Recent content by 69 Barracuda vert

I am an educated man with 2 professional degrees in healthcare and 62. I grew up in Dearborn Michigan and loved working on cars, brake jobs, bodywork, painting, cams even rebuilt a Alfa Romeo V6 engine and it actually ran. Never any formal training like you guys just a love of cars. If I had a...

I am so behind on this tech stuff, feel like a dinosaur in this world. Never thought of a mph app, thanks for the suggestion.

I'm thinking they will by looking at what everyone on here is putin on theirs. I have made no modifications to the body but, I am putting an 8.75 rear in the car that is the same width as the 7.25 that's in there now.

Exactly! I'm not very smart with these kinds of things. I didn't know you could swap out speedo gears.

Thanks, How close can the transmission speedo gear get to what it says on the dash?

Bout to get my 1st radials for my 69 Barracuda (Lady Blue) and would like to make the speedometer be as accurate as possible. I have this tire converter I found on line which is really pretty cool 205/75-R14 vs 265/50-R15 Tire Comparison - Tire Size Calculator | Tacoma World. I want to make sure...

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1969 318 bone stock 2 bbl with a new timing chain and water pump 79k miles. I was told by the 2nd owner that the engine and transmission was never taken out of the car.

I have always with every car I've owned used products like STP and Rislone, then came Slick50. I now have a 54 yr old girl "Lady Blue" and changed her oil for the first time. I used Rislone 2 pints and drove for 100 miles to clean the engine, changed the oil and added Bars leak stop to hopefully...

I have a 2013 Charger and it's vented at the very back straight down through the floor of the trunk

I had an 1986 Alfa Romeo GTV6 and it was designed with a 50:50 weight distribution with the trans axle in the rear with the disc brakes inboard not at the wheels, the battery was also in the back under the hatchback. So as the battery got older and before it went dead on me, I was wondering what...

Yes Sparky, FBO is a great company to deal with.

Could you imagine being his father and watching it happen. God and their training kept him alive. Train, train, train. It paid off.

Because of that I can't and won't watch formula E anymore. I watched it one time for 2 minutes with my mouth opened, in total amazement...so stupid. going around a track in a souped up golf cart!