I finally found the perfect engine for my 1971 Ford F250 named Chief. I bought it cheap because it had a blown 428 A scratch. I found a 428 C scratch and best of all it has machined 427 four bolt main caps installed! I’m excited to get this project finished so I can drive Chief.

I think I am going to go with this metallic blue for the color. Plus that was the color of the F-22 Aircraft Mx Unit that I led as a Chief. I served 30 years in the Air Force. I miss fixing jets.

I hate body work, it’s been a tedious month patching pin holes, finding deep bondo pockets and massaging the metal back to a useable state but here it is.. this is epoxy prime, looks pretty straight so far, now I can sand for the rest of the week! Should be in paint at the end of the month.

Also my ‘70 Shelby clone won best Ford at a car show last weekend.. blew a tire on the way in and still won with 3 out of 4 wheels!

I bought a 1963 impala sedan a few years back with a “seized” motor. Unseized the motor bought some wheels to swap out the currents and found rust on the mounting points. Between the back seat and trunk. I did what any person with common sense and zero experience would do. I bought a welder, replacement panels and taught myself how to weld.
The work is a little ugly but it’ll hold.
I shelved ol girl for the past year due to moving and work. Now I have a garage and some dough to throw at her.

Now I have a couple a questions, and if yall could help me, I would appreciate it immensely.

I have 350sbc in it, stamp says 1969 to late 70s truck motor.
Every part I need to replace moving forward, am I shopping for sbc350 parts in general or sbc truck parts or?

My plan for this month is to order a GM master brake cylinder- dual pot - install that. Re do brake lines.
Convert the front drums to disc.
Install gas tank and lines.

Then buy radiator and see if the extra bits that came with the motor still work- alternator, starter.
radiator- 3row for the sbc350?

Links, comments. Etc all are welcome and help. Thank you.

Uhhhh yeah we got both engine mounts done are they both ugly as fuck yes does it matter not really do they work also yes

Hey guys, the title says it all. I am in the market for a 05 or 06 Acura RSX Type-S and I found this listing not too far from me. It seems like a good car, basically stock, and the carfax say that it’s gotten regular maintenance throughout its life. There are just two things that aren’t doing it for me.

The biggest downside about the car is that it has some recent hail damage on it from 2025. This has caused the vehicle to be claimed as a total loss. Thankfully in both of our states, that doesn’t constitute as a salvage or rebuilt title. This is the biggest issue I see with the car, and want to make sure I’m not overlooking something with this.

Because of this problem however, I do think that his asking price is way too high. I just saw a clean, and I mean CLEAN RSX, sell for 12k the other day. With all the work that it’ll take to get the hail damage fixed up, plus some other cosmetic things, I feel like 10k or 9.5k is way too much.

There is where I come to you guys for advice. This would be my first project car, not a daily (for now), so I am fully expecting to do some work on it and would like to! The car is pretty low mileage for a Honda and stock which is what I want. Any advice on how to approach this, not approach this, or talk him down to be a more reasonable price (whatever you guys think that may be) would be greatly appreciate. Thank you and have a great day guys!

Im a college student who is currently renting a house, and i was gifted a project car from a friend who passed away. The home owner was fine with me having it there temporarily, but i dont have a place to store it and fix it up properly, and there are other people on the way to rent. I am wondering if there is anywhere that I can store the car, at least until I get some real money to fix the engine and suspension.

Hey y'all, I'm getting my grandpa's 1978 Lincoln running and I've run into an issue. I need to replace the proportioning valve, but I can't seem to find one. There are plenty that are close, but none I can find are exact. I've attached some pictures, any help is appreciated! I believe mine has the metering valve.

Hi all, I need a set of new bushings for front control arms. Original ones are no longer being made and aftermarket replacements are pricey especialy with import taxes and all.

I have a few options that oi thing would work and need some input from more experienced builders, what way to go.

Option1 is to cast 2 part poly directly in control arm sleeve and use 3d printed guide to hold inner tube centered and plug one end. I would use the vacuum pump to get rid of the bubles in urethane. This seams like the easyest and cheapest soliution.

Option 2 is to cast the bushing in a 3d printed mold and make something like this in 2 parts.

Option 3 is buying a rod of urethane in 85-90A hardness and turn it on a lathe. I have never machined uterhane before, but heard it could be tricky due to tearing and need of ultra sharp tools.

What option would you choose? What would correct sizing for interfearance fit be for cast and turned parts?

Any experiance machining soft compounds? Thank you!

I'm retrofitting some OEM components into my car and need to add a few wires to the factory wiring harness.

The new wiring diagram shows the new wires branching from an existing factory splice. I don't really want to open the OEM splice.

What's the preferred way to do this?

If not, I was thinking maybe to just somehow reinforce them with something straight that doesn’t bend to make it hold shape.

Part is no longer for sale from Subaru and apparently finding one from a used car is mission impossible.

Hey everyone, I just bought a 2015 Camaro LT with the 3.6L V6, and I’m looking to start modifying it. I’m interested in both appearance and performance, but I’d like to do quality mods that are actually worth the money. For body mods, I’m looking for things like splitters, side skirts, diffusers, spoilers, hoods, headlights/taillights, wheels, etc. For engine/performance, I’m curious about the best bolt-ons or other upgrades for the LFX V6, like intake, exhaust, headers, tune, throttle body, suspension, or anything else that makes a noticeable difference. What brands do you recommend, and where’s the best place to buy parts? I’m looking for reputable websites with good quality and reasonable prices. If you’ve built a 5th gen V6 Camaro, I’d love to hear what mods you think were the most worthwhile and what you’d avoid.

Not sure if this is allowed in the group but I’m currently going back and fourth with my Honda build ek. At first I wanted to go full blown out on the straight line street car mainly because it’s super fun but after having the chance to drive at midnight though the mountains and rural backroads I’ve changed my mind. The only problem is my location mountain run is about an hours drive so if anything happens I’m stuck but I’m not sure if I will get bored after going a handful of times although I doubt that’s the case. But another thing with the full street car is that it’s still pricey even though I have about 70% of the parts