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Share Your C3 Upgraded Wheel/Tire Combo's

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TedH on 01-05-2014

04-05-2024 08:24 PM
by Z0Tex

1,536

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0w40, 1030, 5w40, acessesories, btwn, c3, corvette, legal, mobil1, not, oil, purple, racing, royal, shootout, specialty, street, truck, valvoline

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List of Flat-Tappet Oils

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billla on 12-08-2009

02-10-2018 01:46 PM
by H P Bushrod

725

496,034

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Motor Oil "Wear Test" and "Lab Test" Data

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540 RAT on 06-08-2012

08-27-2022 07:33 PM
by HandOverFist

354

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1982 MY(Model Year) problems & possible solutions.

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74 LS4-454 on 03-03-2013

06-25-2023 12:16 PM
by Buccaneer

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Aluminum radiators and related topics

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vettebuyer6369 on 08-21-2016

02-02-2024 12:07 AM
by MY_C3_JOURNEY

321

107,271

1973, 73, 75, 77, corvette, cylinder, fix, ignition, key, keys, lock, remove, replace, reverse, steering, stuck, telescopic

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Ignition switch tumbler doesn't rotate to all positions malfunction

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Petes75Vette on 03-05-2011

05-30-2019 11:11 PM
by deepsealillie

58

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2010, coil, corvette, dwell, ignition, pencil, plug, polarity, spark

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Ignition physics for regular guys like me.

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69427 on 01-20-2012

10-18-2022 09:13 AM
by tommd

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Power steering needs some help???

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hugie82 on 08-09-2011

03-07-2021 10:33 PM
by hgoodwiniii

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[Updated 8/5/12] Consolidated FAQ, Tech Tips and what happened to my sticky thread***

pewter99 on 04-24-2011

10-27-2011 05:44 PM
by mffi115

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✅SOLUTION‼️ Something new

eboggs_jkvl on 04-06-2022

04-06-2022 12:05 PM
by eboggs_jkvl

0

2,224

Normal Threads

1967, 1971, 75, corvette, gto, housing, ls, ls1, ls2, motor, putting, swap, truck, vette, waterpump

Who out there has actually swapped an LS1/LS2/LS6 into their C3?

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gatorbcn on 07-23-2007

09-23-2016 10:02 AM
by BrewNinja

2,667

467,866

vacuum to electric NEW WAY

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TOM B1 on 07-28-2012

01-03-2023 08:34 AM
by kanvasman

1,054

284,644

FiTech Go EFI Review

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mrscott25 on 06-22-2015

06-20-2017 08:01 AM
by Metalhead140

348

277,604

10w30, buy, gibbs, hot, joe, oil, opils, price, racing, rod, synthetic, valvoline, voa, vr1, zinc

VR1 Racing Oil isn't the oil we thought it was

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540 RAT on 03-11-2007

09-04-2017 01:54 PM
by BlackRocket

98

257,606

2010, c3, chevrolet, corvette, december, headlight, manual, override, parts, problem, pull, purpose, sale, switch, vacuum, wantedyahooca

How Your Headlight Vacuum System Works

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78IndyPace on 12-07-2010

03-19-2021 11:53 AM
by caskiguy

214

218,856

10066036, 350, 3970010, block, casting, chevy, engine, gm, green, high, mexico, nickel, number, numbers, percentage

350 block 10066036, is this a high nickel block?

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sting66cp on 05-02-2010

02-13-2013 12:03 PM
by Mike Ward

61

190,291

72, air, bracket, c3, corvette, engine, fit, fuel, inlet, ls3, put, putting, side, vette, vintage, wrong

LS3 into my 72

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Gordonm on 09-10-2011

05-11-2020 09:13 PM
by Gordonm

418

182,654

car, chevy, corvette, corvettes, engine, engines, gm, ls, lsi, motor, motors, serie, stand, stands, wikipedia

What does "LS" in Chevy's engine stand for?

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vetteguy75 on 10-04-2009

05-10-2021 08:07 PM
by vettebuyer6369

47

172,487

454, acceleration, alternator, bad, battery, car, disconnecting, idle, kia, low, performance, poor, rough, running, start

Can a low battery cause poor idle and rough running?

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Fevre on 06-22-2002

06-24-2002 04:37 AM
by Ingar, Norway

24

170,167

030, 040, 060, 40, 454, 60, 70, bore, bored, combo, cubic, engine, inch, inches, ovrer, punch

What cubic inch is a 454 bored .030 .040 and .060?

bhmyers on 10-06-2003

10-06-2003 10:29 PM
by GDaina

5

168,742

2010, 68, 73, bmw, c3, c4, corvette, crank, crankshafts, engine, falconer, fit, performance, stroker, v12

Corvette V12?

