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    I guess NC must be different from a lot of other states, which tend to get grouchy about fuel being used in cars that doesn't have the usual gas taxes applied to it (which are supposed to be used for road repairs, etc.) Working in a Kalifornia shipyard, we have to be very careful how we use the red-dyed marine diesel; if we get caught with it in any of our trucks it is a big fine, but we have plenty of diesel-powered equipment in the yard to use it. Marty
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    Actually there is a parasitic loss due to the added restriction in the exhaust prior to the turbo, as well as the general lack of tuning length in a turbo header. It's just impossible to quantify the way that the horsepower needed to drive the supercharger is, and is relatively insignificant compared to the massive HP boost a turbo can deliver. interestingly, the prevailing horsepower number for top fuel superchargers is in excess of 500 HP, so if the engine is putting out 9000 HP, the crankshaft is delivering over 9500 HP ....... Marty
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    If you do a forum search you will find a fairly involved set of posting that include both Don and myself on modifications necessary to make this bracket really work. ECI didn't seem interested in our feedback, but maybe they've incorporated some of our requests in the ensuing years. Marty
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    I thought that Desotos always had the 25 inch motor, not the 22 inch motor that are in our Plymouths. Marty
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    It seems obvious, but I would check to make sure that someone didn't install a narrow belt in place of a wide belt. It will sort of work, but the only part of the belt that would be working is the bottom, the sides wouldn't have any pressure on them. Squeeling is what usually happens in this case. Marty
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    I had to think about it for a while to remember, but when I got my 230 out of the Dodge up in the Sierra foothills where it had sat for 25+ years, it was bone dry; not a drop of water in it. Probably a good thing! Marty
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    If you don't know what oil was in it, non-detergent is the safe bet. I had that experience a few decades back with a Volvo PV-444 I bought; had the oil changed right after I bought it, and wound up replacing oil filters every 4 days or so for around 3 weeks until all of the crud that had been in the motor stopped plugging up the filter. Not fun! Marty
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    It's also worth noting that some rearends have the the center section (rearend chunk) offset to the right instead of being centered, which can create interesting issues with clearance to the floor and driveshaft angles. Marty
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    Isn't it in you local hardware store, right next to the Kryptonite? Marty
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    The original distribution tube in my 230 block broke in half when we tried to pull it. My machinist wound up boring and tapping a large hole in the back of the block to pull out the remnants, the put in a cast iron threaded plug sealed with JB Weld to close it up. Marty
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    +1 on this advice. We sonic-tested my 230 block, 4 shots each at the top, middle and bottom of each bore. I had LOTS of metal in all locations. Because of the particular rings and pistons we used, mine wound up at 0.072" oversize. Marty
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    Any chance that something in the throttle linkage shifted a bit so that it doesn't allow the carb to close all of the way? Marty
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    LED's are usually engineered to put out one wavelength of light. White ones sort of put out all wavelengths, but not in a wide distribution. Therefore, with a red lens you filter out everything but red, which there isn't much of in a white LED. If you use a red LED, then effectively all of the output makes it through the lens. Marty
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    On my car the speedo had always been off due to the different tire size, so I bought a speedo gearbox to correct that, and got a one foot speedo cable to connect it, since there wasn't enough room right on the gearbox. The one foot length gave me enough to work with my OD unit. Marty
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    I'd be inclined to have the Tennessee folks rebuild and resurface the 11" pressure plate and look at the disk, and you'll never have to deal with it again .......
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    Just make sure that when you get some LED bulbs that they are red; Any white ones will be incredibly dim behind the red lenses ...... Marty ..... been there, done that
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    I will admit that my rods were manually filed smooth on the sides to remove the casting marks, then were balanced, then were shotpeened. Altogether unnecessary for a mildly modified motor, but there was no rush on the reassembly so I went ahead and did it anyway. Marty
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    I wouldn't bother with the carb-mounted kickdown; most of us who have retrofitted an OD unit put a pushbutton or a switch on the shift lever. You flick the switch, lift off of the gas momentarily, and when you put the throttle down again you will be back in direct drive. Marty
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    Good idea, as the glass-beading will tend to be a stress-reliever on the surfaces. I just wouldn't let it hit the mating surfaces for the rod cap. Marty
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    This brings an interesting question to mind. Do the early cars have a rubber barrier above the radiator that seals to the hood the way my 47 does? If it doesn't, putting on the hood could redirect hot air to the front of the radiator. Marty
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    I've got a push/pull on/off switch on my shifter that does the same thing. Marty
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    I tried to get my Langdon to do this, but failed. I just disconnected that part of the circuit and use the throttle to unload it momentarily so it will drop out of OD. Marty
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    Because if you switch to high amp bulbs (like the 60W halogen 6 Volts that I had for a while before the 12V changeover) you will find that the dimmer switch gets very hot! Much better to use dual relays and use the dimmer to switch the relays without carrying the load. Marty
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    You're more likely to find an OD transmission on a Dodge 230, as they started using them several years earlier. Other than availability, either will work fine. There is some good documentation on their theory of operation, and as long as you have a good solenoid and governor on the transmission, the rest of the electric control system can be built using new relays. The other possibiity is a T-5 "world class" 5 speed, usually from an S-10 truck. Many people have adapted them to our flatheads, and at least one vendor sells an adapter setup. Marty
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    While the internal aspect of the 39 block may be different than the later block, all of the 23 inch flatheads bolt in the same way and have essentially identical water pumps, etc. My 47 now has a 230 out of a 52 Dodge; dropped right in after rebuilding it. Marty
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