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The nearby dump has a recycling facility where people can take stuff that others “recycle”. Sometimes it is spray paint, bug killer or cleaners. Sometimes it is oil still in unopened containers. There will be some that suggest that you don’t use old oil but my thought is… for a stock vintage...

Of all the engines that I have torn down to rebuild, very few had cam bearings worn much. The ones above didn't wear, they rotted from contamination. Bearings don't flake and chip apart from wear.

I bought the lift in 2015. I built the shop in 2006 with the intention of installing a car lift. I am still fully capable of "flat back" work but this is so much better. I lose perspective of what is the left and what is the right when I'm laying down. Standing while working is a lot easier.

I would be doing it standing up. Cam bearings don't see reciprocating wear, they see rotational. It has been my experience that crank bearings see far more wear than cam bearings. When I sell something and I want top dollar, I do NOT want it coming back to haunt me. I make the car as...

I don't think that anyone is criticizing the firefighters directly. As usual, it is the management that is to blame. Think about it...The rank and file people are the ones that do the work, it is the "representation" that is hard to trust because it often seems like they have an agenda. Unions...

Who has done this? I've replaced rod bearings with engines still in cars but I don't think that I've replaced a full set of main bearings before. Rods are easy, pushing the rod UP a slight amount allows adequate clearance to slip the top shell out. The mains though...it isn't as if you can pull...

The heads on this engine didn’t have the casting numbers visible. It has been awhile since I’ve paid attention to casting numbers on heads so i am out of practice. I looked at another set of heads I had in the shed. FABO member @mopowers Made me a deal on them a couple of years back They have...

Stupid broads. If you’re looking at them too much, they complain. If you pay them no attention they complain or think you’re gay. Here is an indisputable truth: The likelihood of them being offended is directly proportional to how attractive the man is. Old, ugly or short? Harassment. Good...

Uhhhh…. I pulled the spark plugs and squirted oil in each cylinder. With an old torque wrench, I gave it a spin and got a geyser out of #6. Then I spun some more… The spark plugs being at an angle helped me see where the water came from. Both # 5 and 6 had water. The intake ports...

Nobody is going to beat you up for not knowing everything.

I built mine in 2006. Things may have changed since then but it sure is rare to see the government DROP any sort of fee.

I'm out in Granite Bay. I had no restrictions but the local fire department required a "Fire Impact fee" of 50 cents per square foot of the shop. $804 for that...I have yet to see a benefit from that expense.

The guy thought he blew a head gasket. I will pull the heads and get a look sometime later. This one found me when I wasn’t looking.

The intake is off. I’m building the drama here…. I have a car that I am undecided on the exact approach that I want to take with it. It is a 70 Charger with a 383 that I rebuilt. I’d like to use an automatic overdrive to make road trips more fun. I could just go with a Silver Sport GM based...

Thank you. It helps some but I was curious about the later 360s. I have an engine I bought from a friend… He pulled it when he thought it had a blown head gasket. The casting on the right side is faint. It looks like 5 7 90. It has the Air Gap intake and Holley cast aluminum valve covers...

I’m curious about the mid to late 80s, specifically. As I recall, there was a time where the engine blocks had the taller lifter bores but still has flat tappet camshafts. Those blocks could use flat tappers or roller lifters. At some point, the engines went to roller camshafts and didn’t go...

The 70-73 rear bumpers are the same shape but the 72-73 has those vertical slots for the redesigned bumper jack that eliminated the outer hook. To bolt it in, the brackets will work but the mounts on the 74-76 cars need modifications. Those cars has a big hole in the flat mounting surface where...

For easy driving, I'd agree. For rapid turns like slalom, autocross or curvy roads at above legal speeds, I'd sure want a faster ratio.

I have always preferred the sedan/Notchback roof over the fastback.

I have dealt with the Ethanol here in California for years. Somehow, the only drawbacks that I have seen are early degradation of rubber fuel lines AND the clogging of the carburetor passages if the car sits too long between "runs". I've measured 140 degrees at the bowls of the Demon 850 in the...

Well.....if the ratio is the super high 24 to 1, sure....any pipsqueak like Pee Wee Herman can steer the car. The 20 to 1 or the super quick 16 to 1 is another matter. A couple of months ago I drove a FABO members 68 Dart with manual steering. Now, I'm used to quick ratio power in my own cars. I...

That is some hacked up looking crap welds. Even drunken Chrysler employees of the 70s did better work. Those would have been thrown back in the recycle pile at the factory. It is a shame to have to expect so many of the aftermarket parts to be inferior like this. If we revolt and quit buying, do...

The situation is more critical with stiffer valve springs. Do NOT use this: The API rating of SN/SM/SL means that it is HIGH detergent. Despite the claim of having extra zinc, the detergent in the oil won't allow the zinc to stick to anything. High detergent oils might as well have NO...

Ok, here comes the humorless they/them response.... It was a joke. Sensible people don't buy into the REgender name game.

That is a 1973 and 1974 grille. The '75 and '76 are different.

I am the guy that doesn't toss a bone that still has meat on it. It isn't as if I am broke, I just don't throw away stuff that still has life to it. To be specific, the red arrows are pointing at the knuckle, the yellow arrow points to the spindle on the knuckle. Again, these are really...

I don’t like those gouges but if the bearing mounting surfaces are fine, I don’t think the area in between matters. Nothing makes contact with the area in between. I pack my knuckles and rotors with grease in there. The knuckle and spindles are really strong. I have an A body set on my Charger...

Absolutely...... I don't look for trouble but I do think about the day that I'd be the guy standing up to fight for or protect those that I love and respect. There is no glory or respect for men that run and hide when their loved ones are in danger. BUT if my sister were a cackling *****...

You use big words to object to the use of a correct term.