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Richard454 on 04-19-2010

11-08-2023 04:02 PM
by UniqueDoug

460

145,744

0010, 14010207, block, blocks, car, casting, code, corvette, engine, gm, info, light, number, numbers, sbc

SBC Block Casting Number 14010207

b71vette on 04-05-2005

04-06-2005 09:20 AM
by stingr69

8

140,439

3097875119, c3, chassis, corvette, il, industries, jeff, l88, leech, midamerica, milan, modifications, race, replica, replicating

71 L-88 Replica (kinda)

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vstol on 01-17-2011

10-31-2019 09:08 PM
by vstol

545

138,089

427, beam, big, block, cams, chevy, dyno, hbeam, howards, ibeam, reviews, rods, rpm, test, whats

Finally, an analysis of I-Beam rods vs H-Beam rods

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540 RAT on 02-03-2009

09-21-2012 05:01 PM
by Crepitus

45

133,744

help me build my new 427 short block..

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pauldana on 06-24-2013

02-26-2015 06:47 PM
by bluedawg

1,816

130,874

454, bad, blueprint, complaints, crate, engine, engines, gm, motor, motown, napa, products, steam, things, world

New crate engine is now a steam engine....bad problem...

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MsVetteMan on 03-05-2006

03-30-2006 08:29 AM
by GDaina

1,254

127,771

1970, 1971, c3, cammed, carburetor, corvette, crossflow, holley, lt1, lt1corvete, lt1hp, muffler, numbers, performance, photos, starter

True hp of 1970 LT1, and more about LT1.

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1968-72 Corvette PR on 10-05-2010

10-14-2016 01:19 PM
by TCracingCA

136

127,575

tubular a-arms

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Primoz on 10-25-2017

07-13-2022 08:59 AM
by Primoz

527

124,763

76, adjust, c3, centrifigal, chevy, corvette, curve, distributor, gm, hei, l82, lars, msd, timing, weights

Info on Timing - long post!

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BarryK on 06-27-2006

11-19-2019 08:18 PM
by leigh1322

200

123,752

back, build, built, car, excess, excessive, hose, hoses, preessure, pressure, pressuring, radiator, radiatorhose, top, upper

What are the causes of a too much pressure in upper rad. hose?

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HamadUP on 06-16-2011

06-18-2011 08:02 AM
by mk's78

21

116,850

Borgeson Install

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Mr.Green on 02-10-2013

04-22-2023 11:17 PM
by rpoL98

443

114,279

center, compreddion, compression, dead, determine, determining, deturmine, engine, exhaust, find, means, no1, stroke, tdc, timing, top, ydc

How do you determine whether TDC is on 'compression' stroke or 'exhaust' stroke ?

VettePaul on 01-31-2002

02-01-2002 06:11 PM
by 454Big

7

113,867

50, 90, gas, litre, litres, petrol, weigh

How much does a litre of gas weigh?

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1Bad69 on 08-13-2003

07-14-2013 02:40 PM
by 7T1vette

29

110,737

add, control, cruise, dual, efi, ez, ezefi, fast, fuel, injection, install, quad, retrotek, system, xfi

F.A.S.T. EZ-EFI; is anyone using this yet?

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7t2vette on 07-22-2009

04-02-2016 07:08 AM
by sh454

341

108,784

030, 040, 30, 350, 78, 81, becomes, block, bored, corvette, diplacement, engine, mean, meqn, motor, motors

Engine rebuilds....what does "30 over" really mean?

Scott78 on 07-17-2002

07-21-2002 03:56 PM
by Custom_72

18

104,348

68, aci, c3, car, corvette, fender, flare, flares, install, kit, l88, l88zl1, style, wheel, zl1

L-88 Fender Flares

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pef427 on 03-28-2006

11-18-2019 09:49 PM
by brent319

98

99,854

53, 700r4, 84, bolt, c4, cheap, computer, corvette, difference, ls, ls1, motor, motors, trans, year

Will an LS motor mate up to a 700R4???

Fast81 on 03-09-2009

02-14-2011 03:21 AM
by Garys 68

16

99,018

ac, acdelco, cold, delco, heat, hot, numbers, plug, plugs, r43ts, range, ranges, reading, scale, spark

Reading AC Delco spark plug heat range.

rajsid on 02-02-2010

09-22-2015 12:44 PM
by RobertHuggins

10

97,637

Reconditioning Seat Belts

RMVette on 11-05-2001

11-05-2001 11:29 PM
by Chris@VetteFinders

3

97,044

1970, 350, 454, block, blovk, chevy, complete, dmall, engine, lightest, motor, small, weigh, weight, wieght

What does a complete 350 small block engine weigh

ManFromEagle on 08-28-2004

08-31-2004 09:46 PM
by GTR1999

15

92,620

180, 86, chev, corvette, degree, degrees, dist, distributor, engine, induction, offf, points, timiing, timing, turned, v8

