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Its mine! I feel that you should do whatever trips your trigger with your ride! Not saying I would butcher a quality survivor (which mine is not) or ruin a quality investment car (ditto) but I do like my car to be a little different. I also like to here it rumble, and feel the power, that was...

new house Congrats Dave, everything looks great! If you need any help with things, I'm in the masonry biz let me know Ron

Moved? Ok Dave what did you do, up and move? That can't be the same place I was at! Ron

Kix81, Dave's right the DMV is so easy now, also your tags are good for 5 years! If you need assistance with the emissions sticker, the garage I go to does them for 20.00 if I go with, its around Mechanicsburg. See you at the car show Ron

Dave, I just went thru the same thing, tore everything apart 4 or 5 times! I also had a E-brake clip come loose inside the rotor making a clicking noise, fixed that, but under load I still had the noise. I finally tore the rear apart, and the posi unit case where the clutch packs seat into the...

Les, watch the high compression heads on a 66,000 mile lower end! I did the samething on my 350, seems the added compression soon turned my lower end (rings) into an oil munching beast. After about 1000-1500 miles on my top end rebuild it started to drink oil and smoke pretty bad, I ended up...

Peter, I know somewhere sometime I read an article in Chevy High Preformance, or maybe not even a article, but in the front of the magazine there is a section where people write in and ask questions, and I remember one about "X" code engine blocks. I've been through all my back issues and can't...

I found the "3970010" in my book for engine blocks, here is what it says...This block was a completely new design for small block engine cases. It came into production sometime in late April or May of 1969 and was used through 1975. It was produced in 2- and 4- bolt main configurations and these...

Yes it is a Dana 44 and your carrier should be able to go up to 3.73's without change. If you don't like that shop, don't take it to them! There are to many good one's out there! Ron

About 500 mile's ago I purchased a new Pertronix distributor (Flame Thrower) along with new wires, Rapid Fire plugs. I was getting high RPM cut out from my stock unit, and all the new parts worked great for stopping that. I did though read somewhere that I could open up the plug gap from 0.035...

Mike, a head casting number would help in your search, but as Jack said, if someone changed pistions, machined heads or decked the block you could be flirting with trouble! Are you sure there isn't a "X" at the end of the plugs, because they could have the same number, but be longer with the...

http://www.acdelco.com/html/pi_plugs_ident.htm Jack, this should help in your plug ID, I didn't want to type all that info, but yes it is a tapered seat (R45TS). As for the 69 being gasketed plugs, my book says and all the cross references I can find on original motors from the Vette (350, 427)...

ED, the spindle adjustment ( or endplay) is done by the shims for the rear bearings, and should be somewhere in the 0.001 - 0.008 range checked with a dial indicator. You are correct on the torque at 100ft-lbs, and if the cotter pin holes don't line up you shoud go tighter to get the cotter pin...

I would start with a good degreasing, making sure the areas around the stearing system are cleaned well. let everything dry good, take it for a ride to get everything warmed up, then park on a clean piece of cardboard to see where the drips are. This should give you a starting point. It is hard...

I had a Vega that was a bicentennial edition, it was white with blue and red stripes, and a little sticker below "VEGA" that had a eagle with some kinda badge. It also had the Vega GT wheels that where crome, I do remember at the time everyone wanted those rims, and would always ask where they...

Here's my 80:)

Glen, I've heard the same thing on heat transfer, per units of the same size. Ron

Not sure on this, but wouldn't to much gas in the combustion chamber or unburned fuel be actually washing the oil from the cylinder walls, and also burning the oil it is mixing with? Also hurting the breakin process with the diluted oil in the cylinders. Maybe someone with more experience on HP...

I just rebuilt my 80, replaced the posi unit (300.00), ring and pinion 3.73 ratio (130.00) new hardened end yokes (120.00 each) all new bearings and races with a shim kit cleaned and painted with the machine shop putting it all together in the center section cost (400.00) I brought it home and...

Vetteman, I wouldn't just take it for granted that it's just the nuts coming loose, though, that would be great if that's all it is. What concerns me is the new springs on the heads, the added pressure could be pulling the studs or trashing your old cam lobes. New parts on old engines sometimes...