Vicki’s El Camino project NEEDS SOME UPGRADES! Posi & Rear Gears are NEXT!

Ajouté : 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]On Saturday, Billy and Kenny were down in Nashville with a motor home in the Stacker. So, I had an opportunity to drop some dead trees out back. We've needed to get down for several months.

[00:00:09]My cousin BJ used to be in the tree business, so I had him stopped by and drop some widow makers while Billy's racing operation was out of town.

[00:00:17]Meanwhile, I was busy in the shop trying to figure out what we still needed for the C10. Kenny had mentioned to me that there was a heater hose fitting missing out of the water pump that's a nightmare to install once this kit is hung on the engine. So, in an attempt to speed up this process, I called in reinforcements.

[00:00:33]>> My brother is constantly getting me backed into a corner and I got to dig my way out of it.

[00:00:39]>> This is one such occasion.

[00:00:41]>> Is it really?

[00:00:42]>> Yes.

[00:00:42]>> Oh, boy.

[00:00:43]>> This freaking heater hose fitting. Once you put all this on there, you can't hardly get to it. And so, you got to have this special fitting like this.

[00:00:53]>> Okay.

[00:00:53]>> That sticks out there far enough that you can get on it to thread it on.

[00:00:56]>> Yeah, I see that. and he didn't realize that or didn't pay any attention to it until he already had the dag on thing on there. Yeah.

[00:01:03]>> So, if you're buying a CVF kit, do yourself a favor. This is the part number you need. And if you can't find one of these, you can call Chumpy.

[00:01:13]>> Call Chy.

[00:01:14]>> What's the phone number?

[00:01:15]>> 7404325601.

[00:01:18]>> There you go. And you ship this stuff, right?

[00:01:20]>> Yes, sir. I hope you stock up on these dag on things because anybody that's got a CVF kit, you're going to need this Napa part number. I promise you.

[00:01:29]>> Oh yeah.

[00:01:29]>> Confident that I've got one over on Buckwheat, Mark and I head to the front shop to check out the paint match on Billy's Camaro. I got to give you props today. Your highly trained paint professional came over here and shot this car.

[00:01:42]>> Mhm.

[00:01:43]>> And we don't even know what this paint is. We don't know what the base color is. I figure it's got a base of gold.

[00:01:49]>> Yeah. Something. It's a candy color.

[00:01:50]Yeah, there's no question.

[00:01:52]>> Yeah, it's it's got some.

[00:01:53]>> And look at this. You mix this stuff in a spray can.

[00:01:56]>> Mhm.

[00:01:57]>> I'll be darn.

[00:01:59]>> Not too shabby.

[00:02:00]>> Not too shabby.

[00:02:01]>> So, I got to give props to not only you, but your highly trained paint professional. I told him in this last video, he was complaining. He's like, "It took me an hour and a half to mix a cord of paint." I said, "You need to figure up your hourly wage and figure out how much you cost Mark to mix that quart of paint." Oh, I get pulled away to do this. as I get pulled away to do that. You know, your typical parts guy complaint, >> but he got it done. I got to admit, it does look pretty damn decent.

[00:02:28]>> It does look good >> for an aerosol paint can in the hands of Kenny Powers.

[00:02:32]>> Yep.

[00:02:33]>> Which Kenny Powers is pretty good with an aerosol can. I'm going to >> on Kenny.

[00:02:38]>> Well, I just wanted you to see that that thing does actually match pretty damn good.

[00:02:42]>> It does look pretty good. Later that night, I got a text message from an old friend of mine letting me know there was a cars and coffee taking place Sunday morning on the square down in Newark.

[00:02:52]So, Tommy and I are going to try and fix the clutch linkage and get the car ready.

[00:02:56]>> I think that's what you need, but I'm not positive. I don't know nothing about these things.

[00:03:00]>> So, me and Snodgrass are out here working on the 55, trying to What would you say we're doing? We're putting uh square pegs and round holes. were trying to re-engineer the clutch linkage that Bucko pieced together. And uh he had a bolt and a nut. The nut was actually used as a bushing through the cross shaft and then the bolt was somehow fastened to the cross shaft and then the end of the bolt had a cotter pin in it.

[00:03:28]Well, that whole thing fell out. And young Thomas here, young Thomas.

