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Forum: South East Region
10-13-2017, 08:31 PM
Replies: 273
Important/Useful : S.E.Region Members Rides!
Views: 43,739
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: S.E.Region Members Rides!

Where did you get a 50 speed transmission?
Mine only has 4 :doh:.
Forum: Body
10-31-2016, 05:49 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,915
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: 7k Mile 1982 trans am.... I've died and gone to TA heaven

Are you kidding? He can't drive that car. Can't risk messing it up.
It's a "collector-item" now307686.
Parades only:(.
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-30-2016, 06:28 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 18,114
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: 305 with 0 oil pressure at hot idle?

Oil pumps are cheap. Unbolt the motor mounts, raise the engine, drop the oil pan, replace the pump and oil pan gasket. Silicone the corners.
Don't forget to prime the new pump before you install it....
Forum: Tech / General Engine
09-27-2016, 07:20 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 18,114
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: 305 with 0 oil pressure at hot idle?

How did I miss this:huh:.
Wasn't the '91 spec'd for 10w30?
I didn't think they went to 5w until the LS motors.
Someone smack me.
Forum: Tech / General Engine
09-27-2016, 06:41 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 18,114
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: 305 with 0 oil pressure at hot idle?

First of all, don't panic. Trust the mechanical gauge.
Typical stock idle pressure hot is only 15-20 psi.
If the low pressure were from a bad bearing, you would have heard from it by now.
Many...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
09-26-2016, 10:19 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,984
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: adjusting valves.. anyone use this method....

Wrong. It does.
That method is straight from the factory assembly line for stock hyd cams. I've used it before. It ends with: "now add one-half turn to put the hyd lifter plunger in the center of...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
09-26-2016, 05:23 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,984
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: adjusting valves.. anyone use this method....

The most important part in doing this is it will spot the lobe base circles when the cylinder is under max pressure.
When the opposite cylinder in the firing order is in cross-over (exhaust closing,...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
09-26-2016, 07:25 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 9,590
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: 88 Firebird Engine Wiring Color Codes/Diagram

Now who would have files from 10 years ago:lmao:?
Me.
I put them in my album but I don't think they will show full size for readability.
The originals are 1275x1672 because I hate unreadable...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
08-10-2014, 05:21 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 14,580
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: car runs hot at highway speed

Jonmark was working on his car 7 years ago. He's probably got it fixed by now...:D.
Forum: Tech / General Engine
08-10-2014, 10:08 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 14,580
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: car runs hot at highway speed

Is the check engine light on? Hooked up and working? 'Smog pump' still on it?
If possible, set the ignition timing to remove it from the list.
Forum: Tech / General Engine
08-09-2014, 09:20 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 14,580
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: car runs hot at highway speed

RTT=
Read
Tha
Thread.
Forum: Power Adders
04-22-2012, 08:08 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 6,090
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Nitrous & Propane

First of all, we're not talking about a gas grill LP tank; they only send out vapor.
Shown below is one for liquid that has been used in industry for decades.
Besides having a very substantial...
Forum: Power Adders
04-17-2012, 09:28 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 6,090
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Nitrous & Propane

I just love young people! They seem to have found all of the braincells we have destroyed in the past 3 decades.
Find a 150,000 mile mule to drop it on. The already have the wide clearances in the...
Forum: Power Adders
04-16-2012, 05:03 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 6,090
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Nitrous & Propane

Finally! after years!
Now, someone start making some smoke!
BTW the fuel to oxidizer ratio is going to be much different than the air/fuel ratio because air is 20% oxygen as opposed to N20 which...
Forum: Power Adders
04-14-2012, 10:23 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 6,090
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Nitrous & Propane

That would be the $64 question. We're just waiting for a couragous person such as yourself to do the experimentation.
The orfice diameter is going to be very very small due to the 160-200 psi.
I...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
01-26-2012, 09:17 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,453
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Measuring lobe lift

