The Gasser Look
Who Ed Hudgins What '65 Plymouth Barracuda Where Murray, KY Why Ed says he just went into his shop with a stocker and came out with this. It's powered by the other 383 the C-word with lots of other GM trinkets to back it up. He Says Sorry to the Mopar guys. Change is good. This was quality family time with Dad Here are some shots of my '73 Satellite Sebring taken by my 7-year-old son, Brandon. He said the first one 'didn't make enough smoke,' so we did it again. Bounce it off the rev limiter...
Factory Coil Spring
The most popular factory rear suspension design for solid rear axle cars is the coil spring system. Under the coil spring umbrella are a number of subtle design variations that make coil spring suspensions more attractive to suspension tuners, compared with leaf springs. Because the coil spring's only job is to support the weight of the vehicle, designers still needed a way to locate the rear axle under the car. This necessitated control arms also called trailing arms . The simplest OE coil...
Build Your Own
Ford only built 50 of these cars, but if you wanted to replicate the effort, it would be expensive but possible. Ford actually offers the body in white over the counter, but it would be a good idea to buy a wrecked V-6 Mustang for all the little parts that would be otherwise too expensive to purchase individually. The accompanying part numbers are incomplete because it is probably too early to get all the gritty price details. The idea would be to build a replica or tribute car that would be as...
Stock Vs Edelbrock Heads
The Edelbrock aluminum cylinder heads for Buick V-8s are PN 60049, fully assembled. At press time, the heads sold for 947.95 each through Summit Racing. These heads feature 2.125 1.75-inch valves, the same size as the stock Stage 1 iron heads. The Edelbrock chamber size is 68 cc, so the compression ratio was bumped from 8.77 1 to 8.81 1, which is barely worthy of note. The Edelbrock heads change the valvetrain arrangement away from the stock-style shaft-rocker setup and are instead designed to...
Info Fgv
Looking at last month's story, we admit that we kind of dug the combination of TA Performance's little TA-212 cam and the Edelbrock B4B dual-plane intake. The cam specs are tame, with 218 230 degrees of duration at 0.050. The lobe-separation angle is 112 degrees, and valve lift is 0.459 0.470 inch. It made gobs of torque, but could it have been better with improved heads Yes. Way. We did an A B comparison of the stock heads versus the Edelbrock heads using the TA-212 cam and B4B intake. The...
Edelbrock Vs Ta Performance Heads
While TA offers a number of cylinder heads for serious Buicks, this test involves the company's most basic aluminum heads, the Stage 1SE. The big claim to fame on these is that they look totally stock with all the factory contours, unlike the Edelbrocks with their flat-machined ends. Paint the TA heads and they could pass for OE equipment. They also use the factory-style shaft-rocker setup rather than the Chevy rockers. TA claims that no additional parts are required when swapping these heads...
Twists And Turns
It's important to understand how the rear axle moves in relation to the car before we can get into how each different rear suspension operates. Let's look at what happens when you drop the hammer on your 500hp street car at the dragstrip. Not every twist is as it appears. As torque is applied from the driveshaft to the rear axle, multiple forces begin to leverage the car. Engine torque multiplied by the transmission's First gear ratio and the rear axle ratio is equal to several thousand Ib-ft...
Stainless Steel Vband Clamps From Dynatech
One of the most annoying sounds on a performance car is an exhaust leak. That little tic-tic-tic is like fingernails on a chalkboard. The most high-tech solution to exhaust leaks is the V-band clamp, a cool quick-disconnect clamp originally used to seal turbocharger exhaust system connections. It merely squeezes two machined, flat-steel surfaces together to create a leakproof seal that Is also reusable. The machined collars need to be welded to their respective pipes, but that's the hardest...
Upgrade Tocastroledge
WITH 8X BETTER WEAR PROTECTION THAN MOBIL 1 5W-30. There are synthetics. And then there's Castrol EDGE. With an advanced full-synthetic formula that's proven to safeguard against friction and engine failure. So do what's best for your car. 'Results based on industiy standard Sequence IVA wear lesl IT'S MORE THAN JUST OIL IT'S LIQUID ENGINEERING Bob has become a big believer in Chevrolet Gen Ill Gen IV power. All his new builds incorporate LS-series powerplants, and he is gradually phasing in...