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What's the latest? Man, there seems to be an epidemic of this kind of problem lately. Every Forum I visit has at least one on-going post from someone complaining about the same thing. Keep us posted; whatever's causing it, it's solvable. Jake

Congrats! Glad you posted. Jake

Someone tried something similar on me earlier this year. I called the company the check was drawn on before depositing it and learned of several other attempted frauds too. I received a $2,100.00 (+/-) company check for a $500.00 (IIRC) pair of cylinder heads I had up for sale on EBay. I was...

accusations Jake

My former 86; broken wire inside MAF. Replacement for $50 taken from a wrecked 'F' Body and my local wrecking emporium. Tested on site. Ran fine for years and was still going strong when I sold the car. Jake

I assume you've already visually checked the thin MAF wires inside the MAF tube, right? Jake

No, re: the highlighted area. There is no fuel pump cut off for low or no oil pressure. This gets passed around a lot, probably because it seems logical, but nope, our engines don't have that feature. One is a sensor for the dashboard oil pressure gauge and the other is a backup for the fuel...

I tried that on my son's 96 LT1 and the engine died INSTANTLY. Jake

Yep, me too. I've got enough "rarely used, specialized tools" laying around. Jake

I'm glad to see everything worked out well for you. Jake My son, Ryan M. Cameron, graduated from West Point on 22 May 2010! He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and I pinned on his first pair of "Butter Bars" PROUDEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!

A stock LT4, when it comes to the valve train, is a different animal. It uses what GM calls NET BUILD, which means there is NO adjustable lifter preload without changing the length of the pushrod. All you do is torque down the adjusting nuts, IIRC 18 lb/ft) and you're done. For LT1s and...

I encountered the exact same idle issue as he has on my 86. I posted more on my experience above. At idle, more like 20/22* BTDC according to what Diacom reported to me on my 86. Jake

On my previous 86, not only did I have play with the throttle foir a minute or so to keep the engine idling with the wire disconnected but if I allowed the engine to idle that way for a extended period of time the exhaust headers would begin to glow red. Retarded timing causes that; that is...

Yep, 180. My 96 Owner's Manual (not the Factory Service Manual) has the bleeding procedure in it. I stayed with Dex-Cool (orange) in spite of what others have written in both my 96 and my son's 96 - no problem. Jake

As always, there are going to be different views on the parts to use. Best thing to do, and what I do when doing something like this, is to come up with a plan. I sit down with my pen and paper and write down exactly what my goal is. When it comes to engine mods, how I plan to use the car...

I just saw this thread, so if you haven't started your buying spree yet, I'll see what I can find for you. How about starting with the year of the LT1 since GM changed things as they always do. As far as the " build kit", what parts are you looking to have included? Just gaskets and such or...

Popular Hot Rodding's recent issue (Feb 2010) gives a lot of details on the engines that competed in their most recent 2009 Engine Masters competition. For 2009 the rules were changed to allow dual carbs, tunnel ram intakes, etc., Also the RPM range was raised (the range where power would...

My roadster use to run 175+ MPH in the quarter and I never left the line with the coolant under 180F. Performance and engine longevity were both considerations, especially when I knew that if I ran off a tenth I'd be out of the program. So, in my experience low coolant temps weren't the...

One another Forum, I recently posted basically the same thing: An engine running too cool increases wear, hurts gas mileage, decreases the availability of cabin heat for winter-time operation, etc.. If I could, I'd want my coolant to run at 240F and my oil at 220F all the time. But that's...