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Forum: TPI
07-16-2021, 03:37 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 706
Posted By racerx520

upgrading PCV system or valve?

Hi all,
I asked a question about a year and a half ago about the fitment of my old pcv valve vs my new one and other questions about the system. Today while I was driving into work I was having...
Forum: Car Audio
06-28-2021, 07:20 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 449
Posted By racerx520

Re: Help with subwoofer amp

I have soldering experience and a pretty small amount of component repair experience. And thank you for the reminder on the cable, I'm running 00 gauge wiring. (I was struck by lightning last summer...
Forum: Car Audio
06-28-2021, 03:31 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 449
Posted By racerx520

Help with subwoofer amp

Hey everyone. I have a 1200 watt California brand amp for my two 10" Alpine type R subs. I've had the Soundsystem for about 12-15 years and don't drive the car every day any more. A year or so ago...
Forum: Suspension and Chassis
05-10-2021, 08:35 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,218
Posted By racerx520

thoughts on wonderbars

years ago i made my own "wonderbar" after being unable to find any for sale online. I made mine with a bit thicker round stock than the ones i had seen for sale, but ever since installing it, my...
Forum: Exhaust
12-23-2020, 08:04 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,587
Posted By racerx520

Re: Muffler

if the car is all stock, and you want to keep it stock, just get a Walker brand. Its just OEM replacement.

As far as aftermarket tho...i had a FM for about 10 years before i got rid of it for...
Forum: Body
12-22-2020, 08:48 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 776
Posted By racerx520

Re: Air breather hitting hood

if the engine was swapped, take a look at the engine mounts. I've heard of people on this site saying that the poly ones sometimes make the engine sit a bit higher than the stock rubber ones.
Forum: TPI
12-16-2020, 10:39 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 879
Posted By racerx520

Re: Port/polish/siamese work

Thank you all for the info. After seeing one or two prices floating around and such, I've decided that i'll most likely wind up porting them out myself. I just need to figure out how far to go with...
Forum: TPI
12-09-2020, 10:42 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 879
Posted By racerx520

Re: Port/polish/siamese work

Thank you. I was considering doing it myself, but i'm afraid of messing it up and ruining the parts. I'd feel safer if someone more experienced was able to do it so i can get the best out of it
Forum: TPI
12-07-2020, 03:38 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 879
Posted By racerx520

Port/polish/siamese work

Hi everyone, I am doing my roller rockers this winter and was wondering if anyone knew of a place (and price hopefully) to send out my slp runners and plenum for siamese and gasket match, and also my...
Forum: Electronics
04-08-2020, 01:22 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 423
Posted By racerx520

Re: Wipers not working

When I get it to come out of park and stutter when the wash is pushed, there's a clicking going on inside the cowl with the wiper arms. Will have to investigate there further!
Forum: Electronics
04-06-2020, 07:27 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 423
Posted By racerx520

Wipers not working

Hey guys, I wanted to post here before i start trying to pull stuff apart on the car for a little guidance. I haven't driven my car in quite a bit, but today i went to take it in to work and the...
Forum: TPI
03-05-2020, 10:12 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,105
Posted By racerx520

Re: PLEASE help, im stumped here...

When my MAF went (and when I've unplugged it) it does throw a code.



https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/attachments/tpi/280884d1406676017-how-test-fuel-injectors-save0000_a.jpg
*EDIT* - ignore...
Forum: TPI
03-04-2020, 12:36 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,158
Posted By racerx520

Re: Bosch or SVO injectos?

Thank you!
Forum: TPI
03-04-2020, 12:35 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,158
Posted By racerx520

Re: Bosch or SVO injectos?

Luckily these are used ones, so they're not China re manufactured ones.
Forum: TPI
03-04-2020, 11:21 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,158
Posted By racerx520

Re: Bosch or SVO injectos?

I believed you originally tuned my PROM for the SVO injectors. I have since added an AFPR and have adjusted it a bit, but have not been able to locate my ALDL cable since I moved into my new house....
Forum: TPI
03-04-2020, 09:59 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,158
Posted By racerx520

Bosch or SVO injectos?

