North East F-Body Association - pulled the front clip off the Z/28

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Originally Posted by monytorris (Post 54895)

I did sell my 67, it was a project car for me and my ex-fiance so I got rid of it more to spite her than anything but seeing yours makes me want one. I do like the 68 and 69 more, I hate the triangle windows in the 67's.

As the economy gets worse, pricing is getting more reasonable. I'm sure you already know this, but body condition is probably the most critical factor.

Yeah I hate body work, I figured I'd start looking again before christmas time. I have always been able to find really good deals around the holidays.

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Originally Posted by DavidS (Post 54820)

He is going to take the motor off and bring it across the street to Norm Case at Precision Engines.

Good choice. Norm did the L30 engine in my 68 back in the mid 80's. That little 327 surprised a lot of people. I can't wait to get it running again, especially now that my Quadrajet is properly set up. A fresh 302 is going to be awesome.

I love the plans for the car. As for the rear end, are you just going to have it cleaned & repainted? New Gardner exhaust maybe?

If you need additional help, just give me a call.

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Originally Posted by jeff68 (Post 55007)

I'm going to try to get away with as little repainting as I can. Just the surface rust areas. Worst case is I will rattle-can the underside and engine bay. I'm going to leave the exterior alone even though it could use a repaint. I figure I'll drive it for 5-10 years as is. I just don't like the surface rust everywhere.

I will probably go with a Gardner exhaust connected to Doug Thorley headers. The headers came in already.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...28/headers.jpg

One slight problem is that I'd like to keep everything totally stock. A stock 302 had a compression ratio of 11.5:1 which means it will probably run terrible on pump gas. There is a Sunoco station about 2 miles from Kaman in Bloomfield CT where I could get Sunoco 260 GT100 which is 100 octane unleaded so it wouldn't be too bad.

Thanks for the offer to help. If I run into a bind, I might take you up on that.

you are doin the proper head work to run unleaded right? 11.5 on a cast head you are asking for a hole in a piston. 100 octane Might solve it lead additive is an option or get aluminum heads? and pain them to "look" correct but save all the original pieces?

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Originally Posted by ILuvPizzaTimes10 (Post 55051)

Thanks Pizza! Will talk to Norm about this and probably go with the lead additive.

or just get leaded gas from hollands garage in burlington.
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?rl...23131948817667
get aftermarket aluminum heads as pizza said and keep the originals !

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Originally Posted by DAWG (Post 55065)

or just get leaded gas from hollands garage in burlington.
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?rl...23131948817667
get aftermarket aluminum heads as pizza said and keep the originals !

Dawg, What's the highest octane rating that they have? You run race gas in your car right?

I made a mistake on the compression ratio. It's supposed to be 11:1.

It looks like a lot of guys run aviation gas: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=2355.0;all

My car runs 11 to 1 on pump :shrug: