Now keep in mind I am not saying things could not turn around. But I don’t see that soon.  If collector car prices fall and the cancel culture don’t attack auto enthusiast it could come back in younger hands.  ... View more

Crane went out of business and then S&S bought their assets. Of late Comp has purchased their assets for automotive.  The performance industry has been in trouble for a good while.  Many of the leaders like Vic Edlebrock and others have passed away or just closed the doors like Pete Jackson.  Many of the companies were bought up by Holley. Like the big corporate or not they practically saved a good number of companies from fading away. The risk is now if they fail many will go with them.  Isky is still a good product. To be honest most of the cam companies are no better or worse than they ever were. Most still offer the things they were made famous for and more.  We have to remember most of these companies are not big. Most only have a few people working for them. Often if you call for help the person on the phone has the same name as the company.  I have worked with these companies for years and it has always been a fight for many. If not for Summit Racing and Jegs many would have been gone 25 years ago. Some things have gone on behind the scenes that these companies saved the mfgs.  New mfgs have come with good funding some make it many fail some sell out.  Don’t assume you know what all is going on. There has been some major thing happening and even the biggest names can go from the top to gone in just a couple years. Look at Centerline.  Today it is a bigger struggle to mfg performance parts than ever. Development cost off the rails, the loss of buyers due to less youth, the difficulty of the ability to make emissions legal parts or the cost to the buyers.  I am sorry I can’t give details but we should be happy we still have what we have and still should not be against companies that bought up a number of companies. If not for Holley, Summit Racing or Mr Gasket you would be finding many parts difficult to find.  ... View more

There are some mods well worth recreating but others are best left forgotten.  Not much need to revive Florescent double wipers from the 80’ or neon lights from the 90’s.   But to find a set of original black spoked Ansen  wheels from  60’s is gold.  The key to making retro mods is to keep it tasteful. Back in the day some has good taste in choosing parts others the only taste was in their mouth.  ... View more

Not dead but dying. It used Tito be the youth could not wait to get a car.  Your car equaled freedom, it was an extension of you and it was how you got to where you socialized. Today that all takes place on a cell phone.  Add to it the difficulty of buying, owning and modifying a car today is not as easy as it once was.  I work in the performance market and my customer base is no longer youth but the aged. Too many cruise in’s I attend I am the youngest and it looks like a nursing home.  The only area of great growth is Trucks and Jeep’s.  I not only hear, see but I also feel the decline.  There will always be pockets of us enthusiast but we will not be in great numbers as we once were.  ... View more

I have found there are three things you don’t discuss in mixed company. Religion, politics  or motor oil. I have seen actual drag out arguments and fights on oil. I once had two customers back in my old gas station days getting an oil change and one left and came back as there was almost a fight.  The reason for the confusion is that people do not educate themselves on oil.  As Sanjeev pointed out there are API specs to give oil a standard just as a Ruler has to be 12”.  Now the extra content to oil not covered by the standards are the differences. To learn this you need to go the the mfgs web sites and read on the content of the oil.  This is mostly important in cases where cars have special needs. Exotic can have this and today this applies to to flat tappet cam cars.  Some oils still have higher posthastes and zink content. I use a Mobile One that has this extra content in my flat tappet cam car.  The oils have been changing much in the last 20 years so it is best to keep up and educated on oils and just what the application needs.  the rest of my cars are just regular Mobil Ine 5w30.  I just buy at Walmart and the price is fine. Also GM is well connected to Mobil products so there is no questions or arguments should there be an issue.  The bottom line is synthetic oil is by far the best product out there and with the price today there is no reason not to use it.    ... View more

