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Build some 180 degree headers for it and confuse the hell out of people. If you could spin it to 9000 you'd have a sbc that sounds like a ferrari.
Coupes are cooler than vickies IMO. And cars that run are way cooler than ones that don't.
Wait until you get the exhaust on. Most engines will do this without exhaust.
I have a set of 48s on my ot beetle. Love 'em! Honestly they're not hard to tune, and the sound is fantastic. I'm going to put a set of dcoes on...
You can also get the aluminum anodized, that'll give it a harder finish and prevent corrosion. You could also dye it colors at that point, but...
One of the gauges, or one of the wires? If a gauge fails, unless it fails shorted, it won't bring the rest with. If a wire fails, you have larger...
Get a corvette pump/filter. It's an inline setup, works fine with 67-72 chevies I know for a fact.
Make sure your battery connections are super solid. And that the engine has a great ground. Other than that, ignition timing to far advanced?...
Wouldn't that truck be a 6v positive ground? I have a 55 Ford car radio and it's 6v positive ground. That would explain at least the temp gauge.
Oh man! I almost forgot, I made a couple videos of test running the engine and introducing the project. The youtube channel is one run by my...
Alright, long time no update. Because, well... not a lot has happened! I've kept busy doing other things of course (rebuilt a guitar), but the...
Just imagine the look on the guys face when you pull up at his place when you're finished with that thing! I love pieced together builds.
I was going to say something about how you could just touch up the cut with black lacquer, but looks like you've got it! Cool project, I always...
Yeah, kind of sad how you can crack open the internet and have many options, including vintage correct rather than having to hodge podge whatever...
Ive seen it done before, and with great results. If it's a simple enough space, you can wet everything down before painting and do just fine. That...
I plan to run a vintage vacuum tube radio in my coupe once I get to that stage. I can just run an aux cable to send signal from an iPod into it...
Cool! My brother bought a magnacharger (new-school roots blower for an LS engine) from a guy who used the UPS store (or maybe it was fed ex?) to...
Yeah i was going to mention clr. Or phosphoric acid. I bet you'd be surprised at how much of that rust will disappear to reveal old paint.
Glad to hear you figured it out! Those trans are cool. G force transmissions makes hop up parts to build them up to handle about 400hp with a...
There's one of those rotting in a junkyard up here. Cool trucks.
Just an earlier version of the wct5. 88-92 camaros had the world class guts in a muncie style case. It happened with s10s too early on. Cool...
Doubt you'd find anything that would be an upgrade. Sway bars are fairly cheap and old cars need bigger bars due to the different roll center...
Wow! That is crazy! What a transformation, nice job! Love crazy cars like this.
Wow, been a while since I remembered to update this. So the car is officially my brothers now, he's done all the work so far and signed the title...
That T-56 will have the LS pattern bellhousing which is essentially identical to the old sbc pattern. The top bolt is in the wrong place, which...
That's so bitchin!
I want to build something awd, i think i can get a 4x4 tailhousing for a t5 that i can put an olds bravada/astro van t case behind. Front...
Yup, the weatherstripping we got came from clarks. My brother started a thread over at corvairforum.com. Thanks for the compliments guys! Today my...
Long time no update. I haven't personally done much on the car, but my brother sure has! We've got the new wheels and tires on, not terribly hamb...
Lower! The gasser thing is quickly becoming a trend, and rather obnoxiously so I might add.
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