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"Therefore not be guaranteed" , well, interlocking valve seats are done all the time, and any competent machinist has been doing so for...

The one view of a pushrod looks like it was chafing against something. Now, did the chafing cause the pushrod to fail and bend, and...

Nice car! Get used to hearing that.

What??? Edelbrock carbs, MSD Distributor, and Moroso oil pan on a Cobra ? Not originally they weren't! C'mon guys, you can do better...

My Mach 1 has a "sweet spot" of 70 MPH @ 3500-3700. She just hums. By the way, I took it to another open air car show today and, along...

Regarding the radiator, I have always been a proponent for the original style brass radiators. what I appreciate about them is that a...

If you have the room to do so, keep it all. If you don't, sell it or give it to someone who needs it, it's that simple.

I believe my hood was done in Hot Rod Black. I like it. There's some Armor-All on it here, it's slightly more matte usually but not...

Oh, I've had this car for 47 years. It has been known to purposely mess with me from time to time. We get along fine most of the time...

When I first bought my Mach, one of the first things I did was to buy EVERYTHING for the front and rear suspension NEW. I mean...

An old mechanic's trick, ( and I fall into that category of "old mechanic"), is to pour a quart of automatic trans fluid into the engine...

I too, had a brand new "performance oriented" muffler develop a dull, almost imperceptible rattle when first starting, figured it was a...

I'm in agreement with others, in that changing mufflers and/or pipes shouldn't, in and of it itself, be the issue. Your engine dying...

If we are to assume that your engine is otherwise stock, with a stock auto trans, and stock 2.75/3.00 gearing, you will do well to go...

Hey, Welcome! you know, it used to be, that in the "old days" if you were a car guy, you'd join a Car Club to kinda network with other...