--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DDX00004 Date: 09/30/96 From: JIM BROWN Time: 06:07am \/To: LORI HARVEY (Read 3 times) Subj: Chevy vs dodge > The Viper is only a $50,000 car. The Prowler is going But your forgetting the $25,000 to $60,000+ dealer markup. Jim And there were plagues of locusts, and frogs, and Windows... --- FMail 0.96 * Origin: Terminal Velocity, Box Elder, SD (1:293/642.357) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DDX00005 Date: 09/30/96 From: JOHN BERNARD Time: 09:23pm \/To: JIM HADFIELD (Read 3 times) Subj: 1942 International pi -> I don't know where yopu are in Ontario, but we have many yards here -> in Minnesota that have old trucks like yours. There are some real -> good ones down around the St. Cloud area, about 5 hours south of the -> border. I am about 1.5 hours north or toronto if you know where that is but I hav'nt seen anything really old like what I have. thanks for the info. Just out of curiosity you don't have any adresses of those yards or anything like that do you? I might be able to have some parts sent up to me. Thanks again, JB --- QScan/PCB v1.17b / 01-0313 * Origin: Encode Online Orillia,Ont.705-327-7629 (1:252/305) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DDX00006 Date: 10/01/96 From: MIKE EYRE Time: 02:12am \/To: GERRY CALHOUN (Read 3 times) Subj: Chevy vs dodge Prosecutor: Dr Doom - Defendant: Gerry Calhoun - Subject: Chevy vs dodge > LH> 1. Lost the air pump. > > What does that gain you? GC> can really pick up about 2 - 3 H.P. as it does take some power to run GC> it. Plus less weight. You think it takes *3* horse poswer to turn a FAN? That's all the thing is, you know. A fan. It moves air through the CC to assist in the conversion of pollutants. You cannot HONESTLY tell me you think even 3 hp is a worthwhile gain compared to the increased emmisions, let ALONE the hp improvment (which, in my opinion, is NOT 3 hp). GC> Unless the converter was blocked (or partly blocked). Not totally GC> uncommon for a car with over 100k on it. Then replace it. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to know when something isn't functioning properly, to fix the problem. GC> Depends, how much oil does it burn? An oil fouled plug needs more GC> spark. You are /solving/ trying to reason to me, that, in order to combat an oil consumption problem, you need to INCREASE the spark output to BURN the extra oil? Why? The PROBLEM, namely the valve guides (I assume you mean, in this case..), should be repaired, not worked AROUND.. GC> A too lean engine will probably let you know by a large performance GC> decrease. Most factory stock engines tend to run on the lean side GC> anyway. Could be somebody made it run richer before Lori and got a GC> little carried away. What year is this pile, anyway? I don't recall.. I HOPE it's pre-85. Otherwise, we've got a whole new problem altogether. GC> An engine on the rich side or one which burns oil can be helped with GC> hotter plugs (less fouling). Again, you're working *around* the side-effect, instead of curing the REAL problem. GC> If the original wires are more than about 5 years old, a new set can GC> help and hi-performance does not cost that much more with the added GC> help of having less resistance for more current to help keep the plugs GC> from fouling. No. By replacing old, used up plugs, you are NOT *increasing* horsepower output, you are RESTORING /ORIGINAL/ output. There is a difference. GC> Even so, it would be hard to lighten her car by more than 100 pounds GC> without a lot of work. Modern econo-boxes do not have a lot of stuff GC> to remove/replace unlike real OLDCARS. Finally, we agree. :) Mike ... "And I say I'm dead, and I move." -Eric Draven --- DoomMail v1.12 * Origin: -=Empire BBS=- "The magic word is: _Camaro_" (1:141/1221) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DDX00007 Date: 10/01/96 From: MIKE EYRE Time: 02:20am \/To: LORI HARVEY (Read 4 times) Subj: Chevy vs dodge Prosecutor: Dr Doom - Defendant: Lori Harvey - Subject: Chevy vs dodge