TIGHT TUBE BENDING Sometimes you may attempt to make a short tight bend in a piece of steel or copper tubing. If your tube bender will not make as tight of a radius as you might desire and know that if you try by hand it will kink, try this. By melting soft solder...
GEN 5 GM LT THRUST BEARING UPGRADE The new Gen 5 GM direct injected V-8's only come with a half thrust bearing in the main bearing set. The GM coated bearings are a very nice bearing if a Bi-Metal Aluminum bearing is ok for the application. So far on the sets that...
VALVE CLEANING Take a valve guide liner (K-Liner or other) of the appropriate stem diameter and insert into drill press chuck. This will provide a nice protected grip on the valves while they’re spinning. Have a pan of solvent underneath and grip the head of valve...
EASY HEIGHT TRANSFER When setting up valve springs or checking valve spring pressure I set a spring retainer on my Height Mic and use that to check the springs on the tester. To figure the installed height, bring the tester to the desired pressure and open the Height...
MORE FORD OIL RESTRICTION On FE Fords it is common to restrict the oil flow to the rocker arms. To do this, simply drop a Holley main jet, of the restriction size you want, right into the oil feed hole under the rocker shaft. If you want to pull it out to change...
MANDREL ORGANIZER One day I was walking threw the shop and looked at my rod bench and noticed how all my mandrels were just lying on the bench disorganized and presented a bad look to customers who walk threw my shop. So I decided to fix that by going down to the...