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There is a car show next weekend sponsored by cars for kidz and a local club. It will be the reopening of the old accelaquarter drag strip, sorry guys, not 1340 anymore, just an 1/8 mi. but the real reason im wanting to go is that there is sposta be a 69 mach one powered by a factory SOHC 427...

doing an oil change today i noticed that there was a little rust starting at the front of the floor pan on the drivers side. damp garages FTL :notnice: Has anyone ever changed these and how much of a bitch was it? Im wanting to do carpet and seats this winter and that would be a perfect time to...

my front rims are NASTY.:notnice: ive tried scrubing with a wash mit and soap. I even tried some hot rims cleaner. I think that its embeded brake dust. could i use something like soft scrub (liquid with a mild abrasive) to scrub them? :shrug:These are a set of stock pony five stars.

http://www.salemdrivein.com under new managment, shows seven nights a week, adults 6 bucks kids 4. not sure if you have to use the crappy little speeker that hangs on the window or if they use an fm broadcast but i think that this is the only drive in thats still open in southern illinois now...

when we first start my GF's 01 it gives a disk error message on the face and wont play or eject the cd's in the head unit. this is the factory 6 disk cd changer head unit on a 01 with the shaker system. Is there a reset button on the thing or maybe a button that will manualy eject the disks?

i first noticed it last night but could hear it all night tonight. usualy when i take off from a stop sign its sounds like its coming from the drivers side. Almost sounds like a cv joint on a FWD car going bad. I looked under the car tonight and didnt see anything draging or loose. Any...

As some of you might know southern illinois was hit with some flooding last week and a local car dealer that has some clasics that were sitting in knee deep water has contacted me about cleaning the cars. They told me that they wanted the cars cleaned, not restored, and that the cars had to be...

Pulled the codes on my 88 today and came up with a 63, it sounded like a tps voltage problem. I didn’t have a voltmeter so I couldn’t check the tps but has anyone had one go bad? :shrug:

I kept hearing stories about a fox Saleen running around with a cage and lots of paint chips. I finally chased the guy down and got the scoop on it. It is a Popular Mechanics/Saleen sponsored car that was raced in the 80's or 90's, the guy still has a copy of the magazine that the car was in. I...

the GF's 01 GT is coming up on 100k and its time to change the plugs and wires. Im used to messing with 5.0's and never done a plug change on a 4.6, is there anything i need to know? what brand plugs would be best on a stock motor and where is the best place to get the wires and plugs? Also...

When I first start my car and its cold it runs fine but after it warms up it wants to backfire pulling away from stop signs and rolling down the road the power isn’t smooth, it feels almost like an intermittent miss. I checked the plug wires and they are fine and the o2's are new. A buddy of...

I don't know how I seem to screw up simple jobs but here it goes. I changed my fuel filter and hopped in the seat to drive it from my GF's garage to my house to wash. turned the key and heard the pump prime then when I turned it to start the battery went dead. Had a buddy come over and jump...

has anyone restored their seats useing aftermarket seat foam and a leather kit? i was thinking of doing this and wondered how hard it is to get the leather around the foam. Also is there a kit to fix the power lumbar in the drivers seat?

can the valve body be removed from an AOD and cleaned with out messing it up? mines not wanting to shift from 2nd to 3rd except under high rpms. after i finaly get it to shift to 3rd it will do ok. :shrug:

top that is. i got sick of refilling my pump on my vert so i went to dissconect the rams and found that you cant get to the top of the ram from the side. i learn this after i done broke a the trim around my seat belt. top up there is a hitch pin that holds a pin through the frame of the top...

will 01 bullitt seats bolt into a fox vert? Im looking for a seat that gives more support and comfort than the stock cloths that are in there now but dont really like the look of most of the aftermarket seats that i have seen.

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after i wash my car i notice that the carpet in the driver side floor is damp. no water on the floor mat or kick panels or seat, just the carpet. is there a drain that would let it come in the firewall or around the door?

i need new pads and dont want a set of cheep o's that leave dust on my rims. was thinking about some hawk or green stuff but who else make a good pad?

last year i dyno'd at 223 hp this year it wasall i could do to get 200! only difference in the motor is i added underdrives and my mech bumped my timeing from like 18 back to stock 10 one day when i took it in for a trany prob. (i trust the guy so i really didnt care even though my car was a dog...