Recent content by arvzj

All well-done new information is useful and relevant, especially about making the car last longer. Thanks for kicking in. OK, how about some research on oil filter designs? I would love to go back to my old toilet paper oil filter!

I used tire and wheel size info from Tire Rack.com to help me figure out the best upsize for my '65 Valiant V200. I made up a spreadsheet which I would be happy to share if there is a way to send a Libre Calc spreadsheet or PDF through this media. My Valiant friends and I ended up using tires...

'65 V200 wagon with mostly '76 running gear and electrical, dual circuit brakes, sway bars: I put ~340K miles on a stock cast crank 225 Carter BBD Super Six with MSD 6A and Blaster coil, tweaked advance curve, A-833 overdrive, 3.23 rear end (the stock ratio for that trans). I always got about 25...

I ran a 833OD with a 8 1/4" 3.21 rear end, 195/70/14 (24.8") tires and a fairly stock 81 Aspen 225 Super Six on my '65 V200 wagon (originally 318/auto). Put '76 wiring harness, front end parts and disc brakes and dual circuit master cylinder, sway bars, extra spring leaf, 340 torsion bars, Tom...

'65 Valiant V200 wagon, with virtually the entire innards of several '76 4-doors transplanted into it: 8.25" 3.23 rear end, A-833 OD 4-speed, stock '81 225 with Carter BBD two-barrel manifold, custom hot advance curve, MSD 6A ignition and coil (surprise, way better than the stock box!), Bosch...

I was happily running a stock Mopar electronic setup when my brother gave me an MSD 6A box and Blaster coil for Christmas. Installing the MSD stuff with the stock electronic distributor noticeably increased the power and gas mileage. This MSD 6A box now has more than 340K miles on it without a...