The truth is you will have idiots in every group. I keep off face book, never tried Tiktok and all that. I did join forms and clubs.  For the most part you find most car people are good people but like with any large crowd there will be idiots and fools. We lost a really good club due to one.  I have one forum where I have a guy who likes to shadow me and trash me. He has been banned till he lays low and starts over again. Haters are just going to hate and you just need to let it go.  Then there are many other types but generally we all get along as long as people try to be civil.  Being in a Corvair group is much like my crowd with Fiero’s. I experienced my car since new. At first I was a celebrity, then I became the fool of buying one. Today it is again cool to own one with most and only a few negative people.  I think today the loss of many clubs and youth in the car culture is horrible. It teaches you how to deal with many different people and how to make life time connections.  Heck my career is from helping on a stock car and learning at 11 years old. I owe much in my life to my car friends and auto hobby.  We may have colored outside the lines now and then with a high speed run or like jumping an Alpine Sunbeam through an intersection but we were never arrested and tried to use some sense not to disrupt society much. Today these actions are behind us, no one died and the statute of limitations is past. This gives us the stories we tell today like the racers shared with us when we were kids.  Bench racing is alive you just need to know where to go,  ... View more

The truth is the many cars resto modded were cars that would never have been restored due to condition and cost.  Also it is up to the owner what he wants. Each car is a canvass and we all created what we like.  Sure I see much I I don’t like too but my names not on the title and it is not my worry. This hobby takes all of us and that will be important moving forward as we lose more and more enthusiast.  Also in some cases it is good to improve some things to keep these cars safe, reliable and able to you there and back. ... View more

This is an over blown story.  Has it happened someplace. Yes but generally not anyone you know or the friend telling you knows.  Use good quality chargers and cords. Make sure the outlets and breakers are good. Make sure you are charging a good battery.  Also if you can do not place the charger on anything plastic or cloth.  It is just good common sense and good maintenance that makes this a non factor.  More fires are due to poor torch and welder use and poor gas storage. Or a combination of the two.  ... View more

Check YouTube. I bet there is several Canadians with good how to videos on this.  This is something I have wanted to learn. Please do a story on the results.  ... View more

My eyes were also opened by the use of JB weld on cars then applied at home it has been amazing what you can fix with it.  I also used 303 protectant from my car on the house shutters when they were getting a bit faded.  I used the car buffer on the dining room table after I put some urethane sealer on it. I also cut it with my 3m compounds for the car.  ... View more

Some people choose to be a auto enthusiast. But there are a select few that are born auto enthusiast. I am one of the latter.  I literally can say from the time I could show interest in anything that was automobiles.  Once I showed interest my great uncle a GM engineer fostered it as have a host of people along the way.  My father could hardly check oil. He worked at Goodyear but was into computers and didn’t even know tires. But he let me go to be in the. Environment I needed to be in to learn.  Even today I make my living in the performance industry. I have gotten to meet and work with many of my hero’s over the years and got paid for it.  My wife understood my life style and has Let me put some of my automotive collectibles around the house. How many have a framed signed John Lingenfelter poster up in the bathroom of the house with a Enzo Ferrari poster and a Shelf With Grumpys Toy between them. My wife is very special to put up with me.  My job and the people I know have afforded me opportunities over the years to endulge be it climbing into Craig Breedlove Sonic 1 Sprit of America jet car or building a complete top fuel short block with used parts from racer friend who broke them. I made it into a table with a glass top and each piston is signed by a different driver.  This life is how I have always lived and I don’t expect to ever change.  So I can’t really put a finger on when I went car crazy as I have always been this way.  ... View more

I fully agree as learning how to work on cars at a very young aged gave me the confidence to tackle a great number of projects around the house, yard and garage,    The basics of working on things is all pretty similar you just need to adjust to the topic you are working.   I have learned my electrical on cars and it gave me enough to learn how to work on Electric around the house.    It saved money around here with my acquired skills and leverages me buying more tools to save the money. The wife buys this as long as I don’t buy more tools than the cost of hiring someone.    But the handyman’s secret weapon? You may think duck tape. No It is You Tube.    I swear there is a Canadian filming a repair on just about anything, There are so many things found there that I have learned how to repair or replace. It is exspecially handy on the plastic bits on a car that you think snap on but not sure if they do.    It has saved me a number of non broken clips or panels,  ... View more