[00:03:32]>> Well, I got a lot of stuff in my toolbox that you know, you just got that piece.

[00:03:36]You're like, I'll use this someday.

[00:03:37]someday.

[00:03:39]>> And uh today is one of those lucky days, I think. I don't know.

[00:03:42]>> Show them what you got, Tom.

[00:03:43]>> So, this is just some kind of uh you know, when you're trying to mount, let's say, an aluminum fuel cell or radiator, it's just a bung. This is actually the perfect diameter of his hole that he needs down there in the cross shaft.

[00:03:55]>> In the cross shaft. So, this can act like a bushing. And then we'll just nut and bolt this. It's pretty close anyways. It'll be less sloppy than the nut. I'm sure >> it'll be less sloppy than bucko engineering.

[00:04:05]>> That'll go in the paddle thing. And then the nut and bolted on the other side.

[00:04:10]>> Oh my.

[00:04:11]>> Maybe. I don't know. We'll see if it works.

[00:04:13]>> Tommy's stash of someday parts and pieces came in clutch tonight. If this deal works out, I plan on getting the car cleaned up to take it to Cars and Coffee in the morning. But regardless, June Pup's not going to get to take a ride tonight or tomorrow, no matter how much she pouts.

[00:04:27]>> It's not perfect, but certainly it's got to be better than >> Sure.

[00:04:31]>> But we'll just tighten her up real good.

[00:04:32]And then, you know, I learned that from Brad and Jason. You got loose your your four-length bolts are wallered out. Just overtighten them.

[00:04:39]>> Just overtighten them.

[00:04:40]>> It's all good. That >> it's a 10 soldier way.

[00:04:42]>> You could just oversize every bolt. You waller them all out and tighten everything.

[00:04:46]>> There you go. Tommy and I put June Pup in the house and then back the 55 out of the shop to test the clutch linkage.

[00:04:53]Since it's already past midnight at this point, I decided to take the 55 into town to the local car wash to get the dust blown off. I go out of my way not to touch the 55 any more than I absolutely have to. The black paint shows every scratch, and every time I wipe it down, I add to the scratches.

[00:05:10]The Lancer car wash and Hebrin does a pretty good job, and it's a lot easier than dragging out the bucket sponge. At midnight, we dry the windows and chrome off and let the paint air dry on the way back to the shop. If anything needs touched up, I'll just use some Jwax detailer and new microfers when I get home. This is the first time I've attended a Cars and Coffee get together on the square. I figured there might be 15 or 20 cars there and I was certainly wrong about that. I got there late and the square was still packed at 10:30 in the morning for an event that begins at 9:00 and ends at 11:00. There was a little bit of everything there from Camaros and Mustangs to classics, old school muscle cars, late model Corvettes, and everything in between.

[00:05:49]Eventually, I found a place to park the 55. Got out and hung out with some friends for a little while until the event was over and everyone started heading home. Last night, I really enjoyed hanging out Latami in the shop, and I figured maybe my dad might like to spend some time with me, cruising around the countryside in the 55 and enjoying the nice weather. Dad and I burned up the better part of a tank of gas before we made our way back home. While Dad and I were out cruising around the 55, Vicki took Wyatt to get a haircut.

[00:06:15]>> Wyatt's getting a haircut. And look who's here getting a haircut.

[00:06:20]>> Look who's getting a haircut.

[00:06:22]>> Got a haircut.

[00:06:24]>> All right, come on, buddy. Everybody had a lot going on on Sunday afternoon.

[00:06:28]While Wyatt was down at Great Clips getting his ears lowered, his dad and Kenny were on their way back home from Nashville. Vicki and Wyatt had just gotten home as they pulled in the driveway with the motor home in the stacker. While all this is going on on Sunday afternoon, there was something also going on 2,000 mi away out in Arizona, Phoenix to be exact. The beautiful bright red 68 Camaro I picked up down in Nitro, West Virginia, was joyfully being united with its new owner.

[00:06:53]>> Like it love it.

[00:06:58]So, this brings us to Monday morning, and I could barely sleep overnight, thinking about the conversation I was about to have with my brother about the heater hose fittings. I thought I had old buckwheat dead to rights this time, but I was dreadfully wrong. Old Buckwheat let me have it with both barrels. Don't worry, I called Chumpy and got it here for you.

[00:07:16]>> Oh, really?

