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Don't have many real good pictures of the door insides, but mine are painted the same color as the outside on the window sills and black on the interior sides. PPG makes an interior paint, DIU code if I remember correctly, that you can get in a flat or semi flat color. I useed the flatter...

Have a turbocharged air cooled VW. Solid lifters as were millions of other VW's. I adjust valves in it maybe twice a year. It destroys a set of heads every 25K-30K miles. The seats sink into the heads due to valve float. Springs aren't heavy enough although they are dual springs. Some...

Purchased a Chevy S-10 in '87. By 1990, it was rusting. Sold it and got a Toyota Tacoma Extracab in '91. No complaints on it at all. Sold it this spring and bought a new Tacoma Extracab. 4WD, V6, 5 speed, locking diff, etc. It is as plush and quiet inside as any car I've owned. 20+ mpg...

Bill, I have been running with my air filter off (while playing with throttle linkage). I have noticed the window above the throttle bodies is occasionally dirty, usually over one or maybe two barrels, where reversion spits a little air/fuel mixture out the top of the velocity stack. Cam...

\"Best offer over $235K\" Anyone see the ad in last weeks Autoweek in the charity raffle section? A picture of a new GT. To quote the ad.. "Rare find now available-Take delivery from Bell Ford-Arizona's Ford Giant. The best offer over $235K takes it."

The right side spinners tighten counter clockwise. Left hand threads. The left side spinners tighten clockwise. Right hand threads (like a normal nut and bolt). Normal forward rotation of the wheel tends to tighten the spinners on either side of the car. To make it easier to visualize...

Tim, The picture is of the right side rear wheel. The right side hubs/knockoffs use left hand threads. The left side hubs/knowckoffs are right hand threads. As others noted in the thread you referenced, the knockoff nut tightens in the direction opposite of normal rotation of the wheel. If...

My car uses true pin drive hubs on the front. The tapered roller bearings press directly into the pin drive hub. The spindle nut is located 3 inches or so inside the hub. I had what sounded like a wheel bearing go bad the other day. How can that be with only 7500 miles on the car? It was...

As noted, there are a lot more aftermarket parts for Clevelands in Austrailia since Ford produced the engine there a lot longer. Several manufacturers there now offer aluminum heads in 2V, 3V, and 4V flavors. Also coming is an aluminum Cleveland block. Aluminum Block Aftermarket parts in...

Speaking of woodworking craftsmenship and detail, I saw a few pictures on a website of a gentleman that built a Ferrari F50 car...or boat from wood. There are additional picutres of other cars/boats and home furnishings, wooden clothes.... Truely outstanding work. Well worth a look...

I haven't purchased one yet, but there are a few other companies selling GPS systems similar to Lojack. Prices look a bit cheaper to purchase. It appears you can install them yourself. There are monthly fees associated with them. The thing I didn't like about the Lojack solution was somewhat...

Rick, I replaced my .750 front MC with a .625. The rear is also a .625. Balance bar slightly to the rears. My pedal pressure vs stopping power is what I consider okay now. There is a fair amount of pedal travel, but not an overly amount. I can measure it tomorrow. The brakes feel good now...

Very nice indeed. I see the car is using a Parker Hanifin, Racor (ex OBERG) oil filter. I have used one on the VW for years and put one on the GT also. The nice features about them are a resuable stainless filter disk, an optional switch to indicate by-pass status, and you can actually see...

Re: where to get ARP studs & fasteners? Lynn, Got all my ARP stuff from Summit Racing. It helps to download ARP's catalog, pick out the part numbers you want, then enter them as a Summit/ARP part number. I don't know how their prices compare with others, but Summit stocks most items and I...

I'm using Michelin 335/35x17's on the rear. 12" wide wheels. Michelin 245/45x16's on the front. 9.5" wheels.

Eastwood has some neat items that I found indespensibe for body work. One item is a 21" semi flexible hand sanding block. Click HERE It is flexible enough to follow the contours of the body yet long and stiff enough to sand out ripples. They also sell "guide coat" black paint in spray cans...

Simon, PPG makes an interior paint, DIU code. Classed as a basecoat but no need for clear over it. I'm not sure what colors are available. I know the black is available in flat and and semi-flat. I'm using the flat over Evercoat primer. The "Slick Sand" primer went on leaving a textured...

Here's a link, LINK, to a bit of data from Lloyd Butfoy on HP losses on a -2 ZF. It is from the Pantera International BB where Lloyd moderates a section on ZF gearboxes. The BB is here: Pantera BB

Bill, One similar was shown by Asa Jay Laughton on his Pantera website a few years back. It was for a 351C. Here's one picture...more on Asa's home page. http://www.asajay.com/panthome.htm Don't know a lot about it, but Asa or Dan Jones probaby do.

Rick, This or any similar device designed for motorcycle carb synchronization should work provided there are taps on your throttle bodies or carbs. The TWM's I use have barbed fittings that I use for this purpose. Otherwise, they are plugged. This type of system monitors vacuum below the...