Here is the truth.    This was a Ed Cole project that he was pushing. He got promoted and Delorean inherited this program not of his own free will. He has documented he wanted nothing to do with this car. It set the stage for his leaving GM as it gave the ammo to his detractors that they needed for his rule breaking.    The car its self really was not a bad car but one executed poorly,  The styling was good but the cost cutting is what killed it.    The engine was to be aluminum block with no iron sleeves. This was to save cost and had b even pioneered in the Can Am program. It did not work here and the engine used oil. As for the engine itself it ran well even burning oil.     The car itself lacked the normal rust proofing features that many others used, This saved weight and cost,    The car drove handled, stopped well. It was not the second coming of the Camaro but it was not bad.    Build quality was no better or worse than most of the era. Just look at any GM X body, F body and A body and all had stacks of washers to try to close major panel gaps and bring body lines close. Even the rust thing was not good on these others as my father’s 72 Chevelle had rust though by 1975 with good often washed care,    We has Vegas as winter beaters and you could take one as no matter what it started and ran. We used used motor oil from auto shop since it would burn anyways. One friend saved one from the junk yard drove it several years and returned it to the yard. Someone else rescued it and drove it several more. This was common,    Delorean tried to save it by fixing things but he also has his hands full with Coles other mad dash to add a Rotary engine to the Coming Mazda. But seal issues, oil issues, Emissions issues and loud exhaust noise were all too much. John was able to move to a piston engine to try to save the program.    The Cosworth was just something John tried to help the image of the better Vega but it was too late. Even then the Cosworth was too expensive and not really understood by Americans at this point.    There were much greater failures like the Pinto that suffered nearly all the Vega issues plus safety issues. The Gremlin that rotted out before they left the lots and were so cheap and ugly few people even remember them today. Then you had a whole fleet of Mopars that were forgettable for the era, It got so bad at Chrysler they had to outsource to a even poorer Mitsubishi.    It was not a great era for cheap disposable car no matter the brand. even the Toyotas and Hondas have faded from sight.  ... View more

Yes it is a risk but we know where this is going so it is calculated. Timing of the leadership of this change is key.  GM and VW know where global regulations are going so EV is coming no matter what. The key is to time it to where it meets the laws and get the technology to a acceptable level in range and cost by then.  The rewards will be being seen by the public as a leader and potential to sell technology to others and also lower cost of building vehicles that are EV vs the never ending cost that keep going up on ICE.  I don’t see people embracing EV  because they want to save trees but more about saving money on buying new cars that can be priced lower as return on investment arrives.  ... View more

None of the above. The Retro thing has played out and it is time for new and modern new classics to be created.  Not doing new models with new names is lower risk but lazy. Automakers are facing a much different future so they are going to find they will have to step out and be bold again.  While I am not a big EV fan I applaud Cadillac for taking a big swing at the future. They are creating a new future and not trying to take some converted ICE models and trying to pass them off as great cars. They also are not trying to pass off old names as the new vehicles.  Yes this is a risky move but I feel they will pull this off and create a new image for a very damaged name plate.  Nearly every car on the list above is forgettable as are many suggested names. I am not a snob as I even own one of the named cars. It had its time but time has moved on.  if we never had companies taking risks we would never have had steel bodies, auto transmissions, the 55 Chevy and small block, the Corvette, the Mustang etc. Not all were successful in risky moves but when they were they changed the industry.  I hate Elon Musk but he proved people will pay more money for a better EV car vs the cheap odd looking science experiment looking cars that made no money. It Changed how GM and VW looked at the market and they soon will be a dominate factor with EV cars that will not make us change our live styles to live with.  Sorry it is cold and wet here so I am in rant mode. Just got to let it out when you have cabin fever. Lol! ... View more

