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General Discussion / Re: Found a 69 COPO 427/425hp

« on: September 06, 2007, 11:03:16 PM »

My mistake. I did not read the fine print. I was in awe of such a nice machine..

My bad. Sorry guys

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General Discussion / Found a 69 COPO CLONE 427/425hp

« on: September 06, 2007, 05:02:55 PM »

Hey folks,


If anyone is looking for a Really nice COPO Replica see the website below . I have found a shop here in Edmonton. This car is beautiful. The asking price is around $90,000 cdn. I am trying to get more info on this car. I will see if I can get a flyer with all the info and attach it for who.

This car has been fully restored. It is a car out of Texas. The car is orange with black interior.

If interested here is the phone number for the shop selling it.

Don Nicholls Dream Machines 780-437-4046

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Maintenance / Re: Oil Pressure question.........

« on: September 05, 2007, 07:54:34 PM »

The car was not low on oil. The dipstick read almost to the full mark. I am having a slightly larger leak than usual from around the filter. I did change out the filter yesterday and the leak still seems to be there. It is tough to see under there due to the headers but I will get a better look hopefully tonight.

I did change the oil and there was no large particles or debris. Would you guys suggest dropping the pan and replacing or cleaning out the pump??

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Maintenance / Re: Oil Pressure question.........

« on: September 04, 2007, 05:38:33 PM »

I also have a question regarding Oil Pressure...

On Friday night I took the car out to the usual meet and eveything was fine. I started it up and let it idle to warm up for 10mins. I then went to the meet and hung out for a little while. After leaving the show the car had almost 60psi on start up. While driving the pressure dropped to around 30psi. I had to make a stop at the store and that is when the pressure dropped to ZERO. The motor sounded like it was knocking. I kicked the throttle to bring the idle up higher and then the pressure resumed and the sound disappeared.

Now what would have caused this? I talked to a few fellows and their suggestion is that as the motor warms up the clearances increase and the oil is getting by casuing the pressure to drop. They recommended using a heavier weight oil and see if this corrects the problem. Currently I have 10w30 in the 454 so I will try a 20w50 which I was running in the 396 and see if this help.

Any help on this would be great.

Thanks Jay

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Maintenance / Re: Motor Shakes badly

« on: August 10, 2007, 10:05:15 PM »

Randy,

I think the balancer is slightly warped as the rubber is bulging in some spots and receeded in others. I will be pulling it off and taking it to a race shop tomorrow to have them look at it.

I will take pictures to show the closeness of these items(balancer and pully)

Also I did find a brand new GM Flywheel part#3993827 which is for this motor a 78. Not a bad price either....From teh Stealership only 250.00 cdn. Not bad since the closet and cheapest aftermarket was 235cdn and a week away from me. So I will be pulling the motor again tonite and removing these 2 items and try again tomorrow.

Thanks to all for your help.

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Maintenance / Re: Motor Shakes badly

« on: August 10, 2007, 05:36:04 PM »

Thanks John. I have talked to a few guys here and it seems that the concensus is that i put the 396 flywheel on. I will pull it off and get a 454 flywheel. Also I will look into the pulley also.

Thanks for your input I really appreicate it.

Sucks cause i got everything bolted up nice to. Is it a tough job to remove and replace the flywheel in the car or would it be easier to pull the motor AGAIN...LOL

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Maintenance / Motor Shakes badly

« on: August 10, 2007, 02:45:46 PM »

Hey guys,,,

Just got the 454 in the car and  fired it up yesterday. I got the timing set to 0degs right now..But here is my problem.....The car shakes madly when you rev it up anywhere past idle. The thing I see is it looks like the balancer is warped. What I mean is it is rubbing on the water pump pully just slightly. I notice by the paint be rubbed off. Also it looks liek when the car is running you can see the balancer has a slight wobble....How can I fix this? Also this motor had a auto attached and I replace the flexplate with my flywheel. Would this cause this motor to shake this bad?? PLease help i want to cruise with it as it has been 5yrs since I had the chance to drive it down the road.

Thanks
Jay

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Maintenance / Re: Big Block Motor Mounts

« on: June 20, 2007, 09:32:55 PM »

Thanks alot John.

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Maintenance / Big Block Motor Mounts

« on: June 18, 2007, 05:31:40 PM »

Hey guys,

Im having a hard time finding a set of Polyurathane Motor Mounts for my 68' BB. Do you guys have any ideas or suggestions where a guy can pick some up. I have already ordered the Hyper-Flex kit from energy to redo all the factory bushings so far.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Also would you guys say a solid mount is better vs. the rubber mounts for my application. 454 approx. 300hp with 4 speed

Thanks
Jay

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Mild Modifications / Prep and Painting the Block

« on: May 16, 2007, 02:57:10 PM »

Hey guys,

i found an good old 454 and bought it for the camaro. I am going to install it but before i do i want to clean the motor up without tearing it apart. What is a good way of getting the oil and grease out of the cast before painting. Now remeber the enigie is complete and i am going to reseal it but that is as far as I am planning on pulling it apart.

Any suggestions.

So far i have sparyed it down with brake clean and pressure washed the crap out of it but i have all the little spots to get cleaned before i paint it.

Thanks
Jay

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General Discussion / Re: Blank Cowl Tags

« on: May 11, 2007, 02:19:52 PM »

Ya now we can build any camaro we want with this guys help...LOL

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General Discussion / Blank Cowl Tags

« on: May 10, 2007, 05:31:51 PM »

Well I do not think this is really good for us with TRUE tags on our cars...

Have a look at this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/68-ONLY-chevrolet-camaro-SS-Z28-chevelle-COWL-TRIM-TAG_W0QQitemZ250112775360QQihZ015QQcategoryZ10076QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


And another

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-ONLY-Trim-Cowl-Tag-for-Camaro-Chevelle-Nova_W0QQitemZ330117863301QQihZ014QQcategoryZ10076QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Jay

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Maintenance / Re: cyclinder pressure

« on: May 10, 2007, 02:24:11 PM »

I have a question. Can this test be done on an engine before it is installed into the car. the reason I ask is I just bought a 454 for the 68 and i would like to do this test before installing to see if I have to pull it farther apart.

What do you guys think??

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: More decoding Help Please

« on: May 10, 2007, 02:10:50 PM »

Hey guys...

Got some more numbers that need to be decoded. I tried but cant quit figure one out.

Muncie 4 speeds
Casting # 3925661 then it has this CC1  39084
Casting # 3925660 then it has this P9P25

Thanks
Jay

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Decoding/Numbers / Re: More decoding Help Please

« on: May 03, 2007, 04:04:13 PM »

Warren,


I have sent you an email with pics.

Jay

Possible POP. I have a metal tag attached to a Owner Protection Plan book.

Here are the numbers.
831 GG           1546981142821 R
K0503DH         EM0503K          5
E8E02                 4

Does this seem right?

Thanks
Jay

Jay, could you send me a picture of the plate with the date and dealer info for my fullsize chevy research.  A 68 biscayne 4dr with a v8 is a little uncommon.  My email is Tranenut@juno.com
Thanks, Warren