Have your wife contact "Overhaulin'", and "conspire" with Chip Foose to steal it and renovate it, while you act all bummed out. She could have 'em drop a 426 Hemi in it.
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I need to vent. (Car rant)
- Thread starter Valiant Bandit
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I thought about it...But they'd probably do something to it that I wouldn't like at all and I'd be pissed like putting a ridiculous engine in it that would piss me off.
I do have a 6 cylinder. (Aka. Slant Six or /6.)
Yeah it only has 3 gears and I only go about 50-55 on the highway and I get passed like I'm driving 30MPH in reverse.
I've thought about converting it to EFI, but I don't have the time or the in-shape body I used to have. And shops out here? lol, don't even get me started.
The only repairs that have been done on ANY of my car by anyone else other than me have been mickey-moused or just done wrong...Even by "reputable" shops.
Air Bags?
Crumple Zone?
lollol
Yeah take your new car and head on mine...Watch what happens to your piece of plastic. ahaha
Keep it!
I love those old cars, nothing like driving a modern car! IMO modern cars are soulless, just big lumps of plastic and metal, old cars have something special!
My car is also a 76!
PS: i also use and old 35mm camera and play a P bass!
I guess some of us are not into technology that much!
I love those old cars, nothing like driving a modern car! IMO modern cars are soulless, just big lumps of plastic and metal, old cars have something special!
My car is also a 76!
PS: i also use and old 35mm camera and play a P bass!
I guess some of us are not into technology that much!
Where do you buy gas? If it's not at the same place, start being more consistent in that and if you go to a little fleabag station, stop- they may not sell through their gas quickly enough or change the filter as often as they should. Also, new cars deal with bad gas in worse ways than a carbureted engine.
Why would you want a '80s or '90s Jag? That was when they were at their worst. The British government took control of the company because it was run so badly and they had major electrical issues, courtesy of Lucas Electric.
If you want to stick with old cars, you're definitely in the right part of the country- just keep them tuned up and maintained well. If you like your existing car and want to keep driving it but have problems with fuel quality, put a fuel/water separator inline and purge it on a regular basis.
Slant 6's can be built up a bit, to go faster. I had a buddy up in Ohio, with an old (68?) 4 door Dart, Slant 6 - he ran high 16's in the 1/4. That's not too bad at all. I think he just put a nice carb on it and did some small stuff. Nothing extensive, it was his daily driver.
But it probably had some reduced weight from all the rust hahaha.
But it probably had some reduced weight from all the rust hahaha.
Back in 1980 I owned a Mustang Mach 1 from 1974 with stick shift. If I would still have it... 
I sold it in the early eighties. It wasn't worth a lot then. Nowadays it would easily do $18,000 to $20,000 here in Europe.
I sold it in the early eighties. It wasn't worth a lot then. Nowadays it would easily do $18,000 to $20,000 here in Europe.
That Vette is cool, but some old cars just plain sucked--nothing special about them. I know, I owned a few of them myself.
I wouldn't brag about high 16's from a light car with a slant 6....... that thing is a turd. Sorry.
I thought it was respectable. Better than my pos f150 that ran 18s lol.
At least his car was consistent. Brought in a lot of money bracket racing
His other car was a 10 sec Duster.
Slant 6's run forever if you change the oil regularly.
Had a B100 van(1973) with one and later a Valiant and yet later, Dodge recalled the slant 6's engine designer to chop 2 cylinders off and add a balance shaft for the Dodge Shadow 4 cylinder engines(got 235,000 miles out of that one before it got noisy).
Now?
Laptop & Autotap software for a 2000 conversion van and 2000 Chevy Tracker.
Oh yeah, a friend sold me his 1985 Chevy pickup with 110,000 original miles on it(305, Quadrajet, stock,) that his Grandfather gave him.
Old Blue, no computer.
My current ride while the Tracker is down for a new timing chain.
Had a B100 van(1973) with one and later a Valiant and yet later, Dodge recalled the slant 6's engine designer to chop 2 cylinders off and add a balance shaft for the Dodge Shadow 4 cylinder engines(got 235,000 miles out of that one before it got noisy).
Now?
Laptop & Autotap software for a 2000 conversion van and 2000 Chevy Tracker.
Oh yeah, a friend sold me his 1985 Chevy pickup with 110,000 original miles on it(305, Quadrajet, stock,) that his Grandfather gave him.
Old Blue, no computer.
My current ride while the Tracker is down for a new timing chain.
Wow..
I hate Chevrolet, but you know what? That's a friggin beautiful Corvette. Wow...Just...wow...You've got a beautiful car man.
Heh I play a P-Bass too...When I 1st started playing in April, I only played with a pick and I refused to play without one. Now I rarely use a pick (unless it's for 80s songs.) because I LOVE the punchy, vintage tone a short scale P-Bass gives for Red Hot Chili Pepper (Their old stuff) songs and bands similar to them.
