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Coil on my vette is on the firewall anyhow.... I only have the one puny little carb for now though... :D It's currently on the passenger side on that little protruded area sorta above the heater box deal....I'm going to move it to the driver side in the hollow between the wiper motor and the...

Great! Absolutely! Now was the '70 the somewhat narrower rear wheel area like the '69 or was that the year they widened it? What are your 18x9.5"s? What make and such? Thanks for the input! I do want as wide as possible of course and would prefer the even more rigid 18" (which also...

Got an email from American Racing... 17x8 "drop ins" for C3's (and others): .....................Torque Thrust II #5957861 -------- SLP Hyperblacks Weight: .........19.5# ----------------------------- 24# Load Rating:.....1250#----------------------------- UNK (yet) Low...

Welcome to CAC!!! Great price by the way - I paid right about that for my medium butchered/altered 3 or, now I guess, 4 years ago. (We won't go into the nearly eight times that money I've sunk into this sick project since then.) Normally, repairs less than perfect numbers matching pickiness...

GlenG - I think you're essentially right.... I just went on a short search to try to, sorry, basically, counter what you said about the Dana 36 and 44 types and, basically, CONFIRMED what you were saying.... :confused One link I found went on about a conversion on a much later vehicle to...

That's a funny difference between North and South... Summer down here is when you DON'T feel like driving! Fall through Spring are the GOOD driving times! Winter night cruising with the top down at 40-55 in the metroplex is incredible. The stupid hot running things tend to have...

Depends GREATLY on type of carb.... If you are looking at the really solid, dependable AFB Edelbrocks (they make all sorts except a Holley type), over carburetion is nowhere near as critical as with a Holley due to the flow weighted action of the secondaries. If your are looking at the standard...

I'll TRY to put a few links....but I'm pretty stupid... www.tomsdifferentials.com www.vansteel.com www.dragvettes.com I tried cutting and pasting, but this silly thing is acting up - so those are written, and probably wrong. Although I have yet to buy them or another product, the...

You've said a wise thing there.... I get in more than the occassional friendly empty highway thing - I don't think I've ever done a serious car to car from a redlight in the vette because I didn't want to break parts, run over some annoying ped or get an even bigger ticket. But with some of...

I didn't trust the new 200W number on the old wiring So I ran a new power wire straight from the batt for a number of uses, with an inline fuse at the battery.

I'm Not Fat!!! Oh...wait....you didn't really MENTION me...did you? :L 3500 is about right (mine's a '75 ragtop.) I used some private truck scales (they charged me $15 I think...) not long after I changed the front and rear suspensions and some other parts to see how they affected balance...

Thanks for that! First time I got that clearly.... I'll put the TT2's back on the menu!

With the overdrive now installed and having passed 160 a half dozen times and the back tires being worn anyhow, it's time to upgrade to some Z, W or Y rated numbers and these are sparce indeed on the anvil weight steel 15x8 ralleys on there now. I've been looking for some "cheapy" 17 or 18"...

I know it's lame, but.... :upthumbs Have to agree with everything 76 said..... RPM Air Gap with a 750 Perf and you'll have great luck. On my temporary replacement small block that has now cost more than a real engine, I went with a Holley because while on the dyno it was simply more...

Something I wanted to try - an auxilliary fan IN the ducting I have a buddy who's a VW freak - they have a nifty little fan that mounts in a duct that would appear to fit in one of the main air ducts of my vette. I keep meaning to get one before I even start thinking about putting in a...

I got mine from a simple Ace Hardware.... Had one break that was on the car. From what JohnZ said at the time, those were not factory (they were maybe 3/8ths and marked grade 5.) I switched to the VBP Dual Mount mono spring - I was paranoid enough about another spring breaking I went with...

If replacing, I don't advise the pretty metal one.... I got one, not being real bright - forgot about sun and Dallas and seared flesh and such....;LOL

Awwwlllllrrrrrriiiiiiiggghhttteeeeey then!!! You win guy! I'll switch to rubber on everything and never even worry about potholes again, safe in the certain knowledge I am safe from engine vibration induced misalignment..... :blue:

OK, now that's just silly.... As I stated, after I was ribbed a bit for being the "boy racer" type (which I appreciate - being a LOT closer to 50 than 30) I may have just had probs with stock rubber mounts due to age and oil deterioration, and I certainly defer to JohnZ's recommendations on the...

But this boy-racer LIKES the vibration!!! Never happened on the vette, but I broke too many motor mounts on other old cars and trucks to trust plain rubber again. Then again, as noted, my first steel ones were rendered defective by some silly chroming.... I never really thought of it as a...