Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

bowtie · bowtie

Ok, who does it? I wrote into Chevy Hi Performance Magazine a couple months abck because there was some issues I had with a reply on a tech question. On the same page, they had incorrectly stated that you couldn't get a TBI intake manifold for Vortec heads, which was wrong (67SS has one on his 67SS...). We...

69chvldrvr · 69chvldrvr

It seems when you start what seems to be a simple project, it just keeps snowballing. Started to replace my front inner fenders. Now amongst other things, I have a need to sandblast my exhaust manifolds and paint them. Can anyone recommend a shop that does sandblasting of such items? Being it is not the...

69chvldrvr · 69chvldrvr

The due date for the June news letter is fast approaching. Anyone interested in having their Chevelle/El Camino featured, please PM with pics and details!

BB502 · BB502

Does anyone blast on a lift ? want to blast the rearend, frame, and stuff on the rear tried the wire brush I won't live long enough to finish that way.

SShink · SShink

Anyone have better internet storage/photo editing than Photobucket? They changed their editing software, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to edit pics and save them. I did a search, and it appears everyone else is having the same problem, and aren't happy with PB. Any other programs out t...

jim larson · jim larson

Thanks.

bowtie · bowtie

The movie is called "Catch me if you can" and it does NOT star Leonardo DiCrappio. Here's the trailer:

Derek69SS · Derek69SS

I've had several offers for help this weekend moving... this club rocks!

The plan is to move as much as possible tomorrow, so I can sort and organize stuff over the rest of the weekend... anyone interested in lending a hand or just checking out the new pad, can give me a call after 4:00 today so I kn...

68chevelle · 68chevelle

im looking for 68 chevelle fender emblems???? Does anyone know of any companys that make a 540 emblem for the side emblem with the light. Thanks guys just trying to get some finishing touched done to the car

SShink · SShink

With all this LS talk, this is what I had in mind for a future sleeper Malibu project (watch the video at the 1:35 and 1:45 marks, it's the best part!

): Stock 6.0 Litre LS Engine (I would do this with a 5.3 since they are cheaper/more a...

Derek69SS · Derek69SS

Just agreed on a price this morning...

http://www.smtidx.com/live/IDX/details.php?id=4036368&type=re&sort=1

jim larson · jim larson

Looking for a couple of recommendations. I had mine done about 8 yrs ago at CATCO in Rochester, mn. I think they could spin it only around 3000rpm or less. Thanks.

bowtie · bowtie

Just caught the first episode of this show. . . . . Might not watch any more. Fyi, it's a reality show set inside a parts store in the Bronx. Its an independant store, but setup like you would figure a large and busy store would be. Completely laughable, though with all the ridiculous things we see and get a...

rgoble · rgoble

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180876913944&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:MOTORS:1123

Lost in the 60s · Lost in the 60s

Seems there are too many things/events to keep up with all of a sudden. I could've/should've been in 4 places yesterday, the 19th. The Chevelle Club meeting, Camaro Club opening/summer cruise, our township clean-up day and the Rivertown Art Festival in Stillwater. With the weather forecast for ra...

Chris R · Chris R

http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/Carroll-Shelby-dies-race-car-designer-cobra-age-89-051112/

dashboard · dashboard

Does anyone have a headlight alignment tool? Or, does anyone have a good ‘field’ alignment method. 　

SteveS · SteveS

Jim D (bowtieman427) and I dodged the rain on Saturday and went to Cedar Falls. My best time last year was 12.13 and this winter I changed gears from 3.42's to 3.73's, which I hoped would get me into the 11's. I spent the day working on my transmission tune, trying to get the car to shift at max rpms' by it...

67ss · 67ss

My uncle has a 68 charger with a 440 big block in it and ever since the motor was rebuilt the thing has run hot and wanted to over heat at idle. So in trying to fix it everything was thrown at it, big aluminum radiator, monster electric cooling fan, high flow water pump, and 160 degree thermostat all wit...

dashboard · dashboard

Yep, the early spring has the Wood Ducks and Hooded Merganser’s busy in our little back yard housing complex, we have three boxes and there are four more houses in the yards just to the north. This one ‘house three’ has 13 eggs already; if you look closely you well see there two distinct shades of eggs. Th...

