battery/alternator question on 65 Vette
12-07-2005 | 06:40 PM
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Re: battery/alternator question on 65 Vette
Originally Posted by DanB
Has the engine ever been opened? If not The octane isn'nt the problem...lead is. I cant remember when the switch to unleaded was, but if your motor (Im pretty sure it is) was designed for leaded gas, you need to pull the heads and have hardened seats installed, or just get a set of later model heads and do a valve job, and save the old heads. Not a big deal and can be done for under a grand. Then adjust the timing so you can run 93 or 92 oct. Forget all the additive crap...not worth the trouble and you can still screw it up.
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12-07-2005 | 06:59 PM
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Re: battery/alternator question on 65 Vette
Yes, it is the original engine, it's a number's matching car.
The engine was rebuilt in 83' I think, I'll have to check the paperwork. I got a lot of documentation with the car. I bought some lead additive just in case.
My buddy who owns Corvettes West will be able to help me out a lot I think. He's really excited that I got the car, especially with that particular engine. Tommy's first Corvette was the exact same car minus the side pipes, and he still has it.
I still can't get over the sound it makes. That loping as hell cam, solid lifters, side pipes, man it's just killer. One of the cashiers I know said you could hear it as soon as I pulled in the parking lot. And the entrance is probably 700 ft. away from the door.
The engine was rebuilt in 83' I think, I'll have to check the paperwork. I got a lot of documentation with the car. I bought some lead additive just in case.
My buddy who owns Corvettes West will be able to help me out a lot I think. He's really excited that I got the car, especially with that particular engine. Tommy's first Corvette was the exact same car minus the side pipes, and he still has it.
I still can't get over the sound it makes. That loping as hell cam, solid lifters, side pipes, man it's just killer. One of the cashiers I know said you could hear it as soon as I pulled in the parking lot. And the entrance is probably 700 ft. away from the door.
12-07-2005 | 07:07 PM
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Re: battery/alternator question on 65 Vette
Originally Posted by offshoredrillin
ditto what Dan says, its the lead, not octane, octane only controls the burn, if the motor has never been opened, then you still have the original seats in them, you can get lead additive but check the mixtures, kinda weird, the lead in the gas was a type of graphite that lubricated, similar to a 2 stroke oil but not near as much ppb.
12-09-2005 | 06:48 AM
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Re: battery/alternator question on 65 Vette
Originally Posted by RedDog382
Glad to hear you got her back up and singing. Few shots of mine going out for new top install a while back:
When I saw the photos for a second I thought it might have been Too Old's, (trailer queen)...
Also didn't recoginize it with the hood on....
12-09-2005 | 07:13 AM
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Re: battery/alternator question on 65 Vette
RedDog, what a beautiful '67!! What 427 do you have? Mine is long gone, but it was Marlboro Maroon and the 390 HP with the side pipes.
Wish I still had it.
Wish I still had it.
12-09-2005 | 06:09 PM
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Re: battery/alternator question on 65 Vette
Originally Posted by Edward R. Cozzi
RedDog, what a beautiful '67!! What 427 do you have? Mine is long gone, but it was Marlboro Maroon and the 390 HP with the side pipes.
Wish I still had it.
Wish I still had it.
12-09-2005 | 08:35 PM
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Re: battery/alternator question on 65 Vette
Originally Posted by RedDog382
Thanks Ed. Original number 435 h.p., 17 factory options, and I have in my possession the original hand written order sheet. Needs some fine detailing to become a high $ car, but I'm certainly not losing money on her.
At Barrett Jackson they are pulling anywhere from 135 to 200K for a top flight car....
You'd still see at least 100K for yours, IF you can find the hood..
Who'd have thunk????????
