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Well, it's hard to describe, but the stroker version of the 7MGTE sounds like a I6 Ford 5.0V8. (Ok, they they got really drunk, and the Toyota and Ford mated, and 11 months later, out popped the Stroker 7M...) Only it's using Chevy spec parts... (Truely a bastard child by any measure of the...

Has anyone tried a "bottem breather" setup for the FMIC? Basicly I want to copy what has been done with Vettes/F bodies for years. They locate the grille opening under the front bumper, and then use a shroud to draw air up over the radiator. It works as long as the air can't go anywhere...

Very few shootouts here in Boise. Even less out in smaller places. (Your likely to get shot back at there. It's a hunting rifle, or a shotgun in the rear windown rack, or both.) Plus pretty much everyone has a nice pistol in the glove box on the farms. Sucks to be shot at, and you did...

Engine sounds. V12 is best. (Basicly two of the I6's and they make tourqe like no other.) V8's are nice. Don't like V10's they sound like UPS trucks. V6 is ok, but I6 is better sounding for some reason. (Depends on the car/muffler setup.) Then we come to 4's. I4 is hondaish. V4 is...

Back in high school, (80's) a friends dad had a yellow E Type Jag. It was a very interesting car, and he would not even let us near it unless he was there. (Seriously.) It was covered, and he had 1" foam pads, covered in canvas, hanging from the garage ceiling around the car. (Like a safety...

Can't believe I've never seen it. (I used to watch FOX all the time, but lately, I've been busy working Katrina and other stuff.

My wife says to add that PB looks like baby shit. (Good thing it's better tasting eh?) Says the crunchy stuff really looks like diaper loads.... LOL That being said, I'm guilty in my youth of eating it on celery, but never really was much into it alone. (As a spread, it's great.)

Actually, as cars improve in design, the amount of stuff coming out of the tailpipe that is "bad" has decreased to the point that it takes hundreds of "today" cars to equal just one "old" car like a 1974 Pontiac Bonneville with a 455 under the hood. This is good change IMHO. Now the problem...

When you get your "reconditioned" head in, if the cams are in place, pull a cap or two and notice how scored they are. (I'm betting, they are not any more scored than the one you already brought into them.) I've actually experianced a head that was "wiped" out turn out to run fine. (It did...

Probe is the worst. Time travel car? Now that's a first. (John Z would be very unhappy.) I get Vette, or Celica Supra all the time. The best ones are when some body complements your car, and offends you by accident. LOL I had a nice older gentlemen, about in his early 70's, or late...

Yep, those PETA folks are right up there on the intelligence scale with hikers who are mauled by bears, or are standing next to Bison to get their photo taken. (I can't tell you how many times, living near Yellowstone we hear of these fools.) A few years ago, some jackass from Seattle came up...

Well, the AC only helps to remove the moisture from the air. Your defroster will work w/o it, but just not as well. The aplications that you put on the surface of the glass work, but they are just like a band aid. It only covers up the underlying problem. (And cars don't heal themselves.)...

To the AC bracket is a good idea. You want that clutch to have a good ground. (I've got 3 of them now... LOL) Found out the hard way a bad ground leads to excessive compressor clutch temps, and failure. (PITA to change out, but I like my AC, so well worth it.)

You guys must be running with no AC. Turn on the defroster and it starts your AC system up. The cold evaporator in the HVAC system takes the moisture out of the air, and then flows that air over your heater core, and you get nice dry air blowing up on the windshield. No AC however, and you...

I see you never posted any photos of the head with the badly scored cam bearings.... I'm thinking you just got shafted for a new head, and mechanical work you did not need. BHG is one thing. Pull the cams, arrange the lifters in order, and have the head surfaced smooth. Clean up the...

Just curious if there is going to be a Boise to Vegas caravan this year? Looks pretty dull, one MK4 and a truck towing a Supra so far. Any MK3's going down to the land of lost wages this year? (Other than mine that is?) Post it up. My plans. Leaving early Tuesday morning. Taking a...

That intake manifold sure looks like something Ron R. produced. Wonder if your local shop is buying them from Ron? Nice setup. Too bad the folks in the photo don't realize it. Those two guys eyeing the MX3 drag car might not realize your engine is capable of making about 2x what that POS...

I've used a Fidanza flywheel for about 3 years now. (Almost two of which the car was down, but that's another subject.) RPS sprung 6 puck with 3 sintered bronze and 3 "carbonite" pucks. Also I have the RPS pressure plate First 500 miles were heaven and hell. Engine/Turbo spools up like...

I'm betting you have to remove the ashtry, move up the monitor, and then re-insert the ashtry to hold the monitor. I thought about this, but ended up going with a window camera mount that has two gimbals, and a clamp plus the pad that attaches the monitor like a camera. The reason I did...

I almost got married to a few women who I had a lot more in common with than my wife. The reality is, there was always something in those relationships that I did not like, or could not handle. Now looking back at the past 25 years of relationships, I could have been happy with any of them...