69SSConv · 69SSConv

I have a friend of mine that is going through motor, and front suspension on his 1968 El Camino. His question is: On the blower motor, there is a rubber tube that goes from the motor housing to where? His is missing, how important is it? Can he just plug the housing on the motor, will it be OK, or run hot? ...

dashboard · dashboard

This is starting to get a little crazy but very interesting, Ford has now passed the 1000 HP mark in a production Mustang, I’m sure GM will soon follow with the Camaro. When will it stop? _____________________________________________________________________ APRIL 30, 2012 AUTOWEEK MAGAZI...

yellowbowtie · yellowbowtie

Moved from Coonrapids to St louis Park. I no longer work at Toyota. I now work at Quality forklift in Shakopee. I gave up the road position and work in the shop. The drive from Coonrapids to Shakopee was taking its toll. Went from a 4 bedroom house to a 2 bedrooom Apt. Less in rent ,less in utilities. So now...

jim larson · jim larson

Talked to Chris in MO and Lee mfg in CA this morning about a ps rebuilt, ratio change and T-bar change. Chis uses all your original parts and puts in a new worm gear and piston. Does not recommend T-bar change. He feels the change to the quicker ratio will increase the effort. $340 Lee mfg uses all your or...

Bowtieman427 · Bowtieman427

Looking to run Percy's Header gaskets dead soft Aluminum Seal 4 Good. Anyone ever try them ? Any luck with them ? Got them on order as the other set I was waiting for will not come in till April 5th. Jegs tell me the Percy's are very good and they use them on there blown drag cars. I should have them in on Mon or T...

dashboard · dashboard

The pixs below show a Holley 750 carb, I bought it new in 2010 used it for three months never felt it idled or ran right; I then replace it with an Eledbrock 750 mechanical secondary’s carb. I drained the carb, and then put in storage were it sat until I opened it up a few days ago. The pixs don’t really show ho...

Bungy L-76 · Bungy L-76

Confused I became confused when I heard the word "Service" used with these agencies: Internal Revenue 'Service' U.S. Postal 'Service' Telephone 'Service' Cable TV 'Service' Civil 'Service' State, City, County & Public 'Service' Customer 'Service' This is not what I thought 'Se...

John D · John D

You've told them 1000 times to "look both ways"... Well tell them 1000 times more everyday. One of John Jr's buddies was killed yesterday. WCCO's story

jim larson · jim larson

Take a look at the photos. One shows oil. Other shows where I wiped up similar pools of oil. I think it is oil from the MO I add to the gas or from the blue stabelizer that I added for winter storage. I think it is leaking and the gas evaporates and the oil remains. Looks like I m should try a new manifold gaske...

