Recent content by Demonracer

Welcome from Texas! Good luck on getting pewter (pot metal) plated. It is a labor intensive job and quite expensive these days. I did all of the cleaning of the corrosion holes on my stuff, repaired the holes with epoxy and had them powder coated in Alien Silver, it was a "ton" less expensive.

I'd be interest in a couple also.

One of the reasons that the paint chips away is that the valve covers are used. Being that aluminum has porosity, They have absorbed the oil mist under the hood. Powder coaters bake aluminum pieces to burn off this residual oil. I blasted some valve covers, soaked them with acetone and let them...

Check with your local DMV, they can give you all of the rules and regulations about the vintage tags. Again as stated, quality restoration is NOT cheap. I had a set of 1941 Texas tags restored per Texas DMV and it was in the vicinity of $200.00 per plate, that was about 20 years ago. They are...

The car he is building is a "Mazda", not a "Nissan/Datsun". Very interesting build though.

I'm glad the kiddo is okay, too bad about the car. Sometimes we all have to learn things the hard way. LOL

Get yourself an angle finder and see just how bad the angles are. As stated, the DS angle is horrendous.

Rock Auto is a broker, they have a deal with multiple suppliers and everyone gets a piece of the pie that you pay for.

That intake is for LA engines.

You will grow to detest the fenderwell headers, with reduced turning radius unless the torsion bars are turned up. Ask me how I know.

I have a guy with a 72 Dart 340 car that is looking for a pair of OEM horns. The only information I've been able to find is a PN of MH108. If anyone has a working pair of horns, PM me.

For an around town driver, I'd go with the 3.55 gear. It has decent street manners and stop light to stop light can be fun. For a dual purpose highway/street, or mostly highway, I'd go with the 3.23 gear. I've run many different ratios on the street and I pretty much always go with the 3.23 or...

Summit has a store in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, I've driven by it many times but was on my way to another destination and was too busy to stop.

Contact B3 and talk to him about your rocker arm geometry, best in the business.

I also miss the interaction with John (PBR), we used to have some interesting conversations about his WalMart finds RIP bud!