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    Is it OK to ask about a 57s Chevy stick shift transmission?

    I just got a pair of Chevy 3 Speed with Overdrive Looking for ID and rebuilding instructions. From a 1957 Chevy Saginaw or Muncie 319 4 bolt Three Speed with overdrive #1 On main body GM3 3845122 and J1856 On the shifter cover 3731911 Question is what is it and what are the Gear ratios Need...
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    Any MPG Fans here??

    The question nowadays is what have you done to improve your rides MPG?? And what worked the best?? Please post your Numbers. I forgot this site is mainly Pickup Trucks, I am running a 93 Chevy G20 Van. Rich
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    EGR: The good, the bad and the ugly??

    My nearly lifelong understanding is if the factory put it on an engine it is there for a very good reason. My understanding is that EGR helps with MPG….and I have read that adding even more can make even more MPG. This is by displacing the incoming air/fuel charge. I also read that adding more...
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    HELP need a bigger oil pan SBC

    Installing a SBC 383 in a 93 G20: I need a larger pan, seems many are 4.5 QT models, then there are 5 Qts and 6 QTs models, I would like to run a 6 QT pan IF it will fit, so anyone done an engine swap and ran a large pan?? So here is the pan problem, I am running a BBC Oil pump for the greater...
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    1994 1995 Chevy GMC 5.7L 4L80E 16197427 16196395 Memcal 16213479

    Looking for a couple of Prom Chip BNKM 1994 1995 Chevy GMC 5.7L 4L80E 16197427 16196395 Memcal 16213479 Rich
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    Switching to a 16197427 to run a 4L80e.

    A major question: Switching to a 16197427 to run a 4L80e. My read is I can get any 7427 and just reprogram it, is that right?? So can I just load the basic operating system for a 350V8, for a 4L80e. OR do I NEED to get a 7427 from a truck that had a 4L80e?? I can find 16197427s everywhere...
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    Running two ECM/PCMs in one car/truck

    Looking for information on hooking up a pair of ECMs in one car/truck. Want to run a 165 TPI ECM for fuel management and a 93 ECM to operate the 4L80E transmission. Rich
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    4l80e swap from a 4L60e PCM??

    I THOUGHT I had this all laid out. I have spent the past 3 years building a low RPM 383 for a high MPG engine for my 93 G20 Custom van, and plan on running a Motorhome 4L80e with a US Gear Dual range over drive to a stock 3.42 rear end. AND That I could convert the two 8625s PCMs I have on...
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    Looking for Peanut small roller cam(s)

    A small request. I would very much like to get a couple of cams that everyone is throwing away. It is a roller cam that is often called The Peanut Cam. I only know that It was mainly used in a 1990 SBC 350 in a Cadillac car. Its torque peek is at 2200RPMs. Its specs are: Low RPM 350 Cam...
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    Double overdrives witha US Gear Dual Range Overdrive

    My latest “Great Idea” Better MPG with super double Over Drives: Was able to get an old US Gear Dual Range over drive (Org Doug Nash unit) at a good price. I am looking for parts for this unit. And someone whom can work in it. It was not made to fit a TH400, I did not get the front adapter. I...
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    TPI VS TBI on a performance intake

    The big question of a 1987 Chevy Tuned Port Intake VS an old fashion performer dual plane Intake with a Throttle Body Injection system on it by an adaptor. The target power and RPM range is 1500 To 4500RPMs, with the main goal is as much torque as possible at 1500RPMs. This will be on my...
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    TBI on a dual plane Manifold??

    New question: I am being told I should run a dual plane intake manifold under my Throttle Body Injectors. I am told that such a intake will improve my engines torque at lower RPMS like 1500 to 2500. I am building a 383 for low RPMs at 1800 for highway crusing. So what has any of you guys...
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    Rare special towing Cam, anyone bought a Oregon Cam Grinding, Inc. 1006?

    Rare special towing Cam, anyone bought a Oregon Cam Grinding, Inc. 1006 cam?? Although the numbers are great and Ken said years ago a customer whom did a lot of cam swaps for his customers whom towed horse trailers, and that they custom made this cam after a number of trials that this one was...
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