Recent content by artr8

I love going to car shows, enter because I want to be there, set up a lawn chair and wander with friends. Prefer to treat a car show more like a cruise. Park and enjoy the sights. (Sadly, the cruizin girls are much more scarce than the old days.) Cutting up with the boys makes the day or...

Check out Landrum. I have the 5” arch. Dropped the car about 1”. They also have 6.5 arch. Review the spring rate prior to order. Love them for my street and road track driven mopar.

Sometimes it’s best to just know what our cars will do. We let others brag and we quietly smile, nod our head, and think “ I used to be stupid once but the parts and time are a little more precious now.” Then we find that deserted good road….

On streets, I drive under 10 over. On the track, triple digits are the norm. Don’t do burnouts, prefer to stick and go.

You guys are fun!

A three speed manual, 4 speed od, 1 good 727, one smoked 727, 2 good 998, 3 and 4 speed GM, 435 np, and I haven’t gathered all mine yet.

In the 80’s I laughed at a “too close to me”. Read it all before passing judgement. In KC, Mo downtown. All corners are hard rights. Two west bound lanes. Semi driver prepares to take a right but shifts maybe two feet in the left lane. I am behind and I get it. Light changes and truck...

When you find five Carter carbs, complete suspension for b-body, 3 boxes of brake pads for a body disk brakes, 5 sets of points condenser, 3 distributors. And I just cleaned one corner of the garage.

Not much to work with

I was never happy with KYB non adjustable. On the road track, they failed to be consistent after 20 or so laps.

To anyone who is considering autocross, KernDog advised me as I was setting up my QA1 style suspension. Roaded over 1000 miles this summer participating in events. Car was always stable with a stiff ride, not rough, with double adjustable shocks. Turned down to 3 on the road (compression)...

Can’t say it was stupid to say but… 1987, Acura owner came in store for parts. Can’t remember what he was looking for, been too long. “Can’t find it in Acura catalog but I do have the Honda equivalent in stock.” “It’s NOT a Honda!!!” fumed the customer. “Under the pretty bonnet they have the...

First of all, there may be brighter gents out there but here is my penny for your thoughts. Try raising the idle speed 200 rpm to see if it fixes the stall. A modern ignition needs 12 volts. If the alternator output drops below the required ignition input, the car stalls. Simple draws such...

Found this out the real hard way in 2009. Replaced a leaking seal on a 351C. (I know, it’s not a mopar.). Replaced the original seal when refreshing the engine and doing a clutch upgrade. At first good but oil leakage went to 2 quarts per thousand miles in short order. When I dropped the...

On multiple cars, I have used an 80’s dodge fuel filter that has a 1/4” port return off the pressure side of the pump. The 1/4” line was plumbed back to the tank. Then used phenolic spacer at the carb. Never have had issues with vapor lock with these two fixes in place.