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do your lights have a third lead, the ground? THEY SHOULD!! and do you have all your garage electrical sockets on G.F.I circuits? theres four BASIC DESIGNS in shop lights incandecent http://www.gemplers.com/item/139495.html your standard shop light bulb light, can burn or start fires at...

Ive seen 4 camshafts that broke in 35 PLUS years of racing and building engines in most cases theres a good deal of internal engine damage , think about it, if the cams rotation is NOT synchronzed with the cranks rotation theres almost certainly a couple valves held open when the pistons reach...

not working on a level concrete surface with the correct procautions, such as heavy duty jackstands on all four corners of the frame , or ramps and 4 wheel chocks is a reciept for eventual disaster I had a buddy loose partial use of his hand when he used cheap autostore jack stands on an asphalt...

I always used the center of the diff on my 1968 BBC vette I had a pad made from a section of old truck tires on the jack pad and it worked just fine...yes thats the center of the rear transverse spring pad and yeah youll need to buy or fabricate an adapter for your jack due to clearance issues...

BUY A DECENT 20" lift 4 ton rated HYDROLIC floor jack and decent 12 ton jack stands, youll wonder HOW you got along without them after a few years, EVERY SISSORS jack Ive seen is a cheap emergency only tire change tool for the trunk,an accident looking for a location and victim,,if your budget...

OK first you DON,T raise a vette one corner at a time! you drive it up on the ramps to get clearance for the jack then slide the floor jack under the center of the front (CROSS MEMBER) and lift the front and place BOTH front 12 ton jack stands, under the frame , wide spaced, then the angle...

vettes in general can make you crazy at times my Brother-IN-law had his 1974 BBC 4 speed vette over for some minor tune-up work, I needed to move the car to get access to a welder so I jump in and fire it up and back it out of the garage, move the welder and jump back in the 1974 BBC vette to...

BTW,the 12 ton jacks give the clearance for an extra mechanics pad and a mechanics creeper http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200198274_200198274 http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=93896 to make accessing under the car far easier...

heres a thread from a differant site, but take the time to read thru it...theres just too many guys not thinking, rushing jobs and getting killed thru not useing the safe equipment http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84398 look at the differance between your typical auto...

"how can we check for intake vacuum leaks?" yeah the way I find vacuum leaks on carb OR MPFI intake manifolds is clean and easy with no mess. get a propane torch,or you can use your oxy-acetolene welding torch if you have one, (DON,T TURN THE OXY tank/or valve ON) (DONT LIGHT IT) just...

transmission rebuild eventually if your running a car with significantly higher than stock horsepower your going to find the STOCK transmission giving you problems, its not a maTter of if...ITS when! HEAT AND TORQUE LEVELS ARE THE MAIN FACTORS that destroy a transmission so don,t fall for the...

Im always glad to help nice people with thier corvettes, you would be amazed at the long term benefits you see from helping others

I have not recieved the parts yet, (understandable since I ordered today) but they seemed very friendly and willing to help and the prices were extremely reasonable on the parts ordered I got tired of looking at a couple cracked pannels on my 1996 corvettes dash assembly, chevy dealers no...

what HIB Halverson said is 100% ON thats one reason IVE ALWAYS STRONGLY SUGGESTED YOU add a few magnets to the oil pan and drain back area in your engine, the trap and hold metalic dust that comes from wear and increase engine life span by preventing that crap embedding in the bearings...

the crane cam I suggested is just slightly larger in durration and lift than the stock cam, but its enought larger to give a noticable boost without getting into any emmission testing, tunning or drivability issues btw http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3000/cmspec.html...

I got asked if anodes are a good idea? well, when you run an aluminum performance cylinder head on an iron engine block with pure copper head gaskets,like Ive been for many years, those anodes are mandatory, and yes they do work:thumbsup: and prevent or at least slow electrolysis a great deal...

I get the sence theres a strong --EURO_SNOB bias in the reporting:D listen closely, then tell me IM WRONG;LOL

heres links with info, youll want to keep the trans fluid temp under 180F if you can, and yeah a decent aftermarket cooler can easily get you there http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87416 http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=81691

you can replace the cam and lifters for well UNDER $300 in a single weekend in your driveway or garage with zero special tools, Id advise getting a CRANE 114122 as its an easy 30 extra hp with zero problems, 100% compatable with the stock engine and programing and passes emmission testing easily...