Remember back in the day when we had to actually do it all ourselves without a dyno and no one knew how much power they had?

A fuel pressure gauge, a timing light and a screwdriver is how it was done. lol

Whoa, dare I say it... a carburetor?

Carbs are still fun. All my muscle cars and most races cars are all carb.

Haha. That too. I remember tuning my very first blower car. Rolling down the road with a buddy holding a boost gauge and a fuel pressure gauge in his hands with hoses running from under the hood, through the window while he watched them while I made pulls going down the road. I'd pull over, make adjustments to the timing and regulator and do more pulls until it stopped pickin up power. lol

Most of these young kids now don't know how to do squat to their own cars anymore that doesn't involve plastidip or switching a plastic bodypiece. lol.

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I'd like to learn how. My dad misses those days. We have tried multiple times to pick up a small project car, but with the distance between both of us right now, working on it alone for him wouldn't be as fun. He'd still enjoy it, but he knows I'd like to learn what he knew.

He could change the clutch in his old '69 Apache Chevy in about 45 mins while parked over a ditch. Haha

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Working on old iron is fun and a easy way to learn. You can learn the basics pretty easily putting stuff together and taking it apart. I'd suggest something like a aircooled VW. Simple, cheap, easy to work on and hard as hell to screw up. Parts are still plentiful engine wise.

There are a few rare young guys who have a ton of knowledge about old iron, like Danny (46tbird). That guy is wicked smart and really knows his stuff. If you can get passed is wannabe asshole persona, he's someone you can get a lot of great info from. :)

Most of my carb dealings are with my lawn mower now, fuck that leaky piece of shit!

So true. When I was 10 I rebuilt a old Holly Carb because my dad told me I needed to learn. :bowroflwerd6:

I built all my motors in my races cars and muscle cars. The 14 is the only car that hasn't gotten a built motor......yet. I'm one or the few young guys that grew up racing and buildings own cars. My dad said as I was growing up if I didn't wanna learn how to work on my cars he wouldn't teach. So I learned everything I can from him. Ill take a carb of fuel injection any day. Least I don't have to have a phd to figure out why my car not running right lol.

Not going to lie , if there isn't a OBD ll port I don't know anything about it. Would love to learn though

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All you need is a screw driver and a timing light!

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Says the guy who needed me to come over and install his axle back...

I have never built a motor but I am a quick learner and can follow instructions. I had never done much suspension till josh's but learned and now have done a few others and my own. Everything on the Mach and the 5.0 was done by me or I helped do it. And everything from here out will be the same, other than the tune. So I wouldn't say most of us "young" guys don't know anything but there are more than there should be.

LOL, there is nothing wrong with having someone show you do something who has done it before, saves time and frustration. I would figured it out, but it would have taken me longer and you offered to help out which I appreciate very much. Now I could do it easily thanks to your tips.:) My uncle gave me my first carb to rebuild. I messed with it for awhile with the rebuild kit and got a lil frustrated with it. I disassembled it and he showed me how to do it step by step. To this day, I can still do it with ease. I'm just a visual learner is all. :)

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Yup, there are. I will admit that I am not even an amateur at this stuff, but I can learn fast and figure it out. I learned a lot about F150s after meeting and hanging out with Patrick. Even though he is a LR certified ASE mech, he knows almost every square inch of every body style F150 after 1997. It was great learning and picking up stuff from him.

Best way to learn right there! :High 5:

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I will say that instructions aren't always best. There have been many instances where I had to just look at something to figure it out.

Case in point: IKEA furniture. :lol:

LMAO! I can so relate to that but with baby furniture! haha.


When I was doing my research about the Paxton, one of the common complaints was about how bad the instructions were even after being revised several times. At several steps there is points where you would have to go back to undo something a previous step told you to in order to do the next step. So you waste a lot of time going back and forth touching the same parts repeatedly. With some research, you can get instructions from other owners to explain how to do them to save time and frustration.

I despise stuff like that!

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Not saying anything wrong with me helping you just thought it was funny one of those "younger" guys helped you with something so simple. I agree def easier with someone who knows what they are doing, but sometimes even us youngins can figure stuff out

If I offended you I apologize, but you and most of the guys here is not what I was thinking of when making that post. I was more thinking about the "other side of the parking lot" at say something like an RKC meet. lol.

You didn't offend me I just wanted to point out a funny that's all. And I agree with you a lot of that crowd is nothing more than some hipsters that watched too much you tube growing up