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Legendary is the place! Did the front buckets and rear seat with their foam and fabric covers, black. Also used their door panels. Had an issue with one over a yr later and they fixed/replaced it in a matter of days. Definately will use them again and recommend them. Car looks great!! Keep the pics coming!

The choke is a personal preference. I myself live in NY and don't have chokes on 3 out of 5 first gens. The other 2, a 71 SS454 and 71 "barn find" 402 are totally stock and have the chokes. Look up a choke stove for a 71 402 with a quadrajet. If that doesn't work, look up electronic Rochester choke. That may work better for you.

Great work! It's like looking in a mirror. My brother, for the most part changed almost the same exact pieces on my 71 402 4speed. I think I still have that car somewhere. Lol and shame on me!

Nice progress! Like I said, pretty solid for a North Eastern Monte. Lolol

Glad the advice helped. 600rpm at idle is a little low. Factory setting is 750rpm in park. I adjust the rockers the way you described. I would do that and see from there. Check the spark plugs wires and make sure they are locked into the plugs. The intermittent noise you describe when decelling could be a bad plug or even a header gasket leak that is most noticible when decelling. Something to check. Could also be a "lean" pop. Did you change the carb yet?

Love the pics! Looks to be pretty solid for a North Eastern Monte.

Sorry Rob. Lol. The vacuum hose under the float bowl, in the front, should go to the transmission modulator and the one in your hand, pictured, should go to the distributor. To make 100 percent sure, with the car running, take the hose off of the carb, that's in your hand, there should be very little,if not no vacuum. Bring up the car off of idle and the vacuum should get stronger. If this is the case, that hose goes to the distributor. The other hose should have strong vacuum at all times. You can also adjust, slightly, when the trans shifts by the tiny adjustment screw in the transmission modulator vacuum port.

Sorry Rob. Lol. The vacuum hose under the float bowl, in the front, should go to the transmission modulator and the one in your hand, pictured, should go to the distributor. To make 100 percent sure, with the car running, take the hose off of the carb, that's in your hand, there should be very little,if not no vacuum. Bring up the car off of idle and the vacuum should get stronger. If this is the case, that hose goes to the distributor. The other hose should have strong vacuum at all times. You can also adjust, slightly, when the trans shifts by the tiny adjustment screw in the transmission modulator vacuum port.

Glad the maiden voyage went well. Check to see if you have constant vacuum going to the transmission vacuum modulator from the carb. (most likely) Glad the electric fan is working good. I was the one who mentioned to take the mechanical fan off. It ain't doing squat! You will also pick up some hp without it. I know you're not looking for more, but it's a small bonus. That and not loosing fingers. The rear end may have steep gears in it. Like 3.73, 4.10. if you are going to change the rear cover gasket, count the teeth on the ring hear and the pinion and divide to get the ratio.

On an a/c equipped car, it vacuum operates the door in the cowl for the vent/ blend air.

The registration on NY vehicles before 73 is also the title. It MUST say Transferable on it or if you sell it, the next owner won't be able to title it. Ask me how I know. Lol If you have a 73 or up, look at your registration and it will say Non-transferable because of the addition of the separate title.

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Hey everyone, Was bouncing around the Ground Up site, aka ss396.com and came across this. Not my taste but interesting never the less. Then seen it on Instagram.

Much better! That's the ticket!

Agreed. Make the gap tighter. Like jft69z said, that's probably why your other flywheels teeth got boogered.

You're welcome. There were alot of non posi SS Monte Carlos. As you know the posi was an option.

CRJ- 2:56 1205- DEC 5th B- Buffalo 2- 2nd shift.

You need to change the fuse and get the fan working so you don't overheat the engine and possibly cause damage. The engine looks clean inside. The pulley wobble, with stock pulleys is normal. The whine, sounds like a gear drive. My son HAD one in his small block. The whine gets old fast. Sorry, tried 2x and the video won't download, only the sound. 🤔😡🤬 VID_20200524_134409.mp4 VID_20200524_134409.mp4 VID_20200524_134409.mp4

Ok, stock stamped steel rockers. Looks to be flat tappet hydraulic lifters. I would get the carb sorted out and then adjust the rockers.

My son has the z23s on his cars and my truck has the z26s for towing. The rotors have a sticker on them stating which side they go on.

Power stop! Great stuff. They make a kit with the pads and rotors. My son has them on his 71 Monte and his 69 GTO. I have them on my daily, 2010 Sierra and highly recommend.

Take that holley off, install the new holley 750 vacuum secondary using the same linkage and fuel line. Some of the vacuum ports may be in different locations but nothing I feel you can't handle. Just make sure you use the constant vacuum port for the transmission modulator and the "ported" vacuum port for the vacuum advance on the distributor.

And that's how it starts! Lolol

I like her thinking! Lolol you shouldn't worry, you have a 454 CHEVY now! Not a f🤬😡d!

The rocker arms could be loose. They could be roller rockers, where there will always be slight noise, the car could have a solid lifter cam where that noise will always be there. The get an idea, you would have to pull off a valve cover and see what's there. As far as carbs, I just purchased a ProForm 650dp for my son's 71 small block from Amazon. They had the best price. To be honest the carb not only looks good but it is working flawlessly and almost no adjustments were needed. Right out of the box it was set up. Except for the idle speed. Very impressed.