| Just thinkin' and what-if'n |
Subject: Just thinkin' and what-if'n by CorvetteBob on 2012/2/1 5:59:29 (I'm posting this here since I'm not actually working on the car at this time and it's all just stuff I'm thinking about doing, but haven't made the actual start on the project.) Here in the next month or so I expect my KWIKLIFT to be delivered. Once it's here I'm gonna start a little work on the Vette. I'm prolly gonna put in some new heavier U-jionts as the old ones are OEM. Also, I blasted an inner Ujoint on my '68, and believe me, it "tweren't" pretty. So it's mostly for the peace of mind that I'm looking to swap to more stout Ujoints. Also, and more importantly, when I put it into storage last fall, it was overheating on the way there, and I smelled antfreeze when I parked it. So I guess I'm gonna pick up a fan relay and bring it home for the manifold gasket job. I can't find the post I made last year, but I was having trouble with stalling after letting up on the throttle, sometimes in traffic, causing me to lose vacuum to the power brakes. So I'm thinking if it has a watery vacuum leak, this MAY have something to do with it. Hopefullly a new set of gaskets will go a good ways toward fixing this. But now, I'm also looking at having a little more fun. Since i'm gonna have the SR off for gaskets anyway, maybe I might go crazy and do a little self porting on the heads, and get a good valve job while I'm at it. And while it's apart, I'm looking at MAYBE doing a cam swap. The biggest thing I want to do is use something that'll run with the stock chip. That's right, I said the stock chip. I just seems to me that the stock chip can handle more than the stock setup. I might need to go back to long tube runners and sell the SR, but I think it'll do it. Besides, from what i've read and been able to pickup, I'm just too far into the classification of "Compu-Dope" to have anything but years of frustration when it comes to messing with the chip. I've been reading up on some publications that have run the stock chip with some cams that go beyond the GM "Hotcam", and they seem to run well. Of course, I'd rather stay with the SR since thats the intake I have on there now, but I might be convinced to go back to either the ASM runners, or the Edelbrock or SLP setups. Besides calling me crazy, what do you guys think? Should I try the ZZ4 cam, the Hotcam, or maybe another selection from Comp? |
