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    Why do the car gods hate me?

    Do you want pictures of the actual tach mounted on the steering column? Or where I ran the wires?
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    Why do the car gods hate me?

    Hu? I think you might have misread what I wrote. It downshifts fine. The car just doesnt go anywhere and the engine sounds different than usual. This has never happend before, ever, until after we installed the tach.
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    Why do the car gods hate me?

    Auto. The car down shifted like normal, but the way the engine sounded....just didnt sound right for some reason. Everything was going fine whenever I was doing normal accelerating and just driving around and what not. It wasnt until I gave it full throttle that it did this.
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    Why do the car gods hate me?

    Ok well last night me and a coworker of mine installed a tach in my car. After we got everything hooked up I took it for a spin. I was cruising up till about 50 and everything was good. Car sounded good, tach was working. No problems. The roads were empty so I got on the throttle. Well the RPMS...
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    More HP from my distributor?

    I work at a hardware store and a customer of mine saw me getting something out of my car (66 with a 289). We started talking and he was saying how I could get some extra horsepower by changing out the spring in my distributor??? I dont really remember what all he said. He mentioned something...
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    Monte Carlo bar or no Monte Carlo bar?

    Well a guy who was doing my body work took it upon himself to remove it without asking. He says its aint doing it any good unless Im racing at the track and all its doing is wearing the **** out of my tires (which it is).
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    Monte Carlo bar or no Monte Carlo bar?

    I have talked to some people and some say keep it. Some say ditch it. What are your thoughts and why?
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    Wanting to buy a cam...any suggestions?

    Sorry, I forgot to give yall more info. I was in a hurry to get out the door. Its a 289, basicly stock. C4 tranny, holley 600 carb, edelbrock performer intake. My dad drives it to work during monday thru thursday (4 miles round trip a day lol) and I drive it on the weekends just aound town and...
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    Wanting to buy a cam...any suggestions?

    Looking to buy a cam soon. I want something that will lope good and give me the best bang for the buck. What are yalls experiances with cams? What would yall recomend?
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    Advice on what to build for metals class

    Roll Cage! Haha. Just playing.
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    Sanding hood...

    Well my buddy has a hood he wants to prep before he gets it painted. Neither one of us have access to an elctric sander so we are going to do it by hand. The paint that is on there is ****ty as hell. No clear coat or nothing. It looks as if someone just threw some rustoleum on there and called...
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    If 289 is bored .040. over, is it still 289 c.i.?

    Just like the title says. May be a stupid question, but im still a newbie when it comes to this stuff.
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    Whats is causing this noise? Its driving me nuts.

    It seems like everytime I begin to slow down to come to a stop I hear this "squeeking" noise. As I am slowing down the "sqeeking" gets slower and slower until I come to a complete stop. Its like "squeek squeek squeek squeek....squeek...squeek..........squeek...........squeek.stop."
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    How difficult is the 5.0 swap?

    Im 19 and I know more than the basics about cars. I still consider myself a novice though. How difficult is the 5.0 swap? What all is involved? Any links yall might be able to provide would be alot of help.
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    Bad Alternator?

    Id say its the voltage regulator. Sounds like a similar problem I had.
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    Stupid question

    Off topic. But where are you a fire fighter at? Im a cadet right now
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    Radiator dilema. What would you do?

    Wow. Ya'll both did great jobs. Thanks for the replies. It helps A LOT.
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    What's wrong with my car? Help me diagnose this falt light.

    hm...my car used to do something simliar to that. Do you have an electric fuel pump?
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    Radiator dilema. What would you do?

    Wow. Looks awesome. What do you mean "chevy type". Also, who did you have do your welding?
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    Radiator dilema. What would you do?

    Now to the hard part. Trying to mount this thing. Its 27 1/2 by 19''. What would be the best way to mount it? It did not come with brackets. So all I have to work with is A big ass radiator and a core support. Any ideas? pictures:
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