Again, the difference in the exhaust sound and HP is from the duration not so much the lift.
Here are some specs for you:
TBI: lobe lift exhaust= .269" X 1.5 = .403"
TBI: lobe lift intake= .257"...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
01-25-2012, 08:47 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,453
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Measuring lobe lift

You can, but it's not going to help identify the cam since the factory TBI cam and the factory TPI cam have almost the same lift (differ by less than .010" valve lift; 1/16" on a ruler=.0625) but...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
01-19-2012, 09:02 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,453
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Measuring lobe lift

P.s. I ain't often when we get to celebrate seeing a big hole huh?
Forum: Tech / General Engine
01-19-2012, 08:57 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,453
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Measuring lobe lift

Well, dear lawd(pc) if you find one please post back.
I know that we live in a lawsuit world today and several of us "southern gentlemen"(pc) have left the socket and ratchet on one and started the...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
01-18-2012, 09:19 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,453
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Measuring lobe lift

Clearly you don't have #$%@&in' headers...
I have to bar over diesels at work that have a big fat bolt that takes a 1-1/4" or 1-1/2" socket (take the sparkplugs out ain't happenin').
How can we...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
01-17-2012, 09:24 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,453
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Measuring lobe lift

Yea, there's a ton of them that slip over the crank key but pulling and pushing the balancer can be a PITA in frame. I wanted the one that bolted on so I could bar the engine over with the serpentine...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
01-16-2012, 07:26 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,453
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Measuring lobe lift

They used to make an aluminum part that bolts on with 3 longer bolts that hold it and the pulley on.
You bolt it and the pulley on and leave it. It had a big fat hex to put a socket on and a 1/2"...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-26-2011, 10:01 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 510
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: engine or trans issue?

It must be in second. Looking back at my videos, I'm at 65 @ 5K in second with a 700R4 and 3.27's .
Still, the problem is the same. If it lays down, something is happening that we should be able to...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-25-2011, 09:17 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 510
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: engine or trans issue?

Damn. Ya got me stumped. Short of putting it on a dyno (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RpkfF-IiVY)and watching the timing light and exhaust gasses when it lays down, I don't know what to tell ya....
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-24-2011, 09:07 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 12,586
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: gas smell running rich

Check where the timing is at idle. BTW the Vic Jr manifold is 3500-8000 RPM range.
This isn't a street manifold.
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-24-2011, 08:47 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 510
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: engine or trans issue?

Some people don't realize the small cap has to have an ECM to advance the timing and try to use one without it, (forklifts do) but the timing being stationary affects higher RPM greatly.
Just wanted...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-23-2011, 10:25 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 12,586
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: gas smell running rich

Cam specs?
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-23-2011, 10:14 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 510
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: engine or trans issue?

Is this a big cap dizzy with vacuum advance?
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-23-2011, 09:06 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 405
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Need help, about to junk it lol

If you put a new fuel pump in it and the pump runs there, should be fuel at the shrader valve. If the fuel pressure regulator is open it will just free flow back to the tank without building...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-23-2011, 08:38 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 471
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: HELP! :)

Was it the injector?
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-20-2011, 11:32 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,820
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Help, 89 v6 camaro barley starts wont stay running

Looks like something is really wrong with the tach signal coming out of the distributor.
The ECM needs the tach signal to fire the injectors. If it's seeing what the tachometer is seeing, I can...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
10-20-2011, 10:55 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 14,580
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: car runs hot at highway speed

Well, I guess 2 years is long enough.