[00:07:17]>> Yeah.

[00:07:18]>> How many hours did you dick around trying to find that?

[00:07:21]>> Look, I called him out here yesterday.

[00:07:23]the bad part >> because I knew >> the bad part >> that you needed to have something in that port and it's impossible to get to once all that on there. I made sure that the part that we need is here that we don't need.

[00:07:39]>> What do you mean we don't need it?

[00:07:41]>> We don't need it cuz the line goes radiator.

[00:07:44]>> What?

[00:07:45]>> It's already on there. So, you can see that everything is ran to where it goes.

[00:07:50]The only thing that that needs is what I have is a blue anodized plug to go into the side and the top and I can put that in with a tool.

[00:08:00]>> So why isn't it done?

[00:08:03]>> Because I was fitting these together and the anodized plugs at my house.

[00:08:07]>> These what? The AC lines.

[00:08:08]>> Yeah, I was fitting those together. So the plugs are the least of my worries.

[00:08:14]If you would have spent some time on getting the other radiator mounts for the top here that don't bolt from the top, but actually bolt from here and have the >> Well, you didn't tell me you needed those.

[00:08:23]>> Well, I told you guys I didn't need any damn nipples in the water pump either.

[00:08:27]>> No, you didn't. Actually, I told Chump.

[00:08:30]I told Kenny and I told you.

[00:08:32]>> No, you didn't.

[00:08:32]>> Yes, I did.

[00:08:33]>> No, you didn't.

[00:08:33]>> I probably got it on video.

[00:08:35]>> Nope, you definitely don't because you never told me. By the way, young Thomas had to re-engineer your >> It's not my either.

[00:08:44]>> What?

[00:08:44]>> You can't use that clip.

[00:08:45]>> Well, I'll bleep it. Listen, >> you can't use that either.

[00:08:49]>> What are you talking about?

[00:08:49]>> I didn't do that.

[00:08:51]>> You I haven't even told you what it was yet.

[00:08:53]>> I know. I already know what you're talking about. And guess what? I didn't finish it. I started a pattern and then you painted it over >> from there. I washed my hands of it. So, if you want to complain about something, call. It's never >> us.

[00:09:08]>> It's never your fault.

[00:09:09]>> But it's a fact.

[00:09:11]>> No, it's not a fact.

[00:09:13]>> I was standing there when you pieced together.

[00:09:16]>> There wasn't nobody here.

[00:09:17]>> Wasn't even here.

[00:09:19]>> 8:00 in the morning and you guys didn't even roll out of bed till noon to yell at me and tell me that I hadn't been here yet. Yet, I was in the garage working.

[00:09:27]>> You are talking about the linkage down underneath the car, which I'm happy that you are because that is yet another fiasco. The fiasco we're talking about is the connection between the cross shaft and the linkage from inside the car.

[00:09:44]>> Our father because that's all his.

[00:09:46]>> No, you had to redo it to make it fit.

[00:09:49]>> No, I didn't.

[00:09:50]>> Buckwheat.

[00:09:50]>> I worked on the lower. The upper linkage is exactly how it's always been.

[00:09:55]>> No.

[00:09:55]>> Yes.

[00:09:56]>> Absolutely not.

[00:09:57]>> It is.

[00:09:57]>> Nope.

[00:09:58]>> Yep.

[00:09:58]>> Nope.

[00:09:58]>> I got footage of all that [ __ ] too. And I have it in archives.

[00:10:02]>> Archives. You hear this guy? He's got archives.

[00:10:05]>> Leave me out of it. I'm just cleaning.

[00:10:09]>> Well, I took our FAA for a ride in the car today and after young Thomas re-engineered it, I didn't have any problems. Imagine that.

[00:10:19]>> Give you 5 minutes.

[00:10:20]>> All right. Well, listen. I'm going to go to Jegs in the morning and go get a new set of valve covers and a new air cleaner lid for it. Is there anything else that you need?

[00:10:29]>> Upper radiator hose.

[00:10:31]>> Well, you told me you were taking care of that. I put chump on it and so far he's got nothing but too short.

[00:10:38]>> Well, that doesn't sound like something I'm going to be able to get at Jegs.

[00:10:42]>> Well, I'll kick Chump in the nuts first thing in the morning.