Actually the oversteer issue was much more overplayed than anything.  The lack of the sway bar was not the trouble it was the swing arm suspension just as used on the VW and early IRS cars was the issue.  Any car with this type of swing arm could roll in high speed hard turn conditions that are not normally seen in street driving.  The truth is GM just needed the upgraded drive shafts of the 65 model that are much like the Corvette with 2 U joints that kept the suspension from rolling under.  The Corvair failed because it was not a cheap car. Ed Cole was fascinated with new engine development. The Small Block Chevy was his baby and he moved to the air cooled six. He loved this engine but it was much more expensive to build vs a 327 small block.  When the Mustang came out it used a econo car chassis that was shared to lower cost. It also used the V8 that was cheaper and shared. This was not lost on GM and so they went into the X body platform from the Nova and developed the F body Camaro using the shared and cheaper to build V8.  The Corvair lingered due to Coles  control of Chevy and unwillingness to give up on the car till emissions finished it.  Ed then went to the Vega Aluminum  4. Now here the innovative no sleeve block was a cost savings failure. The engine was fine but the lack of steel sleeves leaves them using oil. They ran well but used oil.  Ed then moved to the Wankle Rotory that was intended for the Chevy Monza and related cars but poor emissions and MPG along with Ed leaving GM finished it by 1977.  Here is a video with a lot of Corvair testing. To roll the car it took a lot as evidenced by what is shown here. They just did not easily go over unless you really hammered it and had low. Tire pressure and a very aggressive surface.  To be honest I see more SUV and CUV models today flipping just by running off the road and over correcting or getting clipped in an intersection.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6sMXCEgAJg If GM had just used the later axles over the swing arm nothing would have been said. IRS was fairly new in this era in normal passenger cars so they were still learning.  Note the early Pontiac Tempest did come with the 4 cylinder and even a V6 and 8. It was built on much the same platform. It also used the same trans axle with a very similar swing arm. It would spin out nearly as easy as the Corvair. I know because I spun one driving stupid as a youth. It took like the Corvair video here a lot of speed and lot of steering input to just spin.  So much miss information surrounds this cars that often facts are loosely played with and become facts that really were never in play.  My family owned a series of Corvairs in the 60’s. We never had an issue. In fact we got them from my great uncle who was a GM engineer and friend of Cole.  My grandmother even got clipped in a Corvair by a truck changing lanes. She spun and went into the median. Other than a scuff no damage and no roll.      ... View more

An entire 65 GTO front clip in prime shape.  ... View more

Actually that was the way it really was back in the day. Kids knew this stuff and did not have to google a thing.    I recall pulling the pumpkin out of a Ford 9" at 12 years old one night. We got a visit from a another racer and he was shock I knew what to do at that age to pull the part.    It is sad so few know much or car much about cars today. Even my son really has little interest. Driving is just a way to get to work.  ... View more

 Still have my large Escort and Passport from the 80's. I had considered putting them in for effect at some events.  ... View more

Yes they will get you some high mile parts cars.    The Panthers are mostly high mile cars that burn oil and need suspension work that is more than the car is values at. You are not going to get a Marauder of any good condition for $1300.  T birds most haver blown head gaskets and rust. Mine had sagging doors and seats that were twisting with the floor pan. I loved the car but at 75,000 miles it was using anti freeze and I got tires of adjusting the doors.  W bodies were fun but now that they are older most are used up. In the north here most are rusted out. I have a great GTP Comp G that by 2012 was rusting at the doors.    The real buy right now is the 2008 and up Malibu but don't keep the V6 past 100,000 miles as there timing change is not easy to replace and is expensive is someone else does it.    The Cobalt SS is a good one but most are used up with high miles and were beat to death.    I sold a HHR SS a few years ago and got top dollar for it as few are in good shape. I had a buyer that had searched the east cost for a clean one. He finally found mine. It was spotless and I sold it for $13K and only paid $21K 10 years prior. Not many HHR models will show that return.    A good reliable car with reasonable miles and no rust is going to cost you about $6K and up anymore. If you are lucky you can find an older person not wanting to drive anymore unload a low mile older car. They come up now and then and are great buys. But you have to wait on them.    There is no Saturn worth paying much till you find an Astra based one. They are rare to find in a hatch but most others are just oil burners.    I am a GM guy too and hate to say it but the old days of the 300,000 mile. That Barettas are gone. That and the old Cavalier were far from perfect but they held up pretty well, Cheap to buy and repair.    Back in the day our winter beaters were Vega's. We would take them out and just drive them. They always ran and started. They rusted like crazy and burned oil but for $200 you could get a decent car and just use used motor oil in it. One friend had one drove it several years. It was in an accident. He scraped it for what he bought it for and later it was on the road again. The worlds worse car that never would die.  ... View more

