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Hope that you resolve the latch problem soon. Keep us informed.

All C3's use a short water pump that is unique to the Corvette. The shaft in the pump is 3/4 inch diameter verses 5/8ths on a standard short pump. That is also the reason that you can not use a billet or chrome replacement pulley. Those pulleys are made for the 5/8ths shaft and you would have...

The vacuum advance does it's work at cruising speeds. Advances the timing to improve fuel economy. When you have a long duration camshaft the engine doesn't make enough vacuum to operate the advance anyway so most high performance engine builders install a dist. without a vacuum advance or...

Nope. I don't need to see it. Been there, done that. Mine threw a blade through the hood. I installed dual Flex-a-Lites, model 210. You might also want to look at the Spal fans. They are avaliable from this company. http://www.dewitts.com/index.asp

Still no hood for me. (sniff, sniff) My L-88 intake from Paragon Reproductions arrived yesterday. Great company to do business. They packed the items properly and sent the UPS tracking number. I have some issues to deal with in the installation of the air cleaner. The base hits the HEI...

I'm expecting to have to mount the hood and possibly do some fitting before painting. Should not be too much fitting required, but some would be normal to account for production tolerances and the possibility of replacement parts not being perfectly fit in the past. I ordered my air cleaner...

KEWL! I'm ordering an L-88 hood from J.C.Whitney this morning myself. I'm going to use the airbox arrangement. I see that you've got a 2 day head start on me. Keep us informed on how the installation and alignment goes.

The rear spring can be changed with the tools you listed plus a C-clamp and a wood block. Use the clamp and wood on the spring to keep the jack from sliding inward when the spring is jacked. Buy new bolts with rubber or poly bushings for the trailing arm end of the spring. Do you have the...

Let's see here, you've got; an electric fuel pump, twin electric fans, and now you're going to install an electric water pump. It might be time to think about a higher amperage alternator. That is also going to negate any gains that you might get from using the electric water pump.

Try spraying some carb cleaner in the area of the moving parts. They do get gummed up. Just in case that doesn't do it; I had been fooling around with my advance weights in my dist. and had the same problem. Turned out that the mechanical advance weights were not returning to the idle...

IF you mean the lock then you might want to look at this; http://personal.riverusers.com/~mcphelps/glovebox.htm

Having done that job before I'm sure that you're correct about wanting help! Install the radiator. Poke your nose in the wheel well. Look for the bolts that hold the radiator support in. Should be 3 on each side. Remove these bolts and push the radiator and support forward. You should have...

Do a search on Hookers web site for side pipes. I seem to recall seeing a set of pipes there that looked like the regular Hookers but only one of the pipes was functional. That would let you use stock manifolds or shorty headers.

Make room in your garage?

It's cheaper to buy a new motor than rebuild your block. You will also have the advantage of a warrenty. The GM ZZ4 motor will fit your desires. Price in the latest Jeg's catalog is 3499.00. Building your motor with a roller cam is going to set you back close to 1000.00 by itself. When you...

Check your screws in the top of the carb. Loosen the 2 front mount bolts and tighten the screws in the proper sequence (should be listed in your book) and tighten the mount bolts back down. That should insure that you are not flooding out from fuel sloshing in the bowl to the primaries. Check...

It sounds like your secondary air door is opening too soon. There is an adjustment for it on the passenger side of the carb. It should be about 7/8ths of a turn in from just touching the spring. This is a very sensitive adjustment. Do you have a book that describes the adjustment?

By the time that you get a 350 doing 13.0 with 3.08 gears the engine is not going to be very streetable. I have to agree with the above comment about lower gearing. Your 385 HP rebuild should get you to your goal with 3.55 or 3.70 gearing.

Should be a power source that is hot with the ignition on only.

I think that the 882 heads were the best flowing. They were thin wall, 76c.c., and prone to cracking if ported. You may want to think about a few other things related to this. When you locate a set of heads you are going to want to; Have a valve job done new valve seals screw in studs...