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First, some background info. This all started when one forum member (who isn't extremely mechanically experienced) asked for tips about changing his intake manifold in-car. He mentioned in his original post that he will be swapping to an RPM Air Gap. Numerous people gave him lots of helpful...

As you may or may not recall, my Roadkill hot rod runs a big block 454 topped with an Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap intake manifold. In the G-Body forum I sometimes visit, a guy there recently brought up some 'quirks' of running an Air Gap in "lower temperature" climates--and in his...

That is precisely my plan. (And you're correct on the bolt pattern.)

I definitely dig the patina. Whenever somebody asks me when I'm going to paint it, my standard answer is, "that's the last thing I would ever do to the car."

Last night, a co-worker and I dug into my front suspension to install my new springs and shocks. He had recently done a spring swap on his '84 Camaro, so we both figured the process would be the same. It was similar, but we did need to adopt a couple different procedures to make it work. We...

Oh, and here I thought everybody was misspelling Monticello.

Forgive me for asking--I am not native to Utah--but where the heck is Montello???

While this didn't go exactly as I envisioned, everyone seemed to be very happy and appreciative. I'm glad so many people found it beneficial.

Sounds like a great idea! That car has been on and off KSL for probably six months now. They have lowered their price accordingly. Now that they'll clearly take less than a grand for it, I'd say it's a pretty good deal (though I haven't seen in the car in person). In other news...

Sure. Or 7pm if that's better for your schedule. I'm fine with that.

Well, I made it to work this morning. On time, even.

Late this afternoon, I decided to spend "just a few minutes" outside working on the car. Took a peek at a few fluid levels; verified that swapping radiator caps seems to have stopped the coolant leak; then decided to find out why my (AutoMeter) tachometer isn't working. Every time I tried...

Yesterday morning I told you all about Thursday's stupidly short test drive--all 50 feet of it. I got home from work Friday afternoon with enough time to test my theory on the clunking noise. I put only the rear end on jack stands, then started the car. It only took a second to crawl...

Suspension-wise, my next move is to order the new taller/heavier front springs (and new shocks) and install them. Once I see what that does to the car's rake, I'll decide what else to do to the rear end. But, yes, my plan is to leave room in the tail for tires wider than my current 235/60s.

Even though I haven't looked underneath yet, I'm pretty positive it is the driveshaft hitting the stock 'driveshaft loop' brace. When I installed the new driveshaft, I thought it was going to clear that brace. Now I don't think so. For your morning humor, here is a new photo. She's ridin' a...

Today I took the shortest, slowest test drive of my entire life... and it was awesome!!! After spending lots of time (and a few tool runs) trying to modify the donor van's trans cable bracket into something I can use, today it finally hit me: it simply isn't going to work. Okay, start again...

Wow--looks like the FCC has stepped up their game. Everybody who passed their test on Tuesday seems to have just been issued their call sign.

Well there are different models of Baofeng radios. (Which exact one do you have, anyway?) And on top of that, their prices will typically fluctuate a bit depending on which Amazon seller comes up in your search. People can be... well, idiots. Again, it (partly) depends on which one you...

What--no Pisa? They'd practically need to go out of their way to miss it!

Congratulations! Depending on a few factors, the FCC typically issues new call signs in about a week. Let's hope they issue yours before next Thursday evening. Based on my own experience, I'd say the jump in difficulty from the Technician test to the General test is much smaller than the jump...