Nothing I keep a clean car.  Now in customer cars I have worked on in the past. Roaches ... View more

$1300 anymore is not going to buy much car no matter the brand. Not sure where it is but rust is often a big issue under the car and bad roads will east up small cars like this.  ... View more

My near Corvette purchase was at 20 years old.  I was offered a 1968 427 roadster for my 1968 Chevelle SS.  It was tempting but. It needed the engine gone through and lots of details needed fixed.  Then the worst thing. Someone put large fender flairs on this car. It had something like N50 bias ply tires and just needed more money put into it than my part time job while going to school could afford. Also at that time the car was not worth all that much in the early 80’s.  I put off the Corvette for family. But today the house is paid for. My son is coming up on collage graduation. And finally I am working from home and not putting miles on my truck. I can hang on to it and either go to a C8 or C1. 59-62 is my dream.  ... View more

The cold harsh truth is kids getting into the hobby is at an all time low.  We are lucky some are but no where to the degree we once had them.  In a way I can’t blame them for their lack of interest. When I was coming into the hobby a 64 GTO in good shape was $3000. Today that will buy you a rusted high mile Honda.  Also their social system has changed. We had to leave home yo see our friends or go to the mall. Your car was your standard and you were often judged by it.  Today kids get online and never leave home accept for work. They buy from Amazon. Mom supplies snacks. No car needed.  The games interest is better than nothing. At least they can get some of the interest but they yet miss so much.  Sitting at the line waiting for the tree to go Green is a feeling you only get in a real car. The G loads of a good run, the sound and smells are lost.  The feel of a real shifter and clutch has not been reproduced.  I have stood at the line with Funny Cars. To feel as if the sound is moving you and the ground under you is never the same.  I took my son to his first race. I had him in the pits and they were running the engine in. We were penned in the Hospital area. Once the exhaust fumes hit I think he thought they were trying to kill us LOL. I did not warn him as I wanted him to learn as I dis that brown haze will burn you.   While games are cool they will never replace the real thing or restore once was. With some schools teaching cars are environmentally unfriendly and evil  is a sign the enemy of our hobby is at the gates.  The think I have found is driving some tracks will help you find the lines before you go out on the real track. I have done this a few times and it helps. But it still lacks the real feel of the tires scrubbing and the feel of the off camber coming out of the Keyhole onto the back stretch at Mid Ohio.  In fact take a kid to driving school at Mid Ohio. Not only is it fun but the skills they teach may just save their life. Of course you also need to go too.  ... View more

Can’t say it ever did on the exterior. But in the engine compartment I have used them well.  ... View more

Unless you can focus in on a unique detail or car it could be anywhere.   Many of these track were fairground built on the same or similar plans.  I have a fairgrounds in Canfield Ohio that looks much like this today. It still has the banked dirt race track around it. The very track NASCAR used in the early 50’s. One race was won by Lee Petty.   Another race was the only race a 1948 Tucker ran in.    ... View more

I am tired of all this crap. The experts are still arguing over everything and keep changing the rules.  Most people are getting COVID from family gatherings, bars and close contact restaurants.  Generally you wear a mask wash your hands and you will be fine.  With the election over I fear more shut downs and more economic issues.    ... View more

Flip flops!  Working from home and my daily driver is on a battery tender.  ... View more

What I find funny is companies like Auto Zone and other national chains will buy parts from web parts companies and resell them to walk in customers at a mark up.  Shop carefully. They may just be ordering you a web part for you.  ... View more

Jonesboro is an interesting place.  The building the Bandit and Snowman pick up the beer in that is supposed to Texas is Jonesboro.  And if you look at the cover of the Pronounced Lynyrd Skynyrd the cover photo was done only a few doors up the street.  The Bandit and Skynyrd in one block is like southern holy ground.  You can also go to McDonough Ga as that was the site of many other Bandit scenes. The town square where he parked behind the building as broke the 4th wall is there. The building is gone but the square is still there. It was in a commercial not long ago.  GA is the hot spot for film today. Stranger Things, Walking Dead, Cobra Kai and others are filmed there.  A former coworkers daughter was discovered there and is now in Hollywood doing a number of films. He left his job to let her chase her opportunity.  ... View more