[00:10:44]>> All right. So, is there anything else that you need that I can get while I'm at Jegs tomorrow morning?

[00:10:49]>> Power steering stuff.

[00:10:52]>> I do have that on my list and Uncle Terry said he's got that handled.

[00:10:57]>> Check out this guy's travel limiters.

[00:10:58]Huh?

[00:11:00]I didn't know they had those back in the 30s.

[00:11:04]>> Yeah, I have a new one at the shop.

[00:11:07]>> That's a hood seal.

[00:11:08]>> Art art.

[00:11:20]>> Did you just get done at the racetrack?

[00:11:22]>> Maybe.

[00:11:23]>> I see your numbers are still on the car from test and tune.

[00:11:27]>> Yeah, I haven't washed the window since then. When was that? Two years ago.

[00:11:31]>> No, last year. Last fall. Does this thing have sport mode?

[00:11:39]>> Be gone.

[00:11:41]>> I will. Don't threaten me with a good time.

[00:11:56]>> I don't think he can get out that way.

[00:12:04]All right, everybody. It is Monday. It's time to get the week started, and I need to run into JEGS to go get these power steering gearbox fittings. As I walked out to the shop, I found my blood pressure increasing rapidly. There in front of my shop door stood another pile of crap that I was going to have to move out of my way or put on the scrap load.

[00:12:26]This could only come from one place. I just went outside and in front of my little garage door there's a black refrigerator. Did you order a black refrigerator from Teimu Junkyard or >> So that's where it got put?

[00:12:40]>> Yep. I'm here today dumping off my old trashy shop fridge at the shop fridge dumping area. I'll make sure to put it out front for him so he can see that.

[00:12:49]Yep.

[00:12:51]Get the trailer packed up so easy escape.

[00:12:53]>> He knew damn well this would go over like a lead balloon. So, Buckfester dropped and drove away before I could tell him to load this junk refrigerator back on his junk wagon and take it somewhere else. I didn't have time to deal with it right now. I needed to go into Jiggs and pick up the fittings for the power steering pump so that we can hopefully finish installing the CVF kit this afternoon and get the blue C10 back up and running.

[00:13:15]>> Good stuff.

[00:13:17]>> Thank you. Thank you, sir.

[00:13:18]>> You bet, sir.

[00:13:19]>> So, you got these fittings I need for the power steering. Yes, sir.

[00:13:22]>> Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Now, do these come Oh, yeah. They do have O-rings in there.

[00:13:25]>> Yes, they do. Yeah, they're they're metric. That's the difference between like the ones in El Camino. Of course, they aren't metric and everything 80 >> 82 and later goes to metric.

[00:13:36]>> Okay.

[00:13:38]>> Very good. So, when you guys put these CVF kits on, this is the best way I have found to do the power steering.

[00:13:45]>> Yes, sir.

[00:13:46]>> Call Uncle Terry. Get the fittings.

[00:13:49]>> Yes, sir. It is. And uh >> any of your uh auto parts stores, they're just going to look at you cross on.

[00:13:55]>> I know >> they're not they're not going to know what you're talking except Mark. Maybe >> maybe >> maybe >> and he's questionable.

[00:14:01]>> I can't can't say anything bad about my buddy Mark.

[00:14:04]>> Uncle Terry, you're looking pretty fresh today. Did you get your ears lowered?

[00:14:07]>> I did. I did. In fact, I saw your wife there yesterday.

[00:14:12]>> Yeah, Wyatt was in there getting his hair >> in there getting his ears lowered. Yeah.

[00:14:15]He wasn't looking real happy when he first got there, I'll tell you. Well, they had to set some toys down in front of him to get him to calm down a little bit.

[00:14:21]>> I saw that. That was perfect.

[00:14:24]>> How's El Camino running?

[00:14:25]>> Oh, El Camino is running real good. If I can just get Vicki to put it all the way on the floor.

[00:14:30]>> She's not. Wouldn't it?

