1 00:00:02,968 --> 00:00:04,300 This time on "Roadkill Garage," 2 00:00:04,467 --> 00:00:07,100 it's a battle of low-buck cop cars. 3 00:00:07,267 --> 00:00:08,400 Whoo-hoo! 4 00:00:09,667 --> 00:00:11,601 -Nice! -Finally got it. 5 00:00:11,767 --> 00:00:12,701 [Steve] Yeah. 6 00:00:16,501 --> 00:00:18,701 [theme music plays] 7 00:00:28,767 --> 00:00:30,167 ♪♪ 8 00:00:42,267 --> 00:00:43,667 [David] All right, Steve, this is it. 9 00:00:43,834 --> 00:00:48,467 Our 1971 Plymouth Satellite four-door. 10 00:00:48,634 --> 00:00:50,067 Yeah, well, you wanna know why if you're gonna 11 00:00:50,234 --> 00:00:53,467 get one of these, the '71 is the best. 12 00:00:53,634 --> 00:00:55,000 [David] Because of the side marker lights. 13 00:00:55,167 --> 00:00:56,267 [Steve] Yes. 14 00:00:56,267 --> 00:00:58,868 Let's go back to our teenage heydays in the '80s. 15 00:00:59,033 --> 00:01:03,567 -Would you ever own this car? -Strike one, green paint. 16 00:01:03,734 --> 00:01:05,167 [Steve] Strike two, which is like, 17 00:01:05,334 --> 00:01:07,167 you could almost call it an out. 18 00:01:07,334 --> 00:01:08,834 -[Steve] It's a four-door. -[David] I know. 19 00:01:08,834 --> 00:01:13,000 [Steve] And strike three, the small block, standard two-barrel 318. 20 00:01:13,167 --> 00:01:15,467 -Right. -[Steve] Three strikes and you're out. 21 00:01:15,634 --> 00:01:17,601 And is the transmission a 904 automatic? 22 00:01:17,767 --> 00:01:19,667 -904. -[David] Yeah, not a 727. 23 00:01:19,834 --> 00:01:21,868 -[David] And the rear end... -[Steve] Eight and a quarter. 24 00:01:22,033 --> 00:01:23,801 ...is the least desirable eight and three quarter. 25 00:01:23,968 --> 00:01:26,367 -[Steve] Eight and a quarter. -It's eight and one quarter, right. 26 00:01:26,534 --> 00:01:28,667 [David] This would have never, ever been a thing for Steve 27 00:01:28,834 --> 00:01:30,100 and I way back in the day. 28 00:01:30,267 --> 00:01:33,567 But in this episode, I wanna show you that you can buy 29 00:01:33,734 --> 00:01:36,767 a '70s V8 rear-wheel-drive, 30 00:01:36,934 --> 00:01:40,067 not muscle car, but muscle car-era vehicle, 31 00:01:40,234 --> 00:01:42,167 and have a lot of fun with it for dirt-cheap 32 00:01:42,334 --> 00:01:44,767 with just a few basic modifications. 33 00:01:44,934 --> 00:01:47,267 We paid 4,500 bucks for this one. 34 00:01:47,434 --> 00:01:50,767 And our plan is to take it to the track and see how 35 00:01:50,934 --> 00:01:53,367 it compares to a newer late-model car 36 00:01:53,534 --> 00:01:56,100 that's also a low-buck project car. 37 00:01:56,267 --> 00:01:58,567 Well, I gotta say, I mean, maybe, I don't know about you. 38 00:01:58,734 --> 00:02:00,767 I won't speak for you, Freiburger, but my tastes 39 00:02:00,934 --> 00:02:02,267 have matured. -Yeah? 40 00:02:02,434 --> 00:02:03,801 Yeah, I don't mind the green paint. 41 00:02:03,968 --> 00:02:05,968 I think it's a really nice shade of green. 42 00:02:06,133 --> 00:02:08,701 The four doors, you could throw all the bros in there... 43 00:02:08,868 --> 00:02:09,901 -[David] Yeah. -[Steve]...and have fun. 44 00:02:09,901 --> 00:02:12,100 And I know you can get 400 horsepower out of 45 00:02:12,267 --> 00:02:13,701 a good-built 318. 46 00:02:13,868 --> 00:02:16,300 -You know what makes this car acceptable to me? -No. 47 00:02:16,467 --> 00:02:20,367 [David] This is the body style that was every cop car 48 00:02:20,534 --> 00:02:23,667 in every movie from the '70s through the '80s. 49 00:02:23,834 --> 00:02:25,801 [Steve] Oh yeah, and in cop car form, 50 00:02:25,968 --> 00:02:28,667 the performance of this car was exemplary. 51 00:02:28,834 --> 00:02:32,100 It handled like it was literally on rails. 52 00:02:32,267 --> 00:02:35,200 [David] And this is not a factory cop car, but check it out. 53 00:02:35,367 --> 00:02:39,100 This is grandma-fresh. Look at the interior. 54 00:02:39,267 --> 00:02:41,567 [Steve] Oh, matching green. Wow! 55 00:02:41,734 --> 00:02:43,267 [David] Doesn't it even smell right? 56 00:02:43,434 --> 00:02:45,267 Oh, man. Door panels are flawless. 57 00:02:45,434 --> 00:02:46,868 Seat is good. 58 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:48,767 -[Steve] Factory AC. -[David] It does. 59 00:02:48,934 --> 00:02:50,567 Another reason I would have never bought this 60 00:02:50,734 --> 00:02:52,601 back in the day. Let's have a look under the hood. 61 00:02:52,767 --> 00:02:55,968 Now, this car is a Mopar B-body, which means 62 00:02:56,133 --> 00:02:59,601 the underpinnings are exactly the same as a Charger, 63 00:02:59,767 --> 00:03:02,567 a Road Runner, a Coronet. 