When I got my car on the road I put in a thermostat I got from rockauto.  Supposed to be factory temp, seemed to work fine.  I had never put coolant in the car just water and Redline water wetter because I had planned on having the radiator rodded out.  We had a cold snap the other night that had mid 20s predicted so I drained the water out and put antifreeze in.  I noticed when I started the car that the water immediately started flowing so I knew the thermostat was stuck open.   I went an

Hello everyone, new owner of a 1986 Starion that I purchased last week. Bought from a guy in Texas who was unfortunately doing a bit more harm than good. Rattle can primer and overspray everywhere, cracked and broken interior parts, and probably hadn't been driven the entire time he owned it. Car wouldn't start and the clutch was to the floor when I bought it. Getting it back to Virginia, we got it started and bled the clutch to get some functionality back. Clutch was still a little iffy to me s

A couple of questions. So last week someone backed into my 87 Conquest and broke the drivers side headlamp (in the bumper). Anyone have any ideas on where to get a replacement? Second item, awhile back the heat/AC display stopped working. Both the heat and AC still work just fin, but no display to see what the temp is actually set at. None of the local garages have a clue. Any ideas on a fix for this? Thanks!

Okay so this is my first build and so far all I’ve done is .20+ bore which I know isn’t much but I wanted to do sum to kinda make it not as stock, I’m aiming for a street/track set up so I want everything to be a lil better than stock and also piston are flattops so I know that increases compression obviously but the head I’m completely stuck on and ik have to keep the added compression in mind but I ordered new stock valves I wanna get those grounded down a lil where the stem meets the back of