Scott, I will try to address some of your questions
will heads and exhaust manifolds/headers that work in a RB-engine work
also
with a B-engine, assuming they fit the car?
The bolt patterns are the same
Obviously, the header has to be designed for the car,
they may or may not fit, when installing the headers on a B engine, they
will be sitting approximately 3/8 inch lower than when installed on a RB engine,
and on some applications 3/8 of an inch is just not available
and I know *intakes* from the RBs won't
fit. But if a header or exhaust
part fits a '65 C-body, shouldn't it
fit my car as well? Shouldn't all valve
covers fit as well?
64 and newer B and RB valve covers will fit the heads, they may not
be correct with all the wire tie downs, but will fit
Well, other than the intake manifolds, all the external parts
are
interchangeable between the B and RB, right? What about the Max
Wedge?
That's a slightly different animal, right?
The max wedge heads will fit, but without a intake to match up with the
ports it would be wasted money installing them on a B engine
no reason not to go with a thermostatic fan
I can see no reason not to use the synthetic oil if that is your
prefference,,
Hope this answers some of your questions,,,,,
Thank
you for the intro, Gary!
I've had my car (as stated earlier: '64 300
non-letter that is as far
as I can tell, completely stock, except for the
Pertronix ignition)
for about a month, and I still don't know enough about
it. I did say
that I had many questions, so here are a few to
start...
My latest questions are all over the place, so here they are:
will
heads and exhaust manifolds/headers that work in a RB-engine work
also
with a B-engine, assuming they fit the car? Obviously, the header
has
to be designed for the car, and I know *intakes* from the RBs
won't
fit. But if a header or exhaust part fits a '65 C-body, shouldn't
it
fit my car as well? Shouldn't all valve covers fit as well?
Well,
other than the intake manifolds, all the external parts
are
interchangeable between the B and RB, right? What about the Max
Wedge?
That's a slightly different animal, right?
Does anyone know
where I can find weatherstrip for my car? Steele
Rubber doesn't seem to
carry much of anything for my four-door
hardtop. It seems that Kanter
doesn't, either. So far, I've had the
best luck looking though Restoration
Specialties' catalog, but even
that is limited for C-bodies before '65.
(Yes, I know '65 was the
first "official" year for the C-body)
I've
got a leak on both sides that would fill the front wheel wells if
I hadn't
pulled the plugs from the floor. Door seals, perhaps?
I'd like to
change the differential oil, and I'm wondering if it would
be a good or bad
idea to replace it with synthetic. I'm a firm
believer in synth motor oil
and tranny fluid, but I don't know about
gear oil with 50-year-old gears. I
can't imagine synth doing anything
except improving things out back, but I
figure I better ask.
Is there any reason I shouldn't go with a
thermostatically-controlled
radiator fan? It seems like I could gain a
couple HP, or maybe at
least gain a tenth of a MPG. ;)
Will changing
the stock air cleaner to an open element do anything
other than possibly
make the engine louder? That's not exactly a bad
thing, but it's not worth
the money if it's not worth a few HP. The
same question regarding a dual
exhaust: without changing the intake
and exhaust, is a dual exhaust going
to do anything, other than make
the engine louder?
Has anyone
installed rear seat belts in a car? Where are the best
places to drill the
holes? Of course I have the mounting hardware...
Does anyone know of a
company that sells spark plug wires WITHOUT a
90-degree boot on the plug
end, other than wires to fit a Hemi? I
haven't been able to find any, other
than the wires you make yourself,
which might not be a bad option. This
beast likes to burn the boots on
the wires (the week-old boots on the
Pertronix wires are already
burned, as were the old wires), and the heat
shield tubing I bought
won't go over the 90-degree bend. I'm sure I'm not
the only person
with this problem...
I think that's it for the
moment.
Thanks again for any help!
~S~
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011
at 10:10 PM, <62to65mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Gary
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