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Anyone know of a good muscle car mechanic?


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I'm looking for a good - cheap mechanic

it's about time i had a super-tune done on my '67 GTO

 

hard to find anyone that hates computers and knows how to work on the old stuff - i don't know the area too well

 

 

any recommendations?

mainly looking to adjust the valves, maybe play with the timing a little

 

pontiacs are a bit different than chevy's - recommendations?

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well, i don't want to go to a shop that costs $100 an hour....to pop off a valve cover and spend 30 minutes adjusting valves - and then charge me $3 hours labor...because they didn't know what they were doing and had never adjusted a pontiac valve system

i've got it awful close myself - sure a good mechanic could do it a bit better though

 

how about - reasonable?

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it's a new/rebuilt, original 4-barrel GTO engine - or was

probably has 1500 miles - ram air IV specs - around 400 HP with a 4spd

 

lots of fun - mostly just checking everything i've done

i'm 24 - know a fair amount...but would like someone that's done it for 30 years to take a gander

 

 

I was told that after i broke the engine in, i should have someone that knows what they're doing take a look at 'er - maybe adjust the timing a little - take a look at spark plugs to see if it's running lean/rich...and adjust the rockers as they get a little play in them after they're warn down

I had a professional rebuild a quadrajet for it - dyno tested and ready to bolt on (replace a crappy one)

 

theres's a little ticking in the drivetrain from the long winter - just needs gone through again for final adjustment

 

she's in primer and near paint...trying to get the engine solid, first

if i could figure out how to post a picture - i would

 

 

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/newgto2.jpg

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RA 4 just refers to the cam that's in it - ram air 4 specs from a later GTO

added a reproduction ram air pan

 

heads were played with a little too

running in the mid 13's with traction problems

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740-369-0274 ask for Marty (Its a car/quest)

 

I think ra4 heads had D shape ex ports, Or the middle ports some thing not the same

 

I had a 70 1/2 TA heads were 670 or 12 and a ra4 cam went 13.50's street tires 3.55gear not bad for mid 80's

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yea - what you're talking about are the round-port heads - a little exotic

but a little porting/polishing does a big difference - can easily make d-ports better flowing than stock roundports

 

normal pontiac heads are d-ports

mine has the original 670's - 2.11/1.77 with 72 cc chambers

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Might be a long shot for ya but you can try my pap. Bill McGraw, he's out in West Jefferson and did some pretty amazing stuff back in the day from what I understand.

 

McGraw's Auto Service (614) 879-7165.

 

He's always been pretty fair too.

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  • 4 weeks later...

thanks for all the replies

 

i woulda been visiting you, sigman

 

but i traded it for a non matching #'s '66 GTO convertible

(a lot more fun, and i don't have to worry about originality any longer)

 

maybe i'll try driving to one of your meeting-grounds one of these days

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