I don’t know why but I am starting to be “that guy” lately. I usually buy worn out junk, with the full intent to completely redo everything. That way, when I find some f’d up junk, it’s no big deal, cause I’m gonna replace it anyway. The last two cars however have been a different story altogether, I paid waaay too much for the 1980 Corvette project that’s currently stalled in my basement because I didn’t bother to ck what those cars typically brought at sale. I bought a giant piece of

I have a strange run of issues on one of my conquests that I can't seem to figure out. To start off, all emissions are deleted and I have a catless downpipe. Using stock ECU. The car has an OVCP with a turbo XS blow off valve in which I've confirmed doesn't leak by removing it and putting in a block off. The car also has a freshly cleaned & sealed tank, new fuel filter, new fuel pump, new fuel lines, Southbay injectors, SPA adjustable FPR (set at 48 PSI), freshly rebuilt throttle body, and n

pop up on BringATrailer?   I guess the FS post was deleted of the guy posting his 1-owner Yellow 89 with 30k miles.   And wanting to sell it with no price like SQC is an auction platform. He wouldn’t throw out a price as he thought it would hurt his ability on BAT if people knew his reserve price.  People will pay what they’re gonna pay regardless.     Anyways, I was truly interested in it but I guess we are waiting to see it show up on BAT.  

So I was at a performance shop yesterday, checking my startup voltage on my 87 conquest, which has been modified quite a bit ,the batteries in the back, and the owner of the Performance shop told me to go ahead and turn it over. Well it did start, but it was kind of hard to start. That’s another subject. But it was smoking, a fair amount. Not pouring smoke, but definitely noticeable. So, haven’t really seen that before with this car, except the last time that the motor was hurt a little bit. So