64 00:03:02,734 --> 00:03:05,067 [Steve] Wow, that thing's never been messed with. 65 00:03:05,234 --> 00:03:07,501 [David] Unmolested. 26-inch radiator. 66 00:03:07,667 --> 00:03:08,667 -[Steve] Oh yeah. -[David] Air conditioning, 67 00:03:08,834 --> 00:03:10,801 318. We're gonna ruin this car. 68 00:03:10,968 --> 00:03:12,667 -[Steve] Oh, definitely. -Let's take it for a drive 69 00:03:12,834 --> 00:03:14,300 and I'll show you how good it actually is. 70 00:03:14,467 --> 00:03:15,400 We need to wash it off. 71 00:03:15,567 --> 00:03:16,901 -[David] Pretty filthy. -I can't wait. 72 00:03:17,067 --> 00:03:18,968 I know, me neither, it's been sitting here a couple of years. 73 00:03:19,133 --> 00:03:20,701 Let's see if it'll run. 74 00:03:20,868 --> 00:03:23,067 [Steve] OK, I'll just wait here until you get it started. 75 00:03:23,234 --> 00:03:25,300 -It's probably smart. -It's hot in there. 76 00:03:25,467 --> 00:03:27,100 I'm setting the choke. 77 00:03:27,267 --> 00:03:28,667 [engine starting] 78 00:03:28,834 --> 00:03:30,868 -[David] Victory? -[Steve] Yeah! 79 00:03:31,033 --> 00:03:33,400 Man, this thing's running pretty nice. 80 00:03:33,567 --> 00:03:34,501 [David] Yep. 81 00:03:36,667 --> 00:03:38,067 Ooh, it goes in gear well. 82 00:03:41,868 --> 00:03:43,400 [Steve] You know what's really good about this car? 83 00:03:43,567 --> 00:03:44,567 [David] Everything. 84 00:03:44,734 --> 00:03:47,367 This super high traction velour. 85 00:03:47,534 --> 00:03:50,968 You can do, like, a lateral 1G move, and you're not gonna 86 00:03:51,133 --> 00:03:53,100 move one bit. Right? 87 00:03:53,267 --> 00:03:55,200 -[David] Yeah. -It totally glues, velour. 88 00:03:59,801 --> 00:04:00,868 OK, punch it. 89 00:04:02,767 --> 00:04:04,868 -Oh! -Oh! 90 00:04:05,033 --> 00:04:07,701 -That's a healthy 318. -Yeah, that's not bad. 91 00:04:07,868 --> 00:04:09,167 That's above average. 92 00:04:09,334 --> 00:04:11,067 For a two-barrel man, I'm just in shock. 93 00:04:11,234 --> 00:04:14,367 And did you hear the cop car? [imitates engine roaring] 94 00:04:14,534 --> 00:04:15,601 Yeah. 95 00:04:15,767 --> 00:04:17,267 Do you feel like a cop in this? 96 00:04:17,434 --> 00:04:19,000 [Steve] Do you feel like a cop in this? 97 00:04:19,167 --> 00:04:20,067 [David] Not yet. 98 00:04:26,167 --> 00:04:27,601 Wow, this thing is good! 99 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:30,367 Man, I hope we don't ruin this car with aftermarket parts. 100 00:04:30,534 --> 00:04:32,000 It's got really good fender-mounted 101 00:04:32,167 --> 00:04:34,667 turn signal indicators. -[David] Do they work? 102 00:04:34,834 --> 00:04:36,267 Yes! How about yours? 103 00:04:36,434 --> 00:04:38,000 -Yes! -[David] Wow! 104 00:04:38,167 --> 00:04:40,400 -This thing is great! -Yeah! 105 00:04:40,567 --> 00:04:43,667 I'm not sure I've ever had a 318 this strong. 106 00:04:43,834 --> 00:04:44,701 [Steve] Yeah, it's not bad at all. 107 00:04:49,067 --> 00:04:51,567 So, we love our Satellite, which is kind of unexpected 108 00:04:51,734 --> 00:04:54,167 because it's a bone-stock, old, poopy car. 109 00:04:54,334 --> 00:04:56,868 It's really good the way it is, as old stock, poopy car, 110 00:04:57,033 --> 00:04:58,400 I like that. 111 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,467 [David] But will we make it gooder or will we make it badder? 112 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:02,567 And we're gonna find out right here 113 00:05:02,734 --> 00:05:04,667 in the Hot Rod Garage Shop. 114 00:05:04,834 --> 00:05:06,267 We're not up at Steve's this time 115 00:05:06,434 --> 00:05:08,701 because it's 113 degrees out there. 116 00:05:08,868 --> 00:05:11,000 It's a little too much of a "hot" rod shop. 117 00:05:11,167 --> 00:05:12,567 -[David] It is. -Yeah, it's like 100 degrees 118 00:05:12,734 --> 00:05:13,968 inside the shop. -[David] Baking. 119 00:05:14,133 --> 00:05:16,100 Throughout this episode, I'm gonna be telling you 120 00:05:16,267 --> 00:05:18,968 sort of the best way to do things and then 121 00:05:19,133 --> 00:05:21,100 what we're actually doing. -[Steve] Yes. 122 00:05:21,267 --> 00:05:24,000 And what we're actually doing in this case is simply 123 00:05:24,167 --> 00:05:27,067 we're gonna add a sway bar and shocks on the suspension 124 00:05:27,234 --> 00:05:31,167 and a new intake and four-barrel carb to hop up the 318. 