[00:14:32]>> No, not even close. She gets it down just to where the TV cable starts to pull tight for the kick down and then that's where she thinks it's on the floor, but it ain't. While I was in town visiting Uncle Terry and picking up parts, Kenny had gotten started working on Vicky's El Camino up in the front shop. He put it up on the lift, drained the transmission fluid, and dropped the oil pan so we can install a new TCI torque converter lockup wiring harness in the old 700 R4 out of my Malibu. This kit comes with everything you need, including detailed instructions to wire up the torque converter lockup so that it applies automatically in overdrive, or you can lock it up manually with a toggle switch, which I intend to do when the engine reaches 5,500 RPM in high gear, making a pass down the track. The kit includes an adjustable vacuum operated switch, which is designed to only lock the torque converter during part throttle cruise. It's typically mounted on the side of the transmission, but I don't like trying to make adjustments around hot exhaust. All right, so we're just about ready to drop this thing down, start putting some transmission fluid in it. Kenny is uh extending the wires for the vacuum switch cuz I'd rather have it up underneath the hood where it's easily accessible. The vacuum switch is actually adjustable. They send an Allen wrench with it so that you can turn this little set screw on the back of the switch and you can adjust how much vacuum uh it takes to engage the torque converter clutch, which is really nice.

[00:15:52]uh as long as it's not mounted underneath the car where you can't get to it. Uh so that's why I want to mount the switch up underneath the hood. So Kenny's extending the wires right now for me so that we can just run wires up there and then the vacuum lines will be really short and the switch will be right there. Hopefully someplace underneath the hood. We'll have to find someplace, but someplace where we can get to it and uh make adjustments if necessary. I'm pretty particular about the way our cars are tuned and function.

[00:16:17]It's important that the torque converter clutch unlock and overdrive, especially when we're climbing hills so as not to lug the engine and potentially cause detonation. Once I had the transmission fluid topped off, it was time to take the El Camino out for its first test drive and make sure the lockup kit works like it should. All right, here we go.

[00:16:36]You ready, June Book? Let's see if the converter locks.

[00:16:42]Second.

[00:16:45]There's third.

[00:16:47]Let's reach down here and lock it. Oh yeah, we're in there, baby. We got our lick now.

[00:16:57]Oh my goodness. There we go. At 1700 RPM, the El Camino cruises at 60 mph in overdrive with a converter locked. At 70, it turns 2100. Once I swap out the stock 331 gear for 410s, the speedometer will be accurate again. But that's a pretty minor issue right now. The biggest problem I've got is dirt getting into the rear needle and seat and causing the engine to flood. It happened two or three times during my test drive.

[00:17:23]So that was the first thing I tackled when I got back to the shop.

[00:17:27]>> What has happened?

[00:17:28]>> Well, I took it up the road and I'm trying to figure out what's going wrong here. I keep having dirt get stuck in the needle and seats and it keeps flooding. So, I'm I'm about to pull the fuel filter and take it apart.

[00:17:45]>> I was hoping to let Vicki make a couple test pulls in the El Camino tonight before it gets dark, but I don't want to put her in the car until I get the flooding issue fixed. I removed the fuel filter element and blew it out with some compressed air, cleaned out the rear needle and seat, and put everything back together. Finally, it was time to take her out in the car and let her make some pulls in it and see how she likes it. So far, she has yet to put the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor. So, she doesn't really know how well the old 400 really runs. You ready?

[00:18:15]>> I'm going to try to see if I can find the bottom of the pedal. Clear to the floor.

[00:18:21]>> Clear to the floor.

[00:18:22]>> I'm going to try >> put it in drive.

[00:18:24]>> Okay.

[00:18:26]All right. Here we go.

[00:18:31]Hit it.

[00:18:34]Holy [ __ ] squirrel.

[00:18:36]>> Oh my god.

[00:18:39]>> Well, you got it to the floor that time.

[00:18:42]I wasn't expecting it to pausy. I figured it would just fry the right rear tire off of it.

[00:18:48]>> Got a little squirrely.

[00:18:50]>> She's getting more and more comfortable in the El Camino every time she makes a pass. I have the transmission programmed to shift at 5200 as long as her foot is completely on the floor.

[00:19:07]Woohoo!

[00:19:09]>> I did it, too.

[00:19:12]>> You did it that time.

[00:19:13]>> Mhm.

[00:19:16]>> So, now we're going to have to do something about the rear end.

[00:19:18]>> What do you mean?

[00:19:20]>> Well, we need to put a posy unit in it.

[00:19:22]Maybe some better axles.

[00:19:25]>> And uh >> It's never ending.