How can you tell if timing is off 180 degrees??

ill_driver on 10-17-2003

06-10-2018 10:59 PM
by 7T1vette

15

91,682

1981, c3, c4, clutch, conversion, corvette, driveshaft, gto, hydraulic, ls2, manual, rack, shortened, tko, wiring

C3 LSx Conversion Directory

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SUPERPOWERS on 01-14-2009

03-23-2023 03:51 PM
by ignatz

94

90,299

383, 400, 400sbc, block, budget, build, c3, corvette, forum, holes, ht, parts, performance, pump, sale, sbc, vortec, water

383 vs 400 sbc

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myko on 03-14-2012

01-11-2013 08:51 PM
by garygnu

100

89,674

75, c3, corvette, cover, diagram, differenial, differential, end, exploded, howl, posi, putting, rear, rebuild, rebuilt, view, yoke

My Differential Rebuild Paper

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stinger12 on 03-30-2008

04-11-2024 11:49 AM
by GTR1999

92

88,830

1968, astro, awd, build, c3, c4, chevy, corvette, drag, forum, make, photos, poland, stingray, turbo, vette, vtg

Stingray AWD

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Grzenio on 03-07-2006

01-23-2017 08:48 PM
by ElCid79

108

87,812

brak, brake, broke, cap, golf, line, lines, plug, plugging, plugs, rear, rubber, tee, temporarily, temporary

How do you temporarily plug the brake line?

79MakoL82 on 11-24-2003

09-20-2019 07:22 PM
by Bikespace

18

86,136

69 Corvette Road Race Inspired Build

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Neil B on 11-09-2015

05-08-2020 06:59 AM
by FLYNAVY30

335

85,396

changing, electric, engine, fan, gain, gains, give, horsepower, hp, mechanical, performance, removal, savings, swap, switching

Is there any HP gain by switching to Electric rad fan?

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KJL on 07-28-2003

09-13-2016 03:16 PM
by shok

40

85,063

350, 440, 454, big, block, chevy, chrysler, footage, headers, ls, mopar, patriarca, raymond, video, vs

440 Chrysler vs. Big Block Chevy:

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marky mark on 12-24-2001

09-11-2020 11:33 PM
by vettebuyer6369

231

84,948

01, 505, blue, castrol, comparison, engine, extreme, full, ineo, mobil, oil, premium, synthetic, valvoline, vw

Full synthetic engine oil comparison: Mobil 1 vs Castrol

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MELVIN on 08-04-2003

08-07-2003 03:01 AM
by LT1driver

28

84,746

antidrainback, difference, fbody, filter, fram, length, lt1, oil, ph13, ph30, ph5, truck, valve, whats, wix

difference between ph5 and ph30 oil filters?

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bobs77vet on 01-30-2007

07-07-2013 11:33 PM
by vettebuyer6369

26

84,732

13brenova, 4link, autofab, c3, c4, corvette, handle, kevinlogue4linknet, link, making, ray, rear, sting, suspension, vette

598 cid and 4-link Stingray Build

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13brenova on 01-23-2011

10-28-2021 11:19 PM
by ratflinger

231

84,149

most radical roller cam for a 383 build but still have vacuum

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n076720 on 08-31-2012

09-11-2012 10:53 AM
by Cstraub69

80

81,947

15" vs. 17" wheels, that big a difference?

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Capt. Shark on 10-25-2017

11-02-2021 12:20 PM
by OldCarBum

370

80,517

C5/C6 Electric Mirrors on C3

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Lil" Red Corvette on 12-03-2012

09-17-2022 12:37 AM
by Ggeno

159

80,327

406 SBC Problems to Resolve This Winter

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Torqued Off on 12-02-2021

12-18-2023 11:43 AM
by Torqued Off

1,122

79,947

The Force Awakens...

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DorianC3 on 11-28-2017

04-15-2024 02:23 AM
by DorianC3

766

78,697

70, backlash, bearings, bh2212, c3, corvette, differencial, differential, end, gtr, gtr1999, instructions, rear, rebuild, torrington, vette

Differential Rebuild Pic's for use w Paper

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GTR1999 on 11-17-2005

05-10-2020 09:47 PM
by rpoL98

221

78,514

1976, 1980, 1982, bleed, bleeding, brake, breaks, correct, corvette, piston, procedure, rebuild, switch, system, valve

bleeding the breaks... info please

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jsholm2 on 03-18-2009

03-21-2009 06:23 PM
by GDaina

54

78,355

Carbotech brake pads

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Adam@Amp'dAutosport.com on 01-21-2015

02-05-2024 11:38 AM
by Adam@Amp'dAutosport.com

1,361

78,182

12561168, 79, aamirmali, c3, cam, camaro, chevrolet, corvette, diablo, engine, forum, ls, pn, tune, xr265hr

LS Engines? +'s & -'s?