125 00:05:31,334 --> 00:05:34,300 We'll fix anything else we find along the way and I also wanna 126 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:36,567 scrub this thing up and just make it look better. 127 00:05:36,734 --> 00:05:38,968 And I think the first thing that we're going to do is put 128 00:05:39,133 --> 00:05:42,100 this on the rack and work the suspension. 129 00:05:44,300 --> 00:05:46,667 OK, let's run through here and just do a general 130 00:05:46,834 --> 00:05:49,100 inspection because I've never even looked at this. 131 00:05:49,267 --> 00:05:51,567 It has new strut rod bushings. 132 00:05:51,734 --> 00:05:54,100 -[Steve] No way. -This thing has a brand new idler arm in it. 133 00:05:54,267 --> 00:05:56,567 [Steve] How about the pivot shaft bushing here? 134 00:05:56,734 --> 00:05:57,968 [David] That's what I was looking at. 135 00:05:58,133 --> 00:05:59,567 It's a little too dark. 136 00:05:59,734 --> 00:06:01,033 It's new! 137 00:06:01,033 --> 00:06:03,467 OK, so this thing has a fully rebuilt front suspension. 138 00:06:03,634 --> 00:06:06,567 [David] Well, no, it doesn't look like the tie rods are new. 139 00:06:06,734 --> 00:06:09,701 Ball joint's new. Wow, score! 140 00:06:09,868 --> 00:06:13,400 And it also has brand new Monroe-Matic shock absorbers, 141 00:06:13,567 --> 00:06:16,167 which are nearly the cheapest ones you can buy. 142 00:06:16,334 --> 00:06:19,167 And in my experience, they don't absorb. 143 00:06:20,267 --> 00:06:23,267 They look like shock absorbers and they have nice blue paint. 144 00:06:23,434 --> 00:06:24,367 [David] Uh-huh. Wow. 145 00:06:24,367 --> 00:06:26,601 So that is a big win that somebody has 146 00:06:26,767 --> 00:06:27,701 taken care of this. 147 00:06:27,868 --> 00:06:30,000 Not a complete suspension rebuild, 148 00:06:30,167 --> 00:06:32,467 but apparently the stuff that they thought was bad. 149 00:06:32,634 --> 00:06:34,367 All right. What else can we learn? 150 00:06:34,534 --> 00:06:37,601 If I didn't know any better, I'd swear this car's body was 151 00:06:37,767 --> 00:06:39,501 stamped yesterday. -Yesterday. 152 00:06:39,667 --> 00:06:43,167 Yeah, because it's not undercoated, but it's perfect. 153 00:06:43,334 --> 00:06:47,200 Brand new gas tank, brand new rear shock absorbers. 154 00:06:47,367 --> 00:06:49,167 Oh, I thought it was a 276 gear. 155 00:06:49,334 --> 00:06:52,667 Apparently the eight and one quarter rear end is a 2.71. 156 00:06:52,834 --> 00:06:54,267 -[Steve] Yeah. -[David] Yeah. 157 00:06:54,434 --> 00:06:56,501 [David] This eight and one quarter differential is 158 00:06:56,667 --> 00:06:58,067 the non-high-performance unit. 159 00:06:58,234 --> 00:07:00,100 We would want it to have an eight and three quarter. 160 00:07:00,267 --> 00:07:02,567 It doesn't because it's low-performance model, 161 00:07:02,734 --> 00:07:05,601 but this is very similar to what was used in Jeeps 162 00:07:05,767 --> 00:07:07,667 clear through the '90s. 163 00:07:07,834 --> 00:07:09,467 -I'll tell you this. -What? 164 00:07:09,634 --> 00:07:12,467 The eight and a quarter is a pretty stout piece. 165 00:07:12,634 --> 00:07:13,667 -[David] Is it? -Yeah. 166 00:07:13,834 --> 00:07:15,167 It takes a lot to blow them up. 167 00:07:15,334 --> 00:07:16,667 [David] I wish it wasn't an open diff. 168 00:07:16,834 --> 00:07:18,000 That's gonna hurt us. 169 00:07:25,267 --> 00:07:27,367 Everything about this car has been glowing so far, 170 00:07:27,534 --> 00:07:28,968 from the test drive to our inspection 171 00:07:29,133 --> 00:07:30,567 of the underside. It's really good. 172 00:07:30,734 --> 00:07:32,200 Now, we're gonna start wrenching on it. 173 00:07:32,367 --> 00:07:33,267 I'm gonna tell you what 174 00:07:33,434 --> 00:07:34,400 we're gonna do in the suspension. 175 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:35,667 Steve's gonna have a look at the brakes. 176 00:07:35,834 --> 00:07:37,901 Steve, pop that hubcap! 177 00:07:38,067 --> 00:07:39,667 [Steve] Wow, it's just like opening a tuna can. 178 00:07:45,667 --> 00:07:46,801 Wow. 179 00:07:46,968 --> 00:07:48,467 [Steve] It's got a two-piece hub 180 00:07:48,634 --> 00:07:50,167 and rotor assembly, yeah. 181 00:07:50,334 --> 00:07:53,100 -It is original style. -But they've been machined. 182 00:07:53,267 --> 00:07:54,601 And look at the grease on there. 183 00:07:54,767 --> 00:07:56,267 That passes inspection. 184 00:07:56,434 --> 00:07:59,200 Oh, those brake pads look like brand new. 185 00:07:59,367 --> 00:08:00,634 Great. 186 00:08:00,634 --> 00:08:03,968 There's going to be no brake pad replacement necessary. 