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  1. crushnut

    Header wraping

    Header wrap works pretty good at reducing under hood temp ( not sure if its actually 70 degrees or not, but that is probably true) so good that it will cause you headers to rust out prematurely, if you overlap the wrap more than a 1/4 inch. If you did overlap them more than that, then i...
  2. crushnut

    Help For The New Guy

    am i the only one that finds this funny? :shrug: :)
  3. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    D.Hearne, check your email :)
  4. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    They are, im gonna have them check everything :D
  5. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    Yep, exactly :rolleyes:
  6. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    UPDATE! I took the pistons and rods to the machine shop to have them looked over, and guess what? They showed me 6 or 7 hairline cracks in the piston skirts and at least 1 or 2 that had serious cracks in them. (so much you could grab it and flex the crack! :shock: ) Both my dad and i looked...
  7. crushnut

    Seal-4-Good?!?!?!?!?!?! I'll be the judge of that.....

    Looks interesting, hopefully they work good. Let us know if they do or not. :nice:
  8. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    Yes i have a C4, i did check the bolts too see if they had come loose and while doing that i didnt see any cracks. I wish that was the case :rolleyes:
  9. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    Im taking the pistons and rods to a local machine shop on Monday to get them check out, do you think they could tell piston slap by just looking at the pistons i bring into them? How much do you think it would cost to just get the cylinders bored out to the next oversize, if i do all the rest of...
  10. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    Do you mind telling me how much it cost you to get it bored and new pistons? I just wanna have an idea of how much it may cost me, on average. Thanks
  11. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    Have you fixed it already? If so did you have the cylinders bored out and oversized pistons fitted in?
  12. crushnut

    1967 Shelby Cobra GT 500 Mustang ("Eleanor")

    Why even bother to talk about it then :shrug:
  13. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    Not sure, but most likely.
  14. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    Yes, they are all within specs and look good.
  15. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    :D Its more than a slight ticking, more like a loud awful knocking and clattering noise, similar to a diesel truck :notnice: :nonono:
  16. crushnut

    1967 Shelby Cobra GT 500 Mustang ("Eleanor")

    :lol: I think he just needs to get his facts straight. Like Hearne said all of them are clones of the original "Gone in 60 seconds" movie. :D
  17. crushnut

    ENGINE EXPERTS, I NEED YOUR HELP!

    Thats what my mechanic said about the fuel pump lever, and he advised me to take out the fuel pump and run the engine on the fuel in the carb, which i did and the knock/noise was still there. :scratch: :shrug:
  18. crushnut

    Finally got my turn signal switch to work

    Its always good when something like that ends up working like it should :nice: Good luck on your other future projects.