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My daughter asked for items for vette for christmas

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My daughter has worked getting the top end of her engine tore apart... took her about 2.5 hours... good job
























 
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And we're supposed to believe she did the wrenching? But what caught my eye the most was her necklace.
she did do the wrenching for the most part:479:, I did the water pump and harmonic pulley, she did everything else.... pretty much. she even lifted the manifold off and I had not removed a stock one in awhile... when I went to flip it over to look at something I realized how heavy.....
 
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UPDATE: Ashtin has installed a new timing chain and gears, I did assist her with setting gears properly on install (this was not part of her original scope). She has set the new manifold, new plug wires and installed distributor on TDC. I added scope to her today and bought her a new carburetor 650 cfm edelbrock (hope it is not to big). I am going to install some new wiring because I did not get her a new harness but should have…. her goal is to get done tomorrow so I can get my Z back into garage…. we both have enjoyed and appreciated the pointers and comments, any additional comments and suggestions are appreciated and welcomed…..































 
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Pointers Or Suggestions

Okay, you asked for pointers or suggestions so I'll give you some. Aluminum is very prone for corrosion and bolts should never be screwed into it unless there is no other choice. Because water can get into the bottoms of the tapped holes and then when the bolt is removed it seizes. So I suggest putting studs into the manifold and then use nuts to secure the parts................such as the carburetor and thermostat housing. As the thermostat housing is so close to water they are extremely prone for having bolts seize. If you really want to use bolts coat their threads with either silicon or Permatex Aviation Form-A-Gasket to prevent water entering.

I recently put an Edelbrock RPM Air Gap on my big block '71 and I put studs in the carburetor mounting flange with blue LOCTITE on their threads (the LOCTITE will secure them and also prevent water from entering) and used bolts coated with Permatex for my thermostat housing.
 
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Okay, you asked for pointers or suggestions so I'll give you some. Aluminum is very prone for corrosion and bolts should never be screwed into it unless there is no other choice. Because water can get into the bottoms of the tapped holes and then when the bolt is removed it seizes. So I suggest putting studs into the manifold and then use nuts to secure the parts................such as the carburetor and thermostat housing. As the thermostat housing is so close to water they are extremely prone for having bolts seize. If you really want to use bolts coat their threads with either silicon or Permatex Aviation Form-A-Gasket to prevent water entering.

I recently put an Edelbrock RPM Air Gap on my big block '71 and I put studs in the carburetor mounting flange with blue LOCTITE on their threads (the LOCTITE will secure them and also prevent water from entering) and used bolts coated with Permatex for my thermostat housing.
In reference to Permatex, I use the type that doesn't totally harden and remains somewhat pliable.
The Edelbrock 650 should be just fine.
 
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The carburetor pictured above looks like the 650 AVS unit which has the adjustable vacuum secondaries. The Edelbrock application guidelines shows its good from a 302 up to 400+. I believe the AVS is available in a 500 (too small), 650(just right) or 800 (too big). The adjustable secondary is easy to adjust and it should work just fine for a stock or mild performance engine. Those people looking for serious HP performance should really be looking at another model carb.
Happy New Year
 
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The correct edelbrock carb does not arrive till today. The guy sold her one that was not EGR ready; and although she removed the smog crap from the car the EDR will still be on manifold until she locates some sort of blank plate or seal to go in its place.
 
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Well she is all done and did a great job....




















Check out the great detail in the painted alan screws in top of valve cover…great job Ashtin




She is all done and the car runs great…. great job; she has car show tomorrow .. great job!!
 
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I don't understand what the big deal is as it's very easy to route the wires so they look clean. All three of my C3's are wired like this:
no big deal ....your seem to route across the top of valve covers around to over the top of Exhaust manifold . Hers come straight off the distributor and route downalong side the bell housing to motor block and come under the exhaust manifold to plugs. They use to lay in a factory chrome chanel that was bolted to the side of the block PAIN IN AZZ.. we removed this but they are still routed in that layout.
 
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The original channels were made out of aluminum so if you had chrome ones they were aftermarket.
these were chrome and an absolute pain..... i did not know about the distributor cap.... probably would not have had to make the 2 custom plug wires if I had that....
 
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"Corrected" Distributor Caps

these were chrome and an absolute pain..... i did not know about the distributor cap.... probably would not have had to make the 2 custom plug wires if I had that....

I had heard about those so called "corrected" caps for years so out of curiosity I Googled them recently and found what they're all about. There are two terminals inside that route the spark over to the other side so terminals #2 and #6 end up being for wires #6 and #2. Just backwards. But that way no wires have to curve around the side of the distributor. But at around $50 each the caps are costly.
 
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it has been awhile so i thought i would update my daughters progress on her car; since January we have spent a week in Daytona for the 500; had a great sweet 16 party for her. I have to thank our corvette club who did a parade lap escorting my daughters Cinderella carriage into the clubhouse. She has installed mirror t-tops (cause i drilled through one by accident installing weather stripping) she has installed headers, side pipes with shield; a stereo with (2) 10" bass speakers in back (8 speakers total) all Alpine system. She has changed most of her hoses to braided where applicable. She has started a business in detailing and selling Adams products and is an exclusive dealer for southwest Florida. She just recently pulled her hood and put one of the coolest liners I have ever seen on a C3. My wife has bought a Carmaro 2SS/RS, one jot down from the new 1LZ. We have done some car shows all together and even did a best of show sweep at one car show where all 3 of us won. Enjoy the pics. And also I had to put a couple of my daughter from sweet 16 partt as she says i always catch her 1/2 asleep or working. Als thanks for the many kind words over these many months about her car and the work she has done.

sorry these pics are so small; already had them linked before i realized












































 
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