187 00:08:04,133 --> 00:08:07,667 We need to have more cars on this show that need zero work. 188 00:08:07,834 --> 00:08:09,200 That's my plan. 189 00:08:09,901 --> 00:08:12,767 [Steve] Yeah, but you just have to buy the car from a mechanic. 190 00:08:12,934 --> 00:08:14,767 First, I'm going to tell you about the suspension design 191 00:08:14,934 --> 00:08:16,267 on this car. Then I'm going to tell you 192 00:08:16,434 --> 00:08:18,167 about how I normally would 193 00:08:18,334 --> 00:08:21,167 hop them up on a larger budget, but still for a street car. 194 00:08:21,334 --> 00:08:22,200 Then I'll show you what we're 195 00:08:22,367 --> 00:08:24,167 actually going to do here for cheap. 196 00:08:24,334 --> 00:08:26,667 So this suspension design would have been used throughout 197 00:08:26,834 --> 00:08:28,601 the Mopar muscle car era. 198 00:08:28,767 --> 00:08:30,667 It is what's called a torsion bar suspension. 199 00:08:30,834 --> 00:08:34,767 It uses a straight rod that is in twist to suspend the car 200 00:08:34,934 --> 00:08:37,400 instead of a typical coil spring like you might find on 201 00:08:37,567 --> 00:08:39,667 a GM or Ford product. 202 00:08:39,834 --> 00:08:41,801 This was introduced way back in the '50s, 203 00:08:41,968 --> 00:08:43,701 and they used it clear into the '70s. 204 00:08:43,868 --> 00:08:45,767 Later on, they did them transverse. 205 00:08:45,934 --> 00:08:48,567 in the front, but these are parallel back here. 206 00:08:48,734 --> 00:08:51,467 And so most of what we're going to show you here would apply to 207 00:08:51,634 --> 00:08:53,200 that A-body Dart or Duster 208 00:08:53,367 --> 00:08:56,067 or to the B-body, which is this style of car. 209 00:08:56,234 --> 00:09:00,067 This torsion bar is 880 thousandths of an inch. 210 00:09:00,234 --> 00:09:03,167 And to make the spring stiffer, you get to a larger 211 00:09:03,334 --> 00:09:04,567 and larger bar. 212 00:09:04,567 --> 00:09:07,801 For example, a factory 440 car or maybe even a police car 213 00:09:07,968 --> 00:09:10,667 might have one that's 920 thousandths of an inch. 214 00:09:10,834 --> 00:09:14,267 They make race bars that are over an inch in size. 215 00:09:14,434 --> 00:09:17,767 Next up, it's good to add some rigidity, I will often use 216 00:09:17,934 --> 00:09:21,868 the upgraded tie-rod links so that those don't flex. 217 00:09:22,033 --> 00:09:24,901 It can be a fun mod to weld a plate on the bottom of 218 00:09:25,067 --> 00:09:27,767 the lower control arm to add some rigidity there. 219 00:09:27,934 --> 00:09:30,467 Now, up front of the control arm is the strut rod, 220 00:09:30,634 --> 00:09:32,901 which keeps the control arm, the lower control arm, 221 00:09:33,067 --> 00:09:35,501 from deflecting this way and that. 222 00:09:35,667 --> 00:09:37,801 I like the upgrade of using one 223 00:09:37,968 --> 00:09:40,367 that has a heim joint at one end instead of a bushing. 224 00:09:40,534 --> 00:09:42,701 It allows the suspension to move more freely. 225 00:09:42,868 --> 00:09:45,267 And it arguably has more front and rear stiffness. 226 00:09:45,434 --> 00:09:47,467 Those are made by Hotchkis and QA1. 227 00:09:47,634 --> 00:09:50,100 I usually use the QA1 because they're more affordable. 228 00:09:50,267 --> 00:09:53,701 As far as the upper control arm goes, I do like the Hotchkis 229 00:09:53,868 --> 00:09:56,167 upper control arm. It has revised geometry. 230 00:09:56,334 --> 00:09:58,767 It can do better on alignment and things like that. 231 00:09:58,934 --> 00:10:00,267 In this case, we're gonna leave it alone. 232 00:10:00,434 --> 00:10:02,100 We've established the suspension's been rebuilt. 233 00:10:02,267 --> 00:10:03,501 Ball joints are good. 234 00:10:03,667 --> 00:10:05,801 We're not gonna change any of that. 235 00:10:05,968 --> 00:10:09,100 The other thing I like to do is upgraded shocks and a sway bar. 236 00:10:09,267 --> 00:10:10,868 And those we are gonna do to this car. 237 00:10:11,033 --> 00:10:12,367 Let me tell you about that. 238 00:10:12,534 --> 00:10:14,467 All right, shocks and sway bars. 239 00:10:14,634 --> 00:10:16,801 Normally, what I like to do for a shock absorber is 240 00:10:16,968 --> 00:10:18,667 a double-adjustable QA1. 241 00:10:18,834 --> 00:10:22,367 Instead, I got the KYB Gas-a-Just units. 242 00:10:22,534 --> 00:10:25,367 Now, I will admit, past experience with this shock 243 00:10:25,534 --> 00:10:28,868 tells me it's going to increase the ride stiffness. 