Trouble shooting startup issue

with all this cold weather I can't drive mine so I guess I can contemplate building a 455 to replace my 350..........

 

Great advise!
Not sure about the wet part Lol.

 

Do you put gas stabilizer in your gas?
I did was told to do this and keep my battery on a tender or unhook it.
I'am using Evans waterless coolant, so I don't have to worry about freezing temperatures.

Any advise re how to store a classic car is appreciated.
This is my first Restored Buick and I don't want to damage it because I failed to store it correctly.
I paid a lot for this 70 GS 455 and added a lot of upgrades to it the last 2 years. Vet (Navy)

 

Vet I don't use fuel stabilizer, in any of my vehicles......prior experience with my Harley Is it would guarantee a fouled spark plug first or second ride in the spring...... got bit twice and no more stabilizer! I run good (premium) fuel or non-ethanol, and if I run it it's going to be a 10 mile drive minimum, usually 20 mile round trip.
I have snowmobiles, motorcycles, power lawn equipment, classic cars and trucks and support vehicles and everything gets stored at some point during the year. For 30 years I changed the oil, fill the tanks with fresh fuel and park them.....

 

Hum, fouled plugs, first I've heard of this situation.
I will take your past experience into advisement.
Not much I can do now since I've already installed stabilizer.
I left some room for about 4 gallons of gas, so I will fill it full of premium fuel and hope I don't get any fouled plugs.

Thank you for the advise. Vet

 

Battery Tender is a good idea. I try to charge mine every month. With 3-4 inches of snow today, our first in 2 years, I think we are stuck until the salt is washed out! Looks like our first warm day is in 2 weeks!

 

I don’t use any fuel stabilizer either.
Car doesn’t sit long enough.

 

I had my Buick at a classic car shop, so when winter hit and I was to pickup my car because it was finished, the shop had already installed the gas stabilizer in the car.
Apparently this is "standard" procedure for this particular classic car shop. Vet (Navy)

 

Your probably going to be fine Vet, I do know there's plenty of different fuel stabilizers available for you (or anybody)to choose from. If you do want to use it, research them all and look for reviews from your local small engine repair shop!

 

That's so they can justify their "maintenance" fees to their customers...

 

Interesting you said maintenance fee. They don't charge a maintenance fee.

However, if you don't have a place to store your car, they do have a storage fee and they do take care to see the car is maintained, covered in storage and battery on a tender.

My only issue with this classic car company is they are too expensive and that don't have enought top notch mechanics.
All in all, they did a good job on my 70 GS.
It would be very difficult to find a shop where everything runs smoothly 100% of the time.
At least, I haven't found one. Vet

 

Thank you, good advise.
I do try my best to research everything that effects my car.
I ask a lot of questions on this forum and I have received great advice and recommendations from a very experienced bunch of Buick folks.
So, I believe I'm in very good company. Vet

 

I would put a 0240 on it with the factory choke....the ONLY reason that Holley is on it is because they were from "quadrajunk" crowd....it will be crisper...get better mileage...and drive better .....and look better. Absolutely no reason for a 4150 on stock intake jmo

 

I can't tell you how many times I've had knuckle draggers at the track or car shows tell me "why you got that qudrajunk on there"......only for me to tell them because it performs better all around .....they don't get it because they have had it drilled into their head otherwise by parts changers. I track tested SAMEDAY...my 70 stage..mid 11 sec 4klb setup...3 carbs.....1000cfm HP holley...1000cfm thermoquad...and a 750 cfm 0240.....the Tq would 60ft SLIGHTLY better....but all 3 ran within 1 tenth of each other....mph varied only with margin of error....sold the 1000cfm carbs and enjoyed better and crisper performance especially the mid range from the qjet

 

Not to mention you can ditch the adapter...and run the factory breather. Which they may have butchered it up already to clear the bowls on the holley