Grandfather's 68 SS Camaro. - Page 16

**earntaz** · #**151** 07-24-2016, 05:14 PM

Joe -- if it runs the way you want it and if it ain't broke ... don't mess with it ... leave it alone. TAZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]

JRC99 · #**152** 07-24-2016, 05:36 PM

Oh, I didn't plan on it. I was just wondering what bracket of radical it'd be in. Mild-lumpy-radical are my 3 categories, not sure where it'd fall. If it ever needed to be replaced, it'd get the exact same cam jammed back in it.

JRC99 · #**153** 07-30-2016, 05:28 AM

As some of you know, I'm 16. Well, I turn 17 in about a week. I think I know how I want to end my senior year. In the Camaro. Drive it to school (gotta fix the speakers and pick up a Led Zeppelin IV cassette for full effect. Or maybe Hair of The Dog by Nazareth) I'd like to have a pair or Hornies on it by then. As I'm leaving on the last day in it, stop, shred tires and take off! It'd be 1977 all over again. Now, I have to figure out how to convince my family to okay this. Maybe not mention the burnout.

68l30 · #**154** 07-31-2016, 12:39 AM

Good Luck! I hope it works out for you. I drove my 68 to prom and graduation, I think I have pictures of both....Good Times!

BIG

JRC99 · #**155** 07-31-2016, 12:56 AM

Thanks! I'm going to need it!

JRC99 · #**156** 07-31-2016, 10:37 AM

Went out to the garage, just admiring it, and.... somehow, despite the fact that it hasn't been touched since April, it's leaking radiator fluid onto the intake. I swear, this car doesn't like me.

**njsteve** · #**157** 08-01-2016, 11:37 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JRC99</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Went out to the garage, just admiring it, and.... somehow, despite the fact that it hasn't been touched since April, it's leaking radiator fluid onto the intake. I swear, this car doesn't like me. </div></div>

That's normal for one of these cars. Probably seaping from the thermostat housing gasket under the slight pressure that a closed radiator will cause during outside temperature fluctatuations. Whenever one of my cars is sitting for a while I crack the radiator cap open and leave a rag over it (so I remember it's not closed) and that removes the cause of the seapage.

JRC99 · #**158** 08-02-2016, 03:15 AM

That's what my grandfather said, which was a huge relief. Just tired of seeing stuff that isn't positive.

JRC99 · #**159** 09-16-2016, 11:27 PM

What would the proper gap for the plugs be, given the specs of the engine? 10.25:1, the .575/.305 cam, Accel HEI. Dad thinks that it might not be getting enough spark. Certainly seems plausible. Next spring when we get a new carb, I think it'll be time to finally make this SOB run right.

JRC99 · #**160** 09-26-2016, 07:50 PM

Installed a key 70s item today.

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