Jon H · Jon H

What are the differences/advantages/disadvantages between a 700R4 and a 2004R behind a 450 HP engine? The 3500 RPM highway drone is getting old.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	writing in to car magazines (Preview) Ok, who does it? I wrote into Chevy Hi Performance Magazine a couple months abck because there was some issues I had with a reply on a tech question. On the same page, they had incorrectly stated that you couldn't get a TBI intake manifold for Vortec heads, which was wrong (67SS has one on his 67SS...). We...	bowtie	4	1036	Jun 6, 2012 by Scott Parkhurst
	Sandblasting exhaust manifolds (Preview) It seems when you start what seems to be a simple project, it just keeps snowballing. Started to replace my front inner fenders. Now amongst other things, I have a need to sandblast my exhaust manifolds and paint them. Can anyone recommend a shop that does sandblasting of such items? Being it is not the...	69chvldrvr	5	1000	Jun 4, 2012 by SShink
	June news letter, Ride of the month (Preview) The due date for the June news letter is fast approaching. Anyone interested in having their Chevelle/El Camino featured, please PM with pics and details!	69chvldrvr	5	476	Jun 4, 2012 by 69chvldrvr
	sandblasting (Preview) Does anyone blast on a lift ? want to blast the rearend, frame, and stuff on the rear tried the wire brush I won't live long enough to finish that way.	BB502	7	837	Jun 4, 2012 by BB502
	Anyone have something better than Photobucket for editing pics? (Preview) Anyone have better internet storage/photo editing than Photobucket? They changed their editing software, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to edit pics and save them. I did a search, and it appears everyone else is having the same problem, and aren't happy with PB. Any other programs out t...	SShink	9	2301	Jun 4, 2012 by Scott Parkhurst
	Anyone have a photo or know what the 78-86 Chevy Truck steering coupling looks like? (Preview) Thanks.	jim larson	2	425	Jun 1, 2012 by jim larson
	Let's have a mini-movie fest (Preview) The movie is called "Catch me if you can" and it does NOT star Leonardo DiCrappio. Here's the trailer:	bowtie	7	732	Jun 1, 2012 by Chris R
	Moving help (Preview) I've had several offers for help this weekend moving... this club rocks! The plan is to move as much as possible tomorrow, so I can sort and organize stuff over the rest of the weekend... anyone interested in lending a hand or just checking out the new pad, can give me a call after 4:00 today so I kn...	Derek69SS	5	810	May 29, 2012 by dashboard
	fender emblems (Preview) im looking for 68 chevelle fender emblems???? Does anyone know of any companys that make a 540 emblem for the side emblem with the light. Thanks guys just trying to get some finishing touched done to the car	68chevelle	0	574	May 28, 2012 by 68chevelle
	Sleeper '70 with LS Engine (Preview) With all this LS talk, this is what I had in mind for a future sleeper Malibu project (watch the video at the 1:35 and 1:45 marks, it's the best part! ): Stock 6.0 Litre LS Engine (I would do this with a 5.3 since they are cheaper/more a...	SShink	3	790	May 24, 2012 by seagrams72
	Moving to Mantorville (Preview) Just agreed on a price this morning... http://www.smtidx.com/live/IDX/details.php?id=4036368&type=re&sort=1	Derek69SS	47	4529	May 23, 2012 by rgoble
	Driveshaft Balance - Care to recommend a shop? (Preview) Looking for a couple of recommendations. I had mine done about 8 yrs ago at CATCO in Rochester, mn. I think they could spin it only around 3000rpm or less. Thanks.	jim larson	12	664	May 22, 2012 by dashboard
	Speed Channel show "Hard Parts" (Preview) Just caught the first episode of this show. . . . . Might not watch any more. Fyi, it's a reality show set inside a parts store in the Bronx. Its an independant store, but setup like you would figure a large and busy store would be. Completely laughable, though with all the ridiculous things we see and get a...	bowtie	8	926	May 22, 2012 by bowtie
	I need help on a value for a 71 Chevelle (Preview) http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180876913944&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:MOTORS:1123	rgoble	8	746	May 20, 2012 by Chris R
	Wow, busy summer already (Preview) Seems there are too many things/events to keep up with all of a sudden. I could've/should've been in 4 places yesterday, the 19th. The Chevelle Club meeting, Camaro Club opening/summer cruise, our township clean-up day and the Rivertown Art Festival in Stillwater. With the weather forecast for ra...	Lost in the 60s	2	415	May 20, 2012 by Lost in the 60s
	Caroll Shelby 1923-2012 (Preview) http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/Carroll-Shelby-dies-race-car-designer-cobra-age-89-051112/	Chris R	4	457	May 19, 2012 by SShink
	Headlight Alignment (Preview) Does anyone have a headlight alignment tool? Or, does anyone have a good ‘field’ alignment method.	dashboard	3	522	May 19, 2012 by Lost in the 60s
