And remember that money spent on performance is at best recoverable at 20 cents on the dollar. It’s fine to spend money on your passion but realise it goes up in smoke on install.

240 redblock engines have an overhead cam shaft driven by a cog belt. It is driven by the crankshaft and has an idler/tensioner. Unless the crank pulley or the cam shaft pulley are damaged (I think unlikely) the issue is likely the tensioner has gone bad. Relatively easy to change these belts and id...

Youngest got her dream job down in West Village, she won’t take Shagg to NYC but she will move her personal stuff there!

The trip.... Start out with a flat tire....

Shipping has become the biggest issue these days. When I used to buy from FCP and Tasca I could get parts to Calgary Canada in 2-3 days and sometimes quicker. Today I can still get some parts quickly for the US but seldom buy there now as shipping has got stupid expensive from US to Canada with ship...

IIRC the foam insert was there to further quiet the air intake. It serves no real purpose and I ditched mine years ago. It is a good idea to clean out the bottom of the airbox every once in awhile.

Hello! Thanks!!! I beginned with TCV with a scheme I found (thus with yellow, blue and red hoses). I Guess I had a winner: previous owner, not satisfied by a catastrophic timing belt and vvt setting, did invert vacuum and pressure hoses on the TCV valve. 2 minutes later my car has recover at least a...

It’s Leg 2 of the NYC Volvo-thon

She packed up the rest of her stuff, said goodbye to the College, and we caught the 8 pm ferry to Port Jefferson , with Dog.

And completed the move in today….

I've got the "I can't believe I survived 8 trips up 5 flights of stairs" look....''

I would have dumped it at the top floor. I did find parking right in front of her place, thank the Creator