--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00061 Date: 11/13/96 From: ELVIS HARGROVE Time: 10:47am \/To: GERRY CALHOUN (Read 2 times) Subj: Engines -> Chrysler - -> '51 - '56 331 c.i.d. -> '55 only 301 c.i.d. -> '56 - '58 354 c.i.d. -> '57 - '58 392 c.i.d. -> end of Chrysler hemis Remember when we though these were huge displacement engines? They were certainly HEAVY enough to be. ^..^ --- FidoPCB v1.5 beta-'j' * Origin: BOO! Board Of Occult, Rio Grande Valley Texas (1:397/6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00062 Date: 11/12/96 From: MIKE DALE Time: 11:28pm \/To: KEN THOMPSON (Read 3 times) Subj: Model A Gas KT> Well actually the cleanliness issue is another one entirely. About three KT>years ago all of the fuels in Houston were reformulated by KT>law to burn cleaner. I don't know if it was TNRCC or EPA, KT>but there was a big stink about it, because many were KT>complaining that their engines didn't run as well or even KT>claimed that the reformulated fuels damaged their engines. KT>Personally I thought it was hype. YEah, That's a problem everywhere... Not just Houston :) KT> As far as Oxides of Nitrogen go (NOx), they are mainly KT>affected by ignition timing, compression, and the KT>converter. Yeah... But if the fuel is better and burns more completely than it too cuts down Oxides of Nitrogen and every other type of polutant. KT> Cleaner fuels certainly can't the converter, Huh? Sorry... Don't quite understand :) KT>but all the fuels must meet guidelines for emmisions KT>(atleast in certain metropolitan counties in Texas. Yeah... Luckily in Kamloops here we don't have to worry about it.. (My cars would fail :)) but at the coast in Vancouver they have to as well. -Mcdale ___ X SLMR 2.1a X On a clear disk you can seek forever --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00063 Date: 11/12/96 From: MIKE DALE Time: 11:29pm \/To: JOHN DEMOTT (Read 3 times) Subj: Model A Gas JD> JD>> Oil filters only. Oil doesn't break down but it can get contaminated JD> JD>> from using cheap gas. JD> BB> How John? I thought the fuel system on a four stroke engine was seperat JD> BB> unlike that of a two stroke where the oil and fuel are mixed. IT is separate.... But there's the issue of Blowby gasses that every car has, and if your not changing your oil, it's not good. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X All wiyht. Rho sritched mg kegtops awound? --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00064 Date: 11/12/96 From: MIKE DALE Time: 11:31pm \/To: JOHN DEMOTT (Read 3 times) Subj: Model A Gas JD> LR> The only thing that keeps combustion gases from going straight into th JD> LR> oil is the piston rings, and due to the way they are made the best seal JD> LR> that they have is during the power stroke. JD>But all engines are subject to some blow-by. The better the JD>additives package, the cleaner the engine will be. JD>Including oil contamination. JD> LR> If you have the engine off and the cylendars are full of gas it will JD> LR> leak between the ring gap(s) and pollute the oil. JD>Some raw gas is always present at shutdown. Yes... Which means letting your oil sit for years is not good. Gas doesn't quite like to let oil have as much viscosity :) -McDale ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Back Up My Hard Drive? I Can't Find The Reverse Switch! --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00065 Date: 11/12/96 From: MIKE DALE Time: 11:32pm \/To: TOM WALKER (Read 2 times) Subj: Chevy engine TW>-> SR> i have a 69 chevelle that has a 307 in it. the motor has about 25 TW>-> SR> - 300000 MILES on it and its still going. im sticking a 350 in it TW>-> SR> the winter but this engine just wont die and belive me i tried lo TW>-> SR> times to kill it :) TW>-> TW>-> Why oh why does that thing have a 307 in it ? In '69 it should have TW>-> come with a 350. TW> The 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle came with the Following engines that year. 230 TW>or 250 6 Cylinder, 307 8 cylinder and the 350 or 396 V-8 in TW>various states of tune ranging from 255 HP