Hey everyone. I have a set of 24lb SVO injectors which used to be on the car. I took them off while trying to diagnose a fuel problem (wound up being pump/pulsator) and wound up replacing them with...
Forum: TPI
03-04-2020, 09:55 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 738
Posted By racerx520

Re: Bringing 90 L98 back from dead looking for suggestions

my car is 87, it uses the hard metal line and has the fill cap on the passenger side too.
Forum: TPI
03-04-2020, 09:50 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,105
Posted By racerx520

Re: PLEASE help, im stumped here...

try a fuel pump leakdown test. had a similar issue when my fuel pump blew up. it would run ok at idle but wouldnt do much more. it would back fire, stumble and stall out while driving. good luck
Forum: History / Originality
03-03-2020, 01:47 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,378
Posted By racerx520

Re: rear hatch pull down purpose?

my pops was a GM mechanic when these cars were new. he used to tell me the purpose of the pull down was because people would have to slam the hatch, and the glass would break.
Forum: Cooling
02-19-2020, 08:52 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,059
Posted By racerx520

Re: Coolant leak location?

from personal experience, I had large amount of coolant steam coming from under my hood with my old 305. after some searching, the source was obvious that the intake manifold gasket had worn and it...
Forum: TPI
12-12-2019, 06:10 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

​​​​​​I agree with the restoration. I'm going to rtv the dipstick sometime soon (off the road for the winter) and I'm probably going to get rid of the factory pcv breather tube on the passenger side....
Forum: TPI
12-12-2019, 11:12 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

Figured I'd update. Haven't had much time (or room in the garage) to get some testing done, but when I was trying to do some of the pressure tests attached, I noticed the oil dipstick feels somewhat...
Forum: TPI
12-10-2019, 07:27 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

I understand about the location away from the throttle body. At this point, I am testing this as a control. I want the same environment as when I first had the pcv valve eject from the cover. After...
Forum: TPI
12-10-2019, 03:59 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

Today I had a chance to get a vacuum gauge and threw it on the car. (First I should note, I removed the hose from the pcv out and took the vacuum reading off the hose going into the intake manifold....
Forum: TPI
12-08-2019, 06:29 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

Been doing some looking around on the net and been seeing some posts in Vette forums of not having enough pressure from that throttle body tube into the p/s valve cover for modified or cammed...
Forum: TPI
12-07-2019, 07:52 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/750x680/1q24_aa37a189df755da1baf6888196e11fa05ad4b7fb.gif
Forum: TPI
12-07-2019, 07:30 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

I will post a picture tomorrow of the line from the throttle body. It is stock design of the engine though. Thank you again for the help
Forum: TPI
12-07-2019, 07:05 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

I'm so sorry to be so dense with this....so on the passenger side of this engine is a tube from valve cover to throttle body. This isn't quite the same? Would the idea be to have a "T" in this line...
Forum: TPI
12-07-2019, 06:41 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

Sorry to be so ignorant on this, but could you find a picture of this application? I can't seem to figure it out in my head. Thought I knew a decent amount about cars and engines and I'm always...
Forum: TPI
12-07-2019, 02:17 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

Had a few minutes today to take a quick look at the car. I pulled a couple plugs (pictures attached) and ran it with the oil fill cap off. If I rev it to pretty much full throttle, I can feel a...
Forum: TPI
12-07-2019, 07:42 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

Thank you everyone for the suggestions and ideas. It's pretty apparent I'm gonna have to do some more investigating and get back to everyone. Like I said, pcv valve isn't very tight, and the old oil...
Forum: TPI
12-06-2019, 09:33 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

My old 305 tpi had 180k miles and a noticeable ridge. The cylinders were oblonged over time, same was a 350 tpi I bought before this (long story short, the coolant passages cracked in the block). I...
Forum: TPI
12-06-2019, 08:12 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

I can't remember if there was cross hatching. But I do know that we had checked the cylinder walls and they were all in perfect shape absolutely zero ridge. I will have to check on if there is...
Forum: TPI
12-06-2019, 08:07 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

Yes it plumbs to the plenum. Which is what this one does too. There's no separate hoses anywhere else though.
Forum: TPI
12-06-2019, 05:53 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Re: Too much crank case pressure?