[00:19:26]>> No, it's It shouldn't be that bad. Like this thing can't possibly make that much power. I mean, I would say probably mid to low 12s. I don't know. That's not fast enough to need a 9 in Ford or anything, but we're definitely going to need to put a posy unit in it and some sticky tires. That way you don't spin it around and hit the wall with it like we almost Well, we didn't have any walls to hit tonight, but that was a little >> I was proud of myself cuz it kicked sideways and I just didn't freak out.

[00:19:58]Are you proud of me?

[00:19:59]>> I freaked out.

[00:20:02]>> June pup was calm.

[00:20:03]>> She's always calm.

[00:20:06]Oh, baby. All right, let's go back home.

[00:20:12]All right, welcome back everybody. I'm out here in the shop just trying to get caught up and get back to filming and editing. We have had uh some setbacks with the uh the blue C10. Buckwheat had to change the power steering pump because the pump that they sent was for a um system where the reservoir was attached to the pump and that would not fit down in the frame. So, they sent us a different pump that uh uses a remote mount reservoir. So, we're in the midst of getting that changed over right now.

[00:20:45]We're hoping to have that truck running and driving again so we can take it with us this weekend down to North Carolina.

[00:20:52]Billy's trying to get the 55 Chevy ready. It's up here on the lift. They're having some trouble with the transmission in it. And Kenny just went to Jegs and he'll be back here in a little bit. Uh uh oh, here comes June Bug. What's going on there, Junior?

[00:21:08]>> Just trying to get ready for street car bragging rights. I thought I put away a good working car last night.

[00:21:14]>> I did not.

[00:21:14]>> You did not. So, we're having a little bit of trouble with transmission. You sent Kenny to Jegs. He's going to go pick up a spare transmission to put in it so that we can take it this weekend.

[00:21:23]>> Yeah. And I'm trying to get the blue C10 done, but that's also been problematic.

[00:21:30]So, one way or the other, we'll be down there. Tommy's got the Falcon and he is he's at 10 soldiers still, right?

[00:21:38]They're still finishing that up. And he hopes to take it to Bragging Rights and do some testing maybe on Wednesday or Thursday. We don't know.

[00:21:45]>> It's 30,000 to win his class this weekend. So, he's got to be locked in.

[00:21:49]>> Right. Right. So, we're trying to get ready. Just a couple little setbacks, but it is what it is, right?

[00:21:56]>> Yeah. This is just race car [ __ ] >> Well, I don't even have a race car and I'm having trouble. Mine's just a pickup truck.

[00:22:02]>> Car [ __ ] Truck [ __ ] Hey, anything.

[00:22:06]>> Anything with wheels and tires.

[00:22:07]>> Yeah.

[00:22:08]>> Yeah. So, anyway, the one thing that isn't giving trouble here at this moment, cross my fingers, is the uh El Camino. I just wanted to go over a few things with that. But I know a lot of people have been asking what the cam shaft is and what the combination is and I just wanted to just touch on that real quick before we end the video. It is a stock 400 short block. It's one of the original 400 short blocks that we got out of South Carolina. It was a crate short block and uh it is completely stock except for the oil pump. It has a Meling high-pressure oil pump in it. Uh it's a stock oil pan. It does have a double roller timing chain in it and it has an old comp cams hydraulic roller in it. It's a Comp XR270 HR. HR stands for hydraulic roller. It's one that I bought years ago before we were hooked up with Daniel Pow or Isi or any of that. I literally just went into Jegs and told him I needed a hydraulic roller for a mild 400 small block Chevy. I was going to put it in the 64 C10, the pickup, just to use for towing. And that's what it's that's what its intent was. But uh fast forward here and we've got a set of trick flow 230 heads on this thing now.

[00:23:19]And uh it's a low compression engine.

[00:23:21]It's about 9 to1. So it'll run on pump gas very easily. It runs cool. Uh it runs very smooth. It's got a smooth idle, pulls good vacuum, but it really runs pretty good. I don't know what the car will run yet. We haven't taken to the track. But before we can take it to the track, I'm going to have to get a pause unit. maybe a set of axles to put in it. And I'm probably going to change a gear ratio. Right now, it's got a stock 331 gear and it really makes the converter feel really loose. Uh the converter is pretty loose. Honestly, it was the converter out of my Malibu. And honestly, it works really, really well with that combination. It's just that the gear ratio is a little little high, you know, 331 gear. It cruises good on the interstate, you know, but uh it really works that converter pretty hard. So, since the transmission governor and the speedometer gear is currently set up for a 410 gear, I'm just going to put a 410 in the El Camino. Now, that might make it a little a little rough to run quarter mile with it if Vicki runs quarter mile with it, but I can lock the converter in high gear and that'll help considerably. So, we're going to work on that in the future.

