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Heh heh, I've definitely had those moments :lol: Just last night actually... I'd downloaded a previous episode of American Horror Story to watch, and was in the process of moving the laptop near the tv/receiver/etc. After seitching to the proper inputs I realized I hadn't plugged the HDMI cable...

You also have the advance disconnected when checking with a light, correct? If not, vacuum will cause the idle to change as well as t5 said... beyond that I don't have a lot to offer in the carb dept.

You don't see many guys climbing on a ladder for this shot 8) Mainly because they're taking the picture :lol: ;) What did you do for the headlights? I like it.

I've seen some turn on but won't do anything else, but the majority I've worked with won't power on without both connected. Different companies make their units differently... that Alpine wouldn't be the first I've seen with a heavy battery lead... the manual probably mentions going right to the...

If you have the funds ready to do at least the major part of the swap and there is a rearend available, I'd say why not... it's peace of mind. Stock 8.5s are pretty dang strong under a G-Body.

Last time I saw one in a yard was a few years ago, one I'd worked at years previous to that. They had $900 listed on Car-Part.com, and wouldn't want to budge, even when I told them maybe if it had been rebuilt and was all new inside. I just rolled my eyes and left... it was one of those...

Without the fuse in, see what your resistance between the 12v side and ground side is on the extra cigarette lighter plug. If it's 0 ohms then somewhere in your wiring you have a wire touching ground. If you do then that's what I'd start looking at. You said you wired an amp, I'm assuming you...

Doin' pretty good :) The printed board could be corroded (traces are copper and it's just two layers of plastic sandwiched together), that would be my first guess, either that or a poor connection to the harness at the dash.

There is a capacitor and resistor in the tach that calibrate the signal from the coil. You won't need the filter either, that was just to filter out RFI so you don't get noise from the radio (whine, etc.). The "easy" way out is this, however expensive...

If it's the original tank for that Monte then yes.

What color is that dash?

Those look purty :D I'm surprised there's an engine sitting there ;)

I don't know if everything would clear, but you may be able to find a setup on the same era of fullsize trucks you get the SBC setup from.

No, not really. Best way to know is to pull the timing gear off the cam and see if there is a number on it... there usually is if it's an aftermarket cam.

I've gotten quite a few PMs over the past month or two about serpentine conversions, and figured I'd make a thread for it. One of the most commonly available setups is off the late '80s-early '90s GM full size and S-Series trucks - must be a 4.3 if from an S-truck, won't matter with a full size...

w00t for Auto City :lol: Long time since I've been there.

Talk about customer labor... a guy at the Brake Masters quoted me $90 to simply R&R a bushing in a control arm, and that's if I bring the thing in, off the car :roll:

I'm pretty sure head design is a big thing too. http://www.corvette-web-central.com/LS1Head.html Look at the port sizes for the 4.8/5.3, that's unheard of for anything besides a street application in an SBC, let alone displacement that small. I don't know what the flow numbers are but they...

Woot subbed \:D/ My dad's '03 5.3 is slowly losing coolant, but you can smell it so I'm not quite sure it would be a cracked head.

Do eeeeeeeeeeet \:D/