Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Today, 11:52 AM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Wow, Thanks for the vote of confidence Terry. Now I'm grinning ear to ear. I'm thinking of working up some specific tooling for bringing down the tight squish spots as I chase after the still elusive...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Terry, The more I learn about the process I am now involved in, the more I understand the principles you put forth here. At the time I couldn't visualize the piston shape as relates to head shape....
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 09:35 PM
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 08:11 PM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
I'm starting to smile again. Thanks Dale, and Denny I never thought for a minute that anything you said was offensive. Heck, the only Barney I recall from the '60s had a last name of Rubble.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 07:29 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thanks Denny, but is the work I'm doing on the heads above the pistons the relief you are mentioning? It should not take me too long to get everything to .040-.045 and finally put this behind me. If...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 297
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Maybe there will be some that don't approve of the use of wood as an indicator of compressed gasket thickness, but I carefully made these to .052 and testing indicates no compressing and I'm sure...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
Yesterday, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
As if I needed more drama, I will present something that hasn't been brought up yet. In post 246 I mentioned that all this measuring and clearancing to get to a 40+ state was performed with a used...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-15-2024, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Les the machinest told me he took a very small amount off the decks to clean them up. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who would angle mill the block without mentioning it to me. Been working on...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-15-2024, 11:06 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Since at this point I was really looking for it, I would agree with your observation. Good part of this is that those EAB heads could very well find a home on one of these other blocks and be in the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-15-2024, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Here's a couple of photos of a piston at absolute TDC. The piston's top is chamfered and I don't have the experience to call it. Protruding or not? In the one photo you can see the damaged corner on...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-15-2024, 08:10 AM
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Re: My next flathead build?
That's a great idea with the ball glued on. I tried to do this measurement with some custom bent calipers, but got pretty inconclusive results. And I agree about the rare chance that you would end up...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-14-2024, 11:55 PM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thanks so much ! I got them today and I can see there is no way I coulda found anything like that in a hardware store. Another piece of the puzzle, so onward I go!
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-14-2024, 11:45 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Flatjack, not the slightest bit above the deck. I could get a close up of a piston at TDC tomorrow. Most of the heads I have came from the large stash of blocks and parts I bought from a neighbor. He...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-14-2024, 08:39 PM
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Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thanks for the kind words all! I've managed to stretch this into a 5 day weekend now, and counting. I did find some tight quench areas on the merc heads, but a couple spots at .030 and some at .035...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-14-2024, 01:35 PM
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Re: Nice forty Ford
That is an extremely nice car. It would need to be treated with the same level of care we see with a fresh high dollar restoration IMHO. Wow.
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-14-2024, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
WELL...... It appears I got lucky. I cleaned up one of the other EABs enough to test, but found they looked about the same area inside of a test gasket and had a serious rust pit in a bad place. I...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-14-2024, 09:47 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Best Gasket website says their big bore copper gasket measures .080 and compressed thickness is .052. Are my concerns valid, or am I just obsessing needlessly? Also when it was suggested that the...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-14-2024, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-14-2024, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thanks Mart. I will check the center this morning, but do we not find the entire head to be a problem area so far? If we are looking for .040 we need .015 added. An .070 copper clad gasket would add...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-14-2024, 12:24 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Well this is not at all what I expected to find. This is with a used head gasket that measures .062 everywhere on it. I took one of the new Best composition headgaskets and it it unused, uncompressed...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Ok perfect you guys. So, you do one cylinder at a time? I think I'll get that party started in the morning. When my wife gets home from work I'll ask if we have any clay for the grandkids in her toy...
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53)
05-13-2024, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 297
Views: 18,781
Re: 276 stroker from 35 years of parts
Thanks, and thanks again to Pete. It's amazing what clarity these phone cameras have when taken to a full page. While I have insisted I'm not a hot rodder, I have been advised by far too many experts...
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