A friend has a car that sat for a while with a full tank of gas. We dropped
the tank to find out why there was no fuel flow and found that all the
rubber seals that came in contact with the old stale gas had dissolved.
Is this normal, or did someone pull a prank on him?

e-mail me at  iamgodof69@webtv.net

    I'm in need of some HEI plug wire terminals and a coil wire.  Boots
for the coil wire would be good, but not critical.  I don't need boots
for the plug wires.  All info will be greatly appreciated.  Reply here
or to txwheelman-newsplatypus@yahoo.com .  Remove the "platypus" ...

   A few people here, who post on a regular basis have sung the priases of
the Q-Jet.
   A few have even claimed to be  well experianced at building them.
Something I hate to do.

Well...it looks like my ISP thought it best to re-add this group...so I am
back..for better or worse...

I have a 94 Firebird V6, and I believe it has a stock GM muffler on it
right now.  I realize it is only a V6 and its not going to sound like a V8,
but I am finding that the exhaust sounds very weak and "rattly" with
whatever I got on it now.  I don't know how old the exhaust is, ...

UK prices for US car spares seem very high and it looks like it would be
worth my while ordering direct from the US, especially with the exchange
rate so far in my favour (although I do have to understand UK import tax
first).  I have discovered Classic Industries but before I go ...

What is the performance and reliability of an STS turbo versus a
supercharger for an LT-1?

Help please.
I have a Holley 4160, 600cfm and vacuum secondaries
It was on the 400 Pontiac engine when I got the car but it is very
unlikely that it has ever been run (I don't think it would). I have just

What is the plastic piece called, behind the plastic nose, that holds
the headlights?

My windshield wiper motor either gave out on me or the switch did. The
motor clicks when I turn the wipers on but does not run. I bought a new
motor and attached the power to it to see if it worked. It clicked the
same way as the old one. This is on a 79 Camaro. Any ideas?

I'm trying to troubleshoot a sudden power-loss and surging/bucking
under load problem on my '86 Camaro, 305 4BBL, and was wondering if I
could safely disconnect the M/C solenoid connector from my Quadrajet
(E4ME) and drive around like that to see if the ECM isn't at fault?

I have just bought a TA here in the UK and Im a little paraniod that its not
what it seems which has made the following little thing seem significant:
My TA's rear lights (still wired for US use) have 4 red lights and one white
in each cluster with one lisence plate bulb. My Clymer ...

I have an 87 Trans Am w/305 4bbl & 5spd w/48800 miles.  A few things;
I never got the window sticker so I was wondering if there was a way
to check on some of the non obvious options (lmtd slip, etc.)to get
all the details.