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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...

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...

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...

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...

I see ads on Craigslist every so often for the old "camel hump" heads. I know that back in the day they were the shit to have. But why on earth would anybody today spend the money to buy and then build a set of old iron heads like that when the basic aluminum Edelbrocks are twice as good for...

And that law is that the phrase "high quality" and "made in china" can never be applied to the same product. Case in point. I bought a new frige last week. I needed a different valve under the sink to hook up the ice maker. I go to Lowes and pick up a suitable valve. Right on the tag were...

I know that piston manufacturers tend to put a notch or some other kind of indicator on the pistons representing where front is on a piston. If it's a two valve relief or domed, I totally get that it needs to be correctly oriented to the chamber. But let's say you have a brand new flat top...

Don't know how many of you are familiar with the project but about 3-4 months ago I picked up a '94 Suburban super cheap because the heads were cracked. Pulled the motor and went through it and now it's just the little things to do with a 20 year old truck, like the alternator shit the rear...

All of a sudden I have noticed that my brakes will fade intermittently. Seems I can go 49 out of 50 stops and the brakes are perfect, but on that 50th stop, the pedal will go to the floor. Once I pump the pedal a couple times the brakes are perfect again, and will be for another 48-49 stops...

I have a 94 Suburban and have had half a dozen other Chevy/GMC trucks over the years, all from the 90s. Even on many other trucks I've seen it just seems like GM couldn't keep paint on them. My 'burban, the paint is flaking off in many places. It began flaking off the hood on my '99 and is...

Looking for a nice set of 1.6 rockers for 3/8" stud. Prefer a good steel rocker but a name brand aluminum will work also. I'd also really like stud girdles if you have them too. Let me know what you have and how much.

Seriously, how does it really happen? I mean unless the retainer on the pump drive breaks or a shotty rebuild and the pickup is loose or mispositioned, maybe debris from something else getting sucked up into it. I'm really struggling to see how a pump can fail, at least before other parts...

After a very long time and many inquiries about various headers fit, specifically ground clearance on my LOW '81, out of necessity I bought these headers. They're a mid length ceramic coated header. I put them in tonight and although the installation is not complete, the headers are fully...