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Thanks Kiwi, it just irritates me to death to spend this much time and money on the motor and find out that I have to use a two cent spacer to align a pulley after spending mucho $$$$ on internal balance, parts etc to have some "kid" feed me a line about the parts I'm paying for. "oh...

OK this is now becoming a lesson in frustration ! I'm on the last part of the rebuild and putting on the pulleys etc. I've got two problems that you guys ( and gals) may be able to help with. 1) The pulley for the crank is a Summit billet pulley. The mount bolts are non standard size, I...

It could be that the push rod length is wrong. I just did some extensive research in the rebuild I'm doing and the number one problem I came across for lifter failure is that the push rods are either too long (geometry allows the roller to go off the valve stem "outboard of center line" and...

I'm coming down the home stretch of my rebuild. After several discussions with Edelbrock, I am convinced a 750 CFM is the way to go. The intake I chose is the Edelbrock RPM Air Gap and Edelbrock said.....750. I was also told it "won't fit under the stock hood"..........guys on the board...

If you can buy a crate for 3K, go fo it. A word of advice, if you have never assembled a short block on your own and have no idea what you are getting into, let the shop do it for you, it's the best $250 you will ever spend. You can certainly assemble the top fairly easily but don't try the...

Alrighty then........it appears that I've figured out the push rod length, it all relates to the roll across the tip of the valve..........I was making this out to be a rocket science project and it's actually fairly straightforward. I am overly concerned about frying this engine ( actually I'm...

The new Mid America catalog has the entire set up from Hooker, including side pipes and collectors for $1200.

L48, thanks for the info.......and looking out for the wife part !!!! I made a solid lifter last night by taking apart an old hydraulic and making the lifter end so it can't move. I then inserted the rod into the engine and rotated it. The rocker ( yes they are rollers) does move from just...

Until you've changed the heater core on an '81.....AND changed the window lift spring.......you ain't never worked on a vette.............the rest is easy :D

Thanks yea I am aware of the hydraulic lifter issue but before I go out and buy a solid I wanted to know step by step how to do this so if there is other stuff i need I get it all at the same time, this is holding up my rebuid. Yes I have new heads, they are AFR 195's, the deck is cleared to...

OK here goes............I'm stumped and feeling pretty stupid at this point. I'm trying to measure the length of the push rods I need in the 388 I'm building. I bought an adjustable rod from Lunati and tried that. I'm missing something as it's not doing what I thought it would do. Does anyone...

Kind of like the cold in the winter and the change of seasons. I lived in Vegas for seven years and moved back here.........you need snow to go fast :D 800 twin Polaris, three feet of snow and 30 below is my idea of a good time when I can't drive the vette. With 196 track studs that thing...

Thanks guys, I talked to Edelbrock tech support yesterday. The 750 is about right actually may be oversized but anything smaller may be too small so 750 it is............ Thanks for the input and the advice, kind of why I like this forum so much, it's not bull, good tech advice from people...

OK, I'm coming down the home stretch of the rebuild and am finally buying the last parts for Dyno prep at the end of July. I am wrestling with buying a 750 or 800 CFM carb and not sure what performance difference I'll get between the two or potentially sucking it (750) dry ;LOL . the block is...

Anyone know if the choke on a stock 81 is electric or manual? I'm rebuilding and am planning on putting an Edelbrock 750 CFM but not sure if I should manual or electric. Thanks.

Anyone know if the choke on a stock 81 is electric or manual? I'm rebuilding and am planning on putting an Edelbrock 750 CFM but not sure if I should manual or electric. Thanks.

As many are aware, I'm in the middle of a rebuild for an 81.........actually nearing the end :) and getting ready for the dyno before install. Pulled the original block on Sunday and getting ready to crate it for storage. I got my heads the other day, AFR 195's :D and now it's time to buy the...

81 and waterboy, do you have any info in regard to the drop base. I've not had a lot of luck finding one of these, albeit, I have no idea where or who to look at. Thanks.

I know this has circulated more than once in the forum but I'm looking into and questioning an idea ( or a brain fart ) I'm having. I'm in the process of building a 388 stroker, just got the heads in yesterday, AFR-195. I am planning and have the Edelbrock Air Gap intake with a 750 cfm...

Jack one thing to consider. I crated a motor for a Jeep 360 I was rebuilding and shipped it New York when I moved here from Vegas. It was two years later when I actually got around to doing anything with the block and it was a major hassle due to cooling and reheating over the two year span...