Sorry guys for not enough info. Engine is a GM crate with roughly 300 hrs on it (someone had it in a nova project, then pulled it to do an s10 project - but sold the truck and already got a motor for...
Forum: TPI
12-06-2019, 04:07 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 9,309
Posted By racerx520

Too much crank case pressure?

Hey y'all,
Since I built my 350 tpi I have had some little clues of a good amount of crank case pressure. Namely, the oil dipstick used to leak a bit now and again, pcv valve hose with a lot of oil...
Forum: Exhaust
11-26-2019, 08:50 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 3,206
Posted By racerx520

Re: Best exhaust system for stock 1991 305?

honestly for a stock 305, I'd recommend a flowmaster 80 series. I had that one, and it sounded good on the stock exhaust. I always thought chambered exhaust sounded good on these cars
Forum: TPI
11-19-2019, 01:13 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 733
Posted By racerx520

Re: A little help on roller rockers please

ok thanks guys. i'm going to go with the 1.5's to be safe. its not a race car and i'm not an engine builder. I have talked to summit with regards to their heads and it would require new springs to...
Forum: TPI
11-18-2019, 08:26 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 733
Posted By racerx520

A little help on roller rockers please

hey everyone. I finally have scrounged up enough money to upgrade my rockers to full roller rockers. My question is: for my motor (summit racing aluminum heads with max valve lift of .480 and crane...
Forum: TPI
10-29-2019, 09:19 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,059
Posted By racerx520

Re: 1987 GTA TPI 350 hesitation.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tpi/758511-cant-seem-hold-fuel.html

go to post #5 for the leak down test if it is dropping to 0 psi immediately
Forum: Body
10-26-2019, 09:25 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 8,189
Posted By racerx520

Re: LED light bulbs

I compared it to a 2057 I had and the line up is the same. Which makes me wonder if I need a resistor then. And how to test this theory before buying one
Forum: Body
10-26-2019, 08:21 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 8,189
Posted By racerx520

Re: LED light bulbs

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thirdgen.org-vbulletin/1500x2000/img_20191025_175651_7b16946209d3c77afee2cba12eb3fa57b9471f2f.jpg
It's a poor photo that I took quickly while running out the door,...
Forum: TPI
10-25-2019, 01:32 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 2,059
Posted By racerx520

Re: 1987 GTA TPI 350 hesitation.

had a similar situation with my car and it wound up being a bad pump, then after i replaced it the pulsator in the tank had ruptured (was my fault for installing one with a walbro pump). I could...
Forum: Body
10-25-2019, 01:17 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 8,189
Posted By racerx520

Re: LED light bulbs

going to try to get a picture of the bulb today or tomorrow.
Forum: Body
10-18-2019, 01:27 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 8,189
Posted By racerx520

Re: LED light bulbs

thank you everyone for your help. I'm going to take a better look at the socket and front bulbs sometime in the near future. Since the system works fine until i replace the fronts with LED, i figure...
Forum: Body
10-17-2019, 08:02 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 8,189
Posted By racerx520

Re: LED light bulbs

a few years ago i replaced the stock thermal flasher with an electronic flasher. From what i understood, it didnt use the circuit breaker like the thermal one, instead it was a timer. If thats the...
Forum: Body
10-16-2019, 04:15 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 8,189
Posted By racerx520

Re: LED light bulbs

I just checked the box and it says VAC and not CAN. These were the ones they suggested on their website. I tried cycling the bulbs 180* in the event somehow I forced it in wrong and couldn't turn it,...
Forum: Body
10-15-2019, 03:43 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 8,189
Posted By racerx520

Re: LED light bulbs

hey guys, got a new question for you! so i got my LED lights shortly after this thread started, and finally got them in. The rear lights work well, but when i put in the front turn signal/parking...
Forum: Interior
10-02-2019, 01:25 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,448
Posted By racerx520

Re: trip counter

should be a couple dials up there on the ceiling. theyre not functioning, more of just a distance timer for oil changes or whatever. theyre kinda useless but theyre on a lot of third gens
Forum: TPI
10-02-2019, 08:44 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,215
Posted By racerx520

Re: is it worth it to port/polish intake system?

thanks guys, i have the SLP runners and an accel base which are both supposed to support more CFM. I purchased the accel base because i was told it was an earlier generation which has more meat to be...
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