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Thanks, brother. No accessory mounting holes needed in my case. The parts that I'm talking about are parts that I have already bought and have here. I just haven't installed them yet. I have new ARP bolts and gaskets for manifold and heads. I have the heads themselves. I have the camshaft and...

Thank you sandlapper. I'm glad I finally made myself clear if it was foggy before. Anyway, you don't have to splain it to me. I already understand and I bought the exact Cam that lunati recommended for my gears and my whole combination. They say that it'll work great.

It's a 1967 Corvette 327 that I've had for about 25 or 30 years. It already had the heads that are on it right now which are the camel humps but it had no manifold or anything. It was just oil pan up to the heads. No manifold or carb when I got it. I put an Edelbrock performer RPM camshaft in...

Sorry but, I didn't really didn't get what you meant. What I was saying is I have a new cam and I have new heads but, I figured I would leave my old heads on for the cam break in. That way, the spring pressure would be less to break the cam in. Then, drive it around for a while before pulling...

Yes. I meant closed. My mistake.

I tried to post this before but maybe it didn't go through for some reason. What I was thinking of doing was running my old camel hump heads for the cam break in and then maybe drive it for a couple hundred miles after, before I switch to my new heads. I ran it past the guys at lunati and they...

Who knows? I was just saying it's interesting. Never heard of it before.

That's interesting. I just wonder if it would take something so harsh. Makes me wonder if just a piece of Emery cloth and your fingers would do a better job. IF, it even needs to be done. Because, it also makes me wonder if that sort of process really needs to be done at all. Seems like the cam...

Huh?

I highly agree. So far it seems there are many opinions and no generally agreed upon train of thought about the subject. In your opinion, would I want to put an additive in the rotella if I used it or just use it on its own? Do you have any opinion between the vr1 and the rotella and is that...

Well, after reading all these comments, I have went from wanting to use the Rotel with some additive in it to wanting to use the valveline VR1 to not knowing what the hell to do! 🙄

Made it sound like a sewing machine? Is that literal or some colloquialism I'm not used to?

I'm probably going to go with the VR one from valvoline. It's 6 bucks a quart so 30 bucks for 5 quarts seems like pretty cheap insurance.

Why am I seeing all these weird viscosities? I was always running on 10w30. Some of these oils are 15w40 and 20w50 and so on.

I've been seeing a lot of people use rotolo which is cheap around here or at least, relatively cheap. Is it actually okay to use diesel oil for a cam break in? What brands or viscosities or whatever would you guys suggest? I guess, I'm just looking for a break in oil education.

I'm not the one doing it! My car is! Seems like something for a 20-year-old to try not, a 42-year-old! Going to have to watch that car, now!

Well, it finally happened! Try as you may to keep the Sun out of the damn car but, the dash has finally developed a little crack. It shouldn't be blamed I guess. It is 42 years old! Anyway, what can I do to fix it? It's about three or four inches long and it's right on top where the metal part...

Don't really know, Terry. I used to know but, I forgot. They are the American Racing brand version of centerlines. How could I find out with the tires on? It seems like it'd be hard to measure exactly with the tire on there I do know, there is some writing on the back side of the rim but I just...

Well, dread it as I may, I need some new rear tires. Before I go buying the same size which are 235/60/14s, I thought I'd ask what I have for options. I'd like to get the widest most traction that I possibly can. What would be a good tire? Should I stick with the size that I've been running or...

Well, you guys are making me feel old. I remember all of that stuff! This actually made a lot of sense to me, COPO. I was on the fence between "protecting them" and enjoying them. Thinking along the same lines as what you said. The idea of, why did I do all this if I'm just going to cover them...