Karl wrote:
>>So, uh, what exactly is a Universal case? From RTFM'ing it appears that
>>I need to know exactly what this thing was in order to rebuild it. Is
>>there a universal gasket set?
>
>
> A Universal case means it will fit:
> a type 1 car... nothing special there. Other than the oil sender opening.
> a type 2 bus.. 68 and up means it must have the 3 machined holes for the rear hanger bar
> a type 3 car.... which means is has to have the rear hanger bar holes like for a bus AND it has to
> have the oil fill opening at the right rear corner. The opening will have a cover on it, held on
> with 2 bolts. The oil sender opening has to be plugged, since a type 3 uses the sender on the oil
> cooler.
>
> It is a standard dual relief case, nothing fancy inside. It will require the doghouse oil cooler and
> support, the machined support hole will be 8mm and not 6mm.
>
>

Karl,

Thanks! Thats very helpful. From what you're saying then, I can install
just about any cam/crank/piston/head/etc. set up I want, provided that
the combination is sane.

This is important since I want to replace the single port heads and put
on dual ports.

Thanks again.

Animal