It's a shame our Flea Markets out here only have stuff that's about 20 years old...I'd love to find a Flea Market like the ones they have in New England and score some 40+ year old pickups for dirt cheap.
Amazingly I found the worst gas out here comes from Shell. I put some 87 in that car once and oh my God, it ran terribly! My car runs the best on Chevron gas, and that's what I put in her yesterday and another 150 miles later, she's running great again.
I love the series III Jaguars (1980-1987.) I love the fact it looks like they mated a muscle car with a luxury car. Oh yes I'm very familiar with Lucas electronics. (Aka. The Prince of Darkness.) Jaguars were my specialty and I know about 75% of where those hidden in-line fuses are..lol Honestly? I've never had any of my Jaguars that I've owned strand me. But I'd take my car over one of those Jaguars because my car's electrical is about as simple as a '51 Fender Bass lol.
Thanks for the heads-up about the water/fuel quality. I'll definitely be doing that!
I thought it was respectable. Better than my pos f150 that ran 18s lol.
At least his car was consistent. Brought in a lot of money bracket racing
His other car was a 10 sec Duster.
Yeah I've thought about putting in a 2 barrel because my car literally accelerates like a constipated turd. It's fun to piss people off though because it drives so slow...I can see them yelling at me in their car from my rear view mirror...ahaha
I didn't know Dodge did that with those 4 bangers that went into cars like the Shadow and the Acclaim. Perhaps that's why they're so reliable too.
Yeah I have to change my oil soon, I haven't done it in a while...I'm a sinner I know...
I really wonder why Dodge just doesn't bring back that engine and beef it up a little....Probably because people want speed and performance over reliability now...:scowl:
I really feel like if my car was fuel injected, it would be one of the most reliable cars ever made - up there with the old diesel Mercedes and the 4 cylinder engines on the Volvo 200 series.
Love your quote btw...That's why I'm voting for Ron Paul in 2012...But that's a whole different subject.
You would be bragging if you drove a 1 barrel version of it and then had that done to it lol. And they can be built up...You can turbo-charge it, put a bigger carb on it, etc.
I drove a 1970 vw bus until the middle of my junior year of college, thats last year and then drove a 1984 mazda b2000 until someone hit me and totaled it.
Now i drive a 2000 hyundia , its embarrasing, i miss my bus and pickup, my bus was twice my age.
Now i drive a 2000 hyundia , its embarrasing, i miss my bus and pickup, my bus was twice my age.
When did you check the timing advance/dwell the last time? If the gas is old enough, the octane may have dropped too far and it's detonating, which can work against the engine.
At least you don't like Pininfarina. I put a CD changer in a Cadillac Allante (first one I worked on) and when I did the post-install electrical check, I saw "Headlight Fault" on the LCD screen so, being the good installer, I went right to the trunk when I looked for the fuse. First one I pulled was bad. WooHoo!
Slant 6's will run forever whether you change the oil or not..... one of the most bulletproof engines I've ever seen.
Years ago on one of those cheezy infomercials for an oil additive they had a slant 6 running on a stand that had been treated with their snake oil..... you know, they ran the engine with the wonder oil in it, drained it, and to everyone's surprise it was still running like a top. Next, the host is flipping out because the fire department shows up and is blasting the engine with a water hose, and OMG, it's still running. Everyone, including the washed up athlete in the front row, is amazed at how the "magic in a bottle" saved this poor engine from certain doom........
Ugh. To start with, slant 6's run with or without oil, and the fire hose merely cooled the engine off, which helps it keep running.
Chevron gas was better before they switched from Techroline to Techron additives.
I sold Chevy, Olds and VW from 1977-1980 and most of them were decent but not special. The 'Vettes were among the best of the low, although the big sedans were solid and lasted well. The VW Rabbit diesel 5-speeds were the highest fuel mileage car available in the US, and sold like hotcakes.
My fun car is a 1983 280ZX Turbo that I've had since 1990...
It's down at the moment while I trace an electrical problem and replace all the vacuum hoses, which for some odd reason seem to have gotten tired at 28 years of age.
I must admit I don't see the point in driving slower then traffic - it's a good way to get tailgated, and it can have a tendency to cause accidents when people get frustrated and try to pass where they shouldn't. I prefer to be either way ahead of that problem, or behind it far enough to stop when the fenders start flying.
My fun car is a 1983 280ZX Turbo that I've had since 1990...
It's down at the moment while I trace an electrical problem and replace all the vacuum hoses, which for some odd reason seem to have gotten tired at 28 years of age.
I must admit I don't see the point in driving slower then traffic - it's a good way to get tailgated, and it can have a tendency to cause accidents when people get frustrated and try to pass where they shouldn't. I prefer to be either way ahead of that problem, or behind it far enough to stop when the fenders start flying.
Like lower it 5 inches, give it a hideous paint job, replace the gauges, etc...
I hate how that guy ruins old cars. I'm a strict purist when it comes to old stuff- I like it to look the way it did originally. I've restored several vintage motorcycles and put them all back to factory condition.
