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1995, 396, 85, 86, cadillac, camaro, camero, car, deville, distributor, installing, location, set, timing, tooth

How can you tell if a distributor is 'one tooth off'?

walrus108 on 10-11-2009

10-14-2009 07:27 PM
by Zwrench

28

79,636

400 HSR Serpentine setup - What did I do wrong?

evilstuie on 08-15-2015

01-09-2020 08:29 PM
by 1986BANDIT

22

79,431

060, 350, 60, board, bored, chiped, cylender, heating, make, motor, sbc, small, thickness, turn, wall

They bored my 350 60 over.... now what do i do ??

Thirdgenfbody.com on 10-27-2001

05-11-2022 03:54 PM
by chevynation74

34

78,731

14102193, 89, 95, casting, castings, chevy, com, flow, gm, head, heads, mortec, number, numbers, vortec

14102193 a vortec style head?

MaxxMitchell on 01-02-2005

02-17-2009 10:30 AM
by Elephantismo

7

78,479

350, 488, big, biggest, cam, camshaft, handle, head, heads, lift, motor, put, sbc, size, stock

How big of Cam can you put in a stock 350?

RayZeR14u on 08-21-2001

01-09-2022 09:18 AM
by Vader

10

78,180

Blowby pressure problem at WOT - how to solve and keep the PCV system ?

Pac J on 09-25-2015

05-17-2020 10:44 AM
by sofakingdom

3

78,163

1985, 1986, 1991, 5x45, 5x5, 86, 87, bolt, camaro, firebird, list, pattern, rims, vehicles, wheel

bolt pattern? 5x4.5"?

RARE-ROC-Z on 11-16-2001

11-17-2001 06:45 PM
by AJ_92RS

5

78,005

20w50, 305, 350, back, drops, engine, high, hot, idle, motor, oil, pressure, put, transam, trip, vortec

oil pressure drops at idle raise right back up when cruising

THETANK on 09-02-2004

09-12-2004 04:01 PM
by littlebagz

12

77,663

305, 350, aspirated, chevy, highest, horsepower, max, maximum, miles, motor, mptor, naturally, power, sbc, whats

What is the most power you can get from a Chevy 350?

305Fan on 01-06-2005

01-08-2005 05:02 PM
by Grim Reaper

30

77,108

02, 030, 040, 060, 350, 358, 60, bore, bored, ci, engine, equal, equals, over, whats

a 350 bored .040 over equals what?

fattie92 on 02-26-2002

02-28-2002 10:04 PM
by Nordbert

9

76,809

19821992, 1986, 1990, 1992, 3rd, body, camaro, exploded, free, gen, manual, pdf, repair, repairs, service, view

1982-1992 Camaro Repair Guide For Download

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1 2)

ryn28 on 09-09-2012

05-22-2019 05:06 PM
by sharlimar

55

76,204

350, 57lg, 638, block, chevy, code, engine, gm, hot, motor, number, sgi, stamped, stamping, suffix, tank

Need help identifying 350 block

tekkitan on 02-23-2008

09-03-2019 08:31 PM
by Fast355

16

76,127

acircle, automatic, car, circle, circled, difference, drive, encircled, gear, it, overdrive, regular, shift, transmission, whats

the D with the circle around it (overdrive) or the ordinary D, which is better?

goalieforlife on 03-28-2007

02-01-2024 11:07 AM
by Aaron R.

39

74,964

10, body, building, buying, car, chopper, drag, easy, posi, run, secs, someones, stock, thirdgen, unfinished

Cheapest Way To Make a 10 sec drag car?

insomniac on 02-22-2012

02-23-2012 01:18 PM
by Orr89RocZ

18

74,668

4th, 700r4, big, block, bolt, build, camaro, engine, engines, fourth, gen, potential, pull, rebuilt, streetstrip, v6

Potential Camaro owner...why 3rd over 4th gen?

