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I’ve been working on cars for over 50 years. During that time, I’ve had two close calls with cars falling off jacks and jack stands. The first involved preparing the […]

When installing a fresh engine or engine/transmission combo, there can be any number of situations where anything that can go wrong does go wrong. (Mr. Murphy has entered the room.) […]

Whether you’re installing a new stereo or simply replacing a crusty bulb socket, if you work around cars long enough, you’ll eventually have to splice some wires. And if you’ve […]

How do we make big power on pump gas? Yes, we can always add boost or nitrous, but what if we want to go the all-motor route? This limits our […]

Who remembers the late 80’s and early 90’s Callaway twin-turbo Corvettes? Introduced in 1987, the Callaway B2K RPO was offered as a regular production option right from Chevrolet. Check the […]

If you work on engines a lot, you’ve probably removed a valve spring or two in your time. The process isn’t difficult when you use the right valve spring compressor. […]

EFI tuning, as we know it, is over. Stick a multimeter probe in it. Gone are the days of simply setting the fuel and timing maps, then calling it good. […]

Some cars struggle to keep their cool. In most of those cases, the overheating occurs at low speeds where both air and water flow are at their lowest, such as […]

I’ve run into some clearance issues on my engine build. I have a 383ci small block Chevy with a 3.75 inch stroke crank and stock rods. I put the cam […]

I have a coolant temp gauge in my 1966 Chevy Chevelle that was a conversion from the stock Chevelle instrument panel to a reproduction of the factory temp gauge. The […]