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Tools
This Diagnostic Tool Saved Me Money!
This tool has absolutely saved me money to apply to my project cars! Yes, I bought a tool that’s practically a professional tool that you can get on a hobbyist budget and do very professional work. I recently picked up a Topdon Artidaig BT9000 You can get one HERE...
Inflates AND Jumps a car?
Sometimes there are tools that are useful because they combine multiple functions into 1. Oftentimes, those tools do a bunch of things marginally. They’ll get you by in a pinch but it’s not the right tool for anything. This is one of those tools that delivers on doing...
Precision and Perfection: Enhance Your Fabrication with a Bench Top Lathe
Improving our fabrication skills is something I know that we all want to do. Sometimes we can accomplish that with practice, other times it involves acquiring new tools and learning how to use them. In this case, I picked up a new to me bench top Lathe. This little...
Drag Racing
Why the 7.5 inch 10 Bolt Is JUNK for Performance!
When GM built the G-body cars, they weren't designed with drag racers or performance enthusiasts in mind. For average use, the 7.5-inch 10 Bolt rear differential serves its purpose. However, when you start adding power, that's when these differentials start to show...
Carburetor Chaos: The Float That Nearly Ruined Race Day
I made a mistake so that you don’t have to! Let’s talk about this misadventure I had recently at the Fox Hunt race. So, the day before the race, they had a test and tune session, Which was a great time to make some tuning changes to my El Camino to better run here at...
Dark side of Wheelies
Ask any car enthusiast if wheelies are cool, and they'll say yes - wheelies are awesome! But I recently learned that my El Camino does wheelies after some slight changes, and it's hard to believe that what I always wanted is now causing problems. Why? The car is...
How to Repair Critter-Damaged Wiring: Saving My Wife’s Car from Squirrel Shenanigans
How to Repair Critter-Damaged Wiring: Saving My Wife’s Car from Squirrel Shenanigans If you’re working on cars long enough, you’ll eventually face the dreaded wiring harness repair. Whether it’s from accident, age, rub-through, or—as in my recent misadventure—critters...
I Went UP on Tire Pressure and Finally HOOKED! (Here’s Why)
Why Raising Tire Pressure Cured My Traction Woes at US 36 Raceway If you’ve spent any time chasing traction at the drag strip, you know there’s no such thing as a “magic number” for tire pressure. At a recent bracket event at US 36 Raceway—a quirky outlaw track with...
I Fixed 20 Years of My WORST Wiring Mistakes
Why Clean Up Old Wiring? It isn’t just about appearances. As cars get modified over and over, unused circuits can become hazards, and wiring that was good enough in 2006 might not be safe, functional or easy to troubleshoot today. My setup had fuses (thanks, Dad!) but...