	Did a little racing on Saturday (Preview) Jim D (bowtieman427) and I dodged the rain on Saturday and went to Cedar Falls. My best time last year was 12.13 and this winter I changed gears from 3.42's to 3.73's, which I hoped would get me into the 11's. I spent the day working on my transmission tune, trying to get the car to shift at max rpms' by it...	SteveS	14	962	May 19, 2012 by 4-door Chevelle
	Darn chinese knock off parts (Preview) My uncle has a 68 charger with a 440 big block in it and ever since the motor was rebuilt the thing has run hot and wanted to over heat at idle. So in trying to fix it everything was thrown at it, big aluminum radiator, monster electric cooling fan, high flow water pump, and 160 degree thermostat all wit...	67ss	11	1021	May 18, 2012 by dashboard
	Their Back (Preview) Yep, the early spring has the Wood Ducks and Hooded Merganser’s busy in our little back yard housing complex, we have three boxes and there are four more houses in the yards just to the north. This one ‘house three’ has 13 eggs already; if you look closely you well see there two distinct shades of eggs. Th...	dashboard	10	1434	May 14, 2012 by Tim H
	1968 El Camino Blower Motor Question? (Preview) I have a friend of mine that is going through motor, and front suspension on his 1968 El Camino. His question is: On the blower motor, there is a rubber tube that goes from the motor housing to where? His is missing, how important is it? Can he just plug the housing on the motor, will it be OK, or run hot? ...	69SSConv	2	351	May 8, 2012 by Lost in the 60s
	Ford Mustang passes the 1000 HP milestone (Preview) This is starting to get a little crazy but very interesting, Ford has now passed the 1000 HP mark in a production Mustang, I’m sure GM will soon follow with the Camaro. When will it stop? _____________________________________________________________________ APRIL 30, 2012 AUTOWEEK MAGAZI...	dashboard	3	436	May 7, 2012 by bowtie
	John D's new neighbor (Preview) Moved from Coonrapids to St louis Park. I no longer work at Toyota. I now work at Quality forklift in Shakopee. I gave up the road position and work in the shop. The drive from Coonrapids to Shakopee was taking its toll. Went from a 4 bedroom house to a 2 bedrooom Apt. Less in rent ,less in utilities. So now...	yellowbowtie	4	483	May 6, 2012 by yellowbowtie
	Power steering effort ? for Chris or Brad Or anyone with PS Rebuild Experience (Preview) Talked to Chris in MO and Lee mfg in CA this morning about a ps rebuilt, ratio change and T-bar change. Chis uses all your original parts and puts in a new worm gear and piston. Does not recommend T-bar change. He feels the change to the quicker ratio will increase the effort. $340 Lee mfg uses all your or...	jim larson	4	453	May 5, 2012 by Chris R
	Aluminum Header Gaskets (Preview) Looking to run Percy's Header gaskets dead soft Aluminum Seal 4 Good. Anyone ever try them ? Any luck with them ? Got them on order as the other set I was waiting for will not come in till April 5th. Jegs tell me the Percy's are very good and they use them on there blown drag cars. I should have them in on Mon or T...	Bowtieman427	3	369	May 3, 2012 by Scott Parkhurst
	Save the planet fuel (Preview) The pixs below show a Holley 750 carb, I bought it new in 2010 used it for three months never felt it idled or ran right; I then replace it with an Eledbrock 750 mechanical secondary’s carb. I drained the carb, and then put in storage were it sat until I opened it up a few days ago. The pixs don’t really show ho...	dashboard	20	2601	May 3, 2012 by Jon H
	CONFUSED (Preview) Confused I became confused when I heard the word "Service" used with these agencies: Internal Revenue 'Service' U.S. Postal 'Service' Telephone 'Service' Cable TV 'Service' Civil 'Service' State, City, County & Public 'Service' Customer 'Service' This is not what I thought 'Se...	Bungy L-76	5	478	May 2, 2012 by Chris R
	Keep Nagging Your Kids... Keep Them Alive. (Preview) You've told them 1000 times to "look both ways"... Well tell them 1000 times more everyday. One of John Jr's buddies was killed yesterday. WCCO's story	John D	7	787	May 2, 2012 by Chris R
	Appears my Carb Leaks, any Suggestion as where it Leaks and How to fix? (Preview) Take a look at the photos. One shows oil. Other shows where I wiped up similar pools of oil. I think it is oil from the MO I add to the gas or from the blue stabelizer that I added for winter storage. I think it is leaking and the gas evaporates and the oil remains. Looks like I m should try a new manifold gaske...	jim larson	6	541	Apr 29, 2012 by jim larson
	Transmission Talk (Preview) What are the differences/advantages/disadvantages between a 700R4 and a 2004R behind a 450 HP engine? The 3500 RPM highway drone is getting old.	Jon H	45	1679	Apr 27, 2012 by bowtie
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