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Since I don't know if it's appropriate to say here, until I hear back from the company, I sent you a pm. I did some research paid good money and got what I thought was going to help me with a quality restoration. S

Bought factory covers for my wife's 70 a few years ago and they are already badly fading to purple. It has spent most of its time garaged since the interior was completely gone through. It looked awesome when it was first done but now it looks terrible. I live in the northwest and the days the car has seen out of doors have been pretty mild. I don't get it? Trying to make headway on the car but seems like I'm not making any progress. You guys have any ideas on what might be going on? S

Dale thanks for your help. Got it working. It was a bad connection. S

Sure did. When I installed my HEI a couple years back I had disconnected the tach wire from the original points coil/distributor and because I did not have the proper plug/end to fit into the HEI cap for the tach wire I let it hang. I recently put the correct push on plug/end onto what I thought/think is the wire going to the tach so I could properly install it into the HEI. No movement what so ever on the tach. One thing that has me baffled is there are two separate brown wires coming out of the firewall several inch's from one another? I installed the brown wire that had the kind of crimped end that I have seen many times on wires going to oem coils. I am pretty sure it was on the wire from the tach that went to the coil. I don't know what the other brown wire is for? Now my memory could be shaky and that connecter on the one wire could be there to throw me off? After getting the interior done I so don't want to tear into the dash again! Thanks, s

For some reason the tach is not working with my new HEI. Anyone else experience this and how did you resolve it? Thanks, s

I have done several search's and have been coming up with conflicting information so thought I'd ask the good folks here on FGMCC. What is the correct part number for the temp sender that will fit in a Vortec head and work with the stock temp gauge on my 70 Monte? Thanks, spoony

Just ordered! http://www.chevrolet.com/performance/crate-engines/sp350-357-turn-key Thanks everyone, S

Got 19367084 coming and hope to have it installed at the end of July beginning of August. http://www.chevrolet.com/performance/crate-engines/sp350-357-turn-key Anyone have any experiance they would like to share regarding the crate motor swaps. Any problems with the Vortec heads on the exhaust side? I would like to thank everyone who participated on my previous thread. To build or not to build that was the question but after a lengthy mulling process I decided to go with the crate engine. Any interest in the original 350 can pm me. Thanks again, S

Everything you say is true but my personal experience has not been too good with, highly recommended, builders coming thru. A lot of things that can go wrong and the parts being used a lot of times in these builds are being sourced from areas that do not have the same quality controls as they used too. I do a lot of work on my own cars but because of Physical limitations r&r engines is not one of them and I have to pay someone to do that. The last engine I had built had to come out of the car 3 times, once to be gone thru by another shop, before I was able to put any mile on it. The GM crate engines have a great warranty, in comparison to a shops, that can be used if something goes wrong and it will pay for any necessary procedures. I'd love to have the original rebuilt but I just can't expect or assume it will go as smoothly as having one of the crate engines installed before, during or after it's all said and done! I was actually hoping one of the crate engines might be a good candidate as a long block but I'm not seeing that. Thanks again everyone and please keep the ideas coming, spoony

Hate to say it but that's exactly what I was planning on doing with it. I am really happy with the engine, other than oil consumption, but don't want to go thru the headache, expense, cheap parts and time loss of another "pro rebuild". I would like to rebuild but it was just too painful last time around. Do you have a part number on that engine? Are you thinking about part number 19210009 333hp 350 turn-key? That's the only small block I can see currently offered by GM in the the 330hp range, other then the truck engine, and the only way to get it is turn-key. Thanks, spoony

Hi all, Well got the interior done late summer, installed new wheels/tires mid winter and now its time to address the engine on the wife's 70 Monte. The engine performs really well but uses too much, though there are no signs of exactly where its going, oil between changes. Any good/better/best options within the currant Crate engine offerings that would match up well for with a factory 300hp car? The only none original parts are a DUI HEI distributor and Powermaster starter. I would have the original engine rebuilt but I would like to go easier on myself this time around. Thanks for the help, spoony

Since this was an irritating intermittent issue I have been hesitant to leave a comment until a little time went by. Replacing the starter and replacing the old 4 gauge battery cables with 2 gauge seemed to have done the trick. I installed one of the Powermaster 9000 starters. It turns over like never before. Super happy with the starter but not so much with PM customer support or the ambiguous, incomplete instructions. Anyways I may have got it figured Thanks for all the help, s

Lots of great info. I was happy with the improvement when I upgraded the headlights to halogen on my Elky. I think I will do the same on the MC, use relays and consider the alternator upgrade. Thanks again everyone, s

Bruce, Like I said I have halogens in there right now but there pretty old and I don't know what wattage they are. Did you have to run relays? When I changed over to some pretty standard halogens sealed beams on my 83 El Camino I had to use relays as the slight extra current draw was reaping havoc with my headlight switch. When you say "bulbs" do you mean you converted to H4 headlight housing and used H4 type bulbs? Thanks, s

I need to address the dim headlights on the Monte Carlo. I have read all the headlight topics in our forum but most are pretty old and wanted to know what the current thoughts are. I have some halogens in there now but they are pretty old and I have no idea how well they are working. Just want to brighten things up as much as possible legally. I was thinking about the setup Doug did in this thread http://www.firstgenmc.com/forums/index.php?/topic/14184-headlights-stock-replacement/?hl=headlights "The bulb that he used is Flosser Head Light Fog bulb 9003/hb2/h4 . They are 145 watt high beam/100 watts low beam halogen bulbs." Can that bulb be legal? It looks like it should be as some cars are manufactured with those bulbs. Also interested in thoughts on LED conversions like this EBay item number 122105974423 Thanks, s