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Five. Nitrous can do some nasty stuff. I used to keep broken parts, but they’re sad trophies

Yep, standard on convertibles

You’re on the right track. Get new brackets or continue modifying what you have. Washers, longer/shorter bolts, bolt “sleeves” (spacers), etc. Line it up straight and get a shorter belt if needed. You’ll get there

Grinder is a good idea. Bevel it so it can get started in the hole. I smack the top of mine, but that does flatten the end a bit

I took some rough measurements on another OEM crankshaft. The hole is about 1-3/4” deep with about the last 1/4” not threaded. Also, the first about 3/16” of the hole is beveled and not threaded. Looking down into the hole to the last unthreaded 1/4”, do I need to drill that to 11/16” first...

Your 3 points are correct, but I'm thinking "advance spring strech" would affect your mid-range ignition advance, not high rpm advance since the slots inside the distributor limit the maximum advance. The springs set the rate/rpm where you get to that maximum advance

That's roughly correct. I can't remember which direction you turn, but it adjusts "how high your vacuum needs to be to get vacuum advance" or in other words "what vacuum level cuts out the vacuum advance when you push down on the gas pedal while cruising". Like, if your vacuum at cruising is...

This makes sense, but I'm thinking I might just add a 2nd washer (?). I have to get the pieces in my hands & measure everything to be sure

Please tell me what this is. Thanks!

I think your oil pressure is just fine

You may be correct, but i warn you not to assume all your tests under the hood are correct. It's extremely hard to know that since you have no power, so don't rule out issues under the hood just yet. It's pretty common to get a "borderline connection" at the firewall disconnect plugs under the...

Isn’t that the last digits of the VIN ???

Thanks guys!!! Yep, bottoming tap and an extra 1/2” to work with makes me feel more confident I can fix it. THANK YOU ALL!!!

One other thing…IF it only pings when you are already at highway speed and floor it, “maybe” your vacuum advance needs adjusting (Allen wrench inside hose connection nipple in distributor)

That was my thought. It “looks” like someone got in a hurry and put the impact to it while it was cross threaded. Any idea how deep that hole is vs the bolt? Which metal is harder, the crank or the bolt? I ordered a small block bolt (1” longer, same thread) and a tap/die. I want to at least...

I swapped the cam 3 yrs ago and tightened it with an impact. The shop says that caused the damage

This is good advice. I will try to see how deep the threads go, get a die to clean the threads and cut to length. What about that OEM fat washer??? Does it NEED to be that thick?

Here is the bolt that fell out

A shop worked on my car and the large crank bolt at the harmonic balancer fell out! The bolt is stripped. The shop said they ran a tap in the hole (but re-used the stripped bolt?) Anyway, the shop is talking about a VERY expensive “key-cert” (sp?) insert. I want to try a new bolt first. I’m...

electric fan....but good question. Overheat at idle or overheat while highway crusing?