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Am I to understand that there are classic car enthusiasts and owners criticizing others for wasting time and money?

Don't know about your combination of parts, but I've fit a 440 and power steering by copying the DC K-frame, using B-Body HP manifolds, and a right angle return line fitting off the box like what's used on cop car steering boxes instead of the 45 deg. one that is more common.

Shiny magazines work for turntables.

Doesn't having such bright lights kill your night vision?

The cable, or the speedo itself?

Sleazeball way is to have the lines disconnected, cover the outlet ports with your fingers, and have someone pump the brakes. Put the lid on this time, though, when you do it. Pump until just fluid comes out. You don't have to press with your fingers very hard, and don't have the pumper go...

Hope you get it back on the road soon. I wonder if Raybestos "Pro-Grade" is any better.

Based on math and science. Used all the time on aircraft. They don't weigh the plane every flight, but they need to know the weight and CG every time they takeoff. Do you want to know the benefits before you do the work? I can walk you through it if you want.

Moving the battery has about twice the weight balance change as moving the motor back 6 inches. Try this out: racing aspirations » Weight Distribution Calculator

Doesn't the driveshaft rotate counter-clockwise, thus rotating the differential in that direction, lifting the passenger tire off the ground, and pushing the driver's tire against it?

Turn up the left torsion bar.

I've always hit the outer lip inward at four places with a washer inside, then pressed them out from the other side with a vise, whatever socket fits for a receptacle, and another socket to push with. This process relieves a lot of the interference fit, and surface area touching the arm. Since...

I already fixed it. Do you know how anti-dive works? I've never been able to figure that one out, how the pivot angle of the upper control arm reduces dive, and how the ball joint moving back under jounce doesn't cause strange handling behavior. Why does Hotchkis think our cars have too much...

No. With the tire pointing forward, as I jack the wheel up, you could see it turn outward, so as it moved strait up and down, it would point left and right by 1/4" for every inch up and down it would move.

Eestatic, how's the car?

The front drops when you hit the brakes, so 1" drop in front, with 1/4" toe out each wheel, gives 1/2" toe out per inch of travel. I've gotten the car up to 156mph at Pacific Raceway's road course, so I'm hitting the brakes pretty hard before that U-turn. I had to be done braking by the time I...

I see now. Thanks. If one is serious about this, they'll be zeroing their bump steer anyways. My last racecar had 1/4" of toe change per inch of travel each side. The car actually handled fine until I hit the brakes hard into turns. Do you know how to zero it out?

How does that affect caster? I understand the bump steer, but the upper control arm doesn't affect that. Could you elaborate? Are you referring to the effect of the anti dive angle of the upper control arm as it compresses?

What are you calling the steering arm? Are you referring to what the outer tie rod end bolts to, which is part of the lower ball joint on our cars, the pitman arm, or something else?

If the upper and lower control arm bushings are not preloaded at ride height, which sounds like you have covered, and your alignment is roughed in, I would say your toe is way off, and when you drive it, the tire scrubbing is pulling hard on the tires, either in or out, and it's jacking the...

I always track my mileage, and several tanks now since I installed a viscous fan, my mileage went from 12MPG to 17MPG. Motor revs high on the freeway, and it sounded like an airplane under the hood before. Much better now. 40%! Crazy.