What Did You Do To Your Chevelle Today

[SS Shaun]

Originally Posted by fleming23

Ahhhh, that starter would have clearanced itself

LOL i am sure it would of

[fleming23]

Originally Posted by earthquake68

I had the same problem with my first Chevelle. It turns out the alternator pulley was worn out. The belt is supposed to be suspended above the bottom of the groove in the pulley and ride on the tapered part. When the pulley wears out, the belt will fall to the bottom of the groove. It won't matter how much you tighten it, it will slip. I'll bet money if you replace the belt and alternator pulley, you won't have that issue anymore.

As far as the miss goes, check the seat pressure on your valve springs. You may have a bad spring floating when you get up in rpm's. It could also be a pick up coil or ignition module. ...Just some things to check.

Thanks!

The Alt. pulley is nearly new, as are the rest of the pulleys. Actually put on a much larger alternator pulley with a deeper groove to try and slow the belt down a little but it is still flying off.

I think I have a solution to the problem on the way though.

What I don't understand about the miss at 5k is that after about .5 seconds the car picks up and pulls all the way to 6200 or so where it shifts. I did replace the module with another I had sitting around and will swap out the coil with a D.U.I. 50k coil later this week just to eliminate those from the equation. I found a few threads with similar issues related to the MSD Pro-Billet HEI distributors and it was often suggested that the modules are not the best. I'll see.... Hopefully nothing too difficult to pin-point.

[earthquake68]

Well, if the miss comes and goes, it's not the valve springs. I think you have it on the run with the module. Keep us posted in case I come across something like that.

[shadowgray396]

Took the chevelle out today for a couple of outings. Car has only 15 miles on it so far.

[noname22]

put a spacer between the carb (Edelbrock) and intake due to it flooding sfter start up and smoking .Its been like this ever since we put the new motor in..

[kbgood]

Put in a new Cowl induction flap door and new vent knobs and ordered a heater core that someone took out.

[earthquake68]

Originally Posted by shadowgray396

Took the chevelle out today for a couple of outings. Car has only 15 miles on it so far.

Man, that's a beautiful car.

[Hank70SS]

Drove to Hell and back, Hell, Michigan that is. Yesterday was a beautiful day for a ride. 77 degrees, leaves are starting to change, perfect day for a ride.

[shadowgray396]

Originally Posted by earthquake68

Man, that's a beautiful car.

Thank you, still working a few bugs out of it but almost there. Goes to the alignment shop next week and should be ready for a nice long drive.

[SS Shaun]

well its been a LONG time since i had time to work on my chevelle. But i finally got the t56 under the car and INSTALLEd very little cutting. about as much as putting in a tko