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Some of the new Mezziere's (or mebbe Milodon?) flow over 50.... Most say even this isn't enough compared to a belt driven high flow manual. I would love to see similar flow numbers for the mechanicals, but have never seen any pump curves for them. This leaves me unable to decide for myself. I...

Wow you're making me start looking at wheels.... I need to upgrade when the Gear Vendors gets here next week to higher ratings and had to anyhow for the eventual real engine. I watched your great brake upgrade with interest too.....gives me plenty of choices on the menu.... Even MORE...

Yeah, I just developed a weird occassional flicker I need to find that today... Start with all the basics...battery connections, alternator connections, fuse box connections and especially the starter connections. (I had one of those wires break off when planting this temporary engine.)...

That explains it....I couldn't believe such a tiny bolt was really used there..... That may have been the diameter I used too - I'd have to go measure, except I used NF and Grade 8 nylock nuts. I know I got a bunch of them in several lengths and used the very largest I could fit in through...

Wow....little vicious there..... I agree with the observation on the safety nazi bureaucrats, more concerned with advancing and defending their unelected power than the real safety goals they were created for....by other "TRUE PATRIOTS" in the '60's and '70's - such as our famed safety "expert"...

You know I really have no idea if mine started as top mount.... Since I've had it three years, I may have even changed it myself if it didn't come that way....I know I wanted to use the battery disconnect green knob thingy so it is possible I changed it to top mounts myself....or if one of the...

Ah, ya beat me to 'em Jack!!! "Drat! Foiled again!!!":cry Well, I was putting those off until the real engine anyhow - so I didn't have to do it twice....

It doesn't on my '75....but it's a small clearance Now I have the plastic housing type - not the chrome ones (I have no idea whether they came with the car or not.) Those two 3/8" or 7/16" headed (IIRC) nuts or bolts (I just tightened mine last week too and I can't remember!) cna be reached...

I remember that thread.... about Optima lifespans.... Wow, the '77 used sidemounts, huh? My 75 uses top - and I will only ever buy Optimas in the future unless price is an object. These spiral cell, almost gell cell, type batteries, of which the Optima is one of the earliest and most...

That's good advice, but not absolutely a must... Oh, none taken! That is the best approach, but many are put together without these operations. On rod bolts the ability to do this has a lot to do with the design of the rod, the type of rod bolt it comes with and the type you select to...

The greenhouse effect is real...but it's a whole different matter on whether it is occuring now, here, and whether all of human activity is significantly affecting it. Lots of data has been gathered, but most of those gathering this data did have a belief and their conclusions are at best...

Most vette parts ARE cheap!!! Try buying old mopar parts...wow.... Some vette parts are absurd...try a fan shroud for a '75! (I made one out of lexan rather than pay that much...) But body panels, suspension parts, drivetrain parts....wow...cheapest thing out there for vintage cars. Not...

Wow. Mine's like that and I didn't know that wasn't normal! ..and you're right, I don't so much have cracks on lines, but they were sloppy in putting filler over the attching bolts. So there are usually visible seems there, huh? Well I'll be a garden toad eatin' june bugs! I did wonder...

Welcome to the club! Yours sounds like it is in both better and more original shape than mine. You cannot imagine how lucky you are your $**%!*@# live piston brakes are working and not even leaking! I had that same squirelly wire coathanger type rear spring...I literally bent it by HAND by...

I'm with Ruby76 - but I put on the VBP dual mount... ....and I use larger diameter longer spring hanger bolts - either 7/16th or 1/2" diameter (instead of the usual 3/8ish".) But like Ruby76, I didn't have any alignment problems that I remember with the spring hanger bolts (and I always...

Spring much superior, but you must insulate it This is yet another benefit of sidepipes... I put on the dual mount adjustable thing from VBP after the silly thin sping hanger bolt on one side broke (I replaced THOSE with nice 7/16" or 1/2" NF Grade 8 thingies). I took great care to wrap the...

Man, It may be impolite...But I *LOVE* solid advise like that! With all respects to the hard corps NCRS set, and I do respect perfect restorations and examples of original designs - really, thanks for throwing in the light of reason for a driving enthusiast application Tom! Look, L48...

Having driven for over a year with the PS disconned because of the several huge leaks even after I let some idiots replace everything, and after having general leaks in PS systems on other vehicles, I would be more interested in a non-power R&P system. I hope Flaming River will consider...

Yeah I remember that! Met at Kellers//moved somewhere else because Keller's doesn't want "enthusiasts" (or business, I guess) like they did when I was a teenager... Yeah we had a good turn out for the first one and a couple or three 3-4 people things after and then nothing....not the best...

Ditto BigVette1 I always use antiseize on aluminum and even on iron (when I can find it laying around the hovel.) On iron I will occassionally use a coating of heavy oil (synthetic gear oil or synthetic 20W50) or teflon additive like Slick50 - just a few drops to wet the threads. I really...