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Post by 86کТΛηG† on Mar 17, 2004 0:20:45 GMT -5
lmao
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 17, 2004 0:23:09 GMT -5
I lucked out though, I just got a little bit of it on my hat.
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Post by 86کТΛηG† on Mar 17, 2004 0:29:16 GMT -5
i was cleaning out tha old 70 cause we were gettin ready to sell it. and i sat a can of spray paint in a bag. tossed something i guess sharp in tha bag and tha can blew up and there was paint goin all over. i took tha can threw it in tha woods and it looked like some kinda friggin blue gass. lol
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 22, 2004 0:47:00 GMT -5
I put the 307 back together yesterday and fired it up today and DAMN thats loud with open headers, it wasnt nearly as loud as that when I started it last fall with open manifolds(music to my ringing ears tho:) ). I've heard a ford 302 with open headers and it wasnt nearly that loud. The 307 ran great btw, even with some vacum leaks.
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 22, 2004 0:51:41 GMT -5
Oh, one other thing, does anyone have "baked on paint" on your headers? About 10 seconds after I started the 307 the headers started smokeing BAD and it was the paint burning off....is this normal?
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Post by SinisterCRX on Mar 22, 2004 1:20:30 GMT -5
No, that's not normal. Where did you get your headers? They must've been repainted without heat resistant paint. If you paint them with say, a spray paint can from wal-mart intended for use on your house exterior, it would burn up quickly.
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 22, 2004 1:27:54 GMT -5
They are from Hedman and the paint was put on from the factory. All nice and shiney there but now its all dull. Granted, I didn't have the cooling system hooked up but that shouldnt affect the exhaust temps much.
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Post by SinisterCRX on Mar 22, 2004 1:31:47 GMT -5
It might've...but I don't see how.. That is really weird though. Maybe your engine has too much heat buildup in it for some reason, I really don't know.
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 22, 2004 1:35:01 GMT -5
It may have been getting too much gas but I'm not sure.
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 22, 2004 1:37:03 GMT -5
I'll take a picture of them smoking next weekend.
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 22, 2004 4:19:13 GMT -5
I just asked a Nova mailing list that I'm on and they said that the paint thats on it is just "shipping paint" and I need take the old paint off and repaint them with 1200° paint.
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Post by SinisterCRX on Mar 22, 2004 20:10:50 GMT -5
haha! I WAS right! Cool. They should pre-paint it though, thats pretty gay. And its nice they told you about it too
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 27, 2004 18:14:32 GMT -5
Have been working on the Nova since 6:30 AM and went to the parts store to pick up a fuel line and a guy saw me looking at the Edelbrock carbs and asked if I needed a carb and I said yes so he gave me a great deal on a Holley 750cfm (jetted way down) so I bought it. HOLY SHIT WHAT A DIFFRENCE!!!!! I bolted it on (he even threw in a free adapter plate for my q-jet intake) and got the cooling system back together, hit the remote starter and it started up on the first crank! The paint stopped burning off my headers too, I guess it was getting way too much gas with the old POS q-jet and causing it to run really hot. The Holley only has 4,000 miles on it too. I am now a Holley man for life, no stupid Edelbrocks for me! The 307 started up and idled like it champ, Chevys a normally cold blooded engines and don't run good until they warm up but not this one.
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Post by 73Nova73 on Mar 28, 2004 19:26:26 GMT -5
few pics. New carb ;D :DQ-jets
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Post by §ùp€®ÑÓV∆ on Mar 28, 2004 23:56:49 GMT -5
Yea its normal for the paint to burn off the headers. (if you dont paint them with the heat paint) When you buy new headers...the paint burns off in no time. Smokes..and smells funny too lol. Mine needs repainting, the paint on mine is just about completely gone. Doesnt look good. Oh well when I pull the engine for the truck...ill buy some chrome engine paint and paint them. ;D Engine in your nova is looking good by the way.
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