The worst part is the electronics but now there are stand alone harness and computer set ups that make it clean and easier to set up.    Exhaust most do it their own way in many cases. Everyone likes something different.    Cooling at least a 3 core radiator.    Not sure if you have flushed the coolant yet. But to fill it get the rear up in the air and the nose down. Fill from the rear till the radiator is full. Cap it and then back fill to the back. Keeping the back up higher lets the air go to the back at the high point. It is a trick an old Exotic car mechanic taught me.  ... View more

I have not done a swap but I know many that have.  The LS is the best swap right now. Not expensive, many parts for the engine and light weight with an all aluminum engine. The old V8 swaps sucked with cast iron blocks and heads.  The one mistake many do is have people do a Fiero swap that have no experience. Often the swaps can get extended and too much for some. It also can affect durability too. I have seen a number of cars go to a swap and never get finished.  Not judging your people as I don’t know them. A well experienced shop can do this but they need skills and knowledge as there is not a lot of guides on this.  You may want to get on the Pennocks Fiero Forum. There is a number of guys with swaps there. Also some on Facebook but I am not on FaceBook so I can’t recommend.  The king of the swaps was V8 Archie. He used to do the best swap kits. He is semi retired but will do a job once in a while from what I have heard.  A Zimmerman might bring him out?  If not he may be able to give guidance and suggestions on what to use and who to use for help.  http://www.v8archie.us/v8-kits.html ... View more

So many people lack standards and ethics as they have no real examples around them.  The lack of a core family really hurts many. It helps to have a father mother involved but even one good parent in control can do it as my grand mother did it alone. But so many kids lack even that. There is just no one to teach right or wrong and give the needed wisdom to get ahead in life.  To get my mind off things I polish. I really have some well corrected paint! Lol! ... View more

Religion is a choice and some folks choose poorly. Often it is because they simple fail to read their bible or doctrine depending on the religion.  Many put a man in place of God and that is wrong.  Sadly there are a number of religions that suck people in. But that still should not be used against those who get it right.  If your religion has a smiling guy who will sell you inspiration in an electric cube, you may want to look around and get back to the basics.  The greatest trouble today is people have gotten away from the basics. They put many things in the world first and end up still feeling empty. Then a man  comes along and sells his version of things not Gods version. This sucks in the people really looking for help.  I have been lucky to have been under some wise pastors. They are the first to tell you they should be held accountable to teach gods vision not theirs.  They will be the first to tell you that our church is not the only one.  They have killed no one and often turned around a life and saved it. My grandfather was one of the most wicked people around. He was considered wicked back when things were much harsher than today.  He went from beating the wife and kids, dinking up all the money and cheating on my grandmother to being a kind loving man. He ended up consoling at risk intercity kids. This from a man who at one point wore a sheet for meetings back in the 40’s.  There are billions who have had changed lives for the better. This is a sinful world and yes some good things get abused but we do toss them out because of the few. Cars, Guns and other things are vilified for the harm they do. But we get much more good from them than harm. The difference is in the heart of who controls them.  ... View more

