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I noticed recently that my project car did not have the front lower plastic air foil (whatever it's called). So I bought one. When I went to install it. . .I noticed that the two large center bolts that mount the lower bumperets and air foil to the core support. . .are missing. Anyone know...

Well, what I wound up doing was having custom cross member to collector pipes created. I made several runs back and forth from a muffler shop that was willing to bend some pipe for me. . .until I got it correct. Took a long time. . .but was worth the effort.

I have a Small Block 70 and a Big Block 72. On my small block, I installed an Allen's OFF ROAD exhaust. . .and it sounds fantastic!!! A nice deep thumping sound at idle. LOVE IT!! I just installed the exact same exhaust on my Big Block car. . .and I am annoyed. . .it's dead quiet when...

Hey, does anyone know if anyone makes pre-made Header to cross member pipes? I'm replacing my exhaust with a set of Off Road pipes and muflers. The issue is that I have headers on my car. So the front pipes that come with the set. . .normally connect to the manifolds. Do I have to cut and...

Hey all, I thought I would share my experience with everyone. . .in the hopes that it will prevent someone else from making my mistake. I recently bought an old Holley Carb off of e-bay. All the parts were there, but clearly the Carb had not been used in decades. Covered in grim, webs, and a...

Anyone have the Al Knock C3 Soft Top installation video they would be willing to sell or lend to me on DVD? Thanks, Jon

Yes there was a fitting. . .but it only had one port and the vacuum system was plugged into that. I eventually ordered a fitting with two ports on it. One the small size for the vacuum system, and the other large for the power brake booster hose. Thanks. Works great now!

Hello all! I've got a numbers matching 1972 big block car. The origional quadrajet is pretty far gone (fuel bowl has corroded very badly). I have future plans to get it restored (if even possible). In the mean time, this car is in a pretty poor state, with all kinds of wrong or butched parts...

LOL!!! Yeah.. I have a 70 SB car (no A/C, no PB, and no PS) and a 72 BB car (with A/C, with PB, and with PS) Changing the spark plugs on my SB car is a 15 minute job. My BB car took me many hours to replace 7 spark plugs, and jacking the front of the car, and removing the front passenger...

I know you do not want lash on hydraulics. . . :) I just want to know if the procedure that John co-wrote for setting valve lash at 90 BTDC and ATDC will work for finding the base lobe on a stock GM LS-5 cam. The document seemed to imply this. . .but it was not 100% clear for big block cams...

My quadrajet is down and out. In the meantime. Ive aquired a holley 6211 800 cfm spreadbore. Anyone know the correct way to connect my power brake booster line? The carb manual says the the boss on the back of tje holley is for a gulp valve which my 72 454 does not have. The boss is also...

Seeing in the case shouldn't be a problem. :) My early xmas gift to myself was one of those endoscope inspection camera's! Only $150 at Costco. . .color screen, detachable monitor, and over 4 feet of scope length!!! Perfect tool for this mess. :) Good to know that I can get at it from the...

Any easy(er) tricks to getting at and pulling the blower motor? I really do not want to remove the outer AC box just to get at it. Can I get at it from the fender vent on my 72? The reason is that few mouse made a home in there. I want to pull the motor and wheel out. . .clean the area...

So, I've spent a good chunk of the year ripping out the interior of my barn find 1972 454 Convertable. When I bought the car I knew that mice, many many many ice had made there home in this car. I completely removed the interior, absolutely everything that could be removed, scrubbed the floor...

Makes sense. However, please check my logic. The stock curve was "all in" much later in the RPM range. I'm assuming that was more because of the strength of the springs rather than the weights. If we want to have the "all-in" moved earlier in the RPM range (near 3000) then the stock curve...

Yeah I heard the kit weights stink. I didn't order any. Set it to 10 this am, and drove the crap out if it today. Could not get it to make the noise. I will beat on it some more tommrow. At 10 degrees I'm all in at about 2500 rpm. Is that ok or too early?

Good idea! With regards to earlier questions about video taping the noise. I can try but I'm doubtful that I will be able to record it. You can barely hear it over the engine noise, and only with the windows down .. .which would generate enough wind noise to make the recording imperceptible...

Excellent point. I for got the total number was centrifugal advance plus initial. The reason it's high is because I was trying to get a number that was all in at 3000 rpm. No matter what springs I used, the advance was all in way before 3000, like 2500. I cannot find a strong spring set...

Update. Got it to make the noise again, under heavy load and hard acceleration. Off come the heads after next weekend. :( -JonR

Update! I pulled the distributor and disassembled. Very dirty. During disassembly I noticed the the post which holds the advance limit bushing was rubbing on the top of the vane assembly (part of the breakerlessSE electronic ignition system). Guessing that this could have been holding up the...