Recent content by Ben Herman

My 66 has a bit over 250k on it and the transmission leaks out of all the places you've ever heard of one leaking. I keep a case in the trunk of ATF4 and whenever it "falls out of gear" I add a quart. Ive been doing this for the last 60k miles or so and it seems to happily climb mountains like...

Mine was also my first car ...in 2013. I don't have the time or space to give it the restoration it need yet but I keep it inside now and am able to keep it in road trip ready condition. I just got back from a Christmas trip it would have gone on if the heater was currently installed... I...

The handling is wildly better than I ever imagined the car would be able to do. I'd hesitate to say it drives like a modern car but the body doesn't roll, it doesn't bounce all over the road, and I haven't found a speed yet where it'll start making the tires scream on corners. I used to easily...

Just let your exhaust leak more like mine (So you can't hear the bad sounds) and don't be afraid of blowing it up. I've been abusing mine for over a decade now and still drove it across the country and back last month. Other than brushing 240 degrees while stuck in traffic it did great.

I cant speak to his 440 but on my 383 the tach and Fitech ECU agree with each other. I also can't promise that mine has never got a set of springs put in it. I got it with 162k on it. You lose compression and things start making really bad sounds a little past 7k.

I have a stock 1966 383 with just under 250k on it, a stock 7727, and 2.76 gears. I'm running a 225/75r15 tire. Its been a little while since I've done this but you can stay in 1st till 65 and 2nd till 115 before valves start making bad noises. If I remember correctly that's around 6,500rpm. Is...

I think this is the real difference. I can't say I've ever read an article relevant to my car in a magazine. Anything I've looked at is online where I can have a conversation with the person who did it. Of course it'll take longer than "shop time" in a garage without having done it 35 times...

Maybe its a generational difference but nobody is "hiding" the hard parts now. While I hate the "short form" content cycle that is popular now the most important thing for a creator to do is generate more content. They happily show you their mistakes, their cobbled solutions, every broken bolt...

Any chance that column is for sale? (assuming its one with no shifter)

I actually hadn't considered the AT tires I chose (Falken AT3W) for sidewall strength, though they seem to be perfect. They re the first tires I've had where I can run "normal" pressures without people stopping me to say I have a flat... I wanted the traction because my C body ends up in...

This in the type of environment that breeds "daddy taught me" knowledge I see today from people of that era as well as their children. Sometimes its true, Sometimes it isn't but across all of it they never seem to have the underlying knowledge of why they are doing what they are doing. The...

My experience is more a list of people telling me why whatever I asked about is a "terrible idea" any all the reasons I'll hate it and sell the car. Then one guy who has actually done the thing I'm asking about come along and tells me it'll be a great time. Feel free to look at my post history...

No surprise there. Old folks are often upset that kids don't join the hobby then treat kids that want to do kid stuff like crap. I joined a Facebook group "Ratty C Body Muscle" that seems to have everyone who would be chased off of here. Pretty much every thread where someone wants to change...

You can safely fit an 8x15 wheel with a 225/75r15 tire. As other have said the unibody is going to be the weak point. You should be thinking about subframe connectors and strengthening if you are going to make real power. As soon as you make any power or if you feel like driving hard with a...

When I get in or out of the car I can hear a creak from the rear shackles. You can also get a bit of noise by pushing the suspension at a corner. It isn't very loud and cannot be heard over the engine. I'm thinking I may have over-tightened the bolts causing the noise. There is no noise of any...