Looks Good! They were a rare sight back in the day and more so today. Most I have seen are trashed or in really good shape no in between.   I got into Fieros back in 1980 with a magazine article I still have. I went to buy a new TA but the insurance due to my age was too much. So I bought the Fiero. It was a daily driver for 3 years.   I then was in a hard accident but the car held up well and I kept it. I got a truck and started to fix it up with many of the parts available back in the day.  Started showing and doing well.  I have collected a ton of Fiero history and went on to be the President of the Cleveland Fieros years ago.  Over the years I got to meet and know many of the Fiero program people.  I have collected many rare things too. I have a full set of the fitted luggage. Some of the rare body parts. The Herb Adams VSE suspension kit.  The best thing I have is 13 1990 Fiero emblems. They are prototypes  that GM made about 120 of but only 25 are know to be left. They are raised up emblems that are a little different than the original.  GM even gave me the engineering drawing for it.  Most of my former club went on to Corvettes. I hope to buy one soon but I will keep the Fiero. It was my first car and with the modifications I made it my own.  It is not the fastest car but it is fun to drive and when I go to shows there is nothing else there like it.  Also it was my first new car. I would kick myself for not keeping it.  I did entertain selling it once. Right after I got it I was offered a Ferrari Dino. The guy wanted $15,000. I considered it but thought it would rust and where would I get parts. About 5 years later the prices skyrocketed on these. So I can say I turned down a Dino for a Fiero ...lol!   I have experienced everything a Fiero owner can experience. I was the local celebrity when I bought it. People would follow you and stop you to see the car.  Then with the bad PR you were scorned for your choice.  Today it is once again cool as so many come by and say I had one or with I had one of those.  The funniest compliment I have gotten more than once was. “I don’t like Fieros but I like yours”   I only have a Fiero badge on the nose. Many people have no clue what the car is.  One event they parked me in with the exotic cars at the show not the Pontiac’s. It was even more funny that it drew a crowed even parked next to a 275 Ferrari coupe.  You just can’t get away with things like that in a Chevelle.  GM has used it for display at one of its events. I have had it on the turn table at Summit Racing’s retail store in Akron. I drove it though an office buildings hallways to put it on display one place.  The best is when I got to Indy and on the track for triple digit laps. Then into victory lane with the original 84 Fiero Pace car. Even my wife got a few laps in over 100 mph.  Being different has its benefits. I may not get rich off it but the experiences have been grand.  ... View more

And atheist have killed billions too.  The act of killing was do to man not religion.  Think of religion as a vehicle. Most are used to do many more things to benefit life as a whole. But in the hands of the wrong person it can do a lot of damage.  Much like this thread often the racing in the wrong hands can be deadly. But in the right hands and in the right place can be fun, entertaining and safe.  You don’t condemn the vehicle you condemn the driver. Cars on their own have never killed anyone on their own outside a Stephen King movie.  Most  things in life can and have killed but also have been more of a benefit in the right hands.  ... View more

  There is nothing wrong with religion itself. It is merely a vehicle. It is only operated as well as the people in control.  Like a car is only as good as the driver. Too many religions are corrupted by unworthy people in control. They put man will before Gods will. The sad part is too many fail to see the, for who they really are. But much in the world today is corrupted. Politics, businesses, News, etc. Sin has taken control and most are unwilling to let it go. But the Bible speaks of this and I expect it to only get worse.  ... View more

Actually I lived only a few mins away from a Quicksilver dealer.  It as Holland Pontiac in Massillon Ohio. They also were a major Fiero convertible dealer.  ... View more

Let me know. If I know I can help. If not I may know someone that can help.  ... View more

We sell these at work. The whole idea is to have the Carbon look.    I suspect other colors will follow as we get complaints from customers when the anodizing comes off the rotor surface after a few stops.    Right now the treated rotors like the ones on the new GM cars have been great. No rust and they are chemically treated to be harder. My Canyon rotors are 3 years old and never any rust.    I just wish they had them for more applications.  ... View more

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.” ―  Alexander Fraser Tytler ... View more

One of the fastest growing issues today is now the Dirt Bikes and 4 wheeler gangs in the Cities.    They are going around disrupting traffic, nearly hitting pedestrians and generally  looking like a mob from a Mad Max movie.    The cops have tried to stop them but catching them is difficult.    In Cleveland a car was hit head on and as the paramedics were trying to get to the scene the bikes were in the way slowing them down to the rescue.    The city foolishly built a dirt track thinking it would get them off the streets but these are not guys who want to ride dirt.    A number of crimes have been done using these vehicles and little has worked to stop them. Also as soon as one gets hurt in a crash running from the cops they will protest police brutality.    I would not want to be an officer today in any city. You can't win!    ... View more

I have tried to send you a question but it keeps coming back or the link is dead.    Here is the question. When charging an AGM battery what is the proper way to charge it and if I don't have an AGM charger is there a way to charge it with a conventional charger?    This should help with how to use an AGM charger and how to link a battery in to use a conventional charger.    Ultima has a lot of good tech on this if you need to have a tech resource to link to the story. Also many people here use these batteries so it may be a good one to use.    Ultima Customers tend to also be the ones I get the call from most on so called failed batteries when it really is just a battery too low to work with a conventional charger and they just don't know what to do.  ... View more