1.2: Leaking of combustion gasses into cooling system displacing coolant IE: bad head gasket. (coolant reservoir gets "full")

1.3: Coolant being "consumed"...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
05-23-2011, 09:37 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 11,236
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: my new 414 motor build

Lest we forget... the Ford Cleveland 400 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_335_engine#400)used a 4" bore and a 4" stroke.
Fortunately for us Chevy guys it was put in land barges and only topped...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-20-2011, 06:18 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 41,276
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Anyone use FEL-PRO 1094 .015 head gasket

The answer is no. This is the main reason that GM went to the steel shim gasket after the dark ages. They started milling a decent surface on the heads and block decks and no longer needed the fat...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
03-12-2011, 09:17 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 408
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: HELP WITH IDLE

The idle speed is programmed into the ECM which controls it with the IAC (idle air control valve). It sounds like normal operation except your tach is reading high. Normal idle speed should be...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
03-12-2011, 08:56 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,892
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: 90' Firebird Headlight Gears??

Hawks Third Gen Parts has 3 different kits to choose from on this page.
LINK (http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/lampsandcomponents_1.aspx)
(scroll down)
Forum: Tech / General Engine
03-12-2011, 08:38 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,702
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Fault at vehicle anti-theft sytem

Search for "bypass vats".
Forum: Tech / General Engine
03-12-2011, 08:30 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,751
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: 1990 Firebird with 305 TBI V8 octane question

The intake on the TBI is so much more restrictive than the TPI that it is unlikely to ping under full load (since it is producing less horsepower). 87 is fine for the TBI.
Forum: Tech / General Engine
03-06-2011, 01:27 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 650
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: fine one minute then skips backfires and bogs out the next

Sounds like a fuel injector is not closing off. Over-rich condition fouling a plug or two matches these two symptoms.
Check injectors, or if unable, compare sparkplugs to each other.
Let us know.
Forum: Tech / General Engine
11-01-2010, 10:05 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,223
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Changed plugs today to fix a intermittent miss.....this is what I found.....

Aw, Comon! stop toying with us!
Do the other side already!
Forum: Tech / General Engine
09-27-2010, 09:30 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,104
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: 64cc #187 heads ok AND/ OR 1.6 magnum arms?

No. With stock pistons you need 57cc just to make 8:1 C/R


With a stock cam, probably. You will also have no positive issues either...
Forum: Carburetors
09-27-2010, 08:53 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 60,868
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: anyone who is afraid of EFI-to-carb swap

>...but the 700r4 is whats got me in a run around. what needs to be done im shur the ecu controls the lock up i believe?
Here is one KIT (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TCI-376600/) that does it....
Forum: Electronics
07-07-2010, 08:35 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,503
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Fuel Pump and Fan not working ECM?

Put a fuse in your "new" orange wire, the fuel pump is inside the fuel tank and that's a bad place to have an unfused short circuit.
Once you have a new fused source for your orange wire, renew your...
Forum: Electronics
07-06-2010, 08:51 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,503
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Fuel Pump and Fan not working ECM?

Oops. Wrong model. I was talking about small wire that comes off the positive terminal. The '92 is probably different.
Forum: Electronics
07-06-2010, 06:12 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,503
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Fuel Pump and Fan not working ECM?

If that's the case, either the relay is bad, or the voltage on orange wire is going away, or the black/wht ground wire is not letting the relay close.
Ignore the OPSU, it's useless.
Here's a...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
06-17-2010, 06:37 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,349
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Anodising Vs. Powdercoating engine parts

You may want to mask off threaded holes (screw a short bolt in them).
Hardest part would be finding a place that can dip them.
There's a place here in Huntsville that anodizes but they do...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
06-17-2010, 06:06 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 376
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Lights go down, dont go up

Common problem. Check the terminals in the harness that plugs into the headlight door module. They get loose and overheat creating a bad connection. ~or~ The module may be going bad.
If the motors...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
06-17-2010, 05:47 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,211
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Motor Mount Replacement (Made Simple)

I got just the one wrench from Auto Zone and it only has one bend in it. Easy $5.99 solution. Proof that great minds think alike...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
06-17-2010, 05:44 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,349
Posted By Supervisor42

Re: Anodising Vs. Powdercoating engine parts

Anodising is more expensive but better.
The industrial equipment I work with, anodising has better corrosion resistance and is necessary on complex parts.
Take a steel hydraulic tube assembly for...
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