First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List Shock mounting plates by "Bad Acid" <bad-acid@pacbell.net> Re: The 455/2004R are installed! by <hugoba@apcom.com> need restoration service in bay area by "Mark L" <hotmickle@hotmail.com> RE Sprint trans mounts by "Gary Patrick" <Gary@tcworks.net> Re: electrical problem by "Michael Howell" <fishgod@iglou.com>
(back) Subject: Shock mounting plates From: "Bad Acid" <bad-acid@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:32:06 -0700 Okay, I still haven't got an answer on this so I'm going to try again. Hope you guys haven't black balled me ;{)> I bought a set of shock mounting plates for my 67 from Classic Industries. They where included in a kit for changing from mono to multi leaf springs. My car already has multi-leaf springs on it, but the person who installed them used traction bar plates, which have the bars cut off. They (the plates) look terrible. I would like to install some stock looking (clean) plates. The plates I ordered will cause the shocks to have to be offset. One shock on the front of the axle, the other on the rear. Currently, both my shocks attach at the front of the axle. I also noticed that the upper shock = mounts are also offset to the front of the axle. I contacted Classic Industries, and Bob in their tech department said that the plates would work without a problem. I don't see how. Seems to me that the shock that mounts behind the axle is going to be a problem. Any one done this before? Will it work? If so, what all needs to be done? = If not, where can I get some plates that will work? On the fun side, My wife got a wild hair, and decided she wanted a new Ram Air, so this last weekend, we went out and test drove one. Beautiful car. Not as much power as my 400 on the low end, but man does it move once you get the R's up! Handles like a dream too. That was Saturday, Then Sunday = we went for a cruise to Hart Park, for a picnic lunch, in the 67. It was a perfect day, the bird purred the whole time. We were having such a good time, we weren't ready go home. I took her for a drive up Round Mountain Road, one of my favorite twisty roads. First time for both the girls (my wife & the 'bird). They both loved it! This was just one of those magic moments. I wanted to share a great weekend with you guys & gals, since I know you'll understand. We're still thinking about the new 'bird. My wife is due for a new car. I got mine , even though it was 30 years old when I got it! Thanks, & happy crusin' Lance 67 400 Coupe
(back) Subject: Re: The 455/2004R are installed! From: <hugoba@apcom.com> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:37:11 -0700 (PDT) Hehe, $2.00 is nothing. Here in the Bay Area we already pay over $2.00 for = premium! Up in San Francisco they are upwards of $2.15!! As far as torque, I don't know. Hopefully tomorrow when I finish = installing the Holley (ducking) on the new Edelbrock Performer intake I will have a = better SOTP (Seat Of The Pants) reading. Right now it felt strong but it stumbled = when I would try to open the Quadrajet until it would catch up. It needs = rebuilding and I'm out of time so this will have to do. I have to pick up a fuel rail tomorrow morning and hopefully I'll have her = running again by noon. After the trip I'm going to dyno it to see what it has and then I'll add = the headers that I have that I just did not have the time to mess with = (mucking with the exhaust) and work my way from there. Hugo > From Firebird-L@oakmediacreations.com Tue Apr 24 21:27:11 2001 > From: Studderin@aol.com > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:53:44 EDT > Subject: Re: The 455/2004R are installed! > To: Firebird-L@oakmediacreations.com > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > = ......................................................................... > Hugo, > That's aswume. Any overdrive......that will pay for it's self = withthe > $2.00 peek gas price predicted in the summer.(NewYork). > What's the est. touque of that 455?? > John C
(back) Subject: need restoration service in bay area From: "Mark L" <hotmickle@hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 00:57:22 -0700 Hi List! I have a '68 400 convertible that I love. However it uses about a quart of oil and a quart of trans fluid with every tank of gas! Anyways I would like to find some place in the SF Bay Area that could either do a restoration of the whole car, or at least as a start rebuild the engine and transmission. I also want to get the engine converted to run on unleaded and possibly replace the distributor with something electronic that works better. It has the original engine and transmission. If you have any recommendations please let me know. I'd prefer someone that already has experience with these cars and engines. thanks, Mark _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
(back) Subject: RE Sprint trans mounts From: "Gary Patrick" <Gary@tcworks.net> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 05:55:39 -0400 Subject: Re: Firebird-L Digest #1874 From: "Daniel Dominick" <ddominick@austinc.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:37:12 -0500 Hey List, Does anyone know about the transmission mounts for a 68 3spd Saginaw (on a Sprint)? Are all of the mounts in the catalogues (Year One, Ames, etc. seem to list only list one for all transmissions) correct? Does anyone know where to get the rubber mount for the damper/weight that hangs underneath? Dan 68 Sprint Convertible (Slowly being put back together) Dan you most likely wont find the same GM trans and damper mounts. Any mount for 4 speed of that era will work for both. Careful that weight is heavy. Gary
(back) Subject: Re: electrical problem From: "Michael Howell" <fishgod@iglou.com> Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:34:08 -0400 Matt- one other thing I failed to mention.. If you do use the procedure I mentioned - using a multimeter to check circuits - you will probably = notice that the lighting circuits don't have much resistance on them. You'll = want a digital multimeter, or a good analog one with a very small scale setting = (0-100 ohms maybe). The reason for this (as I understand it) is that as you know a light bulb is basically a very very thin wire inside the glass. Being so thin it can only pass a certain amount of current, and = the rest (up to a breaking point) is converted into heat and thus light once enough current is waiting to pass. A meter only sends maybe 1.5 -3 volts and much less than a 1/4 amp, so nearly all of it can pass over the small wire and you only see a few ohms of resistance. So.. basically I'm saying = don't let those circuits fool you. With a standard large scale meter it may look like a short when it's not. I hope this is helpful... Mike 68 350 Coupe