through 375 HP. Yeppers :) -McDale ___ X SLMR 2.1a X This tagline is umop apisdn --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00066 Date: 11/12/96 From: MIKE DALE Time: 11:33pm \/To: TOM GUELKER (Read 2 times) Subj: Chevy engine TG>-> SR> i have a 69 chevelle that has a 307 in it. the motor has about 25 TG>-> SR> - 300000 MILES on it and its still going. im sticking a 350 in it TG>-> SR> the winter but this engine just wont die and belive me i tried lo TG>-> SR> times to kill it :) TG>-> TG>-> Why oh why does that thing have a 307 in it ? In '69 it should have TG>-> come with a 350. TG>-> TG>It could be a Malibu, not a Chevelle. Ahem... Just what do you think a MAlibu is? It is a Chevelle. A Chevelle Malibu.... They go together. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X hAS ANYONE SEEN MY cAPSLOCK KEY? --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00067 Date: 11/12/96 From: MIKE DALE Time: 11:34pm \/To: BILL BOOGAART (Read 2 times) Subj: Old cars BB> MD> was OLDCARS. I don't consider '87's and stuff like that old. nthing BB> MD> new than '80 I consider new. But that's because my intrest is in te BB>Anything newer than 1953 I consider new. That's officially BB>the last year Ford made flatheads although up here in the BB>Great White North they were still available as standard BB>equipment in '54 cars and trucks. Ewww.... Fords! :) -McDale ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Backup not found: (A)bort (R)etry (P)anic --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00068 Date: 11/12/96 From: MIKE DALE Time: 11:36pm \/To: LANDON ROBINSON (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Chevy engine LR> GC> In '69 you could get a chevelle with ALMOST any engine you wanted in LR> GC> it (except the four, 302, and a couple 427's). Those were the days LR> GC> when you had a lot of choices when you bought a new car. LR>I got lucky with my '68 Impala I bought a couple of years ago, it came LR>with the original 327. That's cool... Impallas are damn nice cars. Factory 327... Cool.. That must have been a SS is it? (I'm not too too familiar with Chevy's) ___ X SLMR 2.1a X Nothing is so smiple that it can't get screwed up. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00069 Date: 11/12/96 From: MIKE DALE Time: 11:38pm \/To: LANDON ROBINSON (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Speedo light LR> PM> Hi All! LR> PM> My speedo light is out on my 1985 Toyota Camry: LR> PM> Symptoms are the light will go on and off, with LR> PM> it mostly off. LR> PM> Same problem in my van.... It's either a loose wire or a loose light socket or something of that nature. If it goes off and on it's unlikely that its a broken bulb. ___ X SLMR 2.1a X My reality check just bounced. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DFJ00070 Date: 11/12/96 From: MIKE DALE Time: 11:41pm \/To: SEAN DUNBAR (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Model A Gas SD> LR> I would agree with you about gas getting down into the oil after a SD> LR> major engine flood. I had an old Holley carb. who's float valve SD> LR> stuck, the engine had enough cubes' that it kept running but it did SD> LR> not run very well. As in your case, the intake was very full! I just SD> LR> let it sit for several days. SD>Mine didn't run at all . I got it to fire up once, and it ran for a ew SD>seconds, did a nice big backfire up through the carb, then died. Every time SD>I tried to start it after that it'd sputter a bit, then die... new carb id SD>wonders :) Tho this new carb's choke is acting flakey on me :-/ Had it SD>apart yesterday, and now it'll run when its cold, and doesn't blow smoke SD>anymore, but it's still rough.. :-/ Hint: NEVER keep a Holley elevtric Choke system... They screw up more times than you could think humanly possible. Trust me through my dad's experience with the cars I now drive. INstall a manual choke :) -Mcdale ___ X SLMR 2.1a X All hope abandon, ye who enter messages here. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Digital Encounters * Kamloops BC Canada 604/374-6168 (1:353/710)