Recent content by JHL

Hi all, Haven't posted here for ages since I sold my C3. I am sort of turning back to buying another Vette and at the moment older late 80's early 90's C4 are seriously cheap here in the UK with quite a few having been shipped in from Japan. Now on the C3 it was nice and mechanical, broken was...

It wouldn't be difficult as they could hardly give away C5's so the only way would be up, mostly this was due to the cost and a lot of the ones that did end up over here were personel imports. At the time who was going to pay 40,000ish Sterling for a C5 that would be worthless in 12 months when...

Sad news, I had the good fortune to meet Ken when I visted LA and had a spin round in his Vette. A great guy, even after about 2 years when on another visit I just turned up at Ruby's by chance only to find Ken in his usual spot beside his Vette he instantly saw me, said hello and flashed...

About the same price in the UK, the only one I saw was on a GM display stand at of all places a motorhome show. Unfortunately in the UK I doubt if they will sell many, cost, nearly five quid for a gallon of super unleaded, left hand drive and not least of all depreciation won't help. A friend of...

You tend to find in Europe that they will tart up a few cars as "special editions" to punt a a few base cars that they can't sell or are at the end of the model run out. The fact that for all that is said about how great the new C6 is I have yet to see one on the road hence why GM Europe just...

In my expierience if she isn't happy in a C3 it won't be to long before she isn't happy in the new one. Been there got the t-shirt, kept the Vette and threw the wife out. Her boyfriend drives a Nissen so at least there is some justice in the world. :L

My 81 is up for sale pm me if interested and any questions just ask. No idea on price just make me an offer I can't refuse as they say :L

:) I'm impressed, I will be having a look at getting a set, I went through 4 sets of plug wires in no more than about 500 miles. J.

Unfortunately yes you have to get the timing cover off, when I put it back together I did loosen the sump bolt so the the timing cover was easier to slot back in place but it all sealed up. In hindsight I should have bought a two piece timing cover the first time I did the job and it would have...

I am sure the smart guys here will chip in with a better explanation but one thing, I installed the RPM cam "straight up" and what I did notice was that it liked at lot of initial timing, in fact the more the better. At first I thought it maybe didn't have enough vacum so I put light springs in...

This is the one I used. Com Cams Xtreme 4x4 X4270H Part # 12-243-3 Described as Strong mid range and throttle response, likes headers, gears, 2200rpm + stall. RPM Range 1800 - 6000 Duration Advertised In Ex 270 278 @ .050 In Ex 226 234 Lift In Ex .480 .498...

You can change the cam with the motor in the car but you have to take the radiator out, I have done it twice now and it fairly straight forward. I hate to think what the RPM cam would be like in an auto with a 3:08 gear, mine is a manual and has a 3:70 rear end and it was hard work. First time...

I binned the Performer RPM cam in my 81, as I have said previously it pulled like a train all the way up to the rev limiter but was a dog under 3000rpm and in town it was terrible to drive. I was riding around in second gear just to keep the rpm up in the sweet spot, needless to say this was not...

I also had the Edelbrock Performer set up including their cam and I never got it to run properly, the Performer RPM cam was just to much for a heavy car like a Vette. As bossvette says you need to set your all in timing with a timing light that can show it rather than reley on initial timing, on...

I will post this article again assuming you have an HEI set up. It has some worthwhile tips for a good set up. J. HEI SETUP FOR PERFORMANCE written by Damon Nickles This article deals primarily with older-style non-computer controlled HEI distributors. This is becuase there is so much...