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An Easy Check 4 Dead Cylinders Take a spray bottle, fill with water and spray on exaust mainfold ports (works great with headers) with the engine running. If there is steam, the cylinder is fireing, no steam = dead cylinder. This is a great, almost fool proof way of checking for dead (not...

Roller Rockers I don't buy that. I have been running Crower roller rockers on a 502 for nine years and a lot of miles. It has a hyd roller and has given me no problem at all. John

love those big amps When my son 1st saw my vette the 1st question he asked me was: how many speakers does it have and how many watts are they?(he ain't no car guy) I told him it had one speaker in the dash with very little power and two 4" (1 on either side of the car) each powered by 4 4.5" x...

A Bad Day at the Track http://www.pbase.com/atrltd/bric2005 This is the worst wreck of antique race cars I have ever seen with no one getting hurt, thank goodness. John

Headers I looked into a set of Headman headers for BB midyear with sidepipes, but went with Hooker header/sidepipes instead. I have seen the headmans but the 1 7/8" pipes were on the small side for the engine. John

Yes, I Love It STEPINWOLF, WOULD YOU PLEASE E-MAIL A COPY OF YOUR ORIGINAL SIGN, I WOULD LOVE TO DISPLAY IT ON MY CAR AT THE CRUISE-INS. THANKS A BUNCH, JOHN JOHN.SKELTON@AUTOMOTIVESYS.COM

Heaven, I saw you were running Spal fans on your car. Could you please tell me the model# / part#. I am very interested in running some also. It has been in the 92°-95° range hear for the last two weeks in Birmingham, Al and who knows what August will bring. Thanks A Bunch, John

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Richmond Gear Box Bob, I Had Richmond Build Me A 5 Speed With 3.01 1st Gear With Road Race Scynros To Give Me A 9.27 Overall 1st Grar Raito With A 3.08 Rear Gear. I Know Your Car Is More Fun Than A Bed Full Of Dallas Cowboy Cheer Leaders. It Sure Is Fun To Embarace Vipers. Have Fun With Your...

67HEAVEN, What raito 1st gear do you have in your Richmond 5 speed and do you have the optional "road race" model? John

Question How do you resto guys run 11 to 1 compression in your big and small blocks withs todays 92/93 octane gas? What about the stock heads not having hardened exhaust valve seats with todays unleaded gas? John

magnetic plug I found that a drain plug from a comercial hauler(16 wheeler) ie Peterbuilt is the same as a mid year vette, 3/4 pipe thread and it gives you the added protection of being a magnetic type. John

I R Wrong I Shouldn't Be Surprised, I Have Had A Lifetime Experence Of Being Wrong It Seems. I Have Stated Value Insuance With State Farm And After A Long Conversatation With Them I Am Not A Happy Camper. I Guess I Can Add Insurance Agents To My List Of Lawyers, Car Salesmen, And Weather...

insurance State Farm will, I have my 66 coupe insured for $60K and it cost me $116.00 every 6 months. On my policy it states the value of the car is $60,000.00. John

What Is The Piston Size Of The Brake Calipers, Front/rear On 66-67's? Thanks, John

Today was forcast to be 70° so I desided it would be a great day to drive the vette. When I went to meet my best friend for lunch I was stopping at a traffic light and the brake pedal just went to the floor, boy that will wake you up. Initially I had good pedal and it went to nothing. Well got...

Dennis, Looks like as much fun as a bed full of Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. You did a great job. You mentioned earlier that the ram jet didn't have as much top end power as your 502, 3 x 2 set up. The throtle body on the ram jet is on the small side(same size as a 350 cu") for an engine that...

I am aware that 63-64 wiper arms are of a polished stainless / crome finish and 67 are of a brushed stainless finish. But what about 66? Were early 66's polished/crome stainness and late 66's brushed stainless. My car was built in Apr 66. Thanks, John

camshaft Crane and Competition Cams make reproduction cams for your appaclation. By the way the 365/327 and the 375/327 fuel injection cam was known as a 30-30 because of the valve lash of .030I / .030E. The LT1 cam was used in 350cu in engines and has a milder grind on one of the lobes, can't...

kitchen mayhem I had a girlfriend who was cooking lunch for us, while I was in the basement/workshop. I fired off my 502 with open hooker sidepepe headers. When I shut if off I heard her screams and ran upstairs too find our lunch all over the kitchen, floor, walls, ceiling. She said she jumped...