To all,
Previously sent posts on my 71 LT1 Corvette I bought year ago from Mershons. Over the years I have owned 5 GTO's and 1 66 SS396 so am aware of stock musclecar power. LT1 never seemed to run like I remember or thought it should(it was a dog actually). A shop did a Compression test and said I was 90lbs across the board-I would need a rebuild. I wrote to this board asking for advice and was told that 90 even was very unusual and should go back and dblchk. I did with shop but they said that was the deal. Thankfully you instilled enough doubt in me to seek 2nd opinion. Not knowing where to go,out of the blue,based on my GTO knowledge, I contacted a famous Pontiac Performance Engine builder(been in Pontiac magazines for years)name Jim Taylor expecting him to tell me he works on nothing but Pontiacs. He surprised me and said he has worked on every motor including LT1's. Long story short - did "cold" comp test and found ranged 120-130, no smoke, readjusted all valves, put restored Holley back on, pulled distributor and installed performance recurved distributor and put in Petronics unit(since Transistor Ignition not in car). Car screams!!! Not only is he the genius I knew from Pontiac but was floored with his honesty-had my car 3 days and charged only 8.5 hours of work-he could have easily said he worked on my car the entire 3 days - I would have never known the difference. So if your Vette is not running right and you are near the North Jersey Pennsylvania area, contact Jim Taylor Engines at 908-213-3456 120 S. 5th Street, Philipsburg, NJ 08865 He and Nunzi in Brooklyn are the best Pontiac guys I knew about - now I know Jim handles Vettes too, and Hemis, etc. Thanks a million to all who responded and put me on right track!!!! I can really enjoy the LT1 now!!
Previously sent posts on my 71 LT1 Corvette I bought year ago from Mershons. Over the years I have owned 5 GTO's and 1 66 SS396 so am aware of stock musclecar power. LT1 never seemed to run like I remember or thought it should(it was a dog actually). A shop did a Compression test and said I was 90lbs across the board-I would need a rebuild. I wrote to this board asking for advice and was told that 90 even was very unusual and should go back and dblchk. I did with shop but they said that was the deal. Thankfully you instilled enough doubt in me to seek 2nd opinion. Not knowing where to go,out of the blue,based on my GTO knowledge, I contacted a famous Pontiac Performance Engine builder(been in Pontiac magazines for years)name Jim Taylor expecting him to tell me he works on nothing but Pontiacs. He surprised me and said he has worked on every motor including LT1's. Long story short - did "cold" comp test and found ranged 120-130, no smoke, readjusted all valves, put restored Holley back on, pulled distributor and installed performance recurved distributor and put in Petronics unit(since Transistor Ignition not in car). Car screams!!! Not only is he the genius I knew from Pontiac but was floored with his honesty-had my car 3 days and charged only 8.5 hours of work-he could have easily said he worked on my car the entire 3 days - I would have never known the difference. So if your Vette is not running right and you are near the North Jersey Pennsylvania area, contact Jim Taylor Engines at 908-213-3456 120 S. 5th Street, Philipsburg, NJ 08865 He and Nunzi in Brooklyn are the best Pontiac guys I knew about - now I know Jim handles Vettes too, and Hemis, etc. Thanks a million to all who responded and put me on right track!!!! I can really enjoy the LT1 now!!
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