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g,day mate,
i have deleted the a/c already! which coolent lines did you mean on the back of the heads please mate ?? i dont think i have one ?? cheers glen
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hi jeff,
how are ya mate!! thanks for your reply too mate!! much appreciated . cheers glen
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hi mate, i think i will just remove all at once like you mentioned. but do i need to remove radiator at all ?? what else do i need to remove please guys ?? cheers glen
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hi mate,yeah no worries,all cool. cheers glen
Posted on: 2008/9/23 7:08
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hi guys,
thanks heaps for your help and advice. ok,i shoulndt put that chemi weld in the old motor then as it will stuff up radiator. i will follow your help closely. btw andy,thanks for agreeing to post up my 8 t/b avatar picture for me soon!!! cheers glen
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hi guys in the next two months i say i will proberely be ready to remove the old 1991 vette engine and fit my new 388 c.i engine!!
the old engine that has the 8 t/b intake and haltech fitted has a left hand side head gasket problem at the moment. its leaking coolent out spark plug hole when plug is out and also i noticed when i drained old engine oil out coolent was coming out of oil drain plug as well. its stuffed. for tempory use to fix head gasket problem, can i add " chemi weld" solution in coolent to help plug old head gasket to stop it leaking to see me thru the two months ?? im not sure if you sell this chemi weld solution liquid weld there in the usa ,but here i can buy the stuff from autobarn here. they say to remove thermostat when adding chemi weld to coolent and fill up. so here is another question guys,should i remove engine with 6 speed box all togeather or leave 6 speed in car ?? what problems or difficulties will i encounter ?? i know that i can leave the hood attached still while pulling motor out! any tips/tricks would be much appreciated. cheers glen
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just curoius why you wanted to know??? since iv had the car,2 years now. i have to do things slow as im on limited funds and dont have a open check book. if i had my way i would have it all done in a instant. but im slowly getting there pay by pay.
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Hi ron,
cool man,im glad my mandrel 2.5 " true dual exhausts will be fine then. the larger exhaust 2.75 "/3" looks nice/tuff though. i will just leave as is. cheers glen
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hi notorious,
how are ya. thanks for your reply and advice. thats good too know that my exhaust should be fine, thanks for that. finally i got some thing rite done. i heard that too big a exhaust and you can loose power and back preasure,so bigger is not always better. cheers glen
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hi guys,
currently i have 1/3/4" long diameter headers with high flow cats ,x-pipe and true dual 2.5 " Mandrel bend exhaust back out thru magnaflow straight thru mufflers. there is no kinks or nausty bends thru out the system,just nice flowing pipes. ok so here is the question that i would like to hear lots of thoughts and ideas on,will this exhaust set up be ok and large enough to support a 388.ci high compression 11:5:1 ,8 t/b intake 236/242 roller cam,afr 195 ported comp heads,450-500 rwhp ??? i thought 2.75 " diameter would be nice but then i would have to spend more money and do the whole lot again,and if you go to large on diameter pipes dont you loose to much important back preasure??? cheers glen
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hi andrew, is your picture shown above the glow shift guage pod brand as in the link on page 2 from glow shift direct.com?? thanks glen
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i know i will be fitting a air/fuel ratio and a electronic fuel preasure guage in my dual pod but i have to find a right hand side pillar pod ,not left hand side though.
btw guys,what did you think of the stewart warner fuel preasure guage ???? cheers glen
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yep thanks johnny angle for the link.
also i found a electric fuel preasure guage made by stewart warner for $ 79.95. # 587-114218 it is a 0-100 psi guage with sender unit. it measures 2/1/16" www.miaspeedshop.com, its quite a nice cheap good looking guage. cheers glen
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hi guys,
sorry for butting in on your thread but i was just wandering how much are the electrical fuel preasure guages ?? and where and what brand is the cheapest to buy ?? iv seen them sell for around $ 200,thats alot of money. any ideas guys please ?? cheers glen
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welcome aboard mate!!
