Chevy350Builder asked:


1972 Chevelle. On my small block 350, I set the timing, connected everything and began connecting the ignition. Set the yellow ignition wire that goes from the R terminal on the starter to the positive terminal of the ignition coil. Done. Then, the Neutral Safety Switch went to the S terminal on the starter to the bulkhead connecter. Done. Now, I bought a new point type distributor and it had a negative wire coming out. I know what that is so I connected it to the negative terminal of the ignition coil. Done. Now, there was one wire left. That wire was the Condenser that is attached to the ignition coil housing that connects to the intake manifold. I believe that condenser connects to the positive side of the terminal. I did that.

Once everything was connected, I checked for spark with my new spark plugs and wires. Aligned it at TDC, set perfectly fine and I had my girlfriend bump the key for me. At first, it sparked. Good. But then I asked her to do it again. And now, nothing
Tried it about 5 more times turning the motor over for about 5 seconds each time. No more spark at all. And now, the battery was turning over really slow and went dead. That is weird because that battery was fully charged like three hours before installation of the distributor. So I don't know why it did that. I think I wired everything correctly; however, when I remove the battery and touch the negative terminal of the cable to the end of the battery, it is sparking. I have no idea why. Those wires are where they are supposed to be right? What caused this and how come it wasn't sparking anymore? And what might have happened? Coil went bad, wires went bad, distributor wire went bad or do you think it's probably just a bad ignition coil due to inproper wiring? Sparked the first time and nothing after that. Have no idea why and battery immediately died and was sparking. What could have happened? And what should I replace to be sure it can get it's spark back again. Let me know please!
I'm not the best at electrical problems. I'd rather stick with repairing high performance parts with tools that shocking my self too many times with my distributor due to the fact that I keep forgetting to remove the negative battery cable haha.
THAN, not THAT.

In the above sentence. Ok, let me know why you think and what replacements I should get to be able to get this thing going again! New plugs, new wires, new distributor, fairly new coil (have another one at house so I can install it if this one turns out to be bad), and if it is a bad wire, they sell them at my parts store so I'm not too worried about that. Thanks
Point type distributor, non HEI.

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fortunateson59 asked:


I am a 19 year old dude with a little jingle in his pocket and am wondering what the girls would like more. I already have a diesel truck and a harley and would like to find out what is more fun to a girl to ride in or on. What I am looking at is either a turbo Hayabusa or an early model Nova/Chevelle. Any help???

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Poncho Pete asked:


Examples; 1970 Buick GSX 455, 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle 454/450 H.P., 1967-1968-1969 Pontiac Beaumont 427/435 H.P., 1969 Plymouth GTX 426 or 440, 1970 Dodge Challenger 426 Hemi or 440, 1970 Pontiac GTO JUDGE 455...
1967 Pontiac Acadian with factory 427 cid 'Astro - Jet,"Tin Indian", Larry "Doc" Dixon, AHRA, B/Modified Championship, World Championship Deland, Florida. 1961 Pontiac Catalina 421 Super Duty first car under 13 second 1/4 mile, first in the World. Hayden Proffitt, "Mickey Thompson" factory 1961 Pontiac Catalina 421 S.D. 1/4 mile in 12.55 seconds @ 110.20 MPH! Jim Wangers, 1962 Pontiac Catalina 421 S.D., 1/4 mile in 12.38 seconds @ 116.32 MPH! 1962-1963 Pontiac Catalinas ruled Nascar! 1963 Pontiac Tempests Ruled GT Racing, beating the 1963 Ferrari 250 GTOs and 1963 Cobras, 1963 Covette 427s, and whoever else was there by over FIVE MILES! Arnie 'The Farmer" Beswick, "Mr. Pontiac slaughtered the debut of the 1964 Dodge 426 Hemis and debut of the 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 "Thunderbolts" with his older with 421 S.D. 1963 Pontiac Tempests, one a four door station wagon! 1963 Pontiac Lemans Tempest 421 S.D., "Running Bear" did 1/4 mile in 11.89 sec. @ 123.28 MPH! Muscle Car Era; 1964-1972!
Internet References.; (1) 2006 Drag Racing Hall of Fame Inductee Arnie 'The Farmer" Beswick (2) www.arniebeswick.com (3) Ray Nichels (4) www.automotive-art.com, 'Racing in the Rain" (5) www.empgmc.com, " Race/Knafel" (6) grocerygeeter.com (7) Pontiac Performance 1955-1973, Archival Pontiacs (additional info;)(The Plymouth GTX is COOL, only two engine options; 426 HEMI or 440) (1970 Challenger Lots of Power 426,440, and Great Looking Car) (Ray Nichels in charge of Pontiac's Race Program, G.M. out of Racing 1963, Ray Nichels went to work on Dodge's Racing Program!)
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1970 Buick GSX 455 Ruled the Buicks, (Stage 1 never impressed me! Didn't they have other Stages?) I don't feel like searching for my 1967 Pontiac Owners Manual, I will take your word for now, 427 @ 390 H.P.! The Olds 442 was a good concept, 4 spd manual, 4 barrel, dual exhaust, but lost me when they contradicted themselves and put in automatics! I loved the cars without power steering, they said you couldn't turn them, I just turned the wheel a bit, reved up the engine let the clutch out, gave it some gas, peeled those tires and around she went, it was easy, I never had problems with non power cars, and what's with all these automatics, no body knows how to drive anymore?

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skter78 asked:


like an old muscle car

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Pontiac 400 asked:


My engine is a 1967 400/6.6L V8 Auto Transsmision...now it has 350 HP....or so.....stock....

...if i put on this following product aprox how much Hp will it give me in total?

this is the product:

http://paceperformance.com/index.as...

It says the carbs are 650cfm each but they are 500cfm......

and some say it will be too much gasoline but i already cheked and its and auto carb that just puts in that much gasoline as the engine wants 2......

and besides that i have Flowmaster headers....and already rebuilt the motor.....

SO HOW MUCH HP APORX...WOULD THIS KIT GIVE ME IF IT WOORKS GOOD?
HAS 375 HP NOW......PLUS THIS KIT HOW MUCH?
THX.........

and how much could i aprox run in a 1/4 mile?

These are the items i installed:

* Polished Edelbrock P-65 dual quad intake
* Torker Plus Cam Kit ED5057- .465"/.488" Lift, 224, 234,114
* 1 Thunder series AVS 500 cfm carb. with electric choke
* 1 Thunder series AVS 500 cfm

THE 2ND CARB OPENS IF IT NEEDS MORE GAS

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