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1 2 3)

OSU Lemon on 01-25-2010

05-26-2015 07:20 AM
by Pat Hall

148

74,437

87, bad, camaro, car, firebird, fuel, gen, oil, pressure, primes, sending, start, starting, switch, test, unit

No start maybe the Oil pressure switch/sender?

davidj3594 on 12-21-2011

11-13-2015 07:13 PM
by OrangeBird

21

74,412

Modernized Chevy 302 build

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Reborn756 on 08-09-2015

09-04-2015 03:42 AM
by rb85TA

142

74,090

2004, 3rd, camaro, chevy, erase, factory, ford, gen, motor, numbers, plate, plates, rivets, rivits, start, swapping, tag, vin

what the??? inspection place says the rivets on my VIN plate are wrong

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1 2)

ViciousZ on 04-10-2002

08-07-2002 09:06 PM
by brodyscamaro

61

73,910

68, 91, break, camaro, car, cylinder, firebird, ignition, key, keys, lock, lost, removal, remove, tool

Lost My Keys need Help to break Ignition Lock

mos68x on 06-19-2010

06-23-2010 10:49 AM
by mos68x

28

73,889

305, bad, blow, blowby, camaro, caused, heavy, sbc, seal, seals, signs, symptoms, tpi, valve, valves

valve seals gone bad or piston blow by?

Makaveli on 08-18-2003

08-19-2003 05:21 PM
by TJQIROC

11

73,522

25700716, 302, 327, 355, 383, bored, car, cid, drag, engine, light, ls1, machine, prices, rating, rods, stroker, work

Pros Cons of a 355 vs 383

L695speed on 02-16-2011

02-23-2011 07:37 AM
by L695speed

36

72,337

03, 030, 04, 10, 30, 350, 396, bored, boring, cylinder, diplacement, displacement, engine, motor, volume

What is the displacement of a 350 motor bored .030" over?

CamaroX84 on 02-01-2001

02-01-2001 06:13 PM
by ronterry

5

71,687

350 and 305

Jake_92RS on 08-14-2015

01-28-2020 10:37 PM
by RSBandit

8

68,935

1985, 350, center, chevy, cylinder, dead, engine, finding, home, made, number, piston, set, stop, tdc, top, vortec

HELP me find Top Dead Center PLEASE!

Mainky34 on 11-24-2006

12-25-2006 06:04 PM
by riphc06

11

68,427

alternator, battery, car, cars, charge, damage, dead, fast, how, jump, long, low, recharge, run, totally

How long does it take the alternator to recharge a dead battery...

Bishop69 on 09-18-2001

09-21-2001 12:37 AM
by Bishop69

10

68,187

1990, 24x, 26, 32, 36, camaro, circuit, code, codes, crankshaft, dtc, error, gm, obd, obd1, position, sensor, trouble

List of all of the GM OBD1 codes

ericjon262 on 02-26-2010

11-05-2015 08:51 AM
by Mike M

9

68,148

1052080, 350, 98, equivalent, gm, head, heads, intake, l31, replacment, sequence, specs, torque, tty, vortec

Poll

Vortec head bolts torque to yield?

JPrevost on 10-06-2005

09-17-2020 10:05 PM
by Fast355

28

66,823

cloth, connecting, crank, crankshaft, diy, emery, fine, grit, journal, journals, polish, polishing, rod, shaft, wear

Emery cloth for polishing crankshaft journal?

ViciousZ on 09-18-2002

09-18-2002 10:00 PM
by laiky

6

66,684

327, 350, 383, block, bore, bored, engine, formula, max, motor, sbc, stroke, stroked, to, zz4

How much can you bore and stroke a 350?

avro206 on 10-29-2008

09-29-2009 10:20 PM
by basiccamaro

19

66,547

1991, 1997, blaster, camaro, chevy, engine, firebird, motor, pontiac, rebuildable, seized, sieze, siezed, tiller, unseize, unseizing

Can you unseize a seized engine?

nelapse on 05-14-2006

12-06-2011 09:38 PM
by keithnh

49

66,086

attached, battery, boars, body, car, doesnt, ground, hood, hot, negative, post, smoke, smoking, start, starter, white, wire

Starter Won't turn, white smoke from under hood.

Ghasoline on 05-12-2013

05-18-2013 01:48 PM
by kauboy

32

65,936

Hard Knocking back around the 6th Cylinder

db057 on 08-10-2015

08-22-2015 08:17 PM
by db057

4

65,843

14022601, 194, 19801984, 305, 416s, 462624, 601, 700r4, 91, chevy, gm, heads, intake, intakes, port, worked

416's and 601's... 305 H.O. heads... What do y'all know?

Penix on 06-09-2003

05-28-2016 06:56 AM
by Fast355

20

65,794

1986, bad, car, die, faulty, firebird, gen, position, reading, rough, sensor, start, starts, symptoms, throttle, tps

Could TPS cause no start?

