Update on my 86

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Update on my 86

Reply #15 – April 14, 2006, 04:01:59 PM

'70 SS. Was a 396. But way back when the original owner, rebuilt it and bored it. He also reassembled the drivetrain to be more sturdy. I will get pics when I pull it out of storage. One reason I love prom.

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Reply #16 – April 14, 2006, 06:32:28 PM

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'70 SS. Was a 396. But way back when the original owner, rebuilt it and bored it.

Actually in 1970 the SS 396 Chevelle had a 402 factory. They didn't want to change the name to SS 402 so they just left it at 396. All 70 and up SS 396 Chevelles actually had 402s.

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Reply #17 – April 14, 2006, 08:25:10 PM

thats my baby, its been here in this garage longer than i have for only one reason...... its in peices.... so guess whos putting this together?

to be more specific i have a 66 Chevelle SS Malibu that originally had a 283 with a 2 barrel carb and a 4 on the floor but is gonna have a built up 350 and a 4-spd

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Reply #18 – April 14, 2006, 09:44:00 PM

Yeah, I get to redo this next year at Body school, as long as I get my Cougar and 53 Chevy done Im happy. I need to repaint the SS Rallyes and put new tires on. 20 year old tires dont go too well with burnouts. What color is your Chevelle?

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Reply #19 – April 14, 2006, 11:18:00 PM

mines maroon with a black interior

its gonna be painted the traditional black with a black interior and maybe red rallye stripes

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Reply #20 – April 15, 2006, 02:10:43 AM

Well, I did some more running of the Cougar. The service light is on. And did they come with built in trip minder with the digital cluster. Also, can I use the o2 sensor I bought for my 84 on this car??

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Reply #21 – April 15, 2006, 04:41:42 PM

it should work the one on my 83 fit on my 87 also yeah the trip minder on the base half digital half buttstuffog cluster should be one of the buttons on the bottom right of the cluster you push it and it will show you how far youve gone. Which is actually only a tripometer. The trip minder computer everyone talks about was actually a seperate piece built into where the buttstuffog guages are on the right which showed fuel economy, miles til empty, miles on the tank, and such. as far as the service light if you mean the light under the speedo that says Service thats just fords built in reminder to perform regular maintenence which is set at 7500 miles I believe.
every 7500 it comes on reminding you to change the oil and stuff not nearly often enough if you ask most people on the board. Pretty much just ignore it being on theres a post on how to reset it to make it go off. it involves holding down two of the buttons at the same time I just cant remember right off hand which two it is. If youre meaning the actual check engine light then no clue dude the O2 sensor might fix it. good luck.

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Reply #22 – April 19, 2006, 12:25:15 AM

Well I got the o2 sensor out, The one for my 84 is different. A flat connector to three pr0ngs. So I decided to fix that exhaust leak. Turns out this "NEW EXHAUST" the dealer put on was a new ler and let the rest of the pipe rust out. So i just hacked it off. So Thursday during Shop class, Im gonna have a new o2 sensor and a half tank of gas. I ran it out this weekend *dumbass*. What kinda ler to go with now? Oh and I have no hoses running to my heater core, this might be a BIG problem?