244 00:10:29,033 --> 00:10:32,667 As a matter of fact, I believe that they are so charged that 245 00:10:32,834 --> 00:10:35,567 they will, in fact, increase the ride height just 246 00:10:35,734 --> 00:10:36,701 a little bit. 247 00:10:36,868 --> 00:10:38,400 Now, the sway bar. 248 00:10:38,567 --> 00:10:41,067 This is a 1.250 sway bar. 249 00:10:41,234 --> 00:10:43,467 One and quarter inches in diameter. 250 00:10:43,634 --> 00:10:46,868 This is something that Dulcich has warned me off of for years. 251 00:10:47,033 --> 00:10:49,267 He doesn't like the large diameter bar because when 252 00:10:49,434 --> 00:10:52,267 you add roll stiffness to the front, it can tend to 253 00:10:52,434 --> 00:10:53,667 create understeer. 254 00:10:53,667 --> 00:10:56,667 Now, my thought here is that because it has the stock 880 255 00:10:56,834 --> 00:11:00,200 torsion bars in it, it might be able to handle more sway bar. 256 00:11:00,367 --> 00:11:04,067 More typically, Steve and I will choose a slightly larger 257 00:11:04,234 --> 00:11:06,167 torsion bar, like a 920 factory one, 258 00:11:06,334 --> 00:11:07,868 not a big one-incher, and then use 259 00:11:08,033 --> 00:11:09,968 a one-and-an-eighth-inch front bar. 260 00:11:10,133 --> 00:11:13,267 And out back, we usually like to run a three-quarter to 261 00:11:13,434 --> 00:11:15,100 one-inch bar, usually a one. 262 00:11:15,267 --> 00:11:17,767 It can help you slide the thing a little more because it's got 263 00:11:17,934 --> 00:11:19,200 more roll stiffness in the back. 264 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,400 It'll make it a little bit more neutral when combined with 265 00:11:21,567 --> 00:11:22,601 the setup in the front. 266 00:11:22,767 --> 00:11:25,367 But terminal back order. 267 00:11:25,534 --> 00:11:27,968 I could not get parts for a rear sway bar in time for 268 00:11:28,133 --> 00:11:30,100 this episode. And so... 269 00:11:30,267 --> 00:11:32,200 That's gonna be our front suspension setup. 270 00:11:32,367 --> 00:11:34,801 KYB shocks and a sway bar in the back. 271 00:11:34,968 --> 00:11:36,801 It'll also have the shocks and that's all we can do. 272 00:11:36,968 --> 00:11:39,267 Fortunately, the front suspension has been rebuilt. 273 00:11:39,434 --> 00:11:42,000 Also, fortunately, this thing has factory disc brakes on it, 274 00:11:42,167 --> 00:11:45,000 because that's another thing that I would normally do. 275 00:11:45,167 --> 00:11:47,868 OK, I'm gonna make Steve do this, and I'm gonna start 276 00:11:48,033 --> 00:11:49,868 installing shock absorbers. 277 00:11:52,067 --> 00:11:56,100 OK, slide that down in there. 278 00:11:56,267 --> 00:11:58,067 OK, Freiburger, how's it looking? 279 00:11:58,234 --> 00:12:00,467 Remember, it's gonna expand like a jack-in-the-box once 280 00:12:00,634 --> 00:12:02,267 you cut that zip tie. -[David] I know. 281 00:12:03,467 --> 00:12:04,467 [both] Oh. 282 00:12:05,667 --> 00:12:07,167 Ah! This isn't the direction 283 00:12:07,334 --> 00:12:09,868 I like to put the bolt through. 284 00:12:10,033 --> 00:12:11,100 Whoa! 285 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:13,267 That was so good, you dislodged the alignment 286 00:12:13,434 --> 00:12:16,434 screwdriver with the bolt. Nice work, Freiburger. 287 00:12:18,901 --> 00:12:20,467 [David] I'll move on to the rear. 288 00:12:20,634 --> 00:12:23,100 The first thing I'm gonna do is hang it in the top, 289 00:12:23,267 --> 00:12:27,167 and then I will cut the strap, aim it on the stud. 290 00:12:27,334 --> 00:12:28,667 Boosh! 291 00:12:28,834 --> 00:12:31,868 Look at that. The speed is the key. 292 00:12:33,767 --> 00:12:36,000 What I'm doing is putting in the front sway bar, 293 00:12:36,167 --> 00:12:39,367 and it mounts on these flat brackets that have bolted in 294 00:12:39,534 --> 00:12:41,801 place already on both sides of the K-member. 295 00:12:41,968 --> 00:12:45,300 Now the bar on these cars goes right through the K-member, 296 00:12:45,467 --> 00:12:49,000 and some factory cars have a skid plate, and it'll kind of 297 00:12:49,167 --> 00:12:50,567 prevent you from sticking that through. 298 00:12:50,734 --> 00:12:53,300 So be prepared, if you've got a 440 or a Hemi car and it's 299 00:12:53,467 --> 00:12:55,601 got the skid plate, you're not going to be able to thread 300 00:12:55,767 --> 00:12:58,968 the big sway bar in without modifying that skid plate 301 00:12:59,133 --> 00:13:00,367 to cut it for clearance. 302 00:13:00,534 --> 00:13:03,000 Next thing I'm going to do is put on these bushings. 303 00:13:03,167 --> 00:13:05,100 They -- you've got to lube them, otherwise they're gonna 304 00:13:05,267 --> 00:13:08,667 really cinch down hard on that sway bar and they'll squeak. 