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Wow, been a while! haha Got the truck done. And then I swapped the 10-bolt for a 14-bolt rear and 3/4 ton leafs. Put 1-ton calipers up front, too. It's a workhorse. Also pulled the 355 out of the Camaro and sold it complete. Got a steal on an Accel DFI setup so I'm going forged 383 with AFR...

Looking good. Keep at it.

I was planning on VCT until I read this thread...I do engines, transmissions and just about everything under the sun. I guess that's not gonna work.

I am looking in to a sink right now as well. I wondered if the Homer D ones would be rugged enough. I also want to make sure whatever I get will fit a pair of cylinder heads or intake to be completely submersed to soak. I never thought about old restaurant sinks...

Been slammed at work, so progress has been slow...but I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel! And my fav pic from the build so far:

I know all too well about rust. I had a 95 Z26 Beretta that was my driver for 7 years through the salt & snow. I dropped a 3400 engine in it, upgraded the suspension, wheels, etc. I dont even know how much time I spent modding it. I knew it was starting to get rusty but I was occupied with my...

What started out as a cam swap & gasket job turned in to a full engine build when I found out the remanufacturer used 305 heads and ash tray pistons for an 8.7:1 357 with tiny valves. No wonder it had no power! So I decided to go with Vortec heads, LT1 roller cam, KB 12cc pistons and Edelbrock...

It's held up pretty well so far. It cleans very easily thanks to the clear coating. I'm not sure what it is, but nothing really sticks to it. I did put a burn mark in it this week though welding something in the vice...my bad. On a related subject, I'm not impressed with the CH dryer. There is...

I just installed my water spigot and now I need to coil up the hose on the wall. I have a spring-loaded air line hose reel that is awesome, but it's perpendicular to the wall and I need something parallel. I've seen all the plastic water hose reels that are terrible, and the super-expensive...

Well, the trans in the truck died (I knew it was on its way out), so I'm gonna swap in a decent roller cam with some added compression and build a heavy 4L60E for it. Doing a full exhaust with headers too so it should be able to haul a little better.

Yes, it was machined...and actually the clutch tech from SPEC said the pattern on the flywheel is very common with a Kevlar clutch, even one that is in good working condition. Some GM FWD-specific research turned up the likely culprit: the hydraulic line for the slave. Apparently the 90-91...

Well, my headers took forever to come back from coating, but the Beretta has been back together for a few weeks now...even got 31.6mpg with it on my last road trip! I also got my new wheels on the Camaro and my vibration issue fixed. And a water spigot for the hose installed by front door. I'd...

I checked out those sinks and couldn't find a standard 33x22 to fit the hole I already cut in my new counter tops. They do look nice though. Made some good progress yesterday so it should be running soon! I decided it was worth the time to detail it this time around though.

Is it bad news when it's April already and you're still tearing down instead of reassembling? haha Shouldn't be too long though now, hoping to have it running by May 1.

With the nice warm weekend I decided to tear into the car finally. I suspected oil on the clutch or something as the cause to it slipping, but it's dry. I'm guessing the 310lbft torque rating on SPEC's stage 2 is just inaccurate! There's no way this 3.4L should have smoked it...I'm making...

Tiffany scored a bunch of free cabinets yesterday from an acquaintance, so I'm thinking about putting some up in the garage and some in the basement laundry room. I was going to enclose the underside of my workbench, but I might just tear it apart and put the base cabinets there (with some gray...

I love the Craftsman butcher block. Just recently I had to clean up dried soda and it wiped right off with a paper towel...nothing else needed! Back when I looked at the pre-fab workbench from Craftsman, the top wasn't as thick as buying just the butcher block.

My first car was a Beretta when i was 16 and I fell in love. They're fun in stock form, but it's when you modify them that you can really get the adrenaline going.

Got the banner at a drag strip where I broke the Camaro's rear end at the starting line. Didn't even know what the brand was for! haha In this pic you can see the rear of the car is sky high...that's because the body is sitting on the pinion yoke. The axle tube welds broke and the center...

Well, here we are another month later and still nothing getting done out there lately! Been looking in to a radiant tube heater, but at this point that won't be until next fall at least. On the bright side my basement is looking pretty good! I put up drywall and have it mostly finished now...