what the hell is going on???

[BIRD67]

predetonation!? holy shit I hope that isn't the case, we run her, but not that hard!

[chargergirl]

Only time I ever threw white smoke out the tailpipe...blown head gasket.

[Tilar]

Yeah but the "steam coming from the breather" statement makes me think he has more than just a blown head gasket, I'm betting on a cracked head also.

[mauve66]

thats a big piston bore to have 320 ounces of water in it

[BIRD67]

Yeah I guess it's a well iszed bore.. its the factory pontiac 326 block that had been bored .030 before, then we had it rebuild and did an .040 overbore.. got word back from the garage.. the heads are fine, it was only the headgasket, he told us to either get a new transmission with more gears, or don't run it on the highway..

[TylerCharger69]

White smoke coming from the exhaust?    Coolant getting in the combustion chamber.....Time for a resurface and new head gaskets.....And....your oil probably resembles chocolate milk so youll need to flush that engine out too.

[TylerCharger69]

I'm curious as to what method they used to determine your heads are fine???

[ACUDANUT]

 If he is paying a shop to do the work, the burden is on them. 

[BIRD67]

She's all fixed now.. it was in risk of detonation because the timing was advanced 45 degrees from what it should have been, the car was tuned with full vaccum from the carb previously, so we retarded the timing 26 degrees and she seems happy with 16 degreed top dead center timing..

[TylerCharger69]

But   what about the heads?

[BIRD67]

the heads are fine, no cracks at all.. the car is now running better than it ever has!

[greenpigs]

As for the 2 speed, yeah it's going, a turbo 350 would be nice, same dimensions as the 2 speed but a 200R4 like what they used in the Buick Grand National's is what is in the works.. 4 speed automatic with overdrive, the only question is now, do we get a reverse manual valvebody or keep it stock?

So you still doing this swap?

[BIRD67]

Possibly in the near future, we kinda ran out of funds for now...