We had a plaza we used to hang out at. It was in a high traffic area. We could fill it with a couple hundred cars.  But we self policed. If you did something stupid some of the older tougher guys would give you a warning.. if not Yielded you often were confronted or turned over to the cops.  They did not tolerate drinking either.  I was 16 years old and new to all this but I was taught a coded of behavior.  There were always a few that always tried to screw it up for the rest.  Today there is few standards and little thinking. Too many trying to garner attention.  To be honest the real racers never did burnouts if they could help it. The fast guys built their cars to hook up. If you were spinning tires you were losing.  I think my generation was taught by the previous generation that learned the hard way about racing. Many of the younger guys today were never around to learn what we learned. They just don’t ever look around to see the folks around them they could hurt or destroy their families.  ... View more

We sell these at work.  The intent is to copy the more expensive carbon rotor look.  Also many people buy anodized rotors then complain the color got scraped off. I wonder if they may go for other colors too.  ... View more

May want to cover proper care and charging of a AGM battery. I get so many customers that really have no idea that charging one is different.    ... View more

Street Racing is not really the issue. The trouble is the lower IQ of so many people anymore.  Street Racing has been around for decades and seldom was it ever a major issue. Back in my day it was big time and there were some fast cars, one Corvette was doing street legal 8 second runs.  The guys who raced generally did it late and went to a safe open area where there was no traffic. There was no accidents, no innocent people and even the cops were not a threat as the area was so isolated it was not causing any issues.  In fact I was even told by a cop where to go if I ever wanted to make a run. There was some respect and some common sense used back then. Most fast cars were built by the owners and they had a lot tied up in them.   Today many people have so little respect for those around them. They are just idiots with large car payments as they can buy a fast car but could not build one.  They do all this stuff in city areas and too often with crowds around. How many crashes have we seen leaving cars and coffee?  Today too many lack common sense to know the when or where you can do things. They just do it and really do a lot of damage.  Bikes are just as bad or worse. We had one group here that had a bad accident before they stopped. I still had one the other day doing a wheelie and almost ran into the back of me when I signaled a left turn.  The reality is racing is always going to be around. The exhibition of speed is even more prevalent and no one will ever stop it. But we all need to self police and weed out the idiots and if needed work with the cops to take them out.  They hurt the hobby and all of us. They also do more damage if they kill someone innocent.  Let’s face it we all have done burn outs and other things we really should not be doing. The key is too look around and if it is unsafe then don’t do it.  With age I got over it. The trouble is some never got old.  I have one guy I went to school with. He got a 73 Z28 split bumper. He was a drinker. Most of us car guys did not drink. He wanted to be a car guy.  He was set to go to the Air Force academy. He ran from the cops and lost it. He hit a  brick building. He survived.  After an extended coma and a broken leg he got out of the hospital. He just was never the same with a head injury. Just an example how it can go wrong. At least he only hurt himself.      ... View more

Getting my buddies low mile Fiero GT back running after sitting several decades.  We replaced the brake system less master cylinder and the fuel system from tank to injectors. It fired right up and drives like the 35,000 miles shown on the odometer.  He and I are original 1985 owners. We met in 1985 lost contact and found each other a few years ago. I was shocked he lived only 3 miles from me.  I never saw the car as it left the road in the 90’s.  Next we will start on his wife’s car. A 69 Firebird 400. It should not need a lot to get it going. I really want to see her take it for a spin rowing the gears.   I know the look on my buddies face was worth a million on that first drive. So much time lost but again found.  ... View more

I started mine in a C5.R Corvette. With a workin AMFM radio and cup holder.  it is still in good shape so it will go up on the wall or ceiling for display.  ... View more

Here in Ohio it was automotive purgatory.  All events were killed and even out door cruise in’s were cleared by county health Nazi’s.  But on the other hand my work in the auto parts sector could never have been better. Everyone was hone working on their cars and it was good for out sales.  ... View more