Recent content by tiredsixfive

Anyone ever been to ANY truck pulls in Ohio knows of Studley Studebaker.It was like a 51 model with a 427 BB chevy.He had less $$ in his whole truck than most had in their paint jobs.It was always funny to watch him show up and win with a rig costing maybe 10% of what most others had invested.I...

yes.it was a root style.I kinda miss that sound.On a alky motor,ours was overdriven at 28% I believe.On gas they had to run their blowers underdriven.That sound is addictive.Its just not a sport that a working man can afford.It took yrs and $$ to get it all figured out.Mech fuel inj is finicky...

My parents spent my inheritance pulling a super mod 8200 lb alky truck for many years.We ran Mert Littlefields hi helix 3 lobe chargers on a 440 cid tall deck BB Chevy,alky of course.I learned that superchargers are like turbos,not one size fits all.Our hi helix made better avg numbers(boost...

my 91 CTD says 160 horse,400 ft lbs @ 1900

not the best pics..I have seen a few crack right at the bolt.This motor had 212K and a odd noise for several thousand miles before I found this shaft cracked.The pic of the old style rocker shows how much heavier the old style is over the stamped...the wear on the bearing inside the rocker(yep,a...

You have what is considered one of the better blocks available.You also did well as the heads are late castings(same thread count as 6.5 turbo on the injectors and correct height also) you actually scored a turbo ready setup as those injectors wont hit the manifold on the pass side.I will snap a...

I strip all the ductile iron(cast) rockers out of early 6.2s and save them.They use a metal spring for alignment instead of nylon buttons,the shafts seem harder and much better design I feel.I will post a pic tonite of one.I stripped the stamped out and installed the cast ones in my 6.5.The old...

Date code info on rear of block behind where a distributor for a gasser is located.A series of 6 #s.The rockers are the later style stamped(after 87 I believe) One thing you MUST check before installing your new find..pull the rockers off shafts and check every sq inch of the shafts for...

The 5.7 wasnt as bad as everyone says.We had farmers that could drive them 200K,some folks couldnt get 50K.The farmers knew that dry,clean diesel was a must for their tractor fleet and usually filled their cars out of the same tank.In the 80s,diesel was bottom of the barrell stuff,far different...

I am about 3 miles off I 77(Marietta exit) Marietta/Williamstown area

I asked our GM warranty rep why they put street tires on trucks,he stated it was emission regulations,that the truck was only allowed so many decibles on like a 2% grade at whatever mph(I forget details) hence the always restrictive air intakes systems installed at factory,to quiet them...

On that other site,were they taliking about using 6.2 to replace a 6.5?I think I read it and they were referring to the non turbo military intake

1993 2500 4wd 226,000 miles 3:42s and I forget tires with a 4l80. Gets 19-21 with a pickup bed full of stuff that should have been thrown away a long time ago.....

I better post before power goes out again...Its probably too far adv if EGT is low under load.Those covers recieve their reference mark(indexed) at factory for each motor as TDC stackup is measured.White smoke,high egt is retarded......grey,hard start and a slightly rumpy idle is too far...

70 Olds W-30,390 horse with a 4 speed of course.Our high school rides in our little group was the 70 w-30,69 GT 500 Shelby,70 302 Boss (built by Buffs in Cali) We destroyed what would be an excellent retirement fund now.The Olds hit 3 parked cars in 1982,still remnants in my barn,the Shelby went...