The Phoenix

hotrodaaron77 wrote:got the motor set and ready now putting on the doghouse, what you think steve does my fender look straight?

this most be one of those new imported fenders the see thru kind :lol!:

I was talking about the drivers side these fenders are a pain to get straight lol

JRiggs wrote:

hotrodaaron77 wrote:got the motor set and ready now putting on the doghouse, what you think steve does my fender look straight?

this most be one of those new imported fenders the see thru kind

click on the picture. It took me a minute to figure out it was a video

help?1!!!! took the car out last night didnt get maybe two miles and the overflow started spraying everywhere. temo gauge got to 225 let it cool and limped it home was not doing anything stupid just crusing to get some gas, the water is not going in the oil and not coming out the pipes its blowing out of the overflow, it has a brand new oe 195 therm in it new clutch fan and was full of antifreeze ,,,,,any ideas

s it in the right way? Or you may have an air pockect in the system.

Take the thermostat out and see what it does.

Is it running without overheating yet?

No it still gets to225 amd I shut it off going to Fairfield. To get q radiator and shroud trading that old 350 tranmy for it

well just got back from fairfield man what a drive. got a radiator pretty sure its a four core not certain on how to tell its almost 3 inches wide where as the one i have in the car now is a inch and a eighth pretty sure thats why it was getting hot , got a fan shroud a original overflow bottle the air cleaner base and lid with the piece that goes inside the fender and two inside back window trim pieces for a 350 tranny i had sitting under my back deck for a yr. I feel bad taking advantage of the young kid but when i got there the air was filled with weed and he was stoned out of his head, There is still more up there back window, both door windows all the outside trim the heater core two doors driver is in good shape pass is a little rough, shaker hood front nose piece off a 77 steering wheel dash trim, leather seats with good springs but were all ripped up, and a set of 8 inch snowflakes, he had lots more but we had the twins out in the car with jo and it was hot so kinda went through it fast, steve he is supposed to text me tom with a price for the nose and hood and he is gonna look for the steering colum said he should have it, he also had two shakers but both of them were destroyed

If you take the radiator cap off and look inside you will see the small holes that let water through the radiator. If you can't see them then use your fingers to feel them. They are in a row crossways. if there are 3 in a row it's a 3 core if it has 4 in a row it's a 4 core. Only turbo cars had 4 core from the factory. If it's a 77 -78 it's a 3 core unless it's been replaced. No turbo cars where produce in those years. 4 cores are very hard to come by. I use to have a stash of them but have use them all up in the last 20 years on the F bodies I have had.

I don't think you took advantage of the kid. If he needed a trans then it's a good deal.

it is a four core i dont know if you can see but its four little holes across and all the way down, here is all my goodies i got in trade,, , , god i am so happy i finally have the radiator that fits nice and snug in my car what do you guys think, should i take off my chrome air cleaner and put the stock base on or leave it alone for a little while?

That shroud will brobably help as much as the four core. You can't have too much cooling though.

the guy i got all the parts from needs a clutch and throwout bearing for a 99 gt, he is willing to trade all his extra parts for this he gave me a price of 500 on the nose , hood colum doors, sway bar, driveshaft, and glass

Duke ask him what he wants for just the front sway bar. I need it for Aryans. I didn't think about it untill you posted that.

He said hundred but he has been high pricey all day I don't know what its worth

2 much

well finally out of school, got the trans am finished except for putting on the hood, I think I will take it out and down the street tom, you guys wish me luck, no breaking down lol!! hey reb you gonna be home tom, do you have any cheap mufflers i can throw on this till i can get some more money?

I don't have anything. All out of stock.

hey reb trying to fig out this motor i have a miss in it somewhere what do you gap your plugs at? went driving yesterday the car did pretty good sat at 195 to 210 wen sitting bout 180 185 while driving, with the miss you cant get past about a quarter of pedal before it spits so just putted around all day, took my lovely wife for a ride, she was just happy it didnt break down,lol last time she was in it was nine years ago, with a trip and a fast jolt from alex to tri-county.

plugs gaps at 60 on a Pontiac from the factory. If you are running cheap stuff, wires, stock coil ect I would close the gap to 50 to 55. If you have upgraded with good wire and ignition stuff then keep it at 60. That's the way I always did mine.

I don't think it's in the plugs though. Sounds like you have the timing off. Try to turn the dizzy a little. You may also have a bad carb or a mixture of the two.

took the ta out yesterday it got to about 215 sitting but other than that car ran great stilll has a miss gapped the plugs from 45 to 60tried to turn dizzy but its like its locked up yes i did loosen the dizzy bolt, who is good at fig out if its the carb or dizzy I am running out of patience and about to just put it back up for the year. i can drive it anywhere just cant run it past quarter pedal

ok need some advice guy wants to trade me a 125 wet shot Nos nitrous kit for my set of dcm loudspeakers It has a throttle activation kit my ? is what would i need to do to my motor so it didnt frie, is it worth it, im already buying another carb on the 15 if nobody can tune ny holley i need help... what should i do

The Pontiac will hold a 125 shot easy.