Champion Cooling Systems
One of the most frustrating things with a build is when one aftermarket part needs to work with another aftermarket part, but something doesn’t fit, and requires modifications. But when they do work together, like Dakota Digital and Vintage Air products, it’s a blessing.
What could have been an issue was just a minor shift in the plans, and that usually means spending more money. But that’s what hot rodding is all about: discoveries and making changes. We merely punctured the oil filter, it could’ve been worse.
We reached a milestone: we finally dropped the engine into place for a test fit and to assist with planning for the electrical and other components. It was a long wait, but it sure felt good to see how it’s all coming together. The Hellvedere II is officially here.
We’ll admit it: we were excited about Leno’s Law, too. And when it failed the first time, we were angry because it’s getting harder and harder to find emissions parts for our 40 year old cars. But when it was signed into law, we all got a little giddy. Too soon?
We’ve been asked a few times when we’re going to get our Project Windstorm back on the road. We finally made a decision to solicit some help from a friend to get the work done that we needed, and to get the swap rolling. But wait, there’s more!
We seem to keep taking hit after hit after hit with our classic cars here in California. Now the governor has signed into law the RTEP, which will require a more inferior tire to replace the tires we like, all in the name of efficiency. This might not play out well.
When you hear someone say that a classic musclecar is a sleeper, what do you expect to see when you turn to see it? Instead of trying to convince you to agree with us, we asked a couple of friends we watched on TV to see what they have to say about it.
When you love tinkering with older cars, sometimes you just can’t leave well enough alone. Our Project ‘Rona has gone through many changes and modifications, and one of the more difficult was swapping a Dakota Digital cluster into the OE cluster housing.
It seems almost every summer, when the temperatures rise higher than usual, overheating concerns plague our customers. Sometimes it’s a simple, often overlooked issue that can be fixed without going to an expensive shop, or by replacing parts that don’t need replacing.
You probably don’t think much about fuel starvation until you’re pushing ‘E’ and approaching a hill. But out on a track, a poor tank design can kill performance, especially with an EFI system. After one failed tank, we went to the pros for a custom tank.