i had a friend call me last night.he is building a 390 galaxie.he is changing from auto to 4 speed.he has the pedal,linkage and every thing else installed.his cluth pedal wont come back up and the tension dont feel right.new clutch,pressure plate,etc.he asked me what might be the problem.i dont know but i told him i would ask the fe forum.any ideas what his problem might be?

what is the reason or purpose of putting a hose from the front vent tube to the back tube,and does it help.

im running and old early 90s 292 comp cam hyd i think it is 565 lift and 245 at .050.the rest of my engine is newer stuf like bbm heads, rpm intake, speed pro forged pistons,msd etc.. question is,are these pretty good cams or would i be better off with a newer grind.street car with 4.11 gears c6,3500 stall,under 3000 car?

i bought a set of hs rockers and installed them on my running 428.i have a set of bbm heads on it.i wish the hs rocker arm kit came with rocker shaft bolts because i reused my stock rocker bolts and evidently they are too long because when i tightened them down they punched  holes in the intake runners of the heads, and now im having trouble with oil dripping into the heads on top of the valves in the runners.i took the intake off and found the pieces of alu that punched out.i was surprised they were only as thick as a dime.while tightening the rocker bolts i could not feel the resistance of bottoming out because of spring pressure.so now i have a new set of bbms with holes in the intake ports below the rocker bolts.can they be repaired? like i said,the metal that punched out is no thicker than a dime.i tried sealing the rocker bolts but so far their still leaking oil into the runners because its burning oil and smoking a little. any advice is welcome.

i bought a new 850dp in 1984 and i used it on 2 different 390s and my new 433.it ran great all those years till i decided to replace it last summer.so i went out and bought a new 850dp,manual secondaries and manual choke.the problem is it is not as crisp as the old one.the old one even sounded better idling.is there anything i can do with this new 850 to get it to perform better,or should i get rid of it and go with something else,if so what would i want.the car has 4.11 gears and weighs less than 3000.i will buy something else if i need to,but i would also mod the new one too.the old dp is long gone so its not an option.

i f you took a,say 500 hp engine and put it in a car,how much hp would you lose on the toploader compared to the c6 at the rear wheels?

i have forgotten more than i know where i have gotten older and been off the scene a while.but are there three lengths on the tail shaft? 1 mustang,2 fairlane and comet.3 galaxie,or are they just two. i had a friend tell me the mustang and 66-67 comet were the same,i told him i thought the fairlane tail shaft was longer.i dont know for sure but im getting ready to change my 428 comet back to a 4 speed,its now a c6 but it came with a 4 speed and i found a mustang big shaft,close ratio and im wondering if it will fit my 66 comet,if not could i swap the tail shaft if they are different or should i just try to find a fairlane trans?

i have moisture in my cap and a little smoke or steam coming out of my passenger side valve cover breather cap.i dont know if this is an issue,i just had the intake off and i have not changed the oil yet.i thought a little water may have drained into the engine when i removed the intake manifold. i need some opinions.