Re: [Chevelle-List] Ford Mustang Mach I versus new Chevy Products ?

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my 3 cents (lol) I think that people like their chevys old and their fords new kyle m ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken's Email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:34 PM Subject: [Chevelle-List] Ford Mustang Mach I versus new Chevy Products ? Yo: I am a chevy guy and have 3 classic chevys. But, what is going on with Chevy and Muscle cars ? I just read that Ford is coming out this year with a new retro Ford Mustang Mach I with 300 Horsepower. This follows the Ford Mustang Bullitt, and the Ford Thunderbird. Chevy discontinued the Camaro. The GTO may come back. So, anyone know what is Chevy doing to compete with Ford who appears to be uping the ante ? Thanks, Big Ken   Robert Belz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Rob, Thanks for your input. I like the goin' fishin' analogy. Thanks for the tip on jetting. The Holley manual for that carb suggests jetting down 1 step for every 2000 ft. but it sounds like that might not be the way to go. If I do try that and get a stumble I'll know what's going on. Looks like I just need to play. Wish I was rich, the chassis dyno I mentioned in earlier posts can be rented for $600 per day. That would be a great way to quantify any changes besides seat of the pants. Thanks again, Bob Belz 71 SS454 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Thorburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] tuning tips anyone? > Hi Bob: > > Even if someone had a BB with all of those parts, it would be a different > setup because of the tr! an! ny, the ring and pinion gear, and so on. > 1. Get in that: I'm Goin' fishin' mood, you know: I'm going to waste away > the whole day, but I'm not a bum, because I'm fishin'. > 2. Find some isolated area, away from residential, where you can tear off a > couple of gears. I have a freeway on-ramp. > 3. Change the total timing in two degree increments. Start at 30 degrees, > run up the ramp, then again at 32, and so on. Jot down your impression of > each timing setting. As you get away from the ideal setting it should > become obvious. > 4. The same idea with the jetting. Jump two jets at a time, starting with > the stock jetting. Leaning a Holley, most often, causes undesireable > effects, such as bog or stumble. Even for your elevation, never > underestimate a Big block's love of fuel! A stumble is a "too lean" > condition, one hundred percent of the time. I will go out on a limb and say&! gt; that you cannot make a engine fall on its face with too much fuel. A too > rich condition will cause a loss of chrisp acceleration. You will sense > that the engine is cleaning out through that too rich part. The most common > over rich error is over modifying the accelerator pump, most all other > errors are too lean. If you have a big cam, and/or headers, the engine will > want more fuel than what Holley jetted for. > > Have fun; > Rob '67 Malibu > '67 El Camino (still in a basket) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Belz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 7:18 PM > Subject: [Chevelle-List] tuning tips anyone? > > > > Anyone care to share their tuning specs if they are using a Holley 770, > > Performer RPM intake and MSD distributor (on a big block)? So far I have > >! ; ! tried 32 to 38 degrees total timing, left the blue bushing in the > > distributor and changed the springs to the light blue to get all advance > in > > by 3000 RPM. Left the carb jetting stock (probably could lean it out some > > as I'm at 4800 ft.) Haven't seen much in the way in performance increases > > so far. > > Thanks, > > Bob Belz > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe plea! se! visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do You Yahoo!? New! SBC Yahoo! Dial - 1st Month Free & unlimited access