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Mileage has no effect on pushing a cold motor. When the oil is cold it doesn't flow right through the bearings and actually grabs the bearing causing it to rotate. I always, always wait until I see the oil pressure dropping due to heat before bushing it. I have learned the hard way. I have lost...

If you push a motor before the oil is hot you run the risk of spinning a bearing. When starting a cold engine bring the oil temperature up before pushing the motor. Cold motors pushed too hard spin bearings.

I have run my motor through Desk top Dyno, knowing the specs on the engine and having the heads privately flowed I could fairly accurately fill in the blanks. It spit out 940 horse and I forget the torque. I did look for the sheet but can’t seem to find it. I am in the process of pulling the...

How about a mustang T5?? I have done 4 other these so far with great results. YOu might pick up some ideas here. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1201254&forum_id=3

There is not fixed angle. Push the rear of the transmission up as high as possible. I put mine against the tunnel and then weld on a mount for the transmission. The rubber mount compresses slightly pulling the transmission away from the tunnel. I measure this angle. It is down. You then...

Hi Gary. Guys Gary does fantastic work on rearends and steering boxes. I am sure anything else he tried will also be good.

There is a guy called Gary. He is from Corvette forum and he does the best boxes. Rebuilds don't go far enough. Replacing bearings and seals is not a rebuild. To do it properly you need custom built pitman arm bushings. They need to be custom fit to your pitman shaft and come with less then .001...

The spreader bar allows you to push the top of the shock tower OUT. Under load they deflect in changing the camber. Over time the towers actually creep inward causing camber adjustment problems. The spreader bar just holds things for rigid, maintaining setting and relieving the frame from...

There are two holes, the outer is plugged and power assist uses the inners for a faster ratio. Look at the end of the steering arm, it will be plugged but under the plugs is another hole, slows the ratio down but makes turning easier. I cut mine off just to make it look slimmer when doing the...

One more tip I have posted before. Put carb studs in the floor for the seats. A long carb stud is 5/16 coarse on one end that screws into the floor and 5/16 fine on the top for fastening the seat down. It really makes installing and removing the seats a 2 minute deal. Any 5/16th stud would do...

I have that caster /camber gage and found I can do better alignments at home then I get from an alignment shop. I would include the two turn plates already suggested. They are just 4 pieces of metal or aluminum about 16 or 18 inches square with grease between them so you can turn the wheels 20...

Mac you can just add a power steering pump, slave cylinder and control valve and you need not touch the box. Everything else was the same , power or manual. Are your outer tie rods in the outer holes in the steering arms. For power they were in the inner holes, for manual they moved to the outer...

Vette manual or power run the same box. My Jeep ratio is about the same at 12 to 1. I don't like manual steering because of the turning effort for parking. I also run a braking system off my power steering pump. Your steering system is old, probably a little play in the box and it tends to...

This is my final post on the Jeep box. A quick refresher. I had my choice between a jeep box in kit form for $675 or Steroids for $1249. I could have built the steroids system myself but after talking to a number of guys decided to go with a stock 2003 Jeep Cherokee box that I bought for Pro...

Offset trailing arms do not require shorter 1/2 shafts. everything stock bolts right up. I do run HOMEMADE offset bars, takes about one evening to produce a pair and they are stronger then stock. I run 10 x 18 inch rims under the fender with 285 x 40 x 18 tires and they could be larger. I run 6...

I know Marck but even if I can plant an idea in one guys head it is worth it. I don't drop by here very often but I do like to run some of my latest projects past these guys. Maybe something with stick. I don't notice you posting anything here either, but then again I don't check very often Guys...

Thank you Mike. It was long overdue. With the 3 inch blower belt it was hard to snake it through. I also run coilovers so I feel the tower are subjected to even more force/deflection.

I finally got around to building a spreader bar. I had a special problem because of the 3 inch blower belt. I had to pull the rad and support to get in there for welding I ended up making brackets from angle iron that slid over the A arm studs and didn’t have to weld on the car at all. This is...

The frame around the sway bar support is very flimsy. If you want immediate reaction from your sway bar this area need to be reinforced and the frame completed by boxing it. Last winter I installed gussets from the underside and welded them in from the bottom. To do the job properly the rad and...

Anyone looking for a nice remote reservoir for a hydraulic clutch Coleman sells a nice complete setup. This is the parts you need. The reservoir, the cap, the mounting bracket for the firewall and the clamp for the reservoir to the mount. This is the order form with the part numbers. It will...