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    LT1 intermittant miss....

    been going on for quite some time now, finally got pissed and a break in the weather to pull it apart....my LT injection has an HEI up top and the manifold is highly modified, as a result..... now after going all through the ignition I got pissed and decided to swap injectors.....so in went a...
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    Marck and his brother.....

    I don't see them around here anymore, hope they OK but between them and that C3 project also....what happened?? :beer::search:
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    '72 Evaporator/aftermarket??

    As many of you may remember, my '72 is a total hotrod, nothing stock, NOTHING,.....and so being old and in FLORIDA, both the car and I NEED air conditioning...... the evaporator leaks, not terrible, but it leaks.....I converted to serp drive long ago, with a Denso? compressor like on a '88091...
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    Batch fire DPFI and economy.....

    OK my '72 has a stock cammed basic LT1 engine setup on a L98 engine with HEI up top in back the way GOD intended as we know sparks and water don't mix..... And we know the batches are fired right bank/left bank back and forth..... Long time ago under one of the projects I forgot to ground...
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    Pissed Piston

    Out for revenge.....
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    Home Improvement

    U mentioned in another thread about home projects getting in your way.... I used to be in the business, since '85-86 anyway..... I dun it AWL, foundation through roof, mainly kitchens and baths.... So curious what you doing, maybe a few pix, if interesting.....
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    Driveline angles....how to measure??

    '72 vette 350 engine, 200 4r trans stock drive shaft/diffy.... so question is, how to measure the drive shaft angles?? kind of hard to do the diffy end, I expect, much less I confused what gear and HOW to do the trans end....the cross support is modified quite a bit so unsure of the...
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    Brakes, HBoost/aluminum m/cyl....

    Out on a minor trip today, pedal to floor, damn near, IF I hit/stomp it good car stops reluctantly.....been through front brakes not long ago...new pads/rotors, seemed fine for a couple months.... tore into the rear brakes this afternoon, found nothing, pads look new, rotors fine...no evidence...
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    Ford plugs in my vette.....

    Had some engine running problems when 'cold' meaning maybe 75F over night.....and after the repairs, the thing ran like shit when 'cold' when it hit ~130f it smoothed out..... I had bought FORD Autolite plugs for it, same looks, BUT made in CHINA..... I saved the old Champion plugs that...
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    Engine troubles......water LT1 intake

    on an L 98 engine....highly modified with an HEI in back the way God intended.....I have had a issue with it, the forward two bolts on the left/driver's side were basically loose as a goose....my question is HOW/why?? Engine was is hydro lock, so pulled the heads, took all the top end crap...
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    Car finishes....shine/dull.....

    Some of you may remember that my '72 vette I painted myself some years ago was backed over by a jacked up pickup, and so I finally got it fixed after 3 months time....it's just a Macco paint job.... so the shine is too much with high gloss, revealing every possible flaw or paint gun hesitation...
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    Backed over '72...Glass problems.....

    :hissyfit::gurney: Maybe some of you know that on Feb 20th/Saturday a Dodge jacked up mudder pickup backed up in the Credit Union parking lot....and ran over the nose of my vette, smashed holes in the right fender, up top, and ran over the nose and busted hell outta the custom hood that...
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    An old friend from church group, 50 years ago...

    http://ee.usc.edu/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/sawchuk.htm We walked up the street to the Wash. National Cathedral and shot pool in the basement of the St. Albans Academy....55? years ago.....and found out about Al Gore from some of his classmates..... been a while.....
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    Undecorating the tree....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft9QmP5mElg BEST laugh of the day.....:bounce::rofl::bump:
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    make screwal fun....for a change.....

    How to make screwal more fun for kids.... https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153125953940353
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    Better calipers without.....

    spending a damn fortune.... there simply HAS to be a caliper set from a high production volume car that can be basically bolted in place on a C3 I assume a floating caliper, just so it grabs the rotor good, and preferably made from aluminum..... 50k worth of caliper designs out there...
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    '88 serp drive, sheared bolt, belt rides funny.....

    And slipped off this morning, went clunk, thought something fell off the car, went to back out, and no brakes or steering...... seems some time ago a ~3" bolt 3/8 diameter went through the a/c pump mount, kind of a loan wolf, just under the compressor, and bolted the a/c mount to the cyl...
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    Military drill......so to speak....

    https://www.facebook.com/RyoooD/videos/790577004310714/
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    Early Corvette development......

    http://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/2013/04/25/video-engineering-the-1957-corvette-ss/
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    2500 rpm vibrations on shifter.....

    seemed to be related to exhaust system, had it solid welded, seemed to improve and the pipe rattle did no away.....thought it was FIXED.....RONG!!! for some reason at about ~2400 rpm or so, the vibrations on the shifter just drive me crazy, actually making noise.....I can shift gears...
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