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Hey Everyone. I'm almost finished with my engine build and I'm needing to choose a carb. I'm leaning toward a 650 edelbrock to match my intake. Would a 650 be good or should I step up to a 700? My other question is about the distributor. I have a 74 corvette and I need an MSD tach drive (or...

Hey Everyone, I am building an engine for my 1974 Corvette. I have a rebuilt 1981 LT9 short block that is bored .30 over with a mild edelbrock Cam. I was able to pick up a pair of freshly rebuilt 1966 462 camel hump heads that are setup for rocker studs, port polished, ect. I got a fairly...

Hi, I bought a rebuilt engine and have torn it apart to change the gaskets. It is an 1981 LT9 block, with mild edelbrock cam, and maybe 202 heads. When I purchased the motor I was told they were camel hump and misidentified them (they have a hump looking thing on them). I was wondering if...

Hi. I have a 1974 Corvette that had an engine swap. I know I'm about to get flamed when I say the type of engine, but it came in the car. It is a 1978 LM1 out of a Camaro. I've heard plenty of people tell me to buy a crate engine and not to build this. I don't have the money to buy a crate...

So I'm not really sure where to start. I hadn't drove my 74 in a while. It was really rainy for a while and I assumed water got in the gas. I used fuel stabilizer that claimed to remove water and my car ran better for a day. It will start up and idle fine. It will drive fine for a while...

It's been raining pretty heavily in the central ohio area for about a week. Once the sun finally came out, I decided I'd drive the vette to work. It turned over a little rough when I first started it, but it drove about 2 miles to the gas station without any issues. When I got to the gas...

I've thought that a cut wire going to my hood has been for a light since I bought the car. I was working on a project the other day and ran across a section in my haines manual talking about an air hood door. I'm going to reconnect the wire today. From the sounds of it, it is controlled from...

I have a lot of play in my steering. I inspected the rag joint and it the play seems to be coming from it. The pins on both sides turn a ways before the catch and turn the shaft going into the steering box. Should there be rubber taking up the slack on this?

I bought a new engine harness from corvette America (or central) can't remember. I had a local shop hook it up and everything is running great. The previous owner took out the oil sending unit and put a crappy sunpro mechanical gauge in the car. I'm attempting to put it back to stock, but I ran...

I'm not quite sure how to describe this. It's as though the car shimmy's back and forth. The car also pulls to the right pretty bad. When coming to stops I also hear a popping sound. I can't figure out if the sound is coming from the front or rear. I can feel the pop in my drivers seat...

I attempted to install the coolant recovery tank today; I received it yesterday. The tank doesn't appear to fit on the fender anywhere. It's molded in the wrong way it appears. I'm assuming it goes on the front passenger side fender by the radiator. Any suggestions? The tank is for a 74 and came...

Well I finally replaced my u joints on the front shaft and the drivers side half shaft. The front shaft went fine. The driver side half shaft was hell though. The side side that connects to the wheel gave me tons of problems. It was stuck in there and wouldn't come out. I ended up bending...

Hey everyone. I've tried to do some research on this and I just wanted to get everyone's opinion. When I first start my car the temp is fine. In fact I can leave it run and it doesn't overheat. While driving on the highway, the temp stays between 160 and the second line on the gauge. After...

Hey everyone. I have kind of a strange issue. I have a 1974 Corvette that the prior owner had switched over to 4 wheel disk. I had the car sitting outside for a few weeks while I changed out my carpet. I finally got it back together and was going to take it out for the first time this year...

I recently bought a near full front suspension rebuild kit for my 74. The car has been a bit loose on the road while driving. I noticed after I got the kit it didn't come with the pitman arm. I got on ebay looking for refurbished ones and it appears they sale them for power steering and non...

I've seen a lot of talk about ssnake oyl seat belt restoration. However, they have new seat belts on the site also. They appear to be single retractor. I'm assuming the retractor fits where the oem one does behind the seat and then the end of the web connects under the seat where the old oem...

I've been posting a lot lately, but with the warm weather I've had a lot of time to work on the 74. I was wondering what some of you would suggest for a good head upgrade. My car has had the motor swapped out. It's a 76-77 LM1 out of a camaro. The specs are below: Block 3970010 2 bolt...

The previous owner of my 74 corvette hooked up an HEI distributor. He did a hillbilly job of wiring it. He ran a toggle switch and a direct wire to the battery in order to bypass the resistor wire. Does anyone know of a good ACC hook up in the fuse box that is powered on when the key is...

Rain keeps leaking into my 74 corvette somewhere. I'm not sure where though. I have the interior out to replace it. I want to get this fixed before I lay in the new carpet. It rained last night and my drivers floor pan had standing water. It appears to be leaking in on the left side under...

I was wondering if anybody could give me some helpful suggestions. I'm installing a new carpet interior kit and have to remove the seats and most of the trim off the sides. It has all been fairly painless up until the last bolt on the passenger seat. It is the back bolt that holds the seat...