Exactly. Shit, I was putting the same size and brand of engine back in, the distributor fit, so how could the firing order be different? Well, lessee, the GT has different heads, roller lifters, and a different role in life than the regular 5.0.

I was given an 86 Ford f150 longbed 4x4 truck 5.0 V8. This is the same engine as the 5.0 Mustang so I found a longblock on Craigslist for 300 bucks. It was out of a GT so there was no problem fitting it. Get it in using all of the previous engine ancillaries and the thing ran like crap. Checked the timing, double and…

Thanks for the pat. Now I can go through my day happy.

ROTFLMAO...

Of course you are entitled to your opinion even if it is wrong. Better luck next time...

Nail. Head. Exactly so. Thanks for sayin’ it.

Hi Bruce! Whatcha up to? Are you still at MCN?

I can only speak for myself and some of my riding buddies: Adventure bikes can do it all. Everything else has a much narrower focus; Touring bikes go long distance well but suck on tight twisty roads and we won’t talk about dirt roads. Sportbikes do twisty well but long distance touring is challenging and they suck…

Consider: A C7 Z51 Corvette weighs about 300 pounds more and has a hunnert more ponies. Costs half as much. Is NOT a Lotus which means twice the reliability and probably better dealer support. Of course, you’ll need to invest in gold chains for the Vette...

Safety Third.

I recall Hot Rod magazine in the mid-eighties had an article outlining how to install a 2.8l V6 into these cars with a manual transmission. Even included a parts list with part numbers and step by step instructions. A buddy had a diesel version that was insanely slow (15 horsies at the wheels?) and wanted to do this.…

All they do is slow you down...

Here’s The Key to keep in the front of your mind for any and all of these cars in the future: Doing a restoration on cars newer than about 1970 gets exponentially more difficult with each decade. Many of the manufacturing techniques have become much more expensive to replicate in the aftermarket and so if you want to…

Thanks for that. 72 pages and the builder is a cool guy. I’ve not met many people that can be as upbeat about things as Tuomo. Be prepared to spend some time reading that.

Probably realistically a 30k or so car. Needs an incredible amount of cosmetics (as noted) but rebuilding, tuning, and balancing six (6!) Webers along with all the other mechanical little IED’s lying in wait is going to daunting. And if you have to pay someone to do said work...well you don’t need to ask the price and…

You can buy these all day long on the SF CL for half that price. For instance:

Bad news: Carl Reese did NOT set the record for the Cannonball motorcycle Coast to Coast.

Sean, dude, I get since it’s your blog you can write anything about anything but how about a bit of research before hitting send? And maybe, just maybe a little less uninformed opinion on an event that is fairly newsworthy. Possibly using some basic journalism guidelines: you know, the how, when and where. We got the…

Yes. Actually probably something short of a Top Fuel drag bike. Or any pro level drag bike. Any of last year’s MotoGP field? Bring it. Kawi H2R. Where do I need to be and when. If I won last week’s Powerball, I would’ve been down at the dealer placing my order. A coupla years ago I got to ride a Suzuki GSXR1k AMA…

Wow. 5.5 large for a fifty HP 30 year old Jetta! Crack pipe all the way. Now if it was about half that price, it would make sense but as others have posited, you can get a pretty killer Benz smoker for that kind of dosh. Actually a really great oil burner. In fact, I’ve seen early to mid 2000 TDI Jettas on the local…