Recent content by clutchdust

I just read an article about header install on a c6. They installed stainless headers. Earlier this year I installed ceramic coated headers. I chose ceramic specifically for the thermal properties. The questions is, why doesn't anybody offer a coated stainless? I know the stainless is good...

This will be the third dog in just over a year. It will be the last dog we've had since we got together. I had Rock and she had a Mastiff and a pound dog when I met Mrs Dust. I was hoping she would make it to her 13th birthday, which would be this Thanksgiving, but that's not going to...

I would like a clearer pic of that last post. This looks suspiciously like my super-secret frame stiffening project. :suspicious:

Stopped at a convenience store today and this dude pulls in driving a jacked up Dodge Durango. It looked weird, like a lift kit that went wrong. It looked like the guy had just raised the body 8-10 on the frame and left everything else stock, just had a very odd look to it. So as I go back...

UPDATE: Looks like I have a deal with a CF member, so for the time being, I'm good. If anything happens I will repost. Looking for the basic ignition box for my DD suburban but willing to look at any good box you might have. So if you have a box just sitting on the garage shelf, let me know...

I got into a little debate with a local club member about oil weights. In conversation I told him I don't run the recommended 5w-30 in the c5, but 10w-30 instead. He turned his nose up at that and said he only runs what GM recommends. His argument is that their engineers have tested the...

I got to spend a little quality time with a c7 today. The manufacturers frequently do hot weather validation out here and I see manufacturer plates all the time. I saw a c6 coupe all the way back in Feb of '03 when they were testing so maybe this will become a tradition for me seeing the new...

Well, at least that other guy was. But I'll use this opportunity to jump on the subject. I just read in the latest edition of "Vette" magazine about the "Renegade" replacement intake manifold for the L83 engine. The blurb in the mag states that it made an additional 30rwhp gain on a modified...

I have helped a friend with a couple older Fords he's had over the years. One was a Mustang with a 351 Cleveland and this one is an older F-100 with a newer 302 in it. Even so, they're both carbureted and non-computerized. In both instances I set up the timing with the vacuum disconnected...

Sure it's not a bad u-joint? I had one go shitty on me years ago and it was very similar. It didn't knock when rocking the wheel at either 3 and 9 or 6 and 12 but there was a noticeable knock when rotating the wheel clockwise or counter. I only got the clunk once in either direction as I took...

I have a friend here who is originally from France. I like this guy, he cracks me up. Part of what makes him so entertaining is also what frustrates me to no end. A few months ago he bought this old Chevy pick up someone else had already put a late model 454 in. He pulls it out and asks me...

GENE, interestingly, those nuts you're talking about were only used on two GM vehicles. The Pontiacs with the wheels you're talking about, and the aluminum wheeled c3.

Surprisingly, I actually agree with a worthwhile post from GENE. The difference between adapters and spacers is epic. I've been running 3" adapters on my car for over 10 years, including quite a bit of track time with no problems. Those shitty cast spacers I've seen, I wouldn't trust on a...

The Mrs and I live in a very small, very crowded house. It doesn't help that we're both "packrats", we can't seem to throw anything away that we may have the slightest possible use for in the future. In my quest to break myself of this habit I have decided that I will throw things away unless I...

About 7-8 months ago I picked up a Suburban dirt cheap because it had cracked heads. I overhauled the motor and have been using it as my daily driver since. Up until yesterday I had never completely filled up the tank. I've thrown gas in it. $60 at first, then $80, then $100. Each time the...