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Hi Mark I bought some jets and rods for a quadrajet from Speed and Spares America - 01372 745747. They had them on the shelf and they were only a few pounds. Alternatively I have used John Woolfe Racing for some bits and found both places very helpfull and reasonably priced. J.

Hi ashy, I had the same dilema as you and Dazza when it came to exhausts and after looking around I couldn`t find the proper silencers at a reasonable price. I eventually bought a couple of straight thru motorbike alloy race cans. They were 2-1/2" slip fit and with a couple of clamps and...

On my first visit there was a Porsche Turbo Cup race car on the rollers in front of me and when they backed of the gas there was two huge flames shot out of the exhausts. I was suitably impressed. Back to yours though, when you think of the contact patch of your tyres on the road compaired to...

Chris The problem I had both times I had my 81 on the rolling road was tyre slip. The rollers were very smooth and on one run the tyres were beginning to smoke a little !!! so it never showed it`s true potential. I think they are a good tuning tool but not the most accurate way to determin...

Hi Bud Here is a quick picture for you it´s a pity I have to hid them below the valve covers. Was it worth it - who knows. Roller Rockers BTW, Have you heard from our intrepid traveller Bro-Ken yet. J.

That thought has crossed my mind several times recently. Good luck on your trip. J. :w

Tom We have Wall Mart here as well but you would`t be able to buy Mobil at that price. I have had my Vette for just about four years and have only done 6000 miles in total, if I worked on my daily driver oilchange schedule(almost never) I wouldn`t have to change it for about another 10 years. J.

Tom Every car every 5000 miles !! You probably spend more on oil than I paid for my last car. Mobil 1 is about $40 - $45 a gallon here. :L :L :L I use Valvoline non synthetic, it`s reasonably priced and works ok for me. J.

My friend took his T/A down to the local trucking company and they had a calibrated weigh bridge or scrap metal yards usually have them but they are not always accurate. J.

Nice Work 13.5 definitely isn`t to shabby for a first try when you consider a standard 80 would be lucky to run low 16`s and about 85mph. With a bit of practice I`m sure you will find a couple of tenths. J.

If I was doing it all over again I would go Big Block, Blower, 2 x4bbl, reverse pattern TH400 and 9" F**d. Forget the stereo you wouldn`t be able to hear it. J.

If they were anything like my neighbours they would be pretty P****D OFF. :L J.

Hi Scott, You forgot to add a section on burnt flesh :L :L We had a rare sunny day on Sunday and I took a run down to a local show and shine for old classics. No Vettes but a boy turned up with a very nice Cobra kit. As he pulled up we went over for a look, he got out and unfortunately stepped...

Hi, I am not a big fan of Holley carbs and havn`t had much luck with them over the years but the Street Avenger looks "have to have one" good so I will be interested in your comments once you have it fitted and running. On the Air Gap issue, I did have mine under the hood with a drop base and...

You will find all you need to know at www.edelbrock.com J.

Hi, I have never really checked my rear gears but on the flat at 3000 rpm it is going just over 60 or so. Like Tom I find my self settling into cruising around 60 - 65 to keep the rpm around 3000 but occasionally I have ran with a steady 4000+ rpm for good distances and so far no problems even...

Tom I used standard length pushrods and had no problems. In the Edelbrock catalogue it say`s to use +.100" pushrods if you are using the "stock" rockers. I did use some heavy duty Crane items just to be on the safe side. I also changed the original flat pushrod guide plates that came with the...

You are right about the compression, the flat tops I have with the 64cc heads should yield about 9.25cr and it was probably just a little short of the mark for the RPM cam. I just could not get the RPM cam to run well below 2500rpm and even with the stick shift it was hard going around town, but...

Hi, The comp 268 is a popular choice with quite a few people at the moment but I doubt if you will get the required 400hp with it. When I looked into changing the RPM cam in my car I had a few different cams run on desk top dyno for me and did consider the 268. It has plenty of torque but was...

Hey Wolf, No offence taken, as I said I still have my flame retardent coveralls and I expected more, all I can say rightly or wrongly is that how I have done it over the years. I have probably had over 100 cars pass through my hands from beater`s to a Porsch and as I said I`ve only had one...