Saab, Ford Mustang, Toyota and Corvette

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Foreign press leaks pics of New Saab SUV concept car

’s putting out a new small to compete with the and . It’s called the 9-4X, and a prototype will be shown at the show next week. The first pics hit the web ahead of schedule. Not bad looking, but does the world need another small ?

2010 Ford Mustang GT spied, sporting GT500 wheels?

Jalopnik was the first to bring you pictures of a heavily camouflaged 2010 and now they’re going up-powered. They’re the first to bring pictures of a similarly camouflaged 2010 …and it appears to be sporting .

Toyota reveals A-BAT El Camino-like concept pickup truck

It’s a truck-car from that looks like it was formed via a menage-a-truck between the , the and a .

Exploding the new Corvette ZR1’s LS9 engine

An exploded view of the 620+ HP supercharged LS9 from the newly revealed 2009 ZR1 just to show how it ticks. Here’s every single part in the — in detail — for all to see.

5 Things you need to know about the new Corvette ZR1

This cocktail party cheat sheet might come in handy this week. Among the weirder things: the Ferrari Enzo’s front brakes are the new ’s rear brakes, and a special paint coating for the roof cost GM over $60,000 per gallon.

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351 Cleveland Engine Block - Ford Mustang Mach 1

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Hey, remember that time I wrote a post about Jeff’s 1970 351 Cleveland engine rebuild in his Ford Mustang Mach 1? Yeah, those were the good old days, weren’t they? Man oh man…

Oh well. Anyway, he got the block back from the machine shop with a pretty little bow on it. I just love stuff when it comes back from the machine shop. In goes some dirty piece of metal and a dream and out comes a new looking and shiny piece of metal. I can understand how some people wouldn’t care too much about an block, but c’mon, go rebuild one yourself and tell me if you don’t care after that. It’s quite an experience.

Blah, blah, blah…ok, to the pictures…

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These two photos are of the block after it was returned from the machine shop. Ooohhh, how nice. Do you remember what it looked like? Here’s a reminder.

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These are the new bearings that were pressed in.

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These are some before and after photos of the caps.

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This is a before and after picture of a and rod. Pretty cool, huh? Of course, the won’t stay this color. It’s going to get painted, so we’ll have to wait to see what that looks like.

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