enjoy your stay. cheers glen
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hi bill,
how are ya!! thanks for your great help and tips. btw mate i fixed up the horn for the s/steering wheel i now have and all is well,thanks. ok then, i think i will take the block and get another machine shop to fit a torque plate to it and get it checked hey,im pretty fussy about having it all rite!! cheers glen
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hi guys,
thanks all for your help r.e the dist timing!! i will give your tips a shot. cheers guys thanks glen
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hi guys,
when you remove a dist, is this how you go about setting it all up rite again. i have got a msd small cap gm # 8366. remove #1 spark plug,fit cork into #1 hole and crank it over on compression stroke and get it roughly on 5 degrees btdc, then line up oil pump slott with dist gear and carefully drop into position but making sure the rotor button point at #1 cylinder on the dist cap,is this rite ?? i did all this but some times i cant get the dist to sit flush and it sits some times 5 mm up and also when turning motor over but with the dist clamp not really tight the dist was moving one way clock wise. also for some reason the inside of the top rotor button has been scraping inside part of the cap,why would this be ?? is this because may be the cap wasny seated down properly when trying to start it up ?? any ideas guys please thanks glen
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hi jon,
thanks for your reply r.e your x-pipe and cats!! cheers glen
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hi guys,
i was just wandering please is it very important and a definate necessary for the engine machinist to use a " torque plate" tool when boring/honing block as far as say 500 rwhp is concerned ?? i got my roller block sonic tested when they bored it out 60" thou to go with 3.75" stroker crank and make it a 388 c.i and was fine but they didnt use a torque plate though!! what are the chances of the block stuffing up cause of this not using a torque plate ?? would it be able to handle the big power ?? to find a roller block here in oz it is quite hard ands iv got all the machinst work done now and ready to go for assembly thats all. has any here had success whith out not using a torque plate when you got your block done ?? i really hope it is going to be ok. hope to hear from you all guys please r.e this. cheers glen
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hi bill,
yep got it all done and it works,hooray!! thanks mate for your help and tips!! thank god all went smoothly,got the rite boss kit finally,fitted 3.3 ohm for air bag lite and got horn working properly!! very happy now. cheers glen
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hi jon,
sounds awsome mate!! you must feel on top of the world at this point!! can you please let me know what brand and part number are the x-pipe and high flow cats please ?? are they ceramic or metailic cats also and what outer diam are they 4" ?? im going to move my cats back where you have yours and fit x-ipe in same place also!! i was looking at buying magnaflow x-pipe # 10791 which is 14" long 2.5 " diam and metalic magna flow cats # 59956 which are 11" long and 4 " diam outer body cheers glen
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hi bill,
how are ya mate!! thanks for your help. so do i need to attach one of the two wires to metal and the other to the single wire which goes to the relay then please ?? thanks glen
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can any one help please ??
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well all done,got it rite now thanks!!
i needed to raise the back up 20 mm so wound nuts back up!! cheers glen
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hi guys
i have fitted my after market isotta sports wheel now with #2401 boss kit. so how do i make the make the horn work now?? the old 91 wheel had two horn wires black,but in the colum there is one wire with a spring in there. now my new wheel has two wires coming from horn button!! so how do i go about connecting them up please ?? do i need a postive and negative?? any ideas guys?? cheers glen
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hi guys,
thanks for your replies. i for got to mention while replacing gears i also put new bushes as well!! bushes havent seen much work at all,bloody thing!! thanks for the link also!! could it be a stripped gear may be ?? cheers glen
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hi central coaster and bogus, thanks for your replies!! yep the first dyno shop guy is a cunt for ripping me and not finishing the job!! but yeah they flow all thur the rev range like you wouldnt believ,it breathers like there is no tomorrow,bloody unreal!!! r.e lower rear,i wound nut up wards and it has lowered car more ,dont under stand it,bloody thing!! or bloody me may be,lol!! cheers glen
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hi guys,me again with another brain picking question.
iv fitted new bronze head light motor gears NOT plastic to my 91 vette about 1.5 years ago and all went well and has worked well. since i got my vette back from the two diffeent dyno shops recently only one head light works/goes up and down properely!! the rhs side when you turn them on goes up half way and gets stuck,then i have to manually adjust it up. is there any way of disconnect plug so they stay up all the time but still light up ?? why would this be please ?? i wonder what it could be guys?? any ideas/thoughs please?? cheers glen
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hi guys,
how are we all!! this is a dumb question and i should proberely know better but when you lower the rear with longer spring bolts with more thread do you lower the nut or raise the nut to lower/raise the car please ?? iv raied the coil overs back up a little on front and need to raise the rear a little thats all. any way,i have fitted the rear sway bar up the rite way up this time now thanks to your helpful time and advise. also you know how i fitted a after market sports wheel and boss kit #2401 well i brought a 3.3 ohm and soldered the two wires to getaher and bingo,NO more air bag light comes up,problem solved!! also i got the vette back from the dyno tuners and wow does the 8 t/b indivdual 50 mm diam cross ram intake is awsome!! it pulls hard rite thru the rev range and there is no stopping it!! and this is with a stock cam and heads in my 91 vette. its bloody unreal,well worth the expense,pain in the ass problems!! im very happy with the way it runs,iv fitted back the 22 lb injectors now and no more hot glowing red headers, thank god. this new dyno shop charged me less and fixed up all the problems but it has a manifold vaccum leak which is one of the gaskets so i will have to replace it!! i think i stuffed and put silcone sealer on all the ports and that is why it is leaking. apparently the guy only reved it up on the dyno to 5,200 rpm as i was not there to view it and they dont push customers cars hard unless customer is there. iv still got to find out the dyno hp results !! any how im really amazed how well these cross ram intakes perform guys. cheers glen
