DavyZ

Good, he's older than me! Happy Birthday, Corzette!! Davy

Nah, Bugs was mentioned earlier, but not too many takers. Elmer Fudd we have on this site; he's a member: Dr Hunt Davy

Dan Juday has the nicest 305 powered Z car on this site! Davy

Nope, only if he's spoofing Boyd. Chip has too much style and taste to wear that... Davy

Nope, I just play the stereo Davy

Bingo! A "club" event is driving over to your buddies house who also owns a classic car... Also, what kind of "proof" could they possibly ask for???? "Yeah man, here's a flier for the Good Guy's car show..." RIGHT! I think the same way you do Davy

I'm impressed with the mounting of the dual exhaust--they fit both of them up into the tranny and differential tunnel to keep ground clearance at a maximum. I'd love to see my exhaust do the same Davy

I think Daffy Duck rules! He is THE man! err, duck. Do any of you remember these TV cartoons? 1) Motor Mouse and Auto Cat 2) The Wacky Racers 3) Tom Slick Tom Slick rocks, for human characters at least. My vote for best print media cartoon rag: Cartoons Magazine. Nuthin' but cars, dude! Davy

Ron, you once had a website that documented the swap and went into detail about the thing a little more than what you have here. Do you still have that website up? If so, please provide a link! I love your write ups BTW! Davy

I have thought about the plates too and it may come to that if the smog Nazis keep getting more pushy. It would be good insurance, especially if the car has another motor other than an L6. I would personally take the word "exhibition" from the paragraph below as meaning "Yes-I-want-people-to-look-at-and-admire-my-car." For me that qualifies driving the car around to make me feel good and have people watch me smoke 'em. That said, I seriously doubt the police will interfere with a "race car" that has historical plates on it. I think of it as 'police repellent.' (No offense to our members who work in law enforcement). I find the paragraph below intriguing enough to make me look into it further. There is no way I want to be pulled over for going over the speed limit and then having an officer make me take the car down to the referee station for a "check up" just because the car doesn't look or sound stock (which it is not ). "There are no mileage restrictions or stock modification restrictions as far as I can tell. The second page of DMV Form 17a states that vehicles may only be driven in historical exhibitions, parades, or historic vehicle club activities. However, the California vehicle code states in Division 3, Article 8, section 5004, paragraph F that a vehicle is of historic interest if it is collected, restored, maintained, and operated by a collector or hobbyist principally for purposes of exhibition and historic vehicle club activities. I assume that the vehicle code overrides the statement on the form." I also assume (ouch) that the vehicle code overrides Form 17a. Note to all: I've been known to be wrong before!!! Davy

Looks great What is the current backspacing? How much room is there between the tire and the strut? Just curious. Looks like a viable alternative to spending big bux on something else; gotta love 3 piece wheels... Davy

Heh heh, well I like the way it looks I'd even put some on my car if my flares weren't ZGs! The work they did looks great--wish I had the skills!!! Davy

Soooo straight and clean looking! From the 15' mark your paint & body looks flawless. I'm sure it looks just as good up close too Davy

So cool---it'll be a one-off and everyone in the know will be envious. Nice! Davy

You'll notice the person holding the camera keeps walking away from the pad the bigger the flames get, haha. Pretty cool. Davy

The guy whom we banned first was just because of his bad attitude and his name begins with "m". Since his name is not a nickname, I'll leave it at that. I do remember Goaturd though...when he was gone, the world suddenly became a happy place once again. Davy

Do you mean running a wider tire perhaps? The difficulty in steering effort is usually when the car is barely moving, such as in parking, and the car has wider wheels/tires than stock. Going to a smaller diameter steering wheel also contributes to the difficulty, but not enough to keep me from going to a smaller diameter steering wheel. That's just to me, though. Everyone will have a different opinion, so that's why some have gone to PS... Going to a taller tire (higher profile) should not add to steering difficulty IMO. Davy

When a car is traveling in top gear on level ground at a legal speed limit, the engine is turning low rpms because it doesn't take much torque or HP to keep it running along (the engine is not making a lot of torque in higher gears and low rpm because it doesn't need to be). Once the hill comes along, the weight of the car becomes a factor and overcomes the amount of torque the engine makes at low rpm, so downshifting may be necessary to get the car within the torque curve and get it up the hill. Keep in mind this is what you are experiencing. If a car is running right along within the broad part of the torque curve, it will not need to be down shifted for higher engine rpms when going up a hill, so what the guys have answered so far is correct for other possibilities. That's an over-simplification, but you must understand torque, gearing, and HP. Davy

Reading and researching is better than posting: you'll actually get something done on the car! Hence my post count...

6 years and only 600 and something posts?!? Eh, that's why you didn't come up in my mind At least you are active and your account has not lapsed into oblivion. Way to hang in there on the site. Davy

It was the "V8 Swapper's Forum" that originally logged into and lurked for quite a time. Those were happy days when the site was in its infancy. There were only a handful of members and I so much enjoyed reading all the informative and hilarious posts that I didn't join right away, go figure. I remember when Pete, Mike, Owen, LoneHDRider, pauli, SCARP, MYRON, and bunch of other guys used to post a lot. Nearly every one of the them has come & gone from the "original" group 'cept Mike, Pete & Owen that I can remember offhand. It was a blast back then and lots of fun--dedicated to Chevy swaps almost exclusively. Davy

OTM, that looks pretty good! So, how long did this actually take you? Very cool that you made a video of it. EDIT: this isn't your drawing now is it? You should have humored me... Davy

I think the new videos will have to be one up on the old ones now. This may be hard to do Davy

What happened to Justin's chart?!? Anyone have a copy of that same one to post??? EDIT: Nevermind--it's back... Davy

NiICELY done crossmemeber--the spaces for the exhaust are nicely done as is the curve along side the tunnel. Impressive that you took the time to make it look and function as well as it probably will. Davy