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Make sure that whatever switched 12 volt source you use has enough capacity to run the HEI (rule of thumb, 1amp per 1000rpm) (not shared with...
Yay! Alex.
Just to throw an additional idea out for you to check out next time your in the yards is the back end of most compact cars. The ford focus has a...
Have you looked into converting to a later model single piston caliper setup? (69-72/74 depending on what cars your looking at for donors). I'd...
Great to hear things are going well! Alex.
If your serious about it, why not? Sounds like Betty has stake in the land the car from Steve is sitting on, and she's probably going to convince...
If theres no actual parking lot issues, blame ignorant anti-old car people for chasing you out that complain to store employees. Years ago when...
10 or a 2 is starting to grate on my nerves as well. One episode, maybe the same episode, they go on about cleaning up bolt heads and washer...
Now that the widow lives in town (pop.?) might not take long before the low-lifes come on a destruction spree. Best advice right there. Go talk...
I know a guy on another forum that derbys for fun. The cars he gets for dirt cheap that are in great shape is unreal! We'll spend months looking...
Good to know. I just used up the last of my stash of short plugs and was thinking of trying out the accels. Other gotcha's to be aware of, if you...
Unless you find a place with 4+ year old stock, you won't find any short insulator AC plugs. They moved (consolodated?) production to another...
I do realize that. But hey, its an oppertunity for TV to step up to the plate and help UNdumb America for a change, rather than feed the lowest...
Not buying is a result of principles. There was a time when used parts prices where reasonable in yards. Things then turned ugly at a lot of...
I'll watch again. But Hollywood needs to step up and away from the drama field and us gearheads would have shows we'd watch with a lot less...
I started reading this and felt a little left out, I keep reading anyway, I suppose I have the corvette fever, before I knew what the fever was....
I'll 2nd that the agent will make or break it, both for coverage and cost. I just knocked one of my cars rates in half since the (new to me)...
1976 Nova with 250-6 had an external coil. Alex.
Rule of thumb is ~5mph change in reading for each change in driven gear tooth count. Thats the easy one to remove. Count the teeth on your driven...
Something you can check out is the cross channels for 73-87 chevy pickup truck boxes (under box supports). There is one ~3" deep and another (over...
You need a starter with the "inline" mounting holes for the smaller flywheel. Off the top of my head if you need an application, try a 1973...
It was exterior caulking wasn't it? ;-) Works on brick, wood, aluminum window frames, and everything else, why not a car? Myself, I prefer to lay...
50 ohms (5 watts, or greater) will do the trick. Alex.
If its knocking during part throttle, you may have too much vacuum advance. Pull the cap and look at the vacuum advance mounting plate, near the...
Advanced timing can make it hard(er) to start when hot. How much you running? You may also be battling heat soak. Heat from the engine starts...
They don't have respect ANYWHERE. Go to a grocery store... Whats the ignorant parent do? Put little johnny dirty feet up on the food converyor......
Bluebird also builds buses in Brantford Ontario. Since Canada doesn't have a trade embargo with Cuba it is a possible source of the buses. Alex.
A "restored" car I went to look at had the rusty floors replaced. They had used reproduction floor patches, under the car, it looked like a...
FYI, The 1987 302 IS a roller block. If its an unmolested engine from a crown vic/grand marquis its the lo-po version (not to be cornfused with...
The "grooved" fuses are slo-blo. The ones without the grooves are standard/fast blow. Littelfuse slo-blow maxi-fuse;...
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