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How To Dress Up Your Engine!

It’s somewhat by accident that I ‘dressed up’ my engine. I was really just trying to fit my AC compressor and solve the vent problem…

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Checking Valve Spring Install Height & Seat Diameter

I needed to get this information so that I could pass it along to Comp Cams. They needed it to help set me up with…

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Cylinder Head Modifications For Larger Rocker Studs #DarkMatterPikachu #FairmontProject

Check out Kalvinator Engines: http://www.kalvinatorengines.com I purchased larger diameter rocker studs for my engine. These new studs are stronger, but we needed to make the…

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How To Resurface Cylinder Heads

Check out Kalvinator Engines: http://www.kalvinatorengines.com This is not something you do in your garage at home. As you can see in the video, to do…

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Roller Lifter Retainer Modifications #DarkMatterPikachu #FairmontProject

Check out Kalvinator Engines: http://www.kalvinatorengines.com While doing a pre assembly on my engine, #DarkMatterPikachu, we ran into some fitment issues with the lifter retainers. The…

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How To Assemble Pistons & Rings

Check out Kalvinator Engines: http://www.kalvinatorengines.com Properly assembling your pistons before installation is critical to the life of your engine. If you don’t get it right,…

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How To Properly Gap Piston Rings

Check out Kalvinator Engines: http://www.kalvinatorengines.com Piston ring gap is critical to the operation of your engine. Especially if it’s a performance, or boosted application like…

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383 Stroker Top End Assembly #ETCGDadsTruck

This is (Episode 25) of the #ETCGDadsTruck Series. Link to (Episode 26): https://youtu.be/rnKof4v0Zts Link to (Episode 24): https://youtu.be/g_dPAptfxnY This video covers the top end assembly…

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