[00:24:36]Um, I'm really excited to let Vicki take it down there and run it. I'm excited to see what it runs. The cylinder heads, you know, typically I think people would probably say that's overkill to put a 230cc intake runner head on a stock 400 small block with such a mild cam shaft. Uh, but it has excellent low-end power. It has excellent mid-range. Uh, the transmission shifts automatically at 5200. And uh we're not really sure what she's stolen it to cuz it doesn't have a tack, but I've got a I've got a tack here for it. I found it on eBay. It's a uh reproduction stock tachometer for a factory 65 Malibu or an El Camino. So, we're going to put that in the the factory dash. That way, she can see what she's staging it at. We need to, you know, if she's going to race it or she's going to do anything with it, she really needs to know to be consistent where she's staging the car. So, we were just discussing the new tachometer I'm getting ready to put in your El Camino.

[00:25:35]>> Oo.

[00:25:36]>> That way you can see on the tack needle how far you're bringing the engine up on the converter. So, >> nice. Nice.

[00:25:43]>> Yeah. Yeah. And then we're probably going to have to go ahead and upgrade the rear end uh real soon.

[00:25:50]It's going to need a posit and some stickier tires.

[00:25:55]>> You're getting carried away in that thing. Listen, you know what? That burnout I did, I did that for Jimmy.

[00:26:04]He called me. He called me yesterday and he told me he was proud of me.

[00:26:10]You guys don't know. Last year, every time Jimmy saw me driving around in my El Camino, he'd be like, "Do a burnout, Miss Vicki." And he was always trying to egg me on, and I was like, "No, no, no."

[00:26:20]So, like I didn't really want to I didn't want to do anything stupid to mess up. But now that I've had some training and the brakes are good and all these things and I'm getting more comfortable with it. I did that one for Jimmy.

[00:26:36]>> I think we're creating a monster.

[00:26:39]>> I sent him a picture of the thumbnail and I said, "This was for you."

[00:26:43]>> All right. So, what do we got here that you wanted to talk about today before we end the video?

[00:26:47]>> Yes. So, the giveaway is ongoing for the C10. Uh, it's going clear till May 15th.

[00:26:54]Now, if there's a shirt you are wanting and your size is sold out, check back in a week or so. This is going on, you know, and you can stuff will get replenished and there's new stuff that's going to be added over the weeks. So, keep your eye on the website and check back if there was something you were wanting.

[00:27:10]>> All right.

[00:27:11]>> All right.

[00:27:11]>> So, the truck is still out here.

[00:27:13]Buckwheat is uh well, he's >> buckwheat. Buckwheat is buckwheat.

[00:27:18]>> The progress is very slow. Let's just say that >> he works in spurts. That's the best way to describe him. He'll show up for >> show up for a little bit here and show up for a little bit here.

[00:27:33]>> He's a multitasker.

[00:27:35]>> Yeah. So, we're making progress. I'm going to run to JEGS here in a little bit. I need to get the throttle cable bracket and uh a a correction bracket to hook the 700 R4 TV cable to the Edelrock carburetor that's on the truck currently. I don't know if that carburetor is going to stay. I'm not a big fan of it, but we'll see. But for right now, in order for us to take it with us this weekend, if that's at all possible, I need to go get this bracket and stuff to get this thing hooked up.

[00:28:02]So, all right, >> that's where we're at today. So, uh, if you want if you live down near Rockingham, come and see us. We're going to be there. I'm bringing the merch tent, so we'll have some stuff with us.

[00:28:14]So, it's going to be a warm weekend. I don't know if I'm ready to jump back into uh hot weather, but here we go.

[00:28:22]>> All right, we'll see you guys at Rockingham.

[00:28:23]>> Bye.

[00:28:43]Holy [ __ ] Squirrel.

[00:28:45]>> Oh, sorry.

[00:28:46]>> Oh god.

[00:29:01]Is it a gym?