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It's all my fault! Nice looking build. Darts have more room up front and my only regret was not swapping to a Dart front clip.

I still live in Detroit. Jose Valle @ Kaizen Motorsports in LaHabra has custody of the Scamp at the moment. The goal for the Scamp was that after Fram, it needed to culturally build bridges for car crafters young and old. No better place than LA this year. Hopefully we can meet up when I...

For the haters! ;) http://www.speedhunters.com/2014/09/feathers-ruffled-2jz-mopar/

Guys...update! The February, 2014 Grassroots Motorsports article is out and it's great to see a vintage Mopar in THAT book! I managed to get a better job than the last one so I didn't feel the panic of having to give the car away on EBAY to some fool. I will still tell you it's for sale but...

That will be interesting. Good luck. If I could suggest anything try to find the lightest diesel setup. I know that Cummings inline is super strong and has less parts but isn't it heavier than the Max?

I agree. I love the slants so for me there really isn't too much of an arm twist. But Tim's Dart was beyond insane and a turbo small block might not cost much more! ;) Plus if you got an EFI Magnum starter engine you'd have PFI already. ;) All of my turbo stuff generally ends up with EFI...

I SO wish things were different. All I can say is pass this info around I will let the car go for a very fair price.

It is on Ebay. I wish I could explain why it has to go right now but I can't. You guys will be mad when you find out. The car is absolutely wonderful gang and I wish things were better. My wife and I looked at each other and said life is in God's hands.

Bill I will tell you as soon as the article is submitted. ;)

Thanks Carl, we built it as simple as possible. In the General section I mentioned that we are getting a magazine feature and I cannot think of a better way to thank my boys here!

That's what we were shooting for. .002-.0025 I usually only get worried that tight on big diameter journals that we are spinning fast like Pontiacs. But I don't fool with too many GM cars anymore. ;)

I decided to actually test my boost gauge against a recently calibrated pressure standard I had in the "lab" and I realize I've only been making 11 psi. I bled the signal slightly to turbo 1 and she really likes 14 psi. I'm pondering a move to a single GT35R or a Precision 6262 with stand...

What are you running for main and rod clearance? We run .002 mains and rods with thinner oils on our Slants.

I always cut my break in filters open. I've since gone to oil analysis from Polaris labs for the GN and S10 as those are pushed hard and I want to see exactly what wear metals we are seeing.

When I used to race 455 Buicks we had oil pump drive issue when 20w/50 oil was used as the oil was too viscous for the 455's relatively delicate oil pump shaft. We would combat this by ensuring a minimization of internal leaks, (wide bearing clearances), and by running 5w/30 oil in our...

Do you really think that a bias allows a person to lie or distort facts? I'm not allowed to lie for my job. I'm going to defend our brand because I'm right in doing so and you are causing damage to our reputation without presenting facts. My bias comes from objective testing and...

Matt, PM me your address and I'll send you some HP ones.

Check your pump bypass. Burst on 99% of all filters made from any manufacturer in the US is nearly 200 psi of impulse pressure. Racing filters are ~400 psi.

We started that a long time ago about 1962 I think. An engineer discovered that the endcap material didn't need to do anything other than support the adhesive that keeps the media pleats in alignment. Now we do use steel caps on more flexible media like Ultra that has a stainless screen backer...

Metallurgy, modern electronics, and boost has done much to realign our thinking on 180 cid vs 600 cid car builds. First hand I can say there's little to no substitution to the torque you are going to get from that huge big block as we have to trick those turbos into working earlier and staying...

Of course I'm biased, I've seen the testing and I know what matters in filtration. Yes, I work for Fram and I am proud of it, just as I am proud of our other brands, (Autolite, Prestone, Airtex, Wells), we support. If you take some time to do a little research you will fine out that I'm just...

I'm telling you that the Wix's $6 filter is only 85% efficient, vs ours @ 99% @ 20 microns. So it's really NOT "just as good" if you want to filter out dirt contaminants. So yes, I'm asking you to spend an extra $2. To be fair, if you step into their synthetic filter for $12 it's a sweet 99%...

Both filters are in the $8-12 range. If guys complain I always get a little puzzled as they will spend $5-15K to build an engine but only want to spend $3 on filters and $2/qt for oil to protect their investment.

Bad "blanket" filter advice based on rhetoric/internet tribal knowledge isn't a great idea as Fram does indeed make a superior filter to many brands. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with using any Fram filter but I personally suggest using a Fram with hi-flow, hi capacity media like the Ultra...

1994 Cobra Mustang style setup on flipped E Body disc brake spindles from Bergman Auto Craft.

Here's is a few updates: Back from Hot Rod Power Tour we had a punch list of little things to work on like valve cover and cam seals. Just made the 1,600 mile round trip to St Paul, MN for the Car Craft Nats, worst tank 24.5 MPG, best tank 27.4, (I had 2 of these), Car drives great...

Nobody ELSE is that dumb Bill! ;) BTW, do you think anybody is interested in Slant 6 turbo headers enough for us to fabricate a master? I have a Slant on the stand and I'm thinking about producing some turbo pieces again. I can use my daughter's car for development as it's a /6 car with...

As a guy who SUPPORTS a propane injected turbo slant I know the engine's great potential with boost. I also know its weaknesses, (4 main bearings, head sealing, overdrive automatics, etc.) There is no comparison of these two engines as the 2JZ has had 30 years of technology to draw from. I...