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Pontiac - Street
Yesterday, 11:57 AM
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Read my plugs
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On NGK the last digit on the racing series is the...
On NGK the last digit on the racing series is the heat range.
On the normal plugs it is the first number after the letters.
Must have made sense to someone. LOL
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Pontiac - Street
Yesterday, 11:41 AM
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That is a very cold racing plug (8 heat...
That is a very cold racing plug (8 heat range)….ready for a 300 shot of NOS.
I posted this link earlier. Maybe you missed it.
...
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Pontiac - Street
06-14-2024, 10:17 AM
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Higher Ratio Rocker vs. More Lobe Lift
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Jay S
SR cams are quite a bit different on this topic...
SR cams are quite a bit different on this topic compared the HR’s. It is much easier to make up for a rocker ratio with a different profile on the SR.
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Pontiac - Street
06-14-2024, 08:30 AM
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Higher Ratio Rocker vs. More Lobe Lift
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Jay S
HAH! I wondered about that. I was thinking man he...
HAH! I wondered about that. I was thinking man he is going for it!
I have a .4” Howard’s HR cam with 243*@.050” in
an engine with 1.6 rockers on it. I think for the most part, for HR street...
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Pontiac - Street
06-14-2024, 12:50 AM
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Budget'ish engine build choices
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Jay S
They have been around for quite a while. I have...
They have been around for quite a while. I have not had SGI or Star Galaxy stuff for a long time. Not sure how quality is these days, but I wouldn’t be afraid of one on a budget build, it is much...
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Pontiac - Street
06-13-2024, 10:46 PM
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Budget'ish engine build choices
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Jay S
The 51-116-3 has .313 lobe lift just like a RAIV....
The 51-116-3 has .313 lobe lift just like a RAIV. Same cam CMC grind as all the other RA4 copies, Melling SPC-8, summit’s, Edelbrock grind. ect…
I suggest spending a coupe hundred more dollars...
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Pontiac - Street
06-13-2024, 01:26 AM
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Higher Ratio Rocker vs. More Lobe Lift
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Jay S
Are you shooting for 560 to 580 HP at your...
Are you shooting for 560 to 580 HP at your altitude? That would figure out to be an equivalent of around 640 to 660 HP for me a state east of you. I think that is going to need the big .4”ish ...
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Pontiac - Street
06-11-2024, 09:02 PM
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455 Spark Knocking since moving to Arizona
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Jay S
Nice work! Which Jet carb do you have? Is it...
Nice work!
Which Jet carb do you have? Is it the stage 2?
Before you put the timing back in, after some use it is a good idea to pull a spark plug out and look for Aluminum speck’s on the...
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Pontiac - Street
06-10-2024, 02:22 PM
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455 Spark Knocking since moving to Arizona
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Jay S
For now I would just pull more timing out. ...
For now I would just pull more timing out. Forget about adding octane booster on a daily driver. Drop the timing back too 28* total. It won’t give up that much power pulling some more timing...
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Pontiac - Race
06-09-2024, 01:29 AM
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Beehive pressures for HR cams
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Jay S
I have a HRT in a daily driver.
I have a HRT in a daily driver.
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Pontiac - Street
06-08-2024, 10:52 PM
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Solid Roller
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Jay S
Settings specs are for hot
Settings specs are for hot
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Pontiac - Race
06-08-2024, 03:07 PM
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Beehive pressures for HR cams
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Jay S
I recall Joe Sherman had a 366 Ram Air 5 on the...
I recall Joe Sherman had a 366 Ram Air 5 on the Dyno for Tom S that he took up to almost 7000 with a HR set up and dual springs. That probably had 2.19s. It was just a comp HR cam with magnum...
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Pontiac - Race
06-07-2024, 10:14 PM
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Beehive pressures for HR cams
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Jay S
Changing to a beehive from a dual spring the...
Changing to a beehive from a dual spring the minimum spring pressure drop most do is 10%, the max is about 25%. The lifter weight has nothing to do with that part of it, it all comes from less mass...
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Pontiac - Street
06-07-2024, 01:38 PM
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Thicker head gasket question
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Jay S
I don’t think there was a reproduction of the 067...
I don’t think there was a reproduction of the 067 in 1992. If you looked up a replacement cam in a book at that time I think it sub’d over too the 066 as a replacement. If it has an 068, which is...
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Pontiac - Street
06-07-2024, 07:50 AM
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Thicker head gasket question
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Posted By
Jay S
The 66 GTO’s 4bbl std engine would have been a...
The 66 GTO’s 4bbl std engine would have been a 067. The tri power cam was the 068 and a few later tri power’s had the 744. It is pretty common for the 4bbl engines to receive a 066 after a...
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Pontiac - Street
06-03-2024, 10:38 AM
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Thicker head gasket question
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Posted By
Jay S
Which stock replacement cam does it have? A cam...
Which stock replacement cam does it have? A cam change might be a better solution. Depending on how the rest of the drive train is set up it may need to be a custom grind. We have done some pretty...
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Pontiac - Street
06-02-2024, 11:07 PM
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Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Jay S
That’s a bummer. I don’t know but that...
That’s a bummer.
I don’t know but that high pitched growl sounds more like it started to locked up a needle bearing on one or more of the roller lifters.
Having a crank bearing fail and...
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Pontiac - Street
06-01-2024, 03:20 PM
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Best compression for Crower 60919 cam help
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Jay S
Good plan.
Good plan.
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Pontiac - Street
06-01-2024, 11:11 AM
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Read my plugs
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Posted By
Jay S
If the car is tuned up enough to make short...
If the car is tuned up enough to make short trips like what was described I doubt the tune is that far off. With a pretty big CSA port and a 300+ cfm head running errands to Walmart, I think you...
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Pontiac - Street
05-29-2024, 08:26 AM
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Read my plugs
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Jay S
More time on those plugs would tell. If one plug...
More time on those plugs would tell. If one plug looked like that maybe it has a cylinder pumping oil. But I would expect the carbon deposits to be much thicker if that was from burning oil. It...
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Pontiac - Street
05-29-2024, 07:27 AM
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Read my plugs
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Jay S
FWIW…We run pretty cold plugs on pump gas engines...
FWIW…We run pretty cold plugs on pump gas engines that with a lot of street driving they can look a lot like that first picture. Usually not wet looking though. I don’t know if your interested in...
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Pontiac - Street
05-28-2024, 03:43 PM
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Read my plugs
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Jay S
You can start by checking the vacuum advance and...
You can start by checking the vacuum advance and see how much timing it is adding and make sure it is working. May not be an issue at all. If it is adjustable and set for adding less than 15* it...
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Pontiac - Street
05-28-2024, 12:02 PM
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Read my plugs
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Posted By
Jay S
Lots of idling, and very limited or inoperable...
Lots of idling, and very limited or inoperable vacuum advance makes the plugs run cold and will look black and wet like that.
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Pontiac - Street
05-28-2024, 09:00 AM
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Read my plugs
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Posted By
Jay S
A 12 should not be to cold of a spark plug. The...
A 12 should not be to cold of a spark plug. The photo shows it to be cold though, and has the appearance it has idled around a lot and is burning very rich. Possibly you are not running a vacuum...
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Pontiac - Street
05-28-2024, 07:35 AM
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Olds 12 bolt rear
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857
Posted By
Jay S
That one has the same gears and can use the same...
That one has the same gears and can use the same carrier as a corporate 8.5, tons of parts for it, it is not a 12 bolt type O. It is a lot stronger than a type O. The type O has a larger 8.5? ring...
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