Hey Beater,

It is not my only ride. I have a 79 Corvette, 63 Plymouth Fury, and a Tacoma Toyota truck.

Now you hit it right on the head regarding being able to find a good machine shop. When I had the 318 in the Fury rebuilt about 5 years ago, I was without the car for 1.5 years due to shop turnover, and inexperienced people. Finally after the work got farmed out to a MOPAR guy I was able to get the car and motor back. I should not complain too much since the motor has been flawless since the rebuild. However, waiting 1.5 years was not what I had planned.

Regarding the noise, I just do not know enough at this point to pinpoint what it actually is.

I will take a look at the flywheel bolts or the dampener.

Eddie