Recent content by Phantomx

“Lookin cool ain’t cheap”. Dig it Was this truck built by a guy on sweptline.org? Travis..

Cool Ferrari, interesting color, is it factory? I’ve always liked those. Back when they could be had between 30-40k I thought I should get one. Even then, I felt it was too much to take on so I didn’t. Travis..

Are we talking magnum p.i.? Travis..

I would draw air from the core support/behind the grill. Drawing air from the fenderwell will contain tons of filter plugging dust. Travis..

I’ve never heard of air shocks killing people, I’ve run them myself. I just think uni-lugs are sketchy crap, personal opinion, carry on. Travis..

Is it just me, or do some of the lug holes look wollered out? I personally wouldn’t run those because they’re uni-lug, but that’s just me. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of your shake doesn’t come from the wheels. Travis..

I recall in the early 90s before I had even met you, I saw it in the parking lot of U-pull-it on Stockton blvd. I was thinking who drives a purple hemi X to go junk yarding??! Travis..

If you’re never on the highway at steady cruise, I can see it being 13-14. When I was tracking this stuff, I was driving about 50-50 in town and highway. Lots of stopping and starting means lots of accelerator pump shot. Every time you push down on the gas, you’re shooting a stream of fuel down...

One thing that you absolutely must have for economy is a functioning vacuum advance. I forgot to bring that up before. I think the reason people may lose mpg when they do a 4 barrel swap is they just get a carb and plop it on, zero tuning. You shouldn’t lose mpg just by swapping to a 4 barrel...

I can’t imagine getting 12 mpg on the open road with a stock hiway geared 318 car. All of my 318s have typically run 15-17 mpg. Even my 71 d100 with manual trans and 2.76 gear would get 15-16 going 70-75 mph. My 70s smogger 360 in my 67 barracuda would get 16-17, and 20 when I put the o/d 833 in...

All of this talk about painting things white, the only under car accessory that I am a sucker for in white, is headers. I really like white headers. Travis..

Tony Defeo’s Road Runner is all white underneath. I think he said it was an old street racer thing, maybe a regional thing? I know lots of old race cars were painted light machine grey or similar inside and underneath, maybe that’s where it came from. I couldn’t do white myself, especially in...

Hey, I had the Boot Hill Express model in the early 80’s. I gave all of my old models and pieces parts to Kerndog when I moved. He probably still has the box and maybe even the model. Travis..

I know this is kind of old, but the center 2 exhaust ports on an LA are siamesed, and modern hemi exhaust ports are equally spaced. Completely different layout, so I’ll go ahead and say no. Travis..

If your decision to repaint it beige is to be based on rarity, I’d think you should paint it beige. The majority of these performance model cars were some form of red, yellow, blue, or green. Not many black, silver, white, or beige. I would call the latter colors unusual on a performance car...