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  1. Ricks82

    69 restomod

    I just got started on my 69 project. It's a non numbers matching small block coupe that was apparently was tore down many years ago and has been sitting in pieces ever since. The final product will be a big block restomod. I just got the body off of the frame and the frame was worse than I...
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    Speedo Gear Question?

    I just installed a set of 3.73:1 gears in my 82. Somehow, I managed to forget about the speedo until after the fact. Does anyone know which speedo drive gear I need for my 700r4? I am basically running a stock tire, and I think that the tranny is from an 85 or 86 Astro. (My tranny guy selected...
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    Spark Plug Suggetions

    I'm looking for spark plug suggestions. I installed a 383 that sounds similar to the one in Shirley1978's post. 10.5:1 compression, aluminum heads, 456hp 464torque,(at the flywheel), Comp cams 12-214-4, 750 holley double pumper. The engine builder used Champion C57CX spark plugs, which I fouled...
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    700R4 Shifter

    I am currently replacing the motor and trans on my 82. The crossfire is being replace with a carberated 383 and new 700R4. The new 700R4 has a manual valve body that I think will be had to control with the stock shifter. I was looking for any advance on replacing the stock shifter with one that...
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    C3 Side Exhaust

    I have not been able to find side headers for my 82 with angle plug heads on my 383. It seems that everything that I find says "not for angle plugs" some where in the fine print. Surely someone has come across this before??? I'm still a liitle bit on the fence with the whole side pipe idea, but...
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    Newbie from Illinois

    Hello from Illinois. I bought my first vette last summer. (after waiting 27 years) An all stock 82. I have a new 383 sbc and 700r4 that's going in this winter. So there will probably be a lot of questions. But I work too much & play too little. so the posts will probably be a little scattered. I...
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