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Jay S
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Pontiac - Street
05-28-2024, 05:45 PM
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Read my plugs
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Posted By
steve25
With brand new plugs and not being at a track it...
With brand new plugs and not being at a track it will take at least 3 full throttle thru the gears runs to see anything worthwhile in terms of the plug being too hot or not.
And they need to be...
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Pontiac - Street
05-17-2024, 05:50 PM
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Engine Oil Additives
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3,590
Posted By
Formulajones
Engine oil is such a funny subject. Has...
Engine oil is such a funny subject.
Has anyone here driven their car a couple thousand miles, sent in an oil sample with their magic additive and compared that to an oil sample without additives...
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Pontiac - Street
05-01-2024, 06:44 AM
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Rhoads lifters - still available?
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Formulajones
Yeah Jay, oil is always a weird subject with...
Yeah Jay, oil is always a weird subject with people. Someone on the internet always says this or that is better yet almost no one even sends off a sample to see what their oil is doing.
I will say...
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Pontiac - Street
04-25-2024, 11:16 PM
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Rhoads lifters - still available?
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Posted By
Johnny406
Nothing but Love for Rhoads lifters!! I've been...
Nothing but Love for Rhoads lifters!! I've been running their V-Max lifters with the biggest Lunati Voodoo HFT cam for years. It's been a great bracket and index combo and has certainly...
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Pontiac - Race
04-21-2024, 09:17 AM
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Summit racing drops speedmaster products
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5,198
Posted By
PAUL K
Remember when Car Craft exposed all the Chinese...
Remember when Car Craft exposed all the Chinese counterfeit MSD products being sold to lowest bidder buyers.... I wonder what the difference is now that MSD's product comes from China... Things that...
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Pontiac - Street
03-23-2024, 10:20 PM
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58
Best hydraulic roller lifters
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2,970
Posted By
AG
It was a clients car and he has the directions. ...
It was a clients car and he has the directions. I don't remember exactly how I adjusted them but I think I used at least a full turn.
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Pontiac - Street
03-23-2024, 05:06 PM
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58
Best hydraulic roller lifters
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2,970
Posted By
Tim Corcoran
On Comp's website for the 85701 Lifter, Travel:...
On Comp's website for the 85701 Lifter, Travel: .150 in, Recommended Preload: .100 in
Forum:
Pontiac - Street
03-12-2024, 11:55 PM
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39
Oil viscocity 5W50
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2,487
Posted By
JB Eng Wis
Im questioning the 1300 ppm of Moly in GP1...
Im questioning the 1300 ppm of Moly in GP1 oil..... the highest I have recorded is 433 in GP1
do you recall which oil might have that high of level of moly?
I do have Driven XP9 syn (10w-40)at my...
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Pontiac - Street
02-23-2024, 01:39 PM
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Octane/Detonation Discussion
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4,295
Posted By
hurryinhoosier62
Excellent points, Jay. What many forget is the...
Excellent points, Jay. What many forget is the advertised compression ratios for Pontiac engines and the actual compression ratios were usually .5-.75 a point apart. The 10 to 1 engines were in...
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Pontiac - Street
02-22-2024, 10:36 AM
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Octane/Detonation Discussion
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4,295
Posted By
72projectbird
I was running a 455 with 62 heads, around 11.5:1...
I was running a 455 with 62 heads, around 11.5:1 and ran it on 93 no problem.
Cranking psi was 200-205psi across all 8.
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Pontiac - Street
02-21-2024, 09:19 PM
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601ci Rare Pontiac Indian tall deck block with an unbelievable resurrection
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SRR
601ci Rare Pontiac Indian tall deck block with an unbelievable resurrection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgdeN7Muvhw
Quite a process!
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Pontiac - Street
02-20-2024, 05:29 PM
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Octane/Detonation Discussion
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4,295
Posted By
JLMounce
Not an apples to apples comparison. I don't know...
Not an apples to apples comparison. I don't know when the calculated Octane Rating changed, but in the muscle car heydays, octane was calculated as RON. Our fuels now are calculated by the...
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Pontiac - Street
02-20-2024, 05:11 PM
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Octane/Detonation Discussion
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4,295
Posted By
Formulajones
There are more factors at play as to whether a...
There are more factors at play as to whether a certain compression number is a go or no go. That post barely even touched the surface.
