Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH
06-12-2024, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 265
I've referred to the wiring diagrams in the...
I've referred to the wiring diagrams in the service manuals in the past.
I was shopping the Ames website the other day and stumbled across laminated 11x17 wiring diagrams! I bought a 1975...
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Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
06-04-2024, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 568
The description is BS. Years ago, I built a...
The description is BS. Years ago, I built a U-tube manometer to measure pressure in the air filter housing. At cruise, the rear facing shaker made pressure above about 35 mph. The Pontiac...
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Forum: Pontiac - Race
05-30-2024, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 883
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38 degrees sounds pretty sporty for a...
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38 degrees sounds pretty sporty for a typical Pontiac build...especially if it's running lean. Detonation kills power as well as parts. Just guessing that more fuel and less timing will make...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
05-16-2024, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 3,450
A long time ago, I was in a parts store. A guy...
A long time ago, I was in a parts store. A guy who had obviously never changed his oil before was asking for help. He asked for the cheapest filter that they had. He asked for the cheapest oil...
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Forum: Pontiac - Race
05-07-2024, 03:37 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 466
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Forum: THE LOBBY
04-28-2024, 08:00 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,389
For a modest amount of work and...
For a modest amount of work and expense......leave the 455 in it, get a correct looking TriPower, replace (or professionally fix) the hood and drive and enjoy.
If you decide to sell it, it's a big...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
04-14-2024, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,487
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Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
04-08-2024, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,151
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Forum: THE LOBBY
03-27-2024, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 1,551
My parents were fairly easy. Mom quit driving...
My parents were fairly easy. Mom quit driving but kept her car and license "just in case".
After she was gone, Dad moved into assisted living and took his car with him. But that put him in a new...
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Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
03-27-2024, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,151
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Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH
03-26-2024, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,151
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Forum: THE LOBBY
03-05-2024, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,931
Just my theory...but I'd bet that a lot of the...
Just my theory...but I'd bet that a lot of the random parking lot thieves are more interested in popular, generic late-model stuff for the chop shops....like a Honda Accord. There also seems to be a...
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Forum: Pontiac - Race
03-05-2024, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,420
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
03-03-2024, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 530
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
03-03-2024, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 530
The early bracket (seen in post #2) is an...
The early bracket (seen in post #2) is an aluminum casting. The later bracket is stamped steel and the pump is different. And the early one sets the pump pulley closer to the head by about 1/2" (my...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
03-03-2024, 09:18 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 530
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
03-02-2024, 11:13 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 530
'67-68 Firebird PS Pump Brackets?
I'm looking for the exploded view (from the factory parts manual) of the 1st Gen. power steering pump and alternator mounts. I bought a '75 Firebird that has the early PS pump assembly and I think...
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
02-22-2024, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,252
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Forum: THE LOBBY
02-22-2024, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 954
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Forum: Pontiac - Street
02-22-2024, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 3,252
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Forum: Pontiac - Race
02-21-2024, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,324
A couple of related stories.
Sometime in the...
A couple of related stories.
Sometime in the late 80's, I decided to run 9" slicks on a stock (1970 vintage) 12-bolt rearend in my 4-speed '77 T/A. The attached picture shows what happened to the...
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Forum: Members Helping Members
02-18-2024, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 666
Another possibility:
The pump has some sort...
Another possibility:
The pump has some sort of internal check ball to prevent the oil from draining out of the suction tube and back to the tank. If that valve is leaking, the oil suction tube...
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Forum: THE LOBBY
02-01-2024, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 560
Stan Rarden - RIP
I just got the August issue of Poncho Perfection and was stunned to see that Stan Rarden had passed in November. I was equally stunned that there had been no thread about him on here.
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Forum: THE LOBBY
01-31-2024, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,025
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Forum: THE LOBBY
01-17-2024, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,867
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