WishIHadAZ on 01-04-2004

12-19-2020 07:39 AM
by ironwill

20

65,672

1989, 1991, 2000, 86, 95, camaro, firebird, jack, lift, lifting, point, points, rear, stealth, trans

Jacking Points

pauldaniel26 on 07-05-2002

10-26-2020 06:16 PM
by Vader

21

65,457

, 14102191, 191, 191193810, 193, 810, cast, chamber, combustion, cylinder, gm, head, heads, size, specs, tbi

191 and 193 Specs & Comparison: FYI

dctrumpet on 10-06-2008

11-18-2017 01:56 AM
by fullsize fun

22

64,314

350 (Bored 0.040 Over) Head Gasket Size/Thickness?

NinjaNife on 08-11-2015

08-23-2015 11:49 AM
by -=Z28=-

27

63,974

10088113, 1986, basic, camaro, chevy, engine, flow, head, heads, l98, lq4, spec, specifications, specs, values

Specs on L98 heads..

flowmasterchevy on 05-10-2005

09-23-2014 07:32 PM
by swbowtie72

16

63,630

16v, 18, 87, alternator, car, engine, gauge, lt1, meter, mustang, reads, shooting, volt, voltage, volts, wire

Voltage gauge reading at 18 volts!

806camaro on 05-25-2012

05-25-2012 11:29 PM
by 8t2 z-chev

11

63,047

battery, cable, car, chevy, fender, ground, hot, hott, melting, start, started, truck, wire, wires, wont

Ground wires getting hot and melting! Please help :/

Shadow13 on 05-09-2012

05-09-2012 04:46 PM
by Shadow13

5

62,870

20, 20mph, accelerate, car, check, cold, doesnt, drive, engine, light, mph, past, rpm, tempo, vehicle, wont

Car won't accelerate past 20 mph!?!? Please help!?!?

SR71BLKBRD on 01-11-2012

01-13-2012 12:28 AM
by Black88Z

8

62,867

305, 350, 500, 81, camaro, car, horsepower, motor, mustang, ny, power, pull, transam, wheelie, z28

How much horsepower do you have to have to pull a wheelie

jfox55 on 07-12-2002

07-24-2003 02:24 PM
by Dan88IrocZ

20

62,335

Overheating on interstate fine in town.

Fanatic1074 on 09-28-2015

10-03-2022 05:57 AM
by esc

45

61,768

125, 1978, 350, 510, cam, chevy, diameter, handle, highest, lift, max, sbc, size, springs, stock, valves, vavle

Valve Springs 101. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask!

Damon on 04-01-2001

07-13-2002 12:30 AM
by boogie

11

61,739

camaro, car, check, code, driving, egr, engine, flashes, freeway, highway, light, minutes, service, speeds, thirdgen, time

Check Engine light comes on after going highway speeds

FreeSpirit on 01-04-2013

08-07-2015 08:58 AM
by BRoss99

13

61,032

350, 355, 57, build, cam, chevy, dyno, engine, gains, holley, hp, lift, lt4, results, settings, solid, timing, vortec

355 Vortec LT4 Hot Cam Engine Build - With Dyno Results

rhit_rs on 06-10-2008

08-31-2020 08:47 AM
by 86LG4Bird

28

60,948

car, catalyc, converter, exaust, exhaust, fix, hole, muffler, pipe, pipes, silver, solder, system, tape, temporary

Can you solder an exhaust pipe?

RSS on 07-25-2000

06-26-2020 07:52 AM
by ironwill

25

60,916

081, 14102187, 14102193, 187, 305, cast, chevy, gm, head, heads, port, porting, sbc, swirl, vortec

which heads are better??? 14102187 or 14102193

damainman_69 on 05-01-2005

03-19-2010 02:59 AM
by mr305

10

59,703

95, 99, camaro, carb, carburator, carburetor, conversin, conversion, conversions, convert, gen, injection, intake, lt1, port, tpi, tuned

TPI - Carb Conversion

EYEROCK89 on 12-20-2003

03-12-2013 11:02 AM
by Tuned Performance

17

59,329

Fresh mild build input

italiano67 on 08-11-2015

12-11-2016 09:21 AM
by MSgt Luttrell

8

58,799