305 00:13:08,834 --> 00:13:13,300 Now the bushing just is slit on one side, and it's retained 306 00:13:13,467 --> 00:13:16,467 with a bracket that'll bolt onto that plate which we've 307 00:13:16,634 --> 00:13:17,667 already put in. 308 00:13:17,834 --> 00:13:19,100 Now the link side, 309 00:13:19,267 --> 00:13:20,767 which will go right here to the control arm, 310 00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:23,467 is going to attach to this bracket. 311 00:13:23,634 --> 00:13:26,567 It comes with a bolt to bolt it on to the control arm, 312 00:13:26,734 --> 00:13:28,601 but I prefer to weld it on. 313 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:31,667 It's a much more secure installation, and then the end 314 00:13:31,834 --> 00:13:35,567 link just goes to the other hole, and then we'll move on to 315 00:13:35,734 --> 00:13:38,567 setting it up with the end link bracket to the control arm. 316 00:13:38,734 --> 00:13:41,000 [David] All right, I got both of those jammed on there. 317 00:13:41,167 --> 00:13:43,801 I'm gonna let them cool off, and then we have to install 318 00:13:43,968 --> 00:13:46,167 the sway bar end links, and we're done with what 319 00:13:46,334 --> 00:13:48,501 we're gonna do on the suspension on the car. 320 00:13:48,667 --> 00:13:51,667 -[David] Ready? -[Steve] Yep, mine won't go on. 321 00:13:51,834 --> 00:13:52,968 [David] I'll lift my side, 322 00:13:52,968 --> 00:13:54,701 and hopefully you'll be able to get your side on. 323 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,667 Wow, you're still not gonna be able to get yours on? 324 00:14:00,834 --> 00:14:02,601 [Steve] I wasn't that hopeful on that. 325 00:14:02,767 --> 00:14:03,968 This is dumb. 326 00:14:04,133 --> 00:14:06,167 [Steve] The sway bar is extremely stiff. 327 00:14:06,334 --> 00:14:07,267 [David] Yes. 328 00:14:12,868 --> 00:14:14,868 [David] All right, we just wrapped up our suspension mods, 329 00:14:15,033 --> 00:14:17,667 and I gotta be honest, we're just not happy with it. 330 00:14:17,834 --> 00:14:19,300 -Elaborate. -[David] There's a couple things going on. 331 00:14:19,467 --> 00:14:21,501 Well, first of all, those shocks 332 00:14:21,667 --> 00:14:23,901 have so much force on extension. 333 00:14:24,067 --> 00:14:28,467 -They lifted the car at least two inches, maybe more. -They did. 334 00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:30,868 And then that front sway bar, I whiffed that. 335 00:14:31,033 --> 00:14:33,167 It's a one and a quarter, but it's hollow. 336 00:14:33,334 --> 00:14:37,801 I thought we'd get away with it, but I mean, it is stiff. 337 00:14:37,968 --> 00:14:41,801 The other thing is the factory end link design is garbage. 338 00:14:41,968 --> 00:14:44,000 As soon as the control arm's moving, 339 00:14:44,167 --> 00:14:47,167 the bushing is getting all tweaked. -[Steve] It's squashed, yeah. 340 00:14:47,334 --> 00:14:52,067 Really, you gotta have a Heim-joint-ended sway bar end link if you wanna be good. 341 00:14:52,234 --> 00:14:55,100 Yeah, every single time you take a stock kind of 342 00:14:55,267 --> 00:14:58,467 end link assembly apart, the bushings are all deformed. -Oh, completely. 343 00:14:58,634 --> 00:15:01,767 It actually depends on deformation of the rubber to 344 00:15:01,934 --> 00:15:04,367 kind of, like, compensate for misalignment. 345 00:15:04,534 --> 00:15:07,000 But whether it helps handling, I don't know if we can tell 346 00:15:07,167 --> 00:15:08,534 until we actually get it. 347 00:15:08,534 --> 00:15:11,567 -We don't know about the understeer situation. -[Steve] Yeah. 348 00:15:11,734 --> 00:15:14,767 I think we know it has less body roll and it's gonna corner 349 00:15:14,934 --> 00:15:16,067 better in general. 350 00:15:16,234 --> 00:15:18,501 -So the suspension didn't ruin it. -[Steve] No. 351 00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:20,801 How about our next mod, which is gonna be? 352 00:15:20,968 --> 00:15:21,901 Four-barrel carburetor. 353 00:15:22,067 --> 00:15:24,901 Maybe, hopefully, it won't ruin it either. 354 00:15:25,067 --> 00:15:28,367 -I think it's not necessarily necessary... -No. 355 00:15:28,534 --> 00:15:30,567 ...to put an RPM intake manifold 356 00:15:30,734 --> 00:15:34,000 and a four-barrel on a bone-stock 318. -Right. 357 00:15:34,167 --> 00:15:36,567 But I think it's a common thing that people do thinking that 358 00:15:36,734 --> 00:15:38,000 it's a big upgrade. 