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The modern stuff is only more efficent if you granny drive them. Gas saving measures, even mode4n ones only work during part throttle crusing, wide angle throttle openings will always guzzle gas. Also most modern cars are overwright pigs compared to many older cars.

Something to remember is that strength and ridigity are two seperate attributes which create a quadrant. I see the two being conflated here. G bodies were mainly designed to be soft, cushy granny cars, not performance cars. The frames were designed to flex to provide a soft ride. In fact GM...

Boxing the mid rails reduces tornsional twisting, of the frame as C channels twist really bad. The best way to box them would be to stich weld additional C channels to form a wider box. Increasing the cross section area of a beam also reduces twisting. This is the method OEMs used to use to...

Welding in temporary braces induces more stress causing the frame to move which is what you are trying to prevent, its chasing your tail. Welding always causes shrinkage, you can't prevent it, only control it. Therefore you want to limit the amount of welding to as little as possible to limit...

The jig is for aligning the flexable frame straight, level, and square and to restrain it from moving or shifting around during the welding job. Jackstands do not restrain the chassis from moving and most garage floors and driveways are not flat enough for accurate measurements unlike a chassis...

There are two big issues to tackle with major frame modifications. First is not boxing it whild its flexed out of straight or square. Most driveways and garage floors are not flat enough to get accurate measuremrnts with. Major frame work really should be performed by a frame shop with a chassis...

The high nickel 010 block is a myth. The casting code on the front of the block behind the timing chain cover only refers to core box patterns for block casting assembly, not nickel or tin content. All normal factory SBC blocks are made of the same cast iron alloy.

I always heard that the factory 4 bolt blocks are weaker than the 2 bolt blocks and that it's actually better to convert 2 bolt blocks to 4 bolt than use factory 4 bolts. Also you can use those plastic LS roller lifter guides in SBC blocks.

Pinch hose clamps are pretty common, even Harbor Freight sells them. Once pinched with special pliers they are act like constant tension spring clamps.

I will get flak for saying this but frame notching will reduce the rigidity of your frame by half. The rigidity of box beams is determined by the size of the cross sectional area of the beam. Reducing the cross sectional area like with frame notching reduces rigidity. Moreover, frame notches...

Generally it's best to stay with the stock 195 Tstant, 160 is way too cold.

It doesn't, it just makes drivers more aggressive as they jockey into positions when 3 lanes merge into 2. I have seen lots of road rage incidents at these points.

NJ has permanently removed lanes from some roads to force traffic to slow down.

Went to the closest U pull it today and the pickings were nothing. No 80's GM at all, only 80's stuff was a Ford station wagon and a Mercedes sports car. Even the pickings for Ford Panthers were slim, they only had two. They even hardly had cars period. Most of the vehicles in there now are...

I saw the beginning and the end, but missed the peak of the eclipse as it clouded over right then. Did feel the temps drop during the height of the eclipse. I got #14 shades for my old manual welding hemet and the cheesy fase shield that came with my MIG. My auto helmet only goes to #13 shade so...

Hopefully it won't be a real life Night of the Comet scenario.

The Earthquake was all the Philly news talked about today. I sure felt it in South NJ, thought it was a big truck at first too but it lasted too long.

It's difficult to find quality parts anymore.