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congrats john,
i hope you enjoy your new beast!! it sounds like you are having the time of your life. all the best. glen
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hi guys,
im sorry for your terrible loss on sept 11. when i heard about it here in oz, every one who was driving in the morning at about 10 am had there car lights on as sign of respect,a real sad day!! it was a real shock to see what went on. god bless America and its alies and hope we can destroy those fuck ass muslim terroists!! glen
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ahh thats it mate, thanks that will help alot!! cheers brian glen
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hi jeff and fellas,
thanks for your replies and help r.e the oil talk. cheers glen
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hi mate,thank god for that hey!! im glad im not the only one that stuffed up,lol!! cheers glen
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hi rod,
thanks for your tip mate!! cheers glen
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hi guys,
thanks for your replies . i dont have a chev dealer here where i am ,but is cheaper to buy parts direct from usa,not here,they are thieves here guys!! and any thing over $ 1,000 aus dollars attracts 10% gst tax/import duty when it gets to customs, bugger it!! i wouldnt never buy from holden here,there dumb. i dont think they know any thing about corvette parts here actually. im really leaning towards afr # 1095 ported comp heads though. thanks for your comments and help guys. cheers glen
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hi andy,yeah i know mate,im proberely making a big mistake. but i will keep in mind what you have mentioned. cheers glen
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lol,i was laughing at myself ,no worries. i know they the air bag in for a reason,but oh well. i just would like another s/wheel thats all. cheers glen
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hi skirlin, yep mate,installing a isota corsa modena sports wheel. i like after market wheels. there are so nice ones about thats for sure!! cheers glen
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hi jeff,thanks for that mate!!
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hi guys,
ok thanks for your help. cheers glen
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hi guys,
well ive deleted my 1991 air bag which alot of you dont approve off and think is dumb. any way sorry about that,lol. now i heard to get rid of of air bag lite of centre info display you need to connect a 3 ohm elecetrical diode yeah ?? i only managed to find a 3.3 ohm or a 2.7 ohm diode though. will that be ok ?? now in the steering column ther is the two wires ,green and white so do i just connect each end of diode wire to these wires and that should shut up the air bag lite ?? any help/advise would be great. cheers glen
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ok then mate,
thanks glen
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hi andy,
any chance yet mate that you have looked at your splines on your steering coulmn for me yet please ??? thanks glen
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hi ron,
thanks mate for the link!! so whats your opioun on heads though ???? any one else here care to reply on there thoughts on heads or not??? cheers glen
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how are ya!! ok thanks for your replies and advise. yep it is a 388 with roller cam. so give diesel oil a try for 50-100 miles and then go over syn thetic oil then i will. now r.e royal purple syn oil,any good you reackon ?? i thought i would run 10w40 weight oil . cheers glen
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hi guys,
just wandering your ideas/thoughts on oils for breaking in new engine?? i also heard that you can run new engines in on Diesel loil ,as it contains more zinc yeah?? can i run good qulity synthetic oil from day one at all?? if not why please ?? what is the procedure to run in a new engine any way such as oil change mile times,rev range e.c.t ?? also,any one heard of any good/ bad reports on royal purple synthetic oil at all ?? and is 5/30 or 10/30 the better weight oil to use ?? hope to hear lots of thoughts!!! thanks guys cheers glen
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hi guys,
well all i need now to complete my 388 c.i race mootr is HEADS!!! i really like the afr # 1095 ported comp new heads but by the time i get them here it is going to cost me $ 3,200 Aus dollars ,alot of dough hey!! iv seen eagle performance company here that sell patriot 195 cc cnc heads for $ 1600 aus dollars. but they werent the # 2080 Freedom series head though. so what do you guys think about two diffrent heads,which ones ??? # 2080 patriot freddom or # 1095 afr comp heads ??? which will be better,which will give more power ??? afr have bigger intake valves and flow more though dont they ?? will there be much difference between them ?? hopefully some of you guys can let me know your point of view this time instead of just reading and no action as i know some of you guys just dont like me and want to deal with me !! proberely cause i ask to many questions...... cheers glen
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hi andy,
thanks for the reply. if you could check your spline please that would be great mate!! i wrang corvette clinic who did the right hand drive conversion here and they said they use the same spline set up,didnt change that at all!! any way,mine has 32 splines,16 each side with slot top and bottom. it will be interesting to see if you have the same hey!! hope to hear later next week what you have . cheers glen
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