65 Chevy with a 60 348
is that a factory Al manifold? $2600 for a 348 and you get a truck to go with it!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
W motor anyone?
no not a VW W8, but a 348. 409s and 348s are some wicked cool engines and they turn up in the weirdest places.... like in rusty 65 chevy pickups on ebay!
65 Chevy with a 60 348
is that a factory Al manifold? $2600 for a 348 and you get a truck to go with it!
65 Chevy with a 60 348
is that a factory Al manifold? $2600 for a 348 and you get a truck to go with it!
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Craigslist find
'56 Ford. These are nice trucks, too bad about the chevy engine. $4200? He's desperate to sell it seems. Could be a good deal for someone. Needs some TLC, but could be a great driver.
'56 F100
'56 F100
Saturday, April 21, 2007
How to choose your coil springs
So you need new coils for that muscle car? There's a few things you should keep in mind.
1. Is this a original resto?
2. Have you modified the car?
3. What are you looking for in the ride / performance department?
The coil springs on your car were speced by the OEM supplier according to several variables:
1.Model
2.Engine size
3.Air Conditioning
So all of these need to be taken into consideration when choosing your replacement coil springs.
Lets assume the simplest of the above, an original resto. If you have a 68 Chevelle with a small block and no AC specify all of these when buying your new springs. Any parts man worth his salt will be able to get you the proper springs (I like Moog) with that info. This will give you the factory ride height and handling, as would be expected with a resto.
Now what if you modded the car? Say you have a 454 in that 68 Chevelle now. Well at that point I would consider a big block (they did have the 396 in '68) spring for the car. The extra spring load and rate will improve the handling with the heavier engine.
Now what if you want to lower or raise the car? Well here you're pretty much on your own. To raise the rear of an A-body GM simply use the El Camino springs from the same year. To lower the car go with a proper aftermarket spring, these should be properly engineered to maintain the ride quality of the car. I never suggest cutting coils. Hotchkis makes a nice product if you want to drop your car.
Finally is the situation where the spring is no longer available (NLA) for your car. 1969 GTO front coils are an example of a spring that is NLA from Moog. What then? Try to find the specs for the springs that were originally on your car. Then find a similar spring. 69 LeMans springs happen to be a good alternative for a 69 GTO.
OK, thats it for now on coils! Another post will tackle the rears, variable vs. constant rates.
1. Is this a original resto?
2. Have you modified the car?
3. What are you looking for in the ride / performance department?
The coil springs on your car were speced by the OEM supplier according to several variables:
1.Model
2.Engine size
3.Air Conditioning
So all of these need to be taken into consideration when choosing your replacement coil springs.
Lets assume the simplest of the above, an original resto. If you have a 68 Chevelle with a small block and no AC specify all of these when buying your new springs. Any parts man worth his salt will be able to get you the proper springs (I like Moog) with that info. This will give you the factory ride height and handling, as would be expected with a resto.
Now what if you modded the car? Say you have a 454 in that 68 Chevelle now. Well at that point I would consider a big block (they did have the 396 in '68) spring for the car. The extra spring load and rate will improve the handling with the heavier engine.
Now what if you want to lower or raise the car? Well here you're pretty much on your own. To raise the rear of an A-body GM simply use the El Camino springs from the same year. To lower the car go with a proper aftermarket spring, these should be properly engineered to maintain the ride quality of the car. I never suggest cutting coils. Hotchkis makes a nice product if you want to drop your car.
Finally is the situation where the spring is no longer available (NLA) for your car. 1969 GTO front coils are an example of a spring that is NLA from Moog. What then? Try to find the specs for the springs that were originally on your car. Then find a similar spring. 69 LeMans springs happen to be a good alternative for a 69 GTO.
OK, thats it for now on coils! Another post will tackle the rears, variable vs. constant rates.
Carlisle
Spring Carlisle is this weekend. Given that I'm broke I won't be there.
http://www.carsatcarlisle.com/
Hope you made it though and found some deals! For once it looks like the weather is going to be beautiful.
I'm going to start saving so I can make it to hershey this year.
http://www.carsatcarlisle.com/
Hope you made it though and found some deals! For once it looks like the weather is going to be beautiful.
I'm going to start saving so I can make it to hershey this year.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
The $1.6M Volvo
Catch this video of the McLaren F1 crash test? Wow. No visible damage to the passenger compartment at all! Very cool. Given all of the engineering that went into making that car fast who would have thought it was safe too.
Volvo eat your heart out, the only car EVER to have been driven away from the test.
Volvo eat your heart out, the only car EVER to have been driven away from the test.
Another ebay gem
Yeah I've got a bit of the thing for the second series chevy trucks right now. Looks a little rough around the edges but would make a great driver.
58 Apache
58 Apache
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Prius Emissions
anybody catch this over on autoblog.com?
Post here
Time for new tests for hybrids? I mean how hard would it be to adjust the idle speed for different types of cars? Best part is that at least here in MD DIESELS don't even have to go through emissions!
Post here
Time for new tests for hybrids? I mean how hard would it be to adjust the idle speed for different types of cars? Best part is that at least here in MD DIESELS don't even have to go through emissions!
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