Hood light ground
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how can i get more power from my 454?
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Really! ? That big ass L bracket is for a hood light? All it does is get in my way.
As far as I remember them that is what I always had it as
Shouldn't there be a tall bolt on that bracket? I thought it was there to grab the hood in a crash? Iirc, with the hood closed, the tall bolt goes up in a hole on the hood to grab and prevent it from going back into the windshield in a wreck.
That sounds closer to what I thought it was. There is a hole on the hood I figured they had something to do with each other. I'm just wondering if I can get rid of it.
oh OK I will go for that, makes a bit more sense
Not that it wouldn't make a solid ground. 
So since I don't have that long bolt I'm probably ok to remove the bracket. What do you guys think? Does your blazer/Jimmy have one? Should I get a bolt for it?
My '80 K10 didn't have the bracket at all.
Cool, then it's gone. No point in working around something I don't need.
You asked about a Carb spacer earlier, and I noticed it didn't really get included in the discussion.
I put used the Spacer and Salad Bowl air intake on my 350 TBI and really liked the results. I definitely could notice more low end power.
I think what you're doing with the cam, heads, etc. will help a lot more, but the spacer and salad bowl are cheap, so I would say why not while you're at it.
I put used the Spacer and Salad Bowl air intake on my 350 TBI and really liked the results. I definitely could notice more low end power.
I think what you're doing with the cam, heads, etc. will help a lot more, but the spacer and salad bowl are cheap, so I would say why not while you're at it.
What do you mean by salad bowl? I haven't heard that term before
Yeah sorry, I prolly shouldn't have even mentioned it since what I used was for TBI. Here it is - http://marine-performance-parts.com/hypertechpowerchargerforfullsizetruckgmtbi5057.aspx
Everyone on here just refers to it as the Salad Bowl since that's what it looks like. Don't know if there's a carb version of it that you could use.
But as far as the spacer goes, I definitely liked it for my TBI.
Everyone on here just refers to it as the Salad Bowl since that's what it looks like. Don't know if there's a carb version of it that you could use.
But as far as the spacer goes, I definitely liked it for my TBI.
No worries. I miss my TBI blazer. One day this one will get some sort of fuel injection.
Made some progress today! I'm not 100% sure on how I set the valve lash any suggestions on that?
I'm not 100% sure on how I set the valve lash any suggestions on that?
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Made some progress today!
A good ol chiltons manual will walk you through that
COCHEV
1/2 ton status
pretty sure its the same procedure as with a small block...I've been wrong before tho. Flat tappet, hydrolic lifters right?
Correct. I watched a video on YouTube I'm just second guessing if that's right or not
