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I had to quote this. If we still had a DISAGREE button, you'd see it here. You're wrong man. I've seen your work. You are quite capable. Your only limit is your own desire. You are smart enough.

Come on, Pete....If I can figure out how to cut and paste, you certainly can too.

This home alignment setup has paid for itself. I've aligned the red Charger, (Ginger) my Jigsaw Charger, a 72 Duster and last week, a 68 Dart. Last month I was on a 950 mile road trip and the car drove just fine. No pulling to either side at coast, acceleration or braking. No irregular tire...

Well , the numbers I have are 15.7 to 1 for most stock mopar steering setups, the factory Fast Ratio excluded, of course. 10 to 1 would be too fast for street use but probably great on an auto cross course.

If this is a fast ratio at a cheap price, I hope it is also durable. The Borgeson is a standard 3 1/2 turns but is still considered a “Fast Ratio” of 14 to 1. If the Lares unit is a full turn tighter, that could be around 11.75 to 12 to 1. I had the longer Fast Ratio Pitman and idler on my...

Holy moly! This is an 1895 photo of a train crossing the high bridge over the Pecos River near Langtry. If you have a large computer monitor, check out the architectural details ... the underpinnings, the foundation/footings and how they are built etc.. Wow. What an engineering feat and what a...

This piston.... I wonder if this was a condition where the top ring gap was too tight and once the engine warmed up, the ends of the rig butted and lifted up the piston ring land?

Sometimes, a small issue can have consequential effects. With my first 440 swap in 2001, I had Cherry bomb mufflers bolted directly to headers for the break in. I had to hammer the mufflers a LOT to keep from rattling them against the torsion bar crossmember. The car idled fine but above 2000...

The Saginaw power steering pumps were purported to put out over 1000 psi in V8 applications and around 750-800 in the slant six models. Rick Ehrenberg made such claims in the "Pump it down" article he wrote in Mopar Action magazine. It all came down to the thickness of the shims that are...

Damn....that is an adventure that would wear on any man. It is impressive that you persevered. 2014, the wife and I were flying home from Arizona after Christmas. Sky Harbor to John Wayne airport for a quickie layover and they changed plans on us...we had to leave the plane and board another...

No offense meant but mine idles around 3 1/2 to 4 psi but it jumps right as soon as I crack the throttle.

When these cars were new, it was the 2 door cars that were considered "SuperCars". The term "Muscle Cars" came along later but always referred to a 2 door car with some performance oriented engine. It wasn't until many, many years later that 4 door cars started getting built with performance in...

I know, we are a Mopar community but AMCs are sort of a cousin of ours. Today, I saw this...... I don't know the year, I don't know the equipment it has either... It is a little scuffed up but looks mostly complete. It had a column shift but also what looked like an early 70s GM style...

Nobody that I know that currently has a classic car has had a camshaft failure except me. Yeah, there are lots of stories of cams and lifters failing but they are not the majority. I have had numerous mild to moderate V8s with reasonable valve spring pressures live just fine with flat tappet cams.

The 454 big block Chevy has a bore size barely bigger than a 383: The 400 block is though of as a better low deck option compared to the 383. I have a 383 that I rebuilt in 2020 but last year, I stumbled upon a 440 crank kit that was machined down to fit a low deck block. The 440 crank isn't...

By it's nature, an engine with an increased stroke will have greater cylinder bore wear than the same engine with a stock crank. The longer stroke pushes the pistons sideways more during operation. The pistons have shorter skirts so the pistons can "rock" more as the cylinders wear. Add to it...