Thanx!! And good luck on your build!

Happy to help!!

Honestly I haven’t removed mine since I put it in! Haha, not even gonna try taking it out until it’s got a few years of squish.

@@ratfarm767 I don't know that might be a good call

@@markusgokan663 the shaft should slide inside itself, telescoping. Like an extendable paint roller pole.

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@ratfarm767 I recently bought a 1987 & 1986 for $3000 total. Is that a good price? One is kited out with a wrap new lift kit and more, but it's missing the engine. the other one is all stock, it has water damage. Do you think this was a good price?

Hard to say, but you probably did alright. 80’s C4’s with TPI are bomb proof cars mechanically. It all comes down to interior and exterior condition. A good c4 is usually only a couple grand more than a totally wasted C4. If the interior is trash… forget it, turn it into a race car.

top flight automotive and it was the import kit. everything fit decent with the exception of the strips that go down around the doors. Gotta get the US made kit for that.

@@ratfarm767 Thank you!

good to know! thanx for passing along the info

Not all hero’s wear capes 🦸‍♂️ Thanx for watching. 👍🏻

Looks worse than it is. It’s not too bad. Good luck. 👍🏻

Happy to help you out. Good luck 👍🏻

39610 is the part number on the box I purchased. They’ve made some improvements since I got my kit, hopefully some of the issues I’ve had have gotten resolved. Good luck on your project.

@@ratfarm767 Thank you!!

👍🏻 Good luck on that 68!!

Not sure, I never drove the car with the carbs, I removed them before it was fully built. The carbs had better throttle response but that’s to be expected. I’ll keep you posted as I get more miles on this motor.

Yea it came out great, I’m glad I did it this way. As far as the plug goes I’m not sure off the top of my head. I’ll bet a quick google search and you’ll find a diagram with the pinout. Good luck on that and your other projects. Appreciate your channel and have referenced your videos for several of my own projects. 👍🏻👍🏻

Agreed! It's imperative to have the leg burners on these old c3's!! Thanx for the kind words!

Thanx!! I'll probably go down the same road with my camaro.. blue, red, white, grey, pink!!

Thanx Alan! 👍🏻

Most welcome!! Thanx for checking it out!

Already sold it, it was a sharp looking car, doesn't surprise me that it sold so quickly!

Thanx, I've heard the same, I'm hoping I can work through it and keep it alive!

Again and again with the leaks or sweating 🙈 always the same problem. Leave the color yellow, I like it and it's stock👌🏼😎

Thanx for the kind words, much appreciated, good luck on your project!

good point

Thank you, good luck. 👍🏻

I’m with ya, I don’t do the spin method either. It’s like an art form, you gotta have a feel for it.

If they’re factory arms I don’t blame you, rubber has worked for decades 👍🏻

Hi Dave, If your running C12 I'd say your probably going to run into problems with fouling the 02 sensor but you could try contacting Fitech or any of the others and asking them about optional wideband 02 sensors that'll work with E85 alcohol. Most certainly would be cheaper per mile too. Those donut gaskets on the exhaust manifolds are pain in the ace for sure but I haven't really had any problems with leaks, took a little finagling but I got sealed up. As far as the throttle body issues go, I had 2 problems with the system in the first 200 miles, actually both happened at the same time. The first issue was the barrels on the front throttle body were machined incorrectly and the fuel spray pattern at full throttle would shoot the fuel up into the air cleaner. Fitech replaced at their cost and had it returned within a week. The second issue was that same throttle body had a bad injector that would get stuck at wide open throttle and flood the motor out. Still waiting on a replacement injector, shows it's been shipped UPS 2 day air so I will soon get that installed and do a final wrap up video on this system. Again, Fitech covered the cost of the injector. Overall, the first 200 miles the car ran fantastic, It starts up like a new car, first crank. If you saw the video (part 4) maybe, where the engine starts up for the first time in over a year.. that was real! It honestly hadn't been started up all that time and it cranked over and idled decent. System was fantastic up until the injector took a crap. If I was to invest more time and money into the system I would probably talk to fitech about getting a top shelf set of injectors and what they recommend. In regard to the research of these systems, I had originally planned on using the Holley Terminator system and doing an L88 intake with the L88 hood but in the end I decided to do the tri-power since I had already installed the intake and carburetors. The fi-tech is the only game in town for tri power so I really didn't research them too much. I'd say I'm on the fence about it, if I had to do it again I would probably do the L88 setup with the terminator... mainly just because of the simplistic nature of a single throttle body and the L88 hood is sweet!! Hope this helps, feel free to message with any other questions or concerns and good luck with the project :)

Ooof! Yea good luck with that! Sounds like my next project.. replacing the oil rings on my Chevy equinox. Gonna try to also do that with the motor in the car! Not looking forward to it. My buddy was able to remove the oil pan and replace the oil pump on his C4 with motor in. If he was able to do that, you should be able to get the rod bolts loose and pop them out. Good luck.

Keep in mind this video was recorded pre Covid. May also have been a remanufactured unit, don’t remember for sure. But a reman will have mostly new internal components minus the case and armature.

Yup! I feel your frustration! Wasn’t something I wanted to do that’s for sure. Only good thing about it was everything is new so it came apart easily. Thanks for reminding me, I had every intention of listing the part number but must’ve forgot. The bushings are Energy Suspension brand part number 33191G. Looks like Amazon is the best deal right now, no surprise there at 33.65 but eBay and rock auto have them also. Thanx for the kind words and good luck on the ole swapperoo 😀

Interesting to hear from people that have had this problem. This was the first time I ever had poly bushings fail. Looks like it’s more common than you’d expect. You might be right about the rubber, it dries up and gets ugly but usually doesn’t crumble and fall off.

@@ratfarm767 It makes me wonder where Van Steel is getting its bushings, and maybe they are some poorly made cheap import, or even may be USA made, but quality in everything these days seem to be shit any more, even from companies that used to be respectable and reliable. I put poly bushings on the front suspension of my 1975 Formula in 1996, and they looked brand new when I sold the car only a year ago.

@@corbinhbucknerjr558 I’ve used energy suspension brand for years with no issues, I hope they continue to make a good product. I used them in these trailing arms, so I guess we’ll see how they hold up.

@@ratfarm767 If I'm not mistaken, the front suspension kit I had on the Firebird was Energy Suspension.

Thanks!

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It would’ve been much easier to install a simpler setup but the tri power is so super cool looking.

Thanks 👍

Very welcome!