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  1. rich weyand

    Best lift for all purpose use

    I put Tough Country EZ-Ride springs and shocks. I did a 2' front/3" rear combo, and got it right from the factory. They set it all up for me and gave me a deal. They have occasional deals going. Rode better than stock, was fine on the road, never worried about getting hung up. The extra inch...
  2. rich weyand

    80's Wiper technology sux

    Rain-X helps with slow wipers for most circumstances. I also went to one or two inches smaller wiper blades. I don't need a clear view of the hood or the sky in the rain. That reduces the drag. For controls, I added a floor switch for the wipers. It breaks the stop signal from the parking cam...
  3. rich weyand

    Lights and horn turn off truck

    Take out the second ground. A loop of ground wire acts as an antenna and picks up all kinds of electrical noise. Your grounds should branch like a tree, with no circles. Make sure the ground connections are all shiny metal to shiny metal, then paint over them to protect them from water.
  4. rich weyand

    New hood hinges for 73-80?

    Spray all the hinge points down with Silikroil. Next time you go to open the hood, be careful you don't throw it through the ceiling of the garage. Also works wonders on door pins, the door torsion springs, and the door cam and roller. And tailgate hinges, and hood latch, and 4WD shifter box...
  5. rich weyand

    Modern Bucket Seat Swap

    Here's what I did. I was very happy with it, and so was my passenger. She dislike sliding around on the bench seat in the corners. Very comfortable, despite modest +2/+3 lift and All-Terrain TAs on a short-box. What should my new seat be????
  6. rich weyand

    Time for a crate engine. Suggestions?

    Yeah, I don't see any way to delete them either. Sorry about that. Net wasn't responding, and I finally got it to go, so then it posted multiple times.
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    Time for a crate engine. Suggestions?

    The solution to all the cold weather problems on any of these engine setups is carb heat. Add in cold-air induction from the radiator bulkhead, and you have very wide temperature range for good operation. Once the manifold or header warms up, the engine is breathing warm air. I ran this setup...
  8. rich weyand

    Ignition Timing for First-Generation GM V-8 Engines

    Distributor should be connected to manifold vacuum. Ported vacuum is pollution control nonsense. Carbs before 1968 didn't even have ported vacuum connections. Read the OP above.
  9. rich weyand

    Dash Cams

    I have a little Zetronix from a couple years back. Works great. I put a 32GB microSP in it. It also records with a bump. When you look at the video quality full screen on a desktop, it's really much better than I expected. This is the one I have...
  10. rich weyand

    Setting Timing

    Read the first nailed-up post in this forum. I wrote it about timing. You should be 36 or so all in, and no more than 15 or so on vacuum advance. I would back off the mechanical a bit, and back down the vacuum a bit, a degree or two each, and try to keep the base timing up. That's the timing...
  11. rich weyand

    FS: "Working Girl" 1978 K10 RCSB Fleetside

    Just a note -- the truck sold to a nice young fellow and his wife in Portsmouth, Ohio. Daily driver.
  12. rich weyand

    Just bought a 2017 Sierra Denali CCSB

    Mind you, that is running 93 octane, which the L86 prefers. But mileage has gone up 1 to 2 mpg since the trip I took in the first thousand miles. I suspect it's broken in now (4800 on the odo) and that's about as high as it will go. Oh, and I'm getting 18 in town. One reason for the mileage...
  13. rich weyand

    Just bought a 2017 Sierra Denali CCSB

    Another follow-up. This past Saturday ended 22 days in which I made four trips in the Sierra. I spent seven days where I woke up at home and went to bed at home, seven days where I woke up somewhere else and went to bed in the same place, and eight days where I woke up in one place and went to...
  14. rich weyand

    FS: "Working Girl" 1978 K10 RCSB Fleetside

    Sorry for the delay. Been traveling. Nope, haven't sold it. Couple people sniffing around, but no green yet. I never planned to part with it, but I need the creature comforts now (health issues) and it's not fair (to karma) to let it just sit. I'm not a collector, I'm a driver. I did...
  15. rich weyand

    Dreaded.... which cam should I get question!

    Here's a thread about camshafts you might want to read: http://www.gmsquarebody.com/threads/rebuilding-the-350-finally.17375/ And here's one about moving the shift points down for the 12-300-4: http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=26850.0
  16. rich weyand

    Dreaded.... which cam should I get question!

    I'm running the CC 12-300-4 with the stock 1400 RPM torque converter. The 12-300-4 runs out of breath at about 4600 rpm, so I did move the WOT shift points down about 500 rpm by going one size larger on one of the weights on the governor, which takes maybe an hour to do. That keeps it from...
  17. rich weyand

    Dreaded.... which cam should I get question!

    Comp Cams 12-300-4.
  18. rich weyand

    Dreaded.... which cam should I get question!

    You don't need more compression for torque. That's for horsepower. Use the Comp Cams 12-235-2. If you want the most torque, use the 12-300-4. That's what I use. 275 hp and 420 ftlb. Google my last name and those cam numbers for much discussion on the forums.
  19. rich weyand

    How'd you run your spark plug wires?

    I have these and they work. They add just a little extra pressure to the valve covers at a point a bit wider than most of the spreaders. The very ends are always a problem on 4-bolt SBC valve covers. The spark plug wires need to be routed a little unlike you would expect, though. The wires...
  20. rich weyand

    Factory front leaf spring sag.....

    To get rid of the negative arch, I used a 2" lift via Tuff Country EZ-Ride. To even out the front and back wheel spacing to the fender cutouts, I paired it with a 3" Tuff Country EZ-Ride lift in the back. The ride is much better when you get some positive-arch springs under it, but that means...
  21. rich weyand

    "Working Girl" post index & goodbye: I've bought a new truck

    No, no, no. I got it with the '78 Cheyenne. I have never entered the Cheyenne in a car show before. Everybody and their brother-in-law down here has a classic car. All of those cars and trucks -- or pretty much all of them -- are garage queens. The Cheyenne has been for the last seven years...
  22. rich weyand

    "Working Girl" post index & goodbye: I've bought a new truck

    Well, that was unexpected. Lots of really tough competition, including some nice squares.
  23. rich weyand

    Timing issues?

    That's one option. Another is to get a rebuilt Qjet from SMI Carbs. Have Sean Murphy tune one for your build. And the other is to tune the Edelbrock. They work fine if you tune them. They get a bad rap from people that just drop them on there, don't bother to tune them, and then say...
  24. rich weyand

    Timing issues?

    What did you do to tune the carb, or did you just plop it on there?
  25. rich weyand

    (203 transfer) gear selection not accurate?

    Hey, Rusty -- You get your NP203 shifter straightened out?

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