.

No Broken rings,No knocking, No smoke.--- Go Figure---

You may be a fine mechanic, I don't doubt that. But,

This Bucket Does Not Hold Water.

Have a nice day!! And Smile.

Well go tell my teacher that. He is the master technician and has been for years and years. Because right when I told him about if that could happen he pulled the reamer out and told me to use it. That is just what I think Thunderbucket it was that said the same thing. Oh well, I am not going to fight about it, I will just stay on the safe side and tear the engine apart if I get this truck with the original 235 and look at it.

yeah when i bought my project car i was young and I didnt really know to much, now i know quite a bit and i cant wait until i see the guy that sold it to me so i can give him guff about how much i overpaid for it. Ah you live and you learn.

Well Riverhorse,,,you got lucky with your car,,,and i wont debate with you on the differences between older real world experienced mechanics and that of young school trained apprentices.
Some of the comments to the contrary got a lot of laughs with the "OLD" mechanics i hang out with.
And yes,,i will continue to smile.....:-)

Well Thunderbucket. I was wondering what took You so long. That was a good comeback and much nicer that I expected. Maybe we will have to just disagree on this one and see eye to eye on another.
You have a real good first day of Spring and Palm Sunday weekend.

As to how long it may take me to answer,,,,My daughter rules the computer,,,and lets me at the keyboard once she's done with it.

There are lots of things to learn for both beginners AND old timers. My first "hot rod" was a '70 Maverick with a sixbanger. Paid $50 or $100 for it because of a bad head. Being the genius I was, I decided to do a "complete" rebuild. Replaced all the rings bearings........... uh, was I supposed to check something in the cylinder size???................. and slapped on a junkyard head that I was smart enough to have a head job done on. After everything was bolted together, I excitedly added the water and oil. A steady dripping sound kept getting my attention but all the hoses and radiator were fine. Cranked up and ran like a champ! Man was I good! That is until I noticed the crack in the side of the block that kept letting the water on the insde get outside...

Still anewbie in some ways... Can someone explain the difference in a world class T5 Ford tranny and a no-world class? I'm leaning towards a T5 in my T-bucket. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Oh yeah, the motor is a 347 blown stroker.

Thanks,
Steve

I remember an old chevy with a 283 i had,,,tried everything to get it to run right,,,then decided to take the intake manifold off,,,I found that it was plugged up solid with carbon deposits and oil,,,left about 1/2 inch diameter openings,,,,spent hours chipping away the crud,,,put it back on the motor and she ran so beautifull you could put a glass of water on the air cleaner and ntice there wasn't a ripple in the water when the egine was running,,I remember it ran so smooth and quiet that i was constantly trying to start it up when it was running.
I think i was around 17 yrs old at the time.

FL25T, welcome to the boards man. Make a new thread for this question so as not to get off topic and then more people will most likely read it as well. Good luck on your project!