thanks guys, that was my biggest problem I couldn't remember his real name =/ Thank you very much!!

So a buddy of mine and I was talking the other night and we got on the subject of sleepers and what we would build and I told him about Smurfs 502 AWD, he wants pics but I'll be damn if I can find any. Do any of you know,seen, think you remember where a few pics of his build might be?

They work but I dont think they are leggit. Freind of mine works at Wal-Mart and used them to buy 15 bags and now there are questions as the supplier was never told of these coupons......

This old timer has one problem with the 305, the cost is the same for parts to rebuild. Now if you have the block and that is all you had to work with then by all means build it. BUT if you have to buy the block why spend the same ammount of money on a 305 as you will a 350 and wind up with that muc...

It's good to take your time. My first rebuild I was 14 knew everything had to have it done yesterday, needed machine work done and couldnt wait. O an this was all during the week of Christmas and New Years. Paid out the butt the to get everything done QUICK, slapped it together in one night, install...

DRool??? No i didnt drool, heck I poped wood. Man that is my dream come true, I could die a happy man on the track in any one of them cars!! =)

I feel your pain tbhager94, I have to do the same thing in my basement this spring. Gota say I am gonna rent a jackhammer though, I'm just too lazy to do it by hand LOL.

Cant say as I made mine, but i did buy a set from Harbor Freight. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=38959

Ahhh ok, I thought you were adding material to the frame and braceing of the car. Boxing in the frame and adding plates to A-arms is common thing for the grass roots racer to do. AKA thoses of us that cant afford to buy the nice tublar A-Arms and fancy braceing they sell =) But ya I'd go with Kabey ...

Only thing I can think of right off hand would be to double chek door alginment, brace it really good. I cant think of any downs, but I cant think of any up's either. I mean you COG is way too high to road race, Rally car, well kinda big there too. Be good for the off road rock crawler guys but that...

Thanks guys. I gota say i do miss my van, and I wouldnt mind getin another but I have a 1998 Dodge Conversion, with the front an rear heat/AC. It aint no Astro though, this things a dang land yacht. But I can tow my car trailer, maybe one day I'll find a good V8 Astro replacement =)

Wow, sorry. I couldnt even begin to tell you how to do that. You will need a wireing diagram, and LOTS of patients.

It should be fairly easy, the mirror is held on by 3 nuts that you can remove when you open the door. Take the 3 black nuts off that are on the oppsite side of the door as the mirror, pull the mirror out enough to unplug wireing harness and reinstall same way. Plug in new mirror, attach 3 nuts and go.

Never "look" for a vacum leak. Take a can of starting fluid and spary around areas that could have one. I fixed a truck a guy was getin ready to junk because the intake gasket blew at the back of the engine right above ne of the runners. Couldnt see a thing but when I shot some starter flu...

Dumb question, but have you checked for a vacum leak? suckin in more air than it should at idle then getin enough gas to not miss but run lean under throttle. I had run into this problem on other cars but not my Stro.