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Pontiac - Street
02-18-2024, 02:02 PM
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Bargain intake valve flow test
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PAUL K
Bargain intake valve flow test
A while ago we started working on some Pontiac aluminum heads for a pretty stout factory block build. The valves I wanted to use for the project were on Covid back order and took more than eight...
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Pontiac - Street
02-18-2024, 08:50 AM
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Cam and rocker ratio info.
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2,325
Posted By
Stan Weiss
While changing rocker arm ratio and valve lash...
While changing rocker arm ratio and valve lash help you dial in a camshaft that is not optimum, they do it differently. The green line is with the 1.65:1 rocker arm ratio and 0.021" lash the cam was...
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Pontiac - Street
02-17-2024, 04:14 PM
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59
Anyone With The Moser 12 Bolt, A Body Rear End? Thoughts
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2,630
Posted By
Formulajones
Yup, that's exactly what I was talking about. ...
Yup, that's exactly what I was talking about. It's a weak spot. Was pretty common to see in the 70's-80's when people were racing with stock 9 inchers they were pulling from junkyards and...
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Pontiac - Street
02-17-2024, 09:15 AM
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59
Anyone With The Moser 12 Bolt, A Body Rear End? Thoughts
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2,630
Posted By
Formulajones
The 9 inch does have it's weaknesses too. When...
The 9 inch does have it's weaknesses too. When running a stock center section, even the "N" case, they are prone to breaking the pinion bearing support. Doesn't take a ton of HP to do this. A...
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Pontiac - Street
02-16-2024, 12:29 PM
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Cam and rocker ratio info.
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2,325
Posted By
Stan Weiss
Jay, This is the cam I posted above with the...
Jay,
This is the cam I posted above with the 0.021" lash it calls for and also 0.017"
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Rocker_Arm_Ratio_=_1.650_________Valve_Lash_=_0.02100________Valve_Angle_=_20.0
...
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Pontiac - Street
02-15-2024, 08:01 PM
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Cam and rocker ratio info.
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2,325
Posted By
Stan Weiss
This is a comp cams solid roller cam for a SBF...
This is a comp cams solid roller cam for a SBF that I have a Cam Dr file for. It is 267.84 @ 0.050" lifter raise.
It was designed to use 1.65:1 rocker arms and I also show it with 1.8:1 rocker...
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Pontiac - Street
02-09-2024, 01:02 PM
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398
Pontiac V8’s: Retrofitting GM Roller Lifters
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73,498
Posted By
Stan65
Yes sir. Notch is for casting clearance. Will...
Yes sir. Notch is for casting clearance. Will probably have to grind on the rear passenger bone for additional clearance. Will start test fitting these hopefully this weekend. There is a counter bore...
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Pontiac - Street
02-09-2024, 12:25 PM
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398
Pontiac V8’s: Retrofitting GM Roller Lifters
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73,498
Posted By
Stan65
So after a long wait I have the prototype dog...
So after a long wait I have the prototype dog bones made. Hopefully in a few weeks I’ll have more info. Not sure what costs will be if I go forward with mass producing some. There are definitely...
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Pontiac - Street
02-06-2024, 07:43 PM
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52
Interesting video on current lifter quality
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2,837
Posted By
P@blo
Interesting Data. Here is a picture of what they...
Interesting Data. Here is a picture of what they are selling as the melling JB951. Let me know what you guys think.
last two orders were the new style as well and had to find a local old supply....
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Pontiac - Street
02-06-2024, 03:01 PM
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52
Interesting video on current lifter quality
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2,837
Posted By
PAUL K
Sadly, everything thing today has the potential...
Sadly, everything thing today has the potential for being subpar.
Forum:
Pontiac - Street
02-06-2024, 12:13 PM
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52
Interesting video on current lifter quality
Views:
2,837
Posted By
dataway
I bought those Mellings about five years ago, I...
I bought those Mellings about five years ago, I think from Rock Auto. Made in USA, and they appear the same as a somewhat older set of AC-Delco lifters.
The capped Mellings are what is installed...
Forum:
Pontiac - Street
02-05-2024, 11:28 PM
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52
Interesting video on current lifter quality
Views:
2,837
Posted By
67Lemons
Interesting video on current lifter quality
Interesting video from a YouTuber who looked at current lifter offerings, while not terribly scientific they come to their own conclusions that echo what a lot of folks say regarding the Hylift...
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