359 00:15:38,167 --> 00:15:40,267 And so we're gonna scientifically figure that out. 360 00:15:40,434 --> 00:15:43,367 Yeah, it'll only help if there's an airflow deficiency 361 00:15:43,534 --> 00:15:45,300 in the induction system, which there probably isn't 362 00:15:45,467 --> 00:15:47,100 because I think it's pretty well matched to 363 00:15:47,267 --> 00:15:49,467 the cam and [indistinct] and the exhaust system 364 00:15:49,634 --> 00:15:51,167 on the car right now. 365 00:15:51,334 --> 00:15:54,400 [David] So bone-stock and about to get a four-barrel. 366 00:15:54,567 --> 00:15:56,167 [Steve] Oh, that's a brand new carburetor. 367 00:15:56,334 --> 00:15:57,901 -What? -[Steve] Ah! 368 00:15:58,067 --> 00:15:59,701 -[David] Ah! -[Steve] No wonder it runs so good. 369 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,667 Someone really took care of this car. 370 00:16:02,834 --> 00:16:06,100 Yeah, they put a new carb on it, and it runs perfectly. 371 00:16:06,267 --> 00:16:08,100 -That's a BBS. -BBD. 372 00:16:08,267 --> 00:16:10,100 -[David] BBD? -[Steve] Ball bearing discharge. 373 00:16:10,267 --> 00:16:11,100 -[David] Oh, OK. -[Steve] Yeah. 374 00:16:11,267 --> 00:16:12,367 What does that even mean? 375 00:16:12,534 --> 00:16:14,601 I have no idea what a ball bearing would do in 376 00:16:14,767 --> 00:16:18,267 a carburetor, but it's a Carter OEM-style carburetor. 377 00:16:18,434 --> 00:16:20,367 -[David] Yeah. -[Steve] And it's brand new. 378 00:16:20,534 --> 00:16:23,567 [David] I feel like I'm 17 again, because I'm going to remove 379 00:16:23,734 --> 00:16:26,767 a perfectly good running carburetor and intake manifold 380 00:16:26,934 --> 00:16:28,467 to get a four-barrel. 381 00:16:28,634 --> 00:16:31,767 You know, my long-term plan for the car was to put in 382 00:16:31,934 --> 00:16:34,601 a really mild 408 stroker. 383 00:16:34,767 --> 00:16:36,868 And so the intake manifold and carburetor that we're gonna 384 00:16:37,033 --> 00:16:40,000 throw on here could be used in the future on that. 385 00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:42,267 We'll find out if it really performs better 386 00:16:42,434 --> 00:16:44,701 on a bone-stock 318 right now. 387 00:16:44,868 --> 00:16:47,000 One thing I'm not gonna do 388 00:16:47,167 --> 00:16:49,100 is rip the air conditioning off of it. 389 00:16:49,267 --> 00:16:50,601 For some reason, I don't see muscle cars 390 00:16:50,767 --> 00:16:52,100 as having air conditioning. 391 00:16:52,267 --> 00:16:54,601 I'd typically remove it, but Steve claims he knows how 392 00:16:54,767 --> 00:16:55,801 to make it work. 393 00:16:55,801 --> 00:16:57,367 So we're gonna change the manifold and leave 394 00:16:57,534 --> 00:16:59,367 the air conditioning compressor in place. 395 00:16:59,534 --> 00:17:01,667 All right, Steve, pop it. Oh, wow. 396 00:17:03,567 --> 00:17:04,834 -[David] You ready? -[Steve] Yeah. 397 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:09,200 -[Steve] Pretty clean in there. -[David] Yeah. 398 00:17:09,367 --> 00:17:11,667 [Steve] It's cleaner than most by far. 399 00:17:13,067 --> 00:17:15,701 [David] Steve is wrapping up the cleanup process so we can 400 00:17:15,868 --> 00:17:17,033 install the new intake. 401 00:17:17,033 --> 00:17:19,367 Here's the thing about intake manifold selection for 402 00:17:19,534 --> 00:17:21,400 a bone-stock engine like this. 403 00:17:21,567 --> 00:17:23,868 First of all, I would recommend you just go to a swap meet 404 00:17:24,033 --> 00:17:26,400 and buy whatever is cheapest and install it. 405 00:17:26,567 --> 00:17:28,167 Which is not what we did here. 406 00:17:28,334 --> 00:17:35,100 Instead, we went all the way to the Edelbrock Performer RPM. 407 00:17:35,267 --> 00:17:38,868 This is the higher performance, higher-rise intake manifold 408 00:17:39,033 --> 00:17:40,801 versus the Performer. 409 00:17:40,968 --> 00:17:43,667 The thing is, this being a dual-plane, 410 00:17:43,834 --> 00:17:47,167 the way they split the plenum like this, they can design it 411 00:17:47,334 --> 00:17:49,267 with a much longer intake runner. 412 00:17:49,434 --> 00:17:52,167 And a longer intake runner tends to make more 413 00:17:52,334 --> 00:17:55,000 low-end torque than a shorter intake runner. 