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So being only 22 my welding experience of 7 years may not sound super impressive but I have competed at the state and national levels So I know my way around the art. So.. In my short welding years I have always been told DC tig welding of aluminum is impossible.... Well it ISNT!!!. im...

So its been a while since.l posted anything (missed you guys p.s. We need a Portland Oregon meet) and I have since then (last spring) build a 650HP 406ci sbc for my regal and we drag raced it a little last summer. Since its a 14:1 engine its not really street driveable (atleast not very far) so...

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/20 ... uture-cars http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f74/ ... ndex9.html I sure hope so. Looks good, I would most def buy one

Well after getting a new job or rather a career and a short spert with guns I'm getting back into race mode. my new engine is under way the regal is comeing into the shop and getting gone threw and prepped for the spring. new shocks, new hood, new wheels and tires, touch up on the interior...

just to start out my current combo again. 12:1 355ci sbc, .540 lift 242 duration cam ground on a 106 lobe center, ported 292 turbo heads, 700dp holley, rpm airgap manifold, schoenfeld 1 3/4" primary 3 1/2" collector headers, I'm getting ready to finish up welding my exhaust tonight. its 3" mild...

I got my new shoenfeld headers on yesterday. I had to dimple one tube other than that they went in great. I fired the car up with open headers and it sounds way mean. now its on to building the rest of the exhaust. I would highly reccoment these headers they fit way better than the Headmans I...

does anyone make an aluminum brake caliper for our cars? trying to save as much wieght as possibly over the winter I would like to find a factory style caliper but aluminum ofcourse. any idea?

went out last night and ran a 12.48 @108mph still a pretty slow 60' 1.81 I"m not rich by any means plugs lok absolutly great. I'm way happy with the overal time but i would like pick up on the 60' time. and i shaved a tenth by runnin it lower on fuel and saved a little weight.

hey I'm goin out one more time to PIR (portland international raceway) to race for the last time this year. Just wonderin if anyone else is gonna be around friday night ( october 1st)

after along season of trial and error i have accomplished my goal of getting in the 12s. Did it last saturday night drove to the track bolted on the slicks and ran 12.55 @ 108mph. I'm gonna take out around 60 or so pounds and go run again this weekend and see if i can squeek in a little faster...

after my transmission failed two weeks ago and i think it has been slipping for a long time. i now have a th 400 installed and since the th350 took thrust bearing out of my motor and ruined the crank (stock cast crank anyways but still) my dad just happned to have a complete forged balanced rotoating...

ok I broke my th350 because it was older than dirt so I put a th400 in. installing the transmission went good. but now I cannot find a u joint. The yoke is a billet yoke and it takes a 1350 series u joint. I cannot find the correct driveline end with a 1350. I'm sure I'm missing something some were...

I wokr at carquest and its pretty boring sometimes but out EPWI rep came in the other day and started talking the engine oil standards changing again in 2011. I'm aware of what happened with the "revision" of oil hence why we have to use break in oil now. so according to him this "new oil" is a...

does anyone know if a GN air dam will directly bolt onto my 78 regal? or will I have to build/modify a mounting place or is it completely out of the question?

Well my current combonation is, 700 cfm double pumper holley, rpm air gap intake, ported 292 turbo heads, roller 1.6 ratio rockers, .540 lift 240 degrees duration cam, full length headman headers, 3200rpm stall, turbo 350 with shift kit, 4.11 rear gear in a 9" ford on slicks. and i ran a 13.9...

well in a couple weeks I'm plannin on gettin my 9" together with a spool and 4.11 gears and puttin that in the car (with disc brakes) and then I"m changin the cam. the new cam is .540 lift an 250 duration at .050 on a 1.6 rocker. I'm hopin to atleast crack the 12s. I'm currently running a 355...

does anyone know if a monte carlo hood will fit my 78 regal? if so what year? or does anyone know were to get a steel of fiberglass hood with atleast a 4" scoop?

hey I'm working twards getting my ford 9" rear in my car and i was wondering if the driveline had to be shortend at all?

ok my girlfriend was talking about my car the other day when she was a college. and one of her friends says his mazda protoge wagon can kick my regals *ss. so she tells me and i said oh thats fine we will just have to go to the track and see. I'm not goin to the track till a little later in the...

hey i have a 78 regal and i was wondering about the fender vents on the GNs. when you take the vent out (if you can) is they a shoulder it sits on? i really badly want to install these on my regal but i dont have the tools or the know how to make that shoulder if its needed and i dont want the...