Driveline

More than 40 years ago, a friend came hobbling into my shop on crutches. His right foot was in a cast. He wasn’t very happy. As the story goes, he […]

I think I just tore up my second 200-R4 transmission running back and forth to the NSRA street rod show in York, Pennsylvania.  I had a Turbo 400 in my […]

Q: We have a 3rd-Gen. Buick Skylark. Under the hood is a 350 bored over .030, with a 750 cfm Holley carb, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, Federal-Mogul pistons, a 284°/284° […]

Our first job of the day is to clear out the interior a bit which will give us room to work on a couple of upcoming jobs, like wiring this […]

Some old habits die hard. That applies to many things, but certainly to hot rods and street/strip cars. Take the basic clutch for example: In the 1970s, the clutch package […]

I want this truck to have all of the creature comforts that it came with in its prior life as a 4-cylinder runabout, so it’s time to sort out our […]

Q. My daily driver is a GMC Sierra C1500. It has a 350 TBI engine mated to a 4L60E transmission with a TCI Sizzler torque converter, a 10-bolt 8.5-inch posi […]

Q: I own an old V6 Ford Ranger that I want to swap a V8 into. But I can’t decide which engine to use—the 289, 302, or 351W. Which engine […]

What would cause a torque converter to stay locked on a 700R4 causing the engine to stall? I just replaced the torque converter after replacing the pump in the transmission. […]

Q: I’ve got an old Chevy C10 with a 350. I know it’s not your typical hot rod, but that’s what’s special about it. The block is bored .060″ over […]