414 00:17:55,167 --> 00:17:57,167 So even though I was a little bit disparaging of putting 415 00:17:57,334 --> 00:17:59,000 a four-barrel on this thing, because I don't think 416 00:17:59,167 --> 00:18:01,968 the engine needs the airflow, there's a possibility that this 417 00:18:02,133 --> 00:18:04,868 intake is going to make more torque than the one that 418 00:18:05,033 --> 00:18:06,467 we're removing from it. 419 00:18:06,634 --> 00:18:08,601 Before we install the intake manifold, let's have a look 420 00:18:08,767 --> 00:18:11,901 and see how bad the port mismatch is going to be. 421 00:18:12,067 --> 00:18:15,300 We have 1.020 inches on 422 00:18:15,467 --> 00:18:20,467 the width, and the height is gonna be 2.190. 423 00:18:20,634 --> 00:18:24,501 The width on this is 900 thousandths. 424 00:18:24,667 --> 00:18:27,667 And so that means that this port is an eighth of an inch 425 00:18:27,834 --> 00:18:30,100 narrower than the intake manifold. 426 00:18:30,267 --> 00:18:31,567 How about the height? 427 00:18:31,734 --> 00:18:36,667 That was 2.190, and this is 1.954. 428 00:18:36,834 --> 00:18:40,167 That's what we call a step offset in the wrong direction. 429 00:18:40,334 --> 00:18:43,567 Fortunately, the 318 is not going to demand a lot of 430 00:18:43,734 --> 00:18:47,300 airflow, and we think that this intake manifold will still make 431 00:18:47,467 --> 00:18:49,701 marginally more power, simply because of 432 00:18:49,868 --> 00:18:51,901 the runner length and the greater volume in it. 433 00:18:52,067 --> 00:18:54,667 But basically, this is an installation that protects 434 00:18:54,834 --> 00:18:57,267 for the future if we ever put a bigger engine in it. 435 00:18:57,434 --> 00:18:58,667 Ready? 436 00:18:58,834 --> 00:19:01,467 And... Ka blunk! 437 00:19:01,634 --> 00:19:05,367 This is not going to fit this engine at all. 438 00:19:05,534 --> 00:19:07,267 Period. Non-Negotiable. 439 00:19:07,434 --> 00:19:08,801 -[Steve] Why not? -[David] Look at it. 440 00:19:08,801 --> 00:19:10,667 [Steve] Well, it's sitting on the valve cover on this side. 441 00:19:10,834 --> 00:19:11,968 -[David] And this side. -[Steve] Yeah. 442 00:19:12,133 --> 00:19:14,100 I don't even think that's up to your silicone. 443 00:19:14,267 --> 00:19:15,567 -[David] No, it's not. -[Steve] Huh. 444 00:19:15,734 --> 00:19:18,501 See, the problem is the intake manifold is too wide, 445 00:19:18,667 --> 00:19:21,367 or has been manufactured with more meat right here, and it is 446 00:19:21,534 --> 00:19:24,367 sitting up on top of the valve covers on both sides. 447 00:19:24,534 --> 00:19:26,100 Well, no, if you took the valve covers off, 448 00:19:26,267 --> 00:19:27,234 it would drop in there. 449 00:19:27,234 --> 00:19:29,267 But look how much is going to have to go 450 00:19:29,434 --> 00:19:30,667 in this circumstance. -Oh no, no. 451 00:19:30,834 --> 00:19:32,067 You can't get there from here. 452 00:19:32,234 --> 00:19:33,234 [Steve] Yeah. 453 00:19:33,234 --> 00:19:34,868 [David] Yep, should have test-fit it first. 454 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,567 Steve and I had a real mano a mano about all of this. 455 00:19:48,734 --> 00:19:50,033 A têête-àà-têête. 456 00:19:50,033 --> 00:19:52,667 He's convinced we can make this work, and so therefore I am 457 00:19:52,834 --> 00:19:54,467 convinced that we can make this work. 458 00:19:54,634 --> 00:19:55,901 I don't think he's gaslighting me. 459 00:19:55,901 --> 00:19:58,667 Here's some of the things that we noticed -- the stock cork 460 00:19:58,834 --> 00:20:02,501 gasket on this valve cover is smashed super thin, so that's 461 00:20:02,667 --> 00:20:03,968 hurting our cause. 462 00:20:03,968 --> 00:20:06,267 We are going to attempt to make this work with a new gasket, 463 00:20:06,434 --> 00:20:08,567 and if it doesn't, we're going to stack two, and that will 464 00:20:08,734 --> 00:20:11,000 move the valve cover up away from the intake manifold. 465 00:20:11,167 --> 00:20:13,400 The other thing that I'm going to do is shave 466 00:20:13,567 --> 00:20:15,100 the intake manifold right here 467 00:20:15,267 --> 00:20:16,701 where the valve cover makes contact, 468 00:20:16,868 --> 00:20:19,801 but here's the problem, see how much thickness there is 469 00:20:19,968 --> 00:20:22,367 from the port to the top of the intake right here? 470 00:20:22,534 --> 00:20:26,067 If I really carve this back, I could get only about 471 00:20:26,234 --> 00:20:28,200 an eighth of an inch of purchase right there, 472 00:20:28,367 --> 00:20:31,300 and with the gasket, it could end up hanging over and make 473 00:20:31,467 --> 00:20:34,167 a giant vacuum leak, so I'm only gonna be able to take 474 00:20:34,334 --> 00:20:36,167 just a little bit there, so I'm gonna hit it 475 00:20:36,334 --> 00:20:38,868 with a flat disc and be very careful about that. 476