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Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-07-2024, 03:18 PM
Replies: 68
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Posted By unruhjonny
Discussion about these hoods is not new; I...

Discussion about these hoods is not new;
I never suggested that this discussion was new.

What is new to me is someone suggesting with a degree of clarity that the unbraced hood is a 1970-only...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-07-2024, 01:22 PM
Replies: 68
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Posted By SD455DJ
The '71 Formula hood had the AO Smith (Ionia, MI)...

The '71 Formula hood had the AO Smith (Ionia, MI) label on it. I haven't looked for any on the '70's hood yet, but I imagine it too is an AO Smith product.

Dennis
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-07-2024, 10:06 AM
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Posted By rolling money pits
Wouldn’t the bowing be caused by the same thing...

Wouldn’t the bowing be caused by the same thing that bowed steel hoods, pulling rather than push/ pull? Mine was bowed/warped just forward of the end of hinge, just like my steel hoods.

The...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-05-2024, 04:58 PM
Replies: 68
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Posted By Baron Von Zeppelin
I wouldn't open the scoops unless that is the one...

I wouldn't open the scoops unless that is the one you plan to use.
Highest potential buyer might need closed scoops for their car.
You never know
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-04-2024, 07:56 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 293
Posted By Norwood
Nice find, including alternator back half .

Nice find, including alternator back half .
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-04-2024, 01:46 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 293
Posted By 72projectbird
Looks right to me. If you need to find a...

Looks right to me.

If you need to find a good home for it, let me know!
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-04-2024, 12:42 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 293
Posted By johnta1
It looks like a 70 setup except the chevy red...

It looks like a 70 setup except the chevy red paint. The date code would work for a very early FB. (Like mine Feb 10 1970)


:)
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 03-04-2024, 10:09 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 293
Posted By frankyboy455
Here are the pics.

I got the alternator, brackets, power steering pump and bracket, distributor, carb, pulleys, and a few other small things.
Forum: 67-81 Firebird & TA Parts WANTED 02-27-2024, 10:40 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 286
Posted By Held for Ransom
Here is '73...

Here is '73...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 02-27-2024, 09:27 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,008
Posted By Held for Ransom
Our work had some used 1/32" sheets of rubber. I...

Our work had some used 1/32" sheets of rubber. I coated with a PSA (pressure sensitive adhesive) sheet and used a die to cut the 0.75"x0.75" squares. A 0.425" hole punch cut out the centers.
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-27-2024, 07:33 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,201
Posted By Formulajones
Just make sure you get the good c-clip eliminator...

Just make sure you get the good c-clip eliminator axles from Strange that have the proper bearing seals for street use.

The C-clip eliminator axles from Moser (unless they changed and fixed it)...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-27-2024, 06:12 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,201
Posted By steve25
By drilling two holes and using a cut off disc...

By drilling two holes and using a cut off disc you put a adjustment port in the backing plate where you need it.
I did this on a Olds rear once .
Forum: 77-81 Firebird & Trans Am TECH 02-27-2024, 10:58 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 312
Posted By sperry67
1981 Turbo T/A

My wife and I acquired her dad's car after he passed away ~2 years ago. He was 2nd owner and car had been stored for 35 years. ~58,000 miles. Interior was re-done last winter, drove it a little bit...
Forum: 70-73 Firebird & TA TECH 02-26-2024, 05:42 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,008
Posted By Held for Ransom
Already have some squares made...

Already have some squares made...
Forum: THE LOBBY 02-26-2024, 01:25 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 674
Posted By Gtonerd
New Member

Hi, my name is Dominic. I'm 16 and I have a 65 tempest 4 door me and my dad Importsmasher pulled out of a junkyard in Utah. Also, I have a 65 parts car I'm planning on selling parts off of in the...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-25-2024, 08:28 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,341
Posted By grivera
I have a 4L80e in my 69 - didn’t have to monkey...

I have a 4L80e in my 69 - didn’t have to monkey with the pinion angle but did have to shim the tail of the transmission up and it sits at 3 degrees sloping to rear. The drive shaft is on a downward...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-25-2024, 08:23 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,341
Posted By Cardo
These shims will probably take care of that....

These shims will probably take care of that. You'll need to figure the correct angle / degrees but you'll need a pair shims to correct your pinion angle....
Forum: THE LOBBY 02-24-2024, 04:49 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 944
Posted By Cammer-6
my sign up date is skewed by at least 5 yrs so...

my sign up date is skewed by at least 5 yrs so who knows.
I know of a couple more whos dates are way off too.
IIRC it happened in early part of this century when a software change happened.
Heres...
Forum: THE LOBBY 02-24-2024, 02:00 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 944
Posted By shawn e.
20 years!

Wow just realized 20 years on the forum. Sill Have my cars. I lurk every now and then still!
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-21-2024, 09:20 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,370
Posted By Half-Inch Stud
Modern water injection will break the octane...

Modern water injection will break the octane compression rules.

Otherwise my 472 ran the 1/4 to 12.2s on 89 Octane, no ping, because 9.00:1 CR was too low.

You all are safe to design for 9.5:1...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-21-2024, 06:51 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,370
Posted By Formulajones
I've known Bruce a long time going back to the...

I've known Bruce a long time going back to the first drag race days we had at the firebird nats. So I guess 30 years or so.

I think most peoples issue with Bruce is his arrogance making him hard...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-21-2024, 01:42 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 543
Posted By Tom Vaught
I run the 6" Oberg "Pancake" oil filter on my...

I run the 6" Oberg "Pancake" oil filter on my vehicles.

Have done that for years.

They make nice stuff that is "cleanable" does a creat job catching the small micron
crap from the engine. I...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-20-2024, 10:11 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 543
Posted By Steve C.
Related topic.... When evaluating total...

Related topic....

When evaluating total engine oil capacity, a tid bit to consider, many common oil filters used do not hold one quart of oil.
Next time you change oil filters, fill the new...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-20-2024, 08:14 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,370
Posted By b-man
Talking Whoda ever thunk it ? :pound: :pound: ...

Whoda ever thunk it ?

:pound: :pound: :pound: :pound: :pound:



Bruce was kicked off this forum before I even joined, over 21 years ago so that might tell you something.

This...
Forum: Pontiac - Street 02-20-2024, 07:08 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,370
Posted By Jay S
Seems like some grand statements from someone...

Seems like some grand statements from someone that doesn’t have there facts all that correct. That’s likely one of those people that thinks all that era’s 72cc heads are actually 72 cc, which they...
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