The Jalopy Journal
I always tune carbs using a vacuum gauge. With it running, turn in the screw and watch the needle drop, crank it out until the needle peaks. I...
[ATTACH] This was a year back on my Belair. The old ones were the usual battle coming out. I was working outside on top of my big garbage bins, a...
That was the good stuff! It changed maybe 10 years back, definitely not the same and no salt packet. 6 Gun, Shotgun Willie and the new Shelby are...
I make chili all winter long, not do much in warmer months. I have been to chili contests that are mostly rigged. If you don't have a lot of...
I was looking at Merc Cruiser outdrive/ trim tab cables on eBay. Many lengths and gauges to choose from. I ended up having a local speed shop...
One real old shop, still around, has a wall display of countless clutch-ish springs. It has saved me more than once.
I use the 1 coil method as my go-to. I put new front coils in my OT Belair 6 months ago. They matched the lengths of my old ones. We struggled...
I have seen some very sanitary 318/360 swaps done with Volare and Cordoba front clips in '46 to '53 Mopars.
I ran a big file across my manifolds and they were flat. With the aluminum heads, I did use the gaskets that came with the Dart top end kit. I...
Do you have a vacuum leak somewhere? That may account for it running better with the choke on. Have you considered adapting a small Holley or...
I look for leaks at night with a flashlight. Clean up everything first with carb cleaner or whatever you like. Wait for dark, go out with as...
Bolts... I used stainless steel for the ram horns on my car, from Ace Hardware. It ran me $36 9 years ago, with stainless washers as well.
Believe it or not, one of the best ratcheting crimp tools I have came from Advanced Auto Parts and ran me around $40. It does almost anything I...
6 oz of weight on a front tire is a major red flag to me.... wow... I guess that was spun balanced. I have always had decent results from those...
We used Thomas & Betts metal tie-down bases on a lot of electrical black boxes at work. The bases were small-ish. We stuck them down with a Bond...
I like GM Rally wheels. Black with the chrome center cap and rings.
I run a 1.125" sway bar on my Ford. It made a big handling difference.
One we used at work was made by Click Bond. It came as a kit. We used it to attach external wires on bomb racks. Our lab made up pull-test...
Aerostars lowered my car too much. I run 215/75-15 tires up front and they scraped on the inner fenders quite a bit. I took 1 coil out of the OG...
Outstanding R/T! And not at all shabby considering all the bugs you have to shake out of it/ fine tune, etc.
The hydros were a natural thing since they were behind many donor engines. You used what was cheap and plentiful. Then worked on making them reliable.
So... the kid did graduate.. :eek::eek::eek:
How about 1974-ish Chevelle manifolds? They dump out the back.
In summer I have little spare time to watch it live. I would catch it later in the week if it was a track I liked. The truck races are pretty...
I had a 60 minute drive and listened on XM radio. I got home just as the #5 driver wrecked his 2nd car in under 3 hours.
Check for a vacuum leak, make sure the carb halves are not loose. Other than that I agree that the noise goes along with the small air cleaner
Years ago I helped my brother put a later rear under a '49 Chevy pickup, with a 6 lug pattern. He sourced a rear from a later bread truck at a...
Old donor cars are not so avaliable these days. The '79 Cougar may be a good enough of a deal to jump at. With those you have to make sure that...
Transferring the old tie rod lengths to the new set will get you close enough to make the alignment easier. I never had the lower arms out of a...
Bad toe will cause odd problems. I've had cars come in so far out, they were hard to get on the rack. But nothing like you describe. Good call on...
Separate names with a comma.
The Jalopy Journal
