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60 chevy rough running problem
well i found a couple of wires that fried cause they touched my headers. so now i can kinda keep it running at 1000 rpms somewhat smoothly, but still wants to die in gear and when i give it a little gas in park or neutral and let off the gas. dist…

Comment by 60ratrod June 2007 permalink
ford 300 engine
sounds like a valve may not be opening to me. does this happen every time you get a full revolution on the motor??

Comment by 60ratrod May 2007 permalink
Found my next project - '69 Lincoln - lots of pics!
like ron said, those areas and under the vinyl top are the biggest rot spots on any older car. but from the photos they don't look too bad. i had gotten some doors for my 60 c10 had lots of bondo and body rot. they were sooooo bad that the bo…

Comment by 60ratrod April 2007 permalink
66 C10 Wiring Change
hey phil, the steering column shouldn't be a problem just as long as it mates to the gear box. i would cut enough of the dash side connector so you have alot to play with. as for the wiring harness, depending on which one you want from the s1…

Comment by 60ratrod April 2007 permalink
q-code torino
yeah unfortunatly its less engine and trans. but from what i have seen the car isn't in too bad of condition.

Comment by 60ratrod April 2007 permalink
Problem with Exaughst headers
well i am a ford guy. i just happen to own a chevy. but if you cannot find any long tub headers then block hugger shorties or just regular shorties are the way to go

Comment by 60ratrod April 2007 permalink
q-code torino
thanks ron. as always you are a great help. just like i thought, ford never put out anything cj other than the infamous 429 cj. so the q code is just a hi-po cleavland then. how hard are those to find??

Comment by 60ratrod April 2007 permalink
q-code torino
its a 72. she was sayin that it had a 351c cj with a 4 speed top loader. i didn't even think ford produced a 351c cj

Comment by 60ratrod April 2007 permalink
Problem with Exaughst headers
hey i was looking at some photos and it's looking like its the camaro. if anything else you can go with block hugger shorties or regular shorties

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
70's ford muscle cars
yeah. i had a 79 ranchero 500. but i traded it for my 60 chevy c10 that i have now cause i realized that the market for ranchero's is pretty slim to nil as far as demand goes.

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
searching...
i would try craigslist. out here in washington i'm always seeing caprice's comming up on craigslist. i search this sight religously. i find all sorts of cheap parts that some one bought or had that they never used. it also has some pre…

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
65' chevy pickup
hey hog, i would contact the historical division of chevy or maybe try to find someone in like an automotive museum. as far as it having indy 500 decals on the doors if this vehicle was put out from the factory like this then i would have been p…

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
Ferrari Look-A-Like: Ford OSI 20M TS '67-'68
did you know that ford beating endzo ferrari with the ford gt was the deal breaker between the 2?? ford was almost set until they beat ferrari.

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
Poll: Best Looking New Car Sold in USA
Martin200 wrote: After going through months and months of everyone's input regarding the ugliest car of all time, I thought it might be a nice positive change of pace to open a discussion on what the BEST looking car might be. In the interes…

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
67 nova
i don't think that doing those things to your motor will drop the value too much. sometimes thats what the buyer is looking for. as far as boring the block out depending on the mileage and condition of the motor you need to have it bored just…

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
1978 Pontiac Bonneville parts manual
you can try chiltons for all of the mechanical stuff and i am sure that there is a company out there that makes parts cataloges specifically for the older bonnevilles.

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
Ugliest Car Ever Made in USA
well my thoughts on the aztec are from a by-stander's point of view and a mechanics since i have had the "privilege" of working on a few in my days of working at the dealership that my dad works at. i'm not denouncing its usabil…

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
pictures of a few cool chevy projects
now that's a job that i want!! sweet rides

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
Lights Not Working
geeze phil sounds like your beast is being as much of a problem child as mine is

Comment by 60ratrod March 2007 permalink
combustion chamber size
so now that i understand chevy heads alittle better, i am thinking of going to roller rockers. but i keep seeing this 1.5 and 1.6. what is that refering to??

Comment by 60ratrod February 2007 permalink
combustion chamber size
thanks man. well i'm not so new to engines but to chevy and gm products. i'm a ford guy that traded for a chevy. thanks for the info and i was attempting to see if cartech had a book on sbc's but i never saw one on their websight. …

Comment by 60ratrod February 2007 permalink
heads difference
the lower 2 heads are the "camel hump" heads right?? so other than the shape what is the difference?? thanks for the pics mech

Comment by 60ratrod January 2007 permalink
Small Block Chevy 350
my buddy may have an idea if you are still having problems. set your balancer timing mark to the timing mark on your engine. then if your motor is at top dead center, put something like a screwdriver, coat hangar, old push rod, etc. to check your …

Comment by 60ratrod January 2007 permalink
Small Block Chevy 350
if you wanna get a alittle spendy get either an internally balanced or a fluidamper. i hear those are supposed to be really good but i've looked and they are a little more expensive, well the fluidampers anyway

Comment by 60ratrod January 2007 permalink
Small Block Chevy 350
theres a piece of rubber that goes between the outter ring of the balancer and the body of the balancer. once those 2 are put together they are then balanced by either drilling a series of holes or adding small chims of metal. once that outter rin…

Comment by 60ratrod January 2007 permalink
Small Block Chevy 350
you are going to want both of your valves closed which is the down position. like i said, i had to do it on my ford motor to get true tdc

Comment by 60ratrod December 2006 permalink
opinion on engine rebuild kit
i would agree with the sight admin on this one. other parts maybe. and summit is definatly better than jegs, but i still browse them both

Comment by 60ratrod December 2006 permalink
Newbee, looking for headers....
i would get some block hugger shorty headers. they tuck closer to the block than regular shorty headers. dynomax, flowtech(a dept. of dynomax), hedman, hooker, pace setter, and patriot are some of the popular companies that carry block hugger shor…

Comment by 60ratrod December 2006 permalink
opinion on engine rebuild kit
hey charlee, one thing that you wanna do anytime that you are looking on ebay is look at the seller's feed back score and see how long they have been a member. when i look at the feedback, i mainly concentrate on the negative feedbacks. i …

Comment by 60ratrod December 2006 permalink
Small Block Chevy 350
hey phil, sounds to me like your distributor is 180 off. i had a 79 ford ranchero that i rebuilt the motor in and i kept on either getting nothing or fireballs from the carb. come to find out that it was 180* out. in otherwords my motor wasn…

Comment by 60ratrod December 2006 permalink

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