Saturday, April 16, 2011

This is a nice Street Rod!


Powered by a Roller 5.0 H.O. This 32 Boydster II has won a few Good Guys Awards. It has a custom built soft top,rear air suspension and a bunch of polished stainless plumbing.This is one nice damn car. I can picture myself cruising in this on a nice sunny day.

Friday, April 15, 2011

OBD-II Scanning Tools that might end your frustration

Ever get that "Service Engine Soon Light"? I've know people that drive around for miles with it on. I've even seen guys put a peice of tape over it so that it doesn't annoy them while they drive. They worry that because it's on it might cost them and arm and a leg to get it looked in to. And for obviouse reasons,it costs money to run a mechanics shop! One tool I have invested in that has saved me a lot of grief is a Autel MaxiScan. It scans OBD-II trouble codes. For those of you that don't really know what those are I'll give you a bit of a run down. Back in the mid 90's all the auto manufacturers decided a "universal" set of codes would be a great idea because mechanics and technicians had to spend a lot of money to have all the different types of scanning tools.

  Now for those of us that just can't leave an endine alone and always end up "Hotrodding" damn near everything thing they touch this little tool might not do you any good. There is a set of parameters that stock modern stock engines operate with. When you start to put the go fast goodies then your in effect asking the motor to operate outside of those set parameters. I'll give you an example. I have a 96 Chevy truck that has a few modifications like aluminum heads and Flo-Tech Headers and various other go fast mods that mess with the operating parameters. In this case you'll need to get in touch with a place like Wester's Garage and have them custom make some programming for your ECM. And you'll notice that for the money,you're getting a smoking deal. Improved fuel economy,more power and overall you'll enjoy driving your car or truck a lot more.

32 Ford Hotrod





With a parts and compnonents from Chassis Engineering, Kilbourne, Dan Fink, O-Cool, Flaming River, B.F. Goodrich, American Racing, New GM 350 4-Bolt Motor, 350 Turbo, Ultra Leather, and Rootlieb it's now wonder this things look so damn good. The guys that built it are building more for the retail market and their option list is a long one. You can get then with a blown engine,fender packages,cowl vents just to name a few.I ran across it a few days ago. I'd love to drive this without haveing to pay for fuel...lol! It's a nice Hotrod!


Thursday, April 14, 2011

Beautiful 71 Nova



I came across this car on a classified site that I used to check out every now and again. The Engine is a 350 4 bolt main. Apparently this full roller engine runs on regular pump gas,very possible if it's built right and I'm thinkin it is. And from what is known the car drives very easy. And get this,it's not tubed. The rear end is narrowed 2 inches though. The guys that built it have it up for sale. The guy to talk to is Tom (248) 974-9513.