Forum: The Body Shop TECH
02-10-2023, 03:49 PM
|
Replies: 40
Views: 4,333
|
Forum: 70-72 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
02-07-2023, 01:00 AM
|
Replies: 3
Views: 729
Looks real good. I’d run it. I kind of did the...
Looks real good. I’d run it. I kind of did the same thing for lack of info. VHT “cast aluminum” silver metallic I believe. Looked like the factory paint to me and, I’ve yet to be called out for...
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
02-06-2023, 11:39 PM
|
Replies: 58
Views: 5,288
Don’t sweat that chart. Give it as much timing...
Don’t sweat that chart. Give it as much timing as it will take up to 36°, without pinging, hook up your vacuum advance and go. If it’s at 10° or even 15-20° at idle the only adverse effect would...
|
Forum: 61-77 GTO, Tempest & LeMans Parts WANTED
02-03-2023, 11:39 AM
|
Replies: 1
Views: 573
|
Forum: Industry Stuff
01-07-2023, 02:31 AM
|
Replies: 1,736
Views: 244,014
I did source JUST NOS grills, valance, turn...
I did source JUST NOS grills, valance, turn signal and side markers with housings. Already had hood. Would have been cheaper to clone over whole front end. Added it up both ways myself. Problem...
|
Forum: 70-72 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
01-03-2023, 08:27 AM
|
Replies: 24
Views: 2,316
|
Forum: The Body Shop TECH
12-31-2022, 08:45 AM
|
Replies: 40
Views: 4,333
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-17-2022, 05:59 PM
|
Replies: 22
Views: 1,638
Forged always. Port everything. Should be a...
Forged always. Port everything. Should be a screamer. 428’s are my personal favorite. Most underrated and underestimated muscle car motor of all time IMO. Fastest street Pontiac I ever saw...
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-17-2022, 01:21 PM
|
Replies: 19
Views: 2,279
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-17-2022, 12:06 AM
|
Replies: 19
Views: 2,279
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-16-2022, 11:53 PM
|
Replies: 19
Views: 2,279
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-15-2022, 07:33 PM
|
Replies: 19
Views: 2,279
Engine Removal
If I’m working in a two car 21x21 l, 8 foot ceiling garage with my car parked straight on in the right bay, and I’m only pulling the motor and leaving the 350 auto trans, is there any reason I can’t...
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
12-15-2022, 06:48 AM
|
Replies: 37
Views: 2,781
All fine examples of why I run stamped steel...
All fine examples of why I run stamped steel rockers. I haven’t had one fail me in over 40 years of doing this. Only ticking I hear is the sweet sound of the Rhoads Lifters and I take great...
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
11-13-2022, 07:43 PM
|
Replies: 21
Views: 2,279
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
11-13-2022, 11:13 AM
|
Replies: 21
Views: 2,279
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
11-11-2022, 05:12 PM
|
Replies: 34
Views: 2,825
I’d pull the plugs. Oil the cylinders with my...
I’d pull the plugs. Oil the cylinders with my favorite spray. Pull the valve covers. Wash over both heads with Diesel or kerosene and let it run out the bottom till “clean”. Fill it with your...
|
Forum: 70-72 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
11-03-2022, 09:29 PM
|
Replies: 8
Views: 1,429
|
Forum: 70-72 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
11-03-2022, 09:20 PM
|
Replies: 8
Views: 1,429
Cold Case
If I could get to 185° that would be perfect. My little iron head 406 won’t get there. Not even with a hot cam on 100LL fuel and running AC. I may have to switch to a 180° stat to get there...
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
10-28-2022, 12:18 AM
|
Replies: 29
Views: 2,256
|
Forum: THE LOBBY
10-20-2022, 12:01 AM
|
Replies: 12
Views: 1,392
About half the time it won’t let me pick new...
About half the time it won’t let me pick new photos to use. So when it does I load up as many as I can do I’ll have them for future use on days when I’m not allowed.
Sent from my iPhone...
|
Forum: THE LOBBY
10-11-2022, 04:02 PM
|
Replies: 138
Views: 14,758
|
Forum: THE LOBBY
10-11-2022, 03:42 PM
|
Replies: 12
Views: 1,392
|
Forum: THE LOBBY
10-11-2022, 03:37 PM
|
Replies: 12
Views: 1,392
Can’t take the music!
There is some kind of pop-under curio game crap that come up and plays this repetitive jingle that makes me want to stomp kittens every time I use tap talk to enter this forum. I can’t make it...
|
Forum: Pontiac - Street
10-11-2022, 01:11 PM
|
Replies: 157
Views: 15,591
Built my rotations assembly in 1986. Balanced...
Built my rotations assembly in 1986. Balanced .030 over flat tappet 406 on 77 bearings with TRW flattops. It’s had thousands of 6500 RPM passes, tens of thousands of hard miles in the West Texas...
|
Forum: 70-72 GTO Tempest & LeMans TECH
10-08-2022, 11:30 PM
|
Replies: 8
Views: 1,429
Cold Case
I’d always avoided the Pontiac heating and cooling pitfalls. I never ran AC. Always used a 4 core radiator and a 160° stat and had no issues staying around 180-190° with my little iron head 406. ...
|