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Making Something Out Of Nothing

We take a derelict 350 smog motor and make it special.

Posted August 19 2008 05:42 AM by Jim.Campisano

With everyone complaining about the economy, sometimes you have to take an unusual route to high horsepower. We did just that a few weeks ago. We had a high-mileage ’73 passenger car 350 sitting in our storage shed. It...

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Project American Heroes Engine Update

Big Inches, Big Power, Better Fuel Economy

Nothing like having over 500 naturally aspirated h

Posted August 1 2008 12:21 PM by Jim.Campisano

When it came to power Project American Heroes 2, our ’69 Camaro RS, we decided to go for a big-inch, injected LS engine. This gave us less weight on the front end than a big-block, but a lot more power and civility than...

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Two Corvettes, One Great Morning

2008 Convertible Meets Project Homewrecker

Two great Corvettes, one beautiful location

Posted July 16 2008 12:48 PM by Jim.Campisano

The work is finally done and Project Homewrecker, my 1972 Corvette, is finally back where it belongs—in my garage. Associate Editor Mike Ficacci and I drove to West Jersey this morning in a gorgeous 2008 Corvette...

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No good news at GM these days.

Rear-Drive Impala Dead

Posted July 14 2008 10:40 AM by Jim.Campisano

First came word that the supercharged Z28 we wrote about in the August issue of Super Chevy (Briefs) was dead. Now we've got confirmation that the rear-drive 2011 Impala replacement (and its Buick twin) are also dead.

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Project American Heroes Gets Some Color

The readers and service men and women have chosen our red co

Project American Heroes with its graphics

Posted July 3 2008 10:11 AM by Jim.Campisano

For the last few weeks, readers and service people have been visiting www.projectamericanheroes.net to vote on what color and graphics package our charity '69 Camaro SS should wear. Now the results are in: It's red by a...

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PAH08 Update

How your voted for our hero

Posted July 3 2008 10:00 AM by Jim.Campisano

In case you were wondering, here's exactly how the voting went for Project American Heroes ’08.Voting was completed for Project American Heroes color scheme and red was the clear winner. Votes tabulated as follows: RED-...

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Un-Bearable Tech

Strange Technician Shows Up At Photo Shoot

Posted June 30 2008 01:10 PM by Jim.Campisano

So Project Homewrecker is out in West Jersey at my friend's house. We're installing a Pertronix Second Strike ignition box and Ignitor II module in the factory LT-1 distributor. I've hated points since my first car in...

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Turnin' & Burnin' At Bondurant School

Finally, A Classroom Where I Can Accel

Posted June 26 2008 04:58 PM by Jim.Campisano

Thanks to the graciousness of the folks at the Bondurant School of High Performance Driving in Chandler, Arizona, I and Super Chevy freelancer Chris Werner were able to attend the 4-day Grand Prix driving school. We did...

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Important SEMA Legislation

Attention New Jersey Enthusiasts!

Posted June 25 2008 03:44 PM by Jim.Campisano

The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) has announced an important piece of pro-car guy legislation that been introduced in New Jersey. We urge Garden State residents to get involved.

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Project Homewrecker Update

In The Clutches of Greatness

The McLeod RXT Street Twin clutch went on the engi

Posted June 24 2008 06:12 AM by Jim.Campisano

Project Homewrecker, our 1972 Corvette, is nearing the finish line in its restoration/rebuild. My friend Tom Keiling and I were working on it Friday and have been knocking off items on its "to-do" list. It won't be...

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I did it again! Can't let them go ...

1986 Monte Carlo Saved

Posted June 23 2008 12:22 PM by DRyder

OK, so I've done it again, recently acquiring a 1986 Monte Carlo SS destined for the crusher. I just can't seem to let things go these days. The older I get, the more I value what others view as a hunk of junk! What is my...

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Unusal, but ... Well you can form your own opinion

An LS1 In A What?

Posted June 19 2008 08:00 AM by DRyder

After a recent visit to Tune Time Performance in Toms River, NJ I stumbled upon something interesting and for some, maybe sacrilegious. No matter which way you look at it, I was intrigued!...

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Baselining Project Purple Haze

Baselining our 1992 Camaro RS

Posted June 18 2008 02:44 PM by phill

We strapped the '92 to the dyno to see what it's making in anticipation of our 350 swap...

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Goodmark Camaro - Out Of Hibernation!

We finally took the Goodmark Camaro out of winter storage.

Posted June 16 2008 02:15 PM by DRyder

As indicated during my blog entry last week, we were planning on getting the Goodmark Camaro out of storage and road ready for the 2008 drag/show season. Well we stumbled across a few problems, but do...

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Not Quite Barn Finds, Part 2

Found: '67 Sting Ray

Stinger hood and factory saidepipes were added by

Posted June 16 2008 11:08 AM by Jim.Campisano

Last week I blogged about a pair of Corvettes I'd found and went into detail about the '71 big-block Sting Ray. This week I'll tell you about the '67.

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