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FRSTR90 on 05-23-2007

07-14-2010 10:55 PM
by Blkice98208

391

77,292

67, anul, c20, camaro, harness, mount, notch, project, tight, turnkeymotorscom, wwwturnkeymotorscom, z069

PROJECT Z069....It's really happening this time....

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Z069 on 01-12-2008

09-06-2019 04:59 PM
by jim2527

439

76,348

12 bolt conversion

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76strokervette on 10-20-2016

01-07-2022 08:38 PM
by 76strokervette

313

76,111

12355612, basic, c3, carb, corvette, eliminate, fuel, gm, line, maintenance, mechanical, nonreturn, plumbing, pluming, pump, return, system, vapor

Mech Fuel Pump Plumbing "To return or not to return" That is the question

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livelotus on 06-12-2010

07-12-2017 08:00 AM
by cv67

27

74,307

299, 29900, aq, ca, deland, ford, home, job, maaco, macco, paint, petaluma, presidential, single, stage

Maaco Paint Job - $299.95, What do you think?

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69stingray on 07-27-2002

07-31-2002 04:20 AM
by gerry c

52

74,026

Turbo C3 76 Corvette Project, LSx, 4l80E, 4 link, real street driver and strip car

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DblTrbl on 08-10-2016

03-03-2024 12:16 PM
by BKbroiler

418

73,516

Warning! Installing new rear leaf spring will make your car look.......

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Sidepiper on 10-07-2012

08-06-2015 09:15 PM
by enroberts

80

73,044

1000, 1300, 500, car, corvette, degrees, engine, glow, header, headers, home, hot, hott, temp, temperatures, v8

How hot do headers get?

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xfactor974 on 04-17-2002

11-15-2015 02:21 PM
by AdamMeh

21

72,877

161, 383, 60103, cam, dirt, flat, good, hydralic, ratio, rocker, specs, stroker, tappet, track, zz383

Best cam for a 383 stroker?

Empatho on 06-13-2005

06-14-2005 04:59 PM
by Dwaynes69BB

15

71,562

C3 aftermarket wheels....

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Summerfun on 06-13-2012

01-30-2014 12:55 PM
by cottoneg

31

71,084

265x95x15, asphalt, bump, c3, checklist, corvette, hoosier, hpde, oval, racecars, racing, road, stop, td, tips, vintage

Road Course Junkies, Let's compare notes

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turtlevette on 08-24-2005

07-20-2016 11:52 PM
by Metalhead140

713

70,196

advance, carb, corvette, fluctuating, gm, hose, idle, manifold, pictures, port, ported, quadrajet, routing, vac, vacuum

Which quadrajet port for vacuum advance???????????????????

chadman on 09-06-2002

09-06-2002 09:31 PM
by Paul L

2

69,854

153, 168, 1967, 350, 400, balancer, block, chevy, corvette, cracked, flywheel, harmonic, pictures, sbc, small, tooth, weight

350 flywheel vs. 400 flywheel

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my75baby on 03-21-2009

10-10-2017 10:01 PM
by Captain bob

65

69,568

406, 7530, assemble, build, camshafts, combo, eagle, engine, hydraulic, intake, lost, oil, pressure, problems, roller, sbc, wieand

How do I build a 406 with 500+ hp

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CDOvette on 08-28-2002

10-02-2012 09:34 AM
by 2Quickrides

22

69,103

07, 1970, canister, cap, caps, corvette, fuel, gas, gasoline, lids, nonvented, racining, store, vented, vs

Vented vs. Non-Vented Gas Cap Lids?

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Hadez on 04-24-2008

09-07-2012 05:37 PM
by cardo0

41

68,758

carb, carburator, carburetor, coming, defective, fuel, gas, holley, leaking, prevent, rear, regulator, shooting, tube, vent

Holley carb shooting gas out of fuel bowl vent

jbroughton on 06-26-2008

07-01-2008 02:52 AM
by Les

16

68,103

My first rebuild

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FatCat on 11-21-2012

08-22-2013 07:08 AM
by AirborneSilva

1,556

67,497

454, 540, 572, big, block, c3, cheap, chevelle, corvette, cross, kit, kits, member, rotating, stroker

454 to 572 or 540 stroker kit

Aruba1 on 09-27-2008

09-27-2008 05:01 PM
by 427Hotrod

5

67,028

15" Wheels Only Picture Thread

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Richard Daugird on 02-04-2016

09-20-2021 11:24 PM
by Jarhead 74 Vette

179

66,651

how tight to make flexplate to torque converter bolts?

johnnybrewmeister on 02-03-2014

02-04-2014 11:43 AM
by MrJlr

12

66,501