LH> "Been on the same chassis for over a decade now?", no wonder it's LH> slow! You'll be singing a different tune, come the 97 Corvette.. Mike ... "Image is everything" -Andre Agassi --- DoomMail v1.12 * Origin: -=Empire BBS=- "The magic word is: _Camaro_" (1:141/1221) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DDX00008 Date: 10/01/96 From: MIKE EYRE Time: 02:22am \/To: SEAN DUNBAR (Read 4 times) Subj: Chevy vs dodge Prosecutor: Dr Doom - Defendant: Sean Dunbar - Subject: Chevy vs dodge LH> 1. Lost the air pump. ME> What does that gain you? SD> No backfires? :) SD> (I disconnected mine as well, since it always backfires thru the SD> exhaust with it hooked up) There's an explanation for that, though. Let's think it through, shall we? LEt's start with the definition of a "backfire". What's the cause of that, any idea? Mike ... "After all, we got lots of discounts on some stuff." -Midnight Hacker --- DoomMail v1.12 * Origin: -=Empire BBS=- "The magic word is: _Camaro_" (1:141/1221) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DDX00009 Date: 09/30/96 From: STAN BROHN Time: 09:29pm \/To: '41 CHEV (Read 4 times) Subj: rocker arms looking for some rocker arms to fit a '41 chev 216 cuin passenger engine. I have 3 broken ones that i would like to replace so I could try to start the engine (again) to do a compresson check before I give up or go forward. I also need at least 5 push rod for the same. (stuck valves will do it ever time-- seems you can't sit an engine up for 40+years and expect it to crank right off) cly #2 (#4 from front) R.H. exhaust part# 839460 cly #3 (#5 from front) L.H. exhaust part# 839459 cly #4 (#7 from front) L.H. intake part# 839463 Any ideas as to where and a fare price would be. Thanks Stan --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: HelpNet of Baton Rouge, LA (1:3800/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DDX00010 Date: 10/01/96 From: TERRY DURFEE Time: 11:08am \/To: ELVIS HARGROVE (Read 4 times) Subj: Old Cars -> with just a few hard twists on the crank. And, no, it didn't even -> have a battery. The empty 6 volt battery box was under the right EH>Then you had a PHENOMINAL generator! A genuine Delco... --- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #134 * Origin: The Electric Mailbox * Brownfield, Tx (1:3804/74.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DDX00011 Date: 10/01/96 From: TERRY DURFEE Time: 12:16pm \/To: ELVIS HARGROVE (Read 4 times) Subj: 39 Chevy -> My 39 coupe had a bumper guard in the middle of the front bumper. Are -> you sure it had a crank hole? I don't remember it. EH>No, you cranked it BETWEEN the bumper and the grill. One of 'em broke EH>my dad's right leg! Mine didn't crank between the bumper and grille. I had to remove the center bumper guard and the crank extended outside the bumper. --- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #134 * Origin: The Electric Mailbox * Brownfield, Tx (1:3804/74.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DE200000 Date: 10/01/96 From: KEN THOMPSON Time: 09:18pm \/To: LORI HARVEY (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: Chevy vs dodge Lori Harvey wrote in a message to Ken Thompson: LH> MSGID: 1:290/118 3ec1f992 LH> You can drive a k-car and it will keep going and going and LH> going and going............. You didn't mention it was powered by Japanese engines! Ken T. --- timEd-B11 * Origin: Linear Logic BBS * Houston, TX (1:106/7667) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DE200001 Date: 10/01/96 From: KEN THOMPSON Time: 09:19pm \/To: MIKE EYRE (Read 4 times) Subj: Chevy vs dodge Mike Eyre wrote in a message to Gerry Calhoun: GC> Unless the converter was blocked (or partly blocked). Not totally GC> uncommon for a car with over 100k on it. ME> ME> Then replace it. You don't need to be a rocket ME> scientist to know when something isn't functioning ME> properly, to fix the problem. Replacement converters really have very low restriction anyway. Ken T. --- timEd-B11 * Origin: Linear Logic BBS * Houston, TX (1:106/7667)