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Hey guys. This may be a dumb question but I am having a brain fart and can't think. My car has been sitting for a while. Was going to try and start it. Battery I know is dead, so put the charger on it to get enough juice to do something. My question is since I had my gauges out, I have to...

Does anyone have experience with the wiring for a cruise control unit? I was looking under my dash and on the stop light switch there are 2 more wires. After chasing one of them down, I found it goes to the cruise unit. Wanting to remove it cause it wasn't working right the last time I drove...

So with work, going back to school to finish my BA in business management and a now 13 month old getting into everything, I have not been able to do much with the Scamp or get on here much lately. But I wanted to post a couple of pictures of my latest project I was able to finish. I made a...

Hey all.... it's been a long while. I am looking at maybe redoing the wiring harness for under the dash of my Scamp. Since I have removed the AC, will be moving my Pioneer head unit to the dash,and installing my aftermarket gauges. What is you guys thoughts? Should I go with a painless kit...

Hey guy My 408 is having a bit of a miss. I had the initial timing set at about 12-14 but while driving at about 60 mph ( 2k RPM ) you can hear a miss. So I turned up the idle screw up to 2k and moved the timing till it smoothed out. Which made it at about 6-8. I running the vac advance...

I have got the car up and running all leaks fixed ready for the road... kinda. I was taking it out for a spin to see how it did on the road too. Here is the question. I have a wicked vibration just a few RPMs off idle. Like rattle your teeth bad. But it you go up in RPMs about another 100...

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I have made a part and I am just kind of seeing if there would be a need for it or not before I think of selling them. I have made a Firestone air bag kit that will work for the on the rear axle of the Ram 1500. IMO it is better than the kit that Firestone has because you do not have to...

Hey guys, I thought i would share some of the things i have came up with he lately. It all started cause i have been making key rings for people. My sister in law just bought my brother a duster for his birthday. The duster was saved by the donations of many parts from my brothers old...

I am going to be running an elec. water pump on my 408. So my question is, my pump has two ports, one is for the radiator hose. Should i use the other port for the bypass hose or can i run without it? If can block, how should i go bout it? Thanks

Hey guys, I have finally started the process of getting the 318 out to make room for the 408. I have started with taking the A/C system. If any of you guy need A/C parts or maybe even the majority of the whole system, let me know. I am taking care of the parts when removing them, not just...

I just finished my bed of the truck using Duplicolor Bed Armor. It turned out pretty good. The grooves between ribs was kinda hard to do with the roller but i just used a sponge brush so that i would still have texture. It says that the paint can will cover a full size, 6 foot bed. I used...

Does anyone know of a good airbrusher? Looking to have some custom painting done on a part.

Does anyone know a place to get any 408 decals? I would really like to have something like this.... I was just screwing around with my photo program.

Hey guys, I got a question bout this new double roller timing set i got. One the cam gear there is a center drill mark so i know that is my mark. But on the crank gear, it is a 9 position sprocket, there is no dot. Do i line up the dot on the cam gear up to the 0 on the crank gear...

I have a question, and if it has already been covered before i apologize. With my new 408 build... will my 904 and 8.25 be able to hold up to the higher power? I not going to be drag racing it every day, just my street car. But i not saying i am not going to get on it hard now and then...

I just ordered some roller tip rockers for my 408 build using 360 heads. Does anyone know if i will need a special length pushrod? Cause it is a ball/cup that is required.

A quick question.... How long after the break-in period should i wait before switching over to synthetic?

I called Dale at Chenoweth Speed and Machine today and he hooked me up with a 408 short block. I should have it by the end of next week. So now it time to start getting more of the other parts.... Oh what i have gotten myself into. lol

I have been looking at different 408 builds and have seen a range of carbs that are used. I have seen 650-750 being used. My question is.. Which one is the best one. When i get to my build it will have the XE274 comp cam, 2.02 1.60 heads and should have in the area of 10 to 1 compression. I...

Any of you guys going to be there? I will be there Saturday morning.

I am needing some help identifying what car/s that this console could fit. Going to be putting it on ebay, but need to get the description right before i do so. What you think? ....

I have a question, if it has been covered before i apologize. With the 318 using a 4" crank you have to clearance the block. Do you have to do the same with a turned down 360 crank? I have a 360 crank and was thinking of doing a 349 build out of the scamps 318. Also, with the 349, what kind...

Here is a couple of pics of a custom made instrument panel that i drew up on an autocad program and was cut by our shops new laser. Got a few tweaks to work with but it is really close. The holes line up just about perfect. Once i get it, i can measure and draw in the holes to be cut out for...

I have been helping one of the guys from my work with his 72 duster. Here are a couple of pics. It was originally a slant six car, that was turned into a 318 car, then sat for 8 yrs and now is being reborn with a 440 ( for now ) till it gets it built 400 with 440 crank dropped in place. Many...

I am heading back out to Connecticut on sunday for more training for work. Hopefully i wont have much snow to deal with to slow my flights. I am scheduled to arrive in Hartford about an hour before the super bowl starts. I am hoping i do get there that early cause i plan on picking up me some...

A guy at work told me this one. Now i don't know if this is an old joke or if it really happened to him, but here it is... Bob has a German Sheppard dog as a pet. He has and elderly lady that live next to him that has a small poodle dog named Fluffy. When the lady lets Fluffy outside, she...

I have a small block CSI electric water pump that i was thinking bout selling. I bought it for a 408 build but do to change of thought, i dont plan on running it on my 318. It has never been installed and never ran, to my knowledge. I bought it from a mopar guy at work. I have all the parts...

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I went to Connecticut last week and did a weeks worth of training to be a laser operator for our company. Here are some parts that i cut out and etched while i was there. All the black lines and markings are burned into the metal. All of the parts are made from stainless. I will be going...