Recent content by sicksteve

don't you just love them? the pricks who F---over your car in some way, you'll know you will always find. (I do at least). I'll be that juvenille-crap makes them feel really great. a--holes. or the vultures who wait to pick at your things things mean nothing. the work you put into them does...

In my '76 455 Riv, its 10SI alternator was putting out a decent amount of voltage at idle, and the battery kept its charge. There NEVER was a short. and a totally new hi-po HEI system and wiring was done, which both worked great. Now, the NEW optima goes dead in a few days, and there's...

The McIntosh MX5000 looks like my old Sonomatic AM radio from my '63 Riviera, and the only deck I know that cosmetically integrates very well with older Buicks. http://www.mbd-indo.com/Product/McIntosh/Mx5000/Mx5000.html

My Toro: his Electra (this is a '78 which was vitually the same):

People who posted here were right. I used the stock HD cooling fan with a thermo/torque fan clutch. My Zirgo EXPENSIVE $120 16" electric 3000cfm fan's motor burned up, and seized, destroying the 70amp relay. Where I live, the management does not allow me to work on my cars ( I do anyway...

No the dealer will not help you. use the JL Audio Clean Sweep or Zapco Volume Pre-amp or a hoist of other interface devices. suggestions: Improve the speakers--the biggest bang for your buck--and use some good H/K classics (I'll bet your buick dealer will have absolutely NO idea what these...

worst mistake I've ever made

I'm posting more in this section, than "all-out-sound", because one of my foremost goals is to cosmetically integrate with the car's interior. This picture has been shown before, but for new people who ant to get ideas what to do, I think it serves its purpose: I'm not the best installer...

This is part of my cooling system thread--but I'm on THE last part (and don't the simplest things turn out to be the most frustrating?): I needed the bass fitting that converts a 1/2" NPT threads to 3/8" thread on water-temp switch, so I can control my electric fan(s) automatically. Now, it's...

here's the JL/Audio cleansweep. The answer to keeping the factory look, but modernizing:

I did notice that and called then before order, they said for my model it would the long one I believe. here are the Impala SS electric fans with/ powerful motors ..or what about this idea? keep this Zirgo fan stalled(it just fits in the shrould) and add a flex-fan over the electric fan. My...

please see thread below. I have got to get this fixed, and I've replaced all the parts. the only possible problem left is air entering the cooling system. With a bad head gasket, you can get oil in the cooling system, but it is also possible to get air in the system (exhaust stroke). and...

Okay, after buying this '73 Riv GS last year--it has been almost a perfect runner/performer. the last owner put too much money into it ($1500 all stain-less steel dual exhaust system--that looks like a work of art, and sounds even better, a new 134a A/C system, a new vinyl roof, an Alpine...

How can one not forget tube amps? Well you can get them for youyr car (a solid/state /hybrid form). BK Butler started making them. Then Paze Audio , Then PPI, and now BK Butler is back at it with their "Blue" TubeDrivers" This is going in my '73 Boattail:

Sorry for the duplicate post--I can't see how to delete it. After being stored in the CA Desert hear for 3 years, the PCV grommet disintegrated in my '63 Riv. When I got the new grommet at the auto parts store, it does fit the hole in my '63's 401 valve cover, but the inner diameter is too...