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Forum: Pontiac - Street 05-06-2024, 07:36 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,959
Posted By Skip Fix
Maybe HR lifters? Just checked a friend's new 455...

Maybe HR lifters? Just checked a friend's new 455 with RAIV heads with then new Comp HR cartridge and they are 8.70. Yes a big dish!
Forum: THE LOBBY 05-06-2024, 03:37 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 517
Posted By Skip Fix
Lifting legs is a learned behavior with a little...

Lifting legs is a learned behavior with a little help form hormones. Hormones gone probably won't.
Forum: Pontiac - Street 05-03-2024, 10:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 280
Posted By Skip Fix
Hope you are getting a new tank!

Hope you are getting a new tank!
Forum: Pontiac - Street 05-02-2024, 09:46 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 735
Posted By Skip Fix
My 78 TA with stock rotors and just plain old...

My 78 TA with stock rotors and just plain old organic Bendix pads stops fine form 125 at the track.
I have Hawk on the front 81 TA and not impressed yet. They do not stop well as the rear discs with...
Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH 05-01-2024, 06:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 688
Posted By Skip Fix
Nope! but the first one the front journal was at...

Nope! but the first one the front journal was at least 0.001 too big and would not go in the motor! Bigger than any cam I had on the shelf. had to ship it back to Comp to get it replaced
Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH 04-17-2024, 06:51 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 503
Posted By Skip Fix
Very nice!

Very nice!
Forum: Pontiac - Street 04-17-2024, 09:48 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 3,701
Posted By Skip Fix
or blowing the needle off the seat as the float...

or blowing the needle off the seat as the float leverage is hard to hold that much pressure with the larger needle.
Forum: Pontiac - Street 04-17-2024, 09:46 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 498
Posted By Skip Fix
High performance 409s used pinned studs from the...

High performance 409s used pinned studs from the factory.
Forum: Pontiac - Street 04-17-2024, 09:43 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 1,757
Posted By Skip Fix
herb Adams used a square bore on them way back...

herb Adams used a square bore on them way back then.

My Houston friend Joe Parish has a Dominator version on his 63 tempest. he did not like the driveability of the Dominator so I used a...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 04-03-2024, 10:44 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 780
Posted By Skip Fix
If you are going to use a Factory A/C pulley BHJ...

If you are going to use a Factory A/C pulley BHJ can add a slight 45 degree bevel to make it fit better. Their later versions also have something to help prevent outer ring rotation. they can add...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 04-03-2024, 10:39 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,085
Posted By Skip Fix
those usually work just double check rocker still...

those usually work just double check rocker still contacts valve tip seem retainers it moves up too much.
Forum: Pontiac - Street 04-03-2024, 12:17 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,148
Posted By Skip Fix
Thanks it gives me a starting point. I have a...

Thanks it gives me a starting point. I have a couple of different adjustables we are going to use when we mock it up in the next week or two. I told him to get the rockers he is going to use also as...
Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH 03-23-2024, 08:27 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 355
Posted By Skip Fix
Plug only goes on one way as there is a locating...

Plug only goes on one way as there is a locating prong to make it only go one way.
Forum: Pontiac - Race 03-19-2024, 03:33 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 863
Posted By Skip Fix
HS has a "Race set" also really bigger and...

HS has a "Race set" also really bigger and bulkier.
Forum: Pontiac - Race 03-16-2024, 07:13 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,974
Posted By Skip Fix
Weight? Rear gears? Th cam and intake and maybe...

Weight? Rear gears?
Th cam and intake and maybe even the 340 cfm heads killing the bottom end?
My 78 TA with my 0.030 over 2 bolt 455 320 CFM E heads and a 239/247 HFT Torker II and an 850 when it...
Forum: THE LOBBY 03-16-2024, 07:04 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 893
Posted By Skip Fix
Masters of the Air

For those of you into WWII history -which a lot of us Boomers grew up hearing from our parents- the new Apple series "Masters of the Air" produced by the same folks that brought the Band of Brothers,...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 03-16-2024, 10:26 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,849
Posted By Skip Fix
I have one of those P Dude billets in my 500" IA...

I have one of those P Dude billets in my 500" IA motor. 25 dyno pulls and a number of hard 1/4 miles. 4.21 stroke Pontiac rod journals and 3' mains. . I have another 4' stroke planning on using too....
Forum: Pontiac - Street 03-13-2024, 11:04 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 725
Posted By Skip Fix
I have had Polydyn coat bearings, piston skirts...

I have had Polydyn coat bearings, piston skirts and tops and teflon coat inside of oil pans for me.
Forum: Pontiac - Race 03-07-2024, 03:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,240
Posted By Skip Fix
What I did on stock mounts we used some 1/16"...

What I did on stock mounts we used some 1/16" plate and cut uut around where the bolt goes through and welded it to the metal "capturing" the bolt part clamshell so there is no movement. One on the...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 03-01-2024, 05:21 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,680
Posted By Skip Fix
Mine had the hole in the bullet nose and full of...

Mine had the hole in the bullet nose and full of aluminum shavings making it a little hard to take out the first time. Not a big deal just something to check. If using the hole I'd need to mark the...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 02-27-2024, 02:32 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 682
Posted By Skip Fix
To me the issue potentially is the "wall" shown...

To me the issue potentially is the "wall" shown in the other thread obstructing the main feed hole if nor ground down like Steve25 said. Otherwise that "wall" is the restrictive factor of oil getting...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-26-2024, 05:58 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,009
Posted By Skip Fix
I have a Comp/Powerhouse crank socket and a Comp...

I have a Comp/Powerhouse crank socket and a Comp degree wheel that works good for me.
https://www.compcams.com/ford-buick-pontiac-crank-socket-cpg.html...
Forum: Pontiac - Race 02-25-2024, 11:03 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,528
Posted By Skip Fix
My two "old" chambers one likes 38 the other...

My two "old" chambers one likes 38 the other 40.
Forum: Pontiac - Race 02-23-2024, 02:48 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,680
Posted By Skip Fix
So how many of you all redrill the main oil hole...

So how many of you all redrill the main oil hole to match the block?
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-23-2024, 11:06 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,945
Posted By Skip Fix
Also the variability of the "blend" in pump gas...

Also the variability of the "blend" in pump gas is very wide. You can have a wide band for AFR on your car and see how when you think you have it dialed in that next fill up it is off.
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