broken rockers?
I got half a dozen calls in one day over broken rocker arms. Customers break rockers and they call for more rockers but the problem is...
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nailheadmatt
- Jul 6
- 7 min
degree in camshaft and cam break in
All aftermarket camshafts available for the nailheads must be degree’d in. stock replacement cams however are designed to just be...
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nailheadmatt
- Jun 9
- 5 min
building a fan shroud
so your car only heats up only at idle, indicating that most of your cooling issue is likely going to be air flow related? odds are your...
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nailheadmatt
- Jun 4
- 3 min
should you flush your engine?
due to the large frequency of social media posts over this topic that pop up, i figured i'd do a blog article specifically about it, even...
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nailheadmatt
- Feb 18
- 7 min
the LS swap fad and styling continuity
first off, i appreciate everyone that comes and checks out our website and my blog on here. some may have noticed that i havn't done a...
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nailheadmatt
- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
variable pitch info
prior to 1955, none of the dynaflows had a "passing gear." it was like just driving around in high gear all the time. so when '55 came...
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nailheadmatt
- Jul 26, 2022
- 2 min
common piston clearance issues
whenever possible, we sell and use new cast pistons that don't have this problem, but for certain cubic inch nailheads, this is...
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nailheadmatt
- Jul 11, 2022
- 3 min
cutting plug wires
this is another thing that's really easy for anyone to do at home in their garage, with the only tools you need, being a bench vice or...
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nailheadmatt
- Jun 24, 2022
- 2 min
mini starter pig tail wiring and pertronix
from the factory, the starters had an R circuit (minus 61-63 models which had it built into the ignition switch.) to aid in easier...
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nailheadmatt
- Jun 10, 2022
- 4 min
tuning up your sheet metal
outside of welding, there's only two different things that you can do to sheet metal. you can shrink it and you can stretch it. any...
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nailheadmatt
- Mar 15, 2022
- 2 min
building a crate for your engine
people tend to over complicate their crates when they ship an engine, or they are shipped, supported wrong, without any thought as to how...
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nailheadmatt
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
364 dyno results
this is more of just a display of dyno results, than an actual blog article. (this is not an engine i built, nor put on a dyno. these...
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nailheadmatt
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
X frame fuel hose replacement
chances are, if you've never changed the frame rail fuel hose yourself on your X frame car, then its never been changed and its ready to...
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nailheadmatt
- Jan 11, 2022
- 5 min
nailhead in a shoebox swap
since i own two shoebox fords, and have received a handful of phone calls over people doing the same swap, i figured, why not do a blog...
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nailheadmatt
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
balancer info
pictured are all basic 5 balancers. there's actually 7 counting late 53 and early 57 (not shown). early 53 used a cast iron crank...
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nailheadmatt
- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
forged vs cast pistons
for these engines, you have the choice of cast replacement pistons, or custom made forged pistons. there's a lot of speculation with...
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nailheadmatt
- Nov 28, 2021
- 4 min
thermostat info
there's so much confusion on internet forums over how a thermostat works, that i've decided to do a blog article, strictly dedicated to...
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nailheadmatt
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
the common 57-66 crack spot
The usual "crack spot" on 57 and later nailheads. (doesn't commonly happen on the 264/322.) Typical on boat engines and engines that...
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nailheadmatt
- Nov 12, 2021
- 2 min
rusted out head gaskets
Rusted out head gaskets. Although, there's literally no such thing as a blown head gasket on a nailhead (I'm serious. NEVER seen one in...
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nailheadmatt
- Oct 28, 2021
- 3 min
roller chain chain info and FAQ
our roller chain sets that we sell are better in every way over stock, and stock replacement belt type chains. take note also, many...
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