Today I thought I would write about OHV vs OHC. While it should probably be pushrods vs OHC instead, I often hear reference to OHV instead so I thought OHV vs OHC was a better fit. Most muscle cars use … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2012
I went to the make up show for the Isanti Weekly Car Show August 29th 2012. It was fun, got to talk to a few people about cars. I had to head home before it was over though, so I … Continue reading
I went to the final Isanti Weekly Car show on Sunday. There is a make up show today, Wednesday, but this was the large one to finish off the season. There were 86 cars there, so it was their largest … Continue reading
After writing about Carburetors last week, I thought I would write about electronic fuel injection today. Electronic fuel injection is not new, in fact it has been around since the 1950’s. AMC had a prototype car with EFI in 1957, … Continue reading
I took some video yesterday when I was at the Isanti Weekly Car Show as the cars were leaving the show. It was fun to capture the sounds of all the cars leaving. I love the sounds of a rumbling … Continue reading
I got a tweet today from Charles at http://humblemechanic.com/ with a link to this list of the 10 Greatest Muscle Cars of all time. I always like these lists. While any list of the 10 Greatest Muscle Cars (or 10 greatest anything else) … Continue reading
I just got back from the Minnesota State Fair, so today’s post is going to be shorter, just my thoughts on automatic versus manual transmissions. This: Picture by SoCalFan, on Flickr Or This: Picture by skistz, on Flickr In the debate on … Continue reading
After writing yesterday about how car engines work, I would be good to write about how carburetors work. I did go over the basics of how carburetors work yesterday, but I thought it would be good to go over it … Continue reading
Since I have been writing about some of the internal parts of an engine, I thought I would take a step back and write about how car engines work, in this case muscle car engines. Although the parts and intentions … Continue reading
I found a great tool for working on cars, an LED headlamp. While it is not a complete replacement for a trouble light, it is very nice to have it. The one I have is the Princeton Tec Remix, reviewed below. … Continue reading