kenworth
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This is the Best saying that I have seen in a Long Time, so true.
Thank you, Truck Shop!
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Thank you, Truck Shop!
Welder Dave
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I'm the same way. I worked at a shop where one of the guys said I could be on his trivia team any time after I knew who Captain Scarlet was. He was from the UK where Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons originated. I used to have Captain Scarlet toy vehicles and and one of the annuals (book) they put out. It was an awesome show to watch on Sat. mornings way back when.
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
Below is a typical but sad example of people swapping LS engines where they don't belong.
1966 GTO would have had a 389 with tri-power, 1967 would be the first year of 400 4 barrel.
Wants 49K for it, yes it was allot of work but it would be better left alone with original 389. IMO.
To each they're own I guess.
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1966 GTO would have had a 389 with tri-power, 1967 would be the first year of 400 4 barrel.
Wants 49K for it, yes it was allot of work but it would be better left alone with original 389. IMO.
To each they're own I guess.
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
same car.
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HarleyHappy
Senior Member
To be honest, if I had a reasonably priced muscle car that already wasn’t original, I would love to repower with a LS motor. If it wasn’t original is the key, or a rat rod. I’m not financially secure enough to want a true collectible but even if I was, to be honest, they were all boats back in the day.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
It was the sound of a flat tappet cam, that huge bore to go with it that created the
muscle car sound/image.
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And generally speaking, yes some were boats------but fast boats for the times.
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That car above {engine photo only--not the car below, that was only for reference},
is a local car. That was 98% restored before the LS swap, nuts.
muscle car sound/image.
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And generally speaking, yes some were boats------but fast boats for the times.
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That car above {engine photo only--not the car below, that was only for reference},
is a local car. That was 98% restored before the LS swap, nuts.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
If a person wanted a zippy car with only a V6, the Nissan 370 Z Nismo, new for 45K.
350 hp with a 7 speed manual and posi. The 2007 350 I had below was 320 hp with
a 7 speed automatic and posi. It would get 31 mpg on cruise, it's power and handling
was real good. Or I guess a GTR would work. But as issues arose with hips, getting in
and out is a young guys game.
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350 hp with a 7 speed manual and posi. The 2007 350 I had below was 320 hp with
a 7 speed automatic and posi. It would get 31 mpg on cruise, it's power and handling
was real good. Or I guess a GTR would work. But as issues arose with hips, getting in
and out is a young guys game.
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Welder Dave
Senior Member
My partner has a Nissan Juke and it has a lot of electrical gremlins. Apparently other Nissan models do too. Heater motor died at under 60,000 kms. when it was -25C. MAF sensor replaced 3 times. They just put a new plug on it so will see if that lasts. Radio will die for no reason or not even come on when the car is started. It gets froze and you can't change channels either. She hates the tire pressure monitors because they are overly sensitive and the light comes on regularly if .5 PSI low or a few pounds too high. I told her maybe it will be OK to keep now except for the tire monitor light coming on. I don't know if it's best to keep vehicles a long time after they're paid off or sell/trade them when they still have some life left. She wants to lease but I've heard leasing is only good if you can write it off. You have no equity in it where you do if you own a vehicle. Curious if others prefer to lease for a personal vehicle?
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
We've had three, never had electrical issues, our 2017 Altima has been great. Although it
only has 18,500 on it. But certain models do have issues, and kind of like anything it's all
a roll of the dice. But one thing for sure--I won't own a American car, I had enough of
those in late 80's early 90's.
only has 18,500 on it. But certain models do have issues, and kind of like anything it's all
a roll of the dice. But one thing for sure--I won't own a American car, I had enough of
those in late 80's early 90's.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
I worked with a guy that had an older Altima he bought new and he loved it. I think it was a 2002. It is sometimes a roll a dice if a vehicle will be a lemon or not. The shop that worked on it said to get a Toyota or Honda.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
The worst issue that Nissan had starting 2002 was catalytic coming apart sending tiny particles
back up through reburn system, which would take out the rings. Mostly happened after 50,000
miles. Was a warning mailed by Nissan about it. We had a 2002 V6, I had the Cat changed at
40,000 and drove it another 40K till traded on 2017.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
To add to the true statement of {boats back in the day}. People still clamor to them
because no epa stuff, easy open to work on, can dump just about any power plant
in one, and have individual look. Across the freeway you could identify every car.
I really can't tell a Kia from a Toyota at speed. You knew {back in the day} you were
looking at a Goat, even when GM started sharing body lines in the late 60's.
The cars had a nose and a trunk. All that was adorned about them was lost to a
crammed engine compartment and a trunk that holds two suitcases. Engine room
was taken away and given to interior amenities. Then came the idea with pickups
that so much technical stuff was planted under the hood in the name of diesel power
it became a necessity to remove cab to gain access. I look at that as nuts, JMO.
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But the funny one, {back in the day} home builders built tiny garages for the big boats.
Can drive through any section of old 30's thru 60's housing tracts and see houses with
basically a single car short garage, we have one. It just contains our 2017 Altima, what
in the heck were they thinking? About the only car that would fit in there at that time
was a Studebaker Lark. No full size American made car would fit, every city in the U.S.
had houses built with garages that were more inline with a large dog house. Then
late 60's came along the two car garage came on the scene. Only now the cars are
smaller and the pickups are Semi's and still can't fit those in there. Which leads to--
the {man cave shop} located in the back section of lot. That is in many cases way
to heck bigger than the house. With three phase, toilets, refrigerators, a hammock,
and tv. All necessities to hide from the wife while performing the LS swap and walls
filled with tools. Life in average neighborhoods across the nation, what would man
do without all the goodies to keep him out of sight of the wife, he's been sharpening
the same lawnmower blade for the entire winter for a lawn he hates to mow.
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Which leads to why so many men were full blown alcoholics during the {Back in the day}
days, they had no place to hide, except that bottle of Who Hit John-that had a special
place.
because no epa stuff, easy open to work on, can dump just about any power plant
in one, and have individual look. Across the freeway you could identify every car.
I really can't tell a Kia from a Toyota at speed. You knew {back in the day} you were
looking at a Goat, even when GM started sharing body lines in the late 60's.
The cars had a nose and a trunk. All that was adorned about them was lost to a
crammed engine compartment and a trunk that holds two suitcases. Engine room
was taken away and given to interior amenities. Then came the idea with pickups
that so much technical stuff was planted under the hood in the name of diesel power
it became a necessity to remove cab to gain access. I look at that as nuts, JMO.
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But the funny one, {back in the day} home builders built tiny garages for the big boats.
Can drive through any section of old 30's thru 60's housing tracts and see houses with
basically a single car short garage, we have one. It just contains our 2017 Altima, what
in the heck were they thinking? About the only car that would fit in there at that time
was a Studebaker Lark. No full size American made car would fit, every city in the U.S.
had houses built with garages that were more inline with a large dog house. Then
late 60's came along the two car garage came on the scene. Only now the cars are
smaller and the pickups are Semi's and still can't fit those in there. Which leads to--
the {man cave shop} located in the back section of lot. That is in many cases way
to heck bigger than the house. With three phase, toilets, refrigerators, a hammock,
and tv. All necessities to hide from the wife while performing the LS swap and walls
filled with tools. Life in average neighborhoods across the nation, what would man
do without all the goodies to keep him out of sight of the wife, he's been sharpening
the same lawnmower blade for the entire winter for a lawn he hates to mow.
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Which leads to why so many men were full blown alcoholics during the {Back in the day}
days, they had no place to hide, except that bottle of Who Hit John-that had a special
place.
mekanik
Senior Member
Sadly cleaning out my Dad's house a few years ago, he was a mechanic from the early fifties. I was going through his old shop manuals, The first few pages in the manuals were pictures of the grills of the cars that the manual was for.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
A tow today--driver turned the jake on and front drive took a power divider dump.
They're having problems with a bearing issue it seams.
They're having problems with a bearing issue it seams.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
One item that creates issues when aftermarket EFI throttle body injection is installed.
EFI doesn't need intake manifold crossover exhaust heat. If left with open ports it
creates a vapor instead of just atomized fuel air mix. Fuel in a carb can be hot but
when pulled through the venturi it cools by as much as 75 degrees. With EFI there is
no venturi cooling as a matter of fact with hot injectors under pressure it's close to
130 degrees plus. By leaving the exhaust crossover open the plenum in bottom fuel reaches
175 degrees. Which causes poor higher speed power on highway by as much as 20%
loss and terrible intown mileage too. So it's either block the ports with a intake gasket
that has no port opening or use a Air Gap style intake manifold with no exhaust cross-
over ports.
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EFI doesn't need intake manifold crossover exhaust heat. If left with open ports it
creates a vapor instead of just atomized fuel air mix. Fuel in a carb can be hot but
when pulled through the venturi it cools by as much as 75 degrees. With EFI there is
no venturi cooling as a matter of fact with hot injectors under pressure it's close to
130 degrees plus. By leaving the exhaust crossover open the plenum in bottom fuel reaches
175 degrees. Which causes poor higher speed power on highway by as much as 20%
loss and terrible intown mileage too. So it's either block the ports with a intake gasket
that has no port opening or use a Air Gap style intake manifold with no exhaust cross-
over ports.
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
Welder Dave
Senior Member
Lots of cool and expensive cars at Goodwood. The drivers are trying to not wreck them but there have been some unfortunate accidents and close calls. The former racers are still ultra competitive and don't hold back much. There's video of Porsche 917 but the driver isn't pushing it at all considering how many millions it's worth. I wish I would have been a little older and went to watch Mark Donahue and Jackie Stewart race in the Can-am series at the Edmonton Speedway Park. Mark Donahue won in a 917-30 and Jackie Stewart (world champ, F1) was second in a Lola. Nothing came close to HP of the 917-30 though. Turbo boost could be turned up to a claimed 1580 HP for qualifying. Usually around 1100 HP for racing. McClaren's with big block Chevy's were around 900HP if I recall. I did go to the last race at Speedway Park. My brother's best friend did some emergency after hours Tig welding to repair a blown up transmission on one of Paul Newman's cars. They gave him free pit passes. Geoff Brabham won. I think Teo Fabi was racing for Paul Newman's team. Can't remember who was partners with Newman. Maybe Haas? Unfortunately Paul Newman didn't attend. Watched one driver blow a turn into a wall because his brakes partly failed. They got him out of the car and his foot was turned 90 degrees. That had to hurt!
Truck Shop
Senior Member
69 today, and still looking working on vintage gas engines. The guy finally pulled and
stuffed this 454 I built him last winter in his K30. Doing some tunning on it this morning for him.
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stuffed this 454 I built him last winter in his K30. Doing some tunning on it this morning for him.
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
Runs excellent--very slight exhaust lope plus smooth idle at 700 rpm. Oil psi 40 at idle
55 at 2000. Temp steady at 190. New 650 AVS carb and new distributor. Really good
throttle response. With that carb, intake, cam shaft, compression raised from 8.2 to
9.4 plus headers it should bounce it from the original 235 to 340 hp and 460 torque.
Which is plenty for a tow truck.
55 at 2000. Temp steady at 190. New 650 AVS carb and new distributor. Really good
throttle response. With that carb, intake, cam shaft, compression raised from 8.2 to
9.4 plus headers it should bounce it from the original 235 to 340 hp and 460 torque.
Which is plenty for a tow truck.
Welder Dave
Senior Member
Happy Birthday!