Author: 70bigblockdodge

Cam change, ideas?

I’m putting my stock stroke 440 back together. Years ago it ran a 292/509 Mopar performance cam and lightly ported heads. Ran good I never had a converter or decent trans for that matter. Things came up the car came apart for improvements. I ended up c…

Old car and a road trip.

Hey everyone just got back from a scout trip to South Carolina and back. My son is finishing up his eagle project, his friends have finished and gotten their eagle projects done. It looked like the troop was going to end with them all aging out (18yo)….

Too many marketing college grads, and Chinese parts

So headlight goes out on my KW, this would be a PITA on my old Pete because most likely it would be wiring. New truck simple enough. When at Napa I buy a headlight that is marked with 2 wattages. Get the box home and open it it has a high beam only for…

EPA and short sighted solution

Thought this was interesting.

Kind of sounds like another idea that is on a big push right now.

Really amazing they looked right past a grass that would grow with almost no farming work. I’m sure it has its drawbacks also, but grass is easier to grow…

Said goodbye to a old friend today

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Sorry to see her go, but we had our time together. I put almost 500k on that truck, 430k on the N14 I put in in 2013.
On a better note I found a new toy in the wake of a totalled Subaru.

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It needs some work, but has the right bones, except for the slushbox. I’ll remedy that in the future.

Carter TQ

Carb installed, slight curb idle adjust. Runs like fuel injection except it has personality, and that unmistakable howl

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Thanks Dave

Ammo for no electric cars

So here is a video I stumbled across that I think explains why electric cars are okay, but ICE cars will continue, marketing and $$$$ wise.

He has a bunch of other stuff on this and good layman’s terms explanations
Bore vs stroke
Gas vs diesel
Turbo vs N/A