A surface grinder is the perfect machine to do the job!

I found my notes from 2008:
I disassembled, measured, and checked out my new oil pump for the motor. It is a Mopar Performance high volume pump, P4286590. It appears to be a Melling high volume part since cast into the body is "63 HV". Here are the details:

Cover flatness: Checked with precision parallel bar, none (spec <0.0015)
Rotor to housing face (flat) clearance: 0.002 (spec <0.004)
Outer rotor to housing bore: 0.008 (spec <0.014)
Rotor tip clearance: about 0.0035 (spec <0.010)
Inner rotor thickness (height) 1.1873 (spec ?, std is 0.943 min)
Outer rotor thickness (height) 1.1873
Outer rotor diameter: 2.473 (spec >2.469)
Spring free length: 2.245 (spec 2.25)
Spring diameter: 0.473

Sold both cars to good homes...

Nice project. My first new vehicle was a '74 PW with a '79 being my last new truck before getting married. Really would like to have another one.
Good luck with it.

Agreed, we can see this by how few people use the excellent B1 head series, instead they try to crutch the Indy stuff along well past it's performance window. S/F....Ken M

Bigdad, I have an old high school buddy that has gotten into E Bike conversions. i can ask him some questions if you want. He told me it's much cheaper to convert a bike, than buying one.

supposed to be redone in couple weeks when it warms up enough for asphalt plant .

she has worked there for some time , but, to me it looks like she now has a vested interest in whats going on

One of my friends ran into rear main seal problems last year. Had 2 new ones leak. He said the black fel pro are made in china now? I decided to use the tan colored Fluoroelastomer in mine this year to be safe.

Doesn't leak. (thank god)

I thought Cherrie had been running it for years? The program runs fine, its just that the track needs MAJOR updates.

Agreed,
Ive owned both a Daytona, and a Bird. Although both cars were bought and sold as projects many many years ago. I can honestly say the winged cars have never really popped my buttons so to speak.

For myself , I would much prefer a convertible. And Having owned 4 or 5 of them over the years, I just might someday add another one to the stable. Maybe. maybe not

15,000 miles a year is typically considered 'average'. And that figure is used for vehicle evaluations, too. More than that gets a deduction in value, less gets an addition. Again that's typically, because there are always exceptions.

www.kbb.com/car-advice/average-miles-driven-per-year

Another meaningful statistic in this is that the 'average' age of cars on the road today is in excess of 12 years. And growing. It is also estimated that 23% of those cars are at least 20 years old. Has anyone seen any evidence that EVs can be economically kept on the road for that length of time? I haven't. The most common estimated life expectancy of today's EV batteries is between 8 and 12 years depending on a number of factors. The most optimistic estimates put life spans at 10+ years. But they are all only estimates. I would be very interested in some research into the real world life expectancy of today's EVs given the cost of their batteries and the labor to replace them. That is, IF the bateries are even available by the time the vehicle needs the first one replaced, let alone the second.

www.dynamicmanufacturinginc.com/unv...ar-batteries-how-long-do-they-truly-last

https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/advice/how-long-do-ev-batteries-last

After you own a rare Valiant wagon , nothing compares

This suspension changes over to Mustang 2 components and eliminates the torsion bars if I'm reading it right ...