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Hi all. I'm looking to replace my aging q-jet. Its not running so well these days, and I am really tired of opening it up to make tuning changes. My cars race weight is 3200 lbs Things I'd like in a carb: Clear sight plugs Adjustable primary and secondary metering bodies It'd be nice to...

Hi all. I'm interested in doing the SS nose conversion to my monte carlo. It's an 83. I'm interested in seeing how it would look on a colored body with black paint on the SS parts, cuz thats how im prolly gonna do it. Ill take whatever conversion pics you have though! I'm curious how it looks...

Hi all. I got in an accident last week with my 83 monte carlo and the nose was crushed. I'm looking for if possible, a fibreglass replacement. However I havent had much luck finding a place that sells JUST the nose - i've seen the whole front clips for non-ss monte carlos - nose and fenders as...

Hi. Does anyone know if Holley makes a carb with idle and primary circuits on both sides of the carb? I know normal four-barrels have an idle, primary, and high speed circuit on the prinary sides, and then something else on the secondary side. Anyone know of a carb that has idle, primary and...

I'm interested in buying a set of control arms. My car is lowered 2 inches on spindles and 1 inch on springs I plan to lower further with springs and ball joints. The previous owner said he took the control arms off because they didn't off enough camber correction (to get the car back to stock...

Hi All. I'd like to lower my car whilst still preserving some handling. Right now the car has the belltech 2" drop lowering kit. I'd like to drop it at least another 2 inches all around. For the rear I'm planning on buying stiffer, lower springs, and just installing suspension travel limiters...

Does anyone have an image of a g-body with a louvered hood? I'm thinking of attempting to louver a hood this winter. I kind of want to make some ducting to move air from the radiator right up and out the hood. Anyone seent his before? Got a picture? Does it look decent or work decent?

Hi. I'm looking towards building a blow-through setup. I'm having trouble deciding on what route to go with fuel pump. I'd rather stay with a mechanical fuel pump if possible. Anyone have a recommendation for a decent boost-referenceable mechanical fuel pump? I have a holley 110 GPH pump, can I...

So I just finished my engine two months ago, but I already feel like it's too slow. Right now I've got a 355 w/ cast flat-tops, cast crank and rods, 9.5:1 compression, Vortec heads with mild bowl blend, and a comp xe268h-10 and all comp valvetrain. Performer manifold and q-jet. I'm guessing...

Hi. I have an M4M quadrajet. I'd like to convert it to a manual choke. What is the recommended way of hooking this up/ I have a generic manual choke cable. What I'm having trouble with is the end link, where it connects to the choke itself. Does anyone have any recommendations of how to hook...

Anyone know if there's anything like a weiand 7546 in a vortec bolt pattern?

So I seem to be unable to accelerate my car past 250 km/h. I have my foot to the floor, but its like the car is just unable to accelerate past that speed. The car's aero is stock, ride height stock, suspension pretty much stock. Engine makes approx 400 hp crank, estimated. Has anyone got their...

I'll be the first to admit I dont know much about auto transmissions, or transmissions in general. However, i'm considering buying and/or getting a transmission rebuilt. This is going to be a th350 auto. One of the things I want to be able to do is to shift from second into first while...

Hi. So I just swapped my stock speedo out for an Autometer sport comp speedo. The problem is, there's a screw-on fitting on the back of the speedo! So I discovered I can't use my stock cable, which is just slides over and is retained by a push-in clip. Does anyone know where to get a speedo...

Anyone have a recomendation for a decent TV cable and throttle linkage bracket for a quadrajet on our cars? I bought some universal RPC one and I'm not very happy with it, it has a lot of flex. Recommendations?

I've got a TH350 that was rebuilt last year. How do I increase the line pressure of this thing? IU want to increase it's life. I know I need to get a decent trans cooler - I will get one soon. FOr now thought how do I increase the life of the transmission? edit: Also, what kind of vacuumn...

I'm considering putting a coolar *pressure* sensor (idiot light) in my car. Anyone have an idea of the best place to put a pressure sensor? :S Coolant temp is great, but if yoyou blow a frost plug and your coolant drains out, that'll be a problem too. :) -Tim

looking for minimum altrnator output required for a very bare-bones SBC. My engine only has headlights, marker lights,interior lights and distributor. No heater motor or anything. Power windows, but that's it, and I think that can run off the battery. I'm looking for an alternator that is as...

Hi all. I was wondering if anyone's done this swap. I have an 83 monte with the four square headlights. I'm interested in making it so that all four of the lights are on as both low and high-beams. The current low-beam headlights already have two bulbs in the so they do some kind of...

Hi all. Just wondering where you all are holesawing (or otherwise cutting up the body) without significantly reducing rigidity. I've put a few dimpled holes in the fenders, between where some dimples already were. but only two 1-3/4 inch holes. I didn't swiss cheese the crap out of it, or...