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I have a vacuum for different radiator cap sizes. It uses air hose pressure to produce vacuum in the cooling system. It'll pull all the air out of the system and will allow coolant back into the system when the air pressure is turned off. A lot of shops have these and I recommend having that...

They'll all break and need to be maintained and I feel if you want it, go for it!!!! I grew up with mostly Chevy cars and trucks and wanted a '68 Chevelle for my first car because we had one a couple years earlier. It was a 2 door, 327, 3 on the tree and it was a couple years old when we got...

Wow, I’m skipping through this thread and the 185 and 401 degrees popped out to me and then I noticed it was my post. SORRY GUYS!!! The 185 degree boiling point with 3% moisture content is wrong, it’s supposed to be 285 degrees. I guess I should’ve proofread my post better. I wasn’t out to...

If you're looking for some "eye candy" that would work well on a 400 or a 383, here it is. I've had it for years and never used it. It's never been bolted to an engine, actually, if you're looking for a 383HP to go under it, I have those too. The expense would be everything else to make this...

Silver Sport didn’t have a kit for my car, I had to go with an early B-body kit and build from there. I made some changes to my center piece - between the torsion bars for the transmission and the mount. It wasn’t a big deal, but it had to be done. The tunnel also had to be modified, again...

Here’s some pictures of the clutch that comes with the kit from SilverSport Transmissions. It’s an 11 inch. At this point I’m only driving it around the school parking lot (I teach auto mechanics at a high school CTC). It’s a pretty big lot and I can get into 3rd gear before needing to turn...

I’ve done this swap. I gathered parts to do it for many years. When I found a set of pedals, they were from a ‘65 SF convertible that had been stripped long before I got to it. When I tried to install them, I found out it they were for a manual brake car. It took several hours, but in the end...

In 2018 a friend told me about a dirty Hellcat with a trailer hitch on it. He saw the owner walking up to it and he asked him if he really used the hitch. The owner responded "yep, I use it all the time to pull my fishing boat and I get asked all the time about it" (the guy was retired for a...

Here's the RWL's in 1991, the second time I painted the car, the first repaint was in 1980. Didn't like these tires and changed them to RWL BFG TA's after 1 summer. I still have those wheels. At this time it has 13 inch, 4 wheel disc brakes so the smallest wheel I can use is 17 inch. No...

Not a car, but I have them on my 2500HD 4x4 and they're great. They're quiet and the traction is pretty good for not being a winter tread. I've driven it almost 40,000 miles in 2 and a half years with these tires, and I'm guessing there's 10 to 15 thousand miles left until I replace them. I...

After getting it up and running, it’s recommended for DOT3 brake fluid be flushed out with new fluid every 18 months. It’s hydrophilic (water seeking) and will pull moisture (even humidity) through the hoses and around any seal (wheel cylinders, dust boots on calipers, cap on master). After 18...

You’re welcome. When there isn’t an overflow tank and the engine cools off, you’re right about having concerns with that airspace, the air being pulled into the radiator is considered contamination. Granted, the air will cycle in and out of the overflow tank, it’s just best to keep the air out...

You want the info, here you go…. A radiator cap (pressure cap) will hold that pressure in the radiator and release coolant into the overflow tank as needed. The vacuum valve in the center of the cap will allow the coolant back into the radiator when the engine cools. It’s important to keep air...

It might be better to just find a set of manifolds that will dump the exhaust out in an area that will work. That would be the most cost efficient way to get on the road. If you’re out to just enjoy the car, headers aren’t going to be of any difference you’ll actually feel. I think you need to...

I went with PST for the sway-bars (1" front - 3/4" rear) for my '65 SF. I installed the same front bar as others here, because that's the only one available and of course, I had the same fitment problems. I went as far as to change the small pieces of pipe to see if different lengths would...

Here’s the video that should’ve been in the last post, auto correct got me on that one ☹️☹️ That’s what I get for trying to hurry!

Hi Guys, I’m going to post some other parts of the build, but for now I’m going to jump ahead to something really exciting!!! For me anyhow, but I think some of you will relate. Some of you may remember the first time you heard your engine running in your car with a full exhaust system on...

I think you should check the floor/firewall inside the car for moisture. The area of rust that you see connects to the floor pan. It’s spot welded and sealed at the factory. I’d check it out by removing the cowl panel, you won’t be able to clean everything out and reseal it any other way...

Awesome work!!! I'm glad to see someone saving one of these cars. Because of how much they weigh, there's been so many of the "big" cars from all manufactures scrapped for $$$$.

I didn't go the stock path, but before I decided to not go that way, I found this tach. I was looking for the updated internals most of all and the look was close enough for me. I ended up going with Dakota Digital. If they ever make a gauge cluster for a '65 SF I'll go back to a stock...