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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 / 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 / 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 / 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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General Discussion / Dealership Numbers

« on: May 02, 2007, 04:42:04 PM »

Does anyone have a break down for the actual dealer codes? What I am looking for is I have a dealer code and would like to know what dealership it was.

The Dealer number is 83093

I think this was a Dealership in Saskatchewan.

Any help on this would be great thanks.

Jay

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Decoding/Numbers / More decoding Help Please

« on: May 01, 2007, 05:16:11 PM »

VIN - 8N393602

Cowl tag

03b
ST 68-12437  NOR 93274
TR 712 ZZ

Also I have a few casting numbers -

Engine - 3935440 this is a Crate Engine # CE871364 PA88 4??   P280 8
M21 - 3925661
M22 - 3925660

Thanks. Also I found out where my car was SOLD....Yes jsut 15mins north on Me in Edmonton, Alberta. Now time to start doing some digging.

I aslo have a copy of the build sheet from GM. If anyone wants to see plz let me know and I will try and get it up on this site.

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

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General Discussion / Engine question!

« on: April 30, 2007, 04:16:55 PM »

Hey guys,

First off nice to see a site like this for us Camaro freaks. Just Awesome.

My question is this - I have had my 1968 396/375hp Camaro SS for almost 10yrs. About 5 yrs ago I spun a rod bearing and have had the car parked and motor pull and apart. Now here is my delima....This is the numbers matching motor, do I rebuild it or replace it with another BB to drive around with?

As for cost I think the rebuild would be the same with any BB so for money it is no difference. I am just curious as what you would do if this was your car and you just wanted to drive it again.

Also does it make a difference for Apprasial if you have the original motor not in the but say in the garage?

Thanks again
Jay