Randy, I really hope its a cam deal. Pulling the stuff off the top and front of the engine, radiator and grille is a no brainer, sorry you gotta drop the oil...
Well Ryan, You guessed it, it is a Cam, I pulled the intake off of it today since I had the day off, and there it was staring me in the face flat spots on...
Randy, You got lucky, hope you invest in a hi-volume oil pump before you put it back together, oh yea check out those oil galleys to. And must use new lifters,...
That sounds bout right, my '66 SS396 tips the scales at 3,795 lbs with a 4spd and heavier Corvette 15X8 Ralley wheels with 255/60-15 tires, which are lots...
Going to larger rear wheel stuff will take away whats called kenetic horsepower, if traction is a problem you have no choice, however this larger enertia takes...
Back when I got this motor we put a new high volume pump in it. So, that end is done. I have it almost halfway done now, I am just having trouble pulling...
I've got a 68 chevelle deluxe coupe and when I punch the gas, there's a split second where it almost dies. It does this when I floor it quickly. If I...
... floor it quickly. Sounds like an accelerator pump problem. Has the carb ever been rebuilt? If so how long ago. I have had this several times on my 70SS ...
Randy, Some carefull jiggling and should slide out, for sure lube the lobes and lifters on the new stuff. Pulling out a cam in the car sure ain't as easy on an...
Agree with Grunt, had an old vette with a bad accelerator pump same deal, if you punch it, it wants to die, however feathering the gas pedal would accelerate...
I hope to have it all back together by the end of the weekend. I'm suffering from withdrawal not driving the Chevelle. Randy [Non-text portions of this...
Putting together a new rat for my antique '66 SS396, being a California car crazy Chevelle nut, enuff is never enuff. So of course cruzin the net checked out a...
ooops, sorry we are building this on a 454 Hi perf block, not a 402, which is the real stock SS396 mill, (engine) ... mouse ... nasty ... For ... how ... neat ...
For your 1966, a 396 engine was the real stock SS396 engine and not the 402 which wasn't introduced until late 69 and still called a 396. :-) Dale ooops,...
Yep.... With the motor off, look down the carb and open the throttle. You should see a little squirt of gas. If you don't, change the accelerator pump. It's...
The 396 was just that up until sometime in 1969 when it was really a 402 (look for a 3-character suffix code on the 402) and remained at least until 72 but GM...
A long time ago I had a '66 Vette with a 327/350hp 4spd and would have a few stop light encounters with the neat '66 SS396 that I own now and the only clue as...
Greetings, Just found and joined this site,lots of great info here. Got a 72 Camino been restoring for the past year and have run into a prob with finding an...
Dunno if you have checked out Super Chevy magazine for some of the after market guys there, or have taken it to a air condition specialist where you live. If...
Hello, I also have a '68 Chevelle. Mine's an SS Convertible that formally had the same problem. Peviously had a Holley 750 cfm. on it when I was having the...
Hi, Re: THE DEAD SPOT. I had the same thing happening in my Chevelle SS396 Convertible. I was having the same problem and it was diagnosed as "loading up" ...
You need a tune-up and carb rebuild. This WILL correct your problems. Shane (4) '69 Chevelles and counting ... From: J W [mailto:bestasfriends1st@...] ...
hey everyone... i've got a bit of a problem... i bought a '72, with everything original... the starter began giving me problems, so i decided to buy and...
The 402 came out after the GM strike. All the 396 blocks sat out in the rain and rusted. So the turned all of them .040 over thus the 402. Rich 69 El Camino...
Funny story (which I have also heard before) but not true I'm sure since the 402 was a different block and GM would never let them set out in the rain. The...
Sounds like you night be talking about a fusible link that is in the main power feed wire connected onto the big post along with the positive battery cable. ...
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