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  1. Fuelie74

    C5 brake master cylinder in a C3, Line adapter question

    The guys using the C5 master cylinder are using it on power brake cars. The reservoir is to hight and hits the hood on a manual brake cars plus the hole for the shaft in the piston is a shallow hole not a deep one that is required for manual brakes...
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    Wire harness rebuild or replace

    Wanting to address my wire harness issues in my 74 and am looking for opinions of if I should instill a painless harness or rebuild the one I have. It was butchered years ago when I bought it and my modifications haven't helped. The fuse block is broken and hangs loose and the car has many...
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    T56 install in a '78

    I would sure like to know what I was doing wrong the. I have tried running a hydraulic clutch on three projects and have had a very bad experience every time. Leaky HTBs are usually my problem. Tried running a Howl and a McLoed on my T5 before switching to a Z bar setup. Sent from my SCH-I500...
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    Creativity Desperately Needed

    Ok so here we go. My year has finally started to calm down after my last year of moving and having our second kid. Now the last several months I find my doing more and more side work out of my shop:crap:. Now I need a name for my shop and would like something more creative than Davis Auto or...
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    I'm a daddy again!

    Well Thursday the 13th we had our second kid. Adelyn came into the world at 8lb 10oz and was 21in long. So needless to say I have been busy playing baby since then.
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    New shop in the works

    After our move earlier this year I am finally in the process of building a new hobby shop and thought I would show it off as its being built and get some suggestions in the process. It is going to be a 45'x56'x16' with three overhead doors on one of the 45' ends. Well it is getting framed for...
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    Been a busy year so far

    Thought I would check in since I haven't been on here much this year. I have been so busy since mid Dec that I haven't had time to get on any forums or work on my Vette. To start things off in Dec I tore my truck down for a paint job, rust repair, and color change. Then in mid Dec we closed on a...
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    Aluminum wheels: Safe Paint remover?

    Brake clean will also remove most cheaper paints and not affect the clear coat that is on them.
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    LS1 swap

    Well I finally got my LS1 project. I picked up this 99 LS1 with a spun #2 rod bearing. http://www.vettemod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7280 Well I finally got it completely knocked apart and off to the machine shop. The crank required 0.020 on the mains and 0.030 on the rods to clean up. The...
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    bellhousing ball stud

    You need to make sure you have the right length ball stud or your clutch won't work.
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    Ujoint removal problem

    Clamp the part of a cap that is sticking out of the shaft in a vice and smack the shaft with a rubber mallet, flip over and repeat.
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    EFI updates.....

    I really don't understand what you want. You say you want to upgrade and use junkyard ready parts. This is about as cheap and easy as you can get for that. Also you are never going to get the maximum fuel mileage without doing some tuning yourself or taking the complete car to a tuner shop. You...
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    EFI updates.....

    COP = Coil on plug
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    EFI updates.....

    Also I know you are a 200r4 guy, but this would allow control of a 4L60E or a 4L80E trans that would make many guys happy.
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    EFI updates.....

    What you want is a 411 PCM GM used that computer in like everything between like 2000 and 2002 so they are all over for cheap. You shouldn't have to pay more than $40 for that PCM from a junkyard. The thing with that PCM is it was used to control the LS based engines in C/K trucks, vans and in...
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    EFI updates.....

    A good part of the mileage is coming from the head design and low end power of the LS engines and the gearing. Some of it is the efi system though. Cheapest route would be MS, followed by using GM hardware and a tuning software like EFI Live or HP Tuners, then would be the aftermarket plug and...
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    EFI updates.....

    It would be an improvement, but as to how much its hard to say. The bigger question is are you really prepared to go to an aftermarket PCM or a GM 411 running a custom OS?
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    Picking the right gear

    I would be at 2000 rpm at 60 mph with a 4.11 and my .63 OD. Right now I am only using 4th which is 1:1 putting me at 2300 rpm. So I would still be better off. With that low of an OD gear you aren't effected nearly as much by the steeper gears at highway speed. By the way no one has ever...
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    Picking the right gear

    The clutches in my rearend are giving it up, so I am thinking about pulling the diff and fixing it. That means that I might as well regear while I am at it.:nuts: When I did my T5 swap I was originally planning on changing to 3.73 down the road, but a friend started to second guess my decision...
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    Clutch fasteners

    Not to get off subject, but are you running a one or two piece rear main seal engine?
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