511?  Nah,  that's just a little bitty "429" . . . nothing to see here . . . move along . . .  and those heads are painted Ford blue . . . they couldn't be SCJs . . . or P51s . . . . Top secret . . . .

Dune buggies!  Now you see why I have to operate a "bird sanctuary"

The '63 Tempest really gives all turbo Crafters (and sleeper builders) something to shoot for. Too bad Hot Rod didn't detail the oiling system on the "mid-mount" twin Holset system.   Also, a nine-second car without any safety gear seems like a really bad idea.  As does running a spool in a street car.  

Lest you forget, a while back as Car Craft editor, Jeff named two clapped-out, government surplus '90s GM pickup project vehicles "Jake and Elwood" in reference to The Blues Brothers movie, a feature-film-turned-cult-classic that immortalized a '70s Mopar police cruiser.

On top of that, the articles about those trucks reminded me of articles I grew up reading in the late '80s and early '90s like, "Installing Spark Plug Wires on Your Small Block Chevy."

I miss what to me was a Car Craft watershed era in the late '90s and early '00s when a brand-neutral Freiburger ran the show. Fresh was "righteous" and cliches were "total bummers". It included new themes for projects, new takes on old themes, the pretty Taylor Vlahos and a completely new improvised way of inventing or using new nouns and verbs. For example, we've all at one time or another found "mystery spew" on the upholstery of a potential project.

But I’m a loyal Car Craft reader and the occasional dull Chevy small block or Chevelle/GM A-body article is a minimal inconvenience. Or articles like “How to Install a Distributor”.  

hey if you are lookin for better photos of the 63 tempest go to onebadpontiac.com. i own the car and built it from ground up. the twin ht3bs drain into custom made catch cans with biult in baffels.the oil travels a long way , traveling back and forth comming back to a solid state and then returnig back to the engine by way of an electric pump. also look at youtube ade search flashlight drags for vids.  

hey if you are lookin for better photos of the 63 tempest go to onebadpontiac. i own the car and built it from ground up. the twin ht3bs drain into custom made catch cans with biult in baffels.the oil travels a long way , traveling back and forth comming back to a solid state and then returnig back to the engine by way of an electric pump. also look at youtube ade search flashlight drags for vids.  

Your budget 302 article was an interesting article. Being a type of engine "rebuild" that a lot of guys could do and afford making a suprising amount of power for the parts picked. I think you should take it one step further by yanking the heads and having one of the staff do some porting typical of what a back yarder would do. Do some pocket work and smoothing out and see where the power end ups with a dyno test.The rules would be that a professional porter could give advice but use a common die grinder by someone who hasn't done any porting also you would have to keep the stock valves. Oh, yeah, how about trying a Edelbrock back to back with the Holley used in the previous test?  

Believe it or not there are a lot of guys sending me letters every month asking me how to stab a dis. and how to change jets. These guys are a large part of the outer core of CC readers and we run those stories for that reason. You know that. Huskinhano: I've done the iron head porting story a few times and to be honest, on a 302, even the low end aftermarket heads are going to kick a port job around for the money and hassle. And, these guys will howl if I put ANOTHER $500 into the worst heads on the planet (302!) have you seen the exhaust port? Ugg. Ive been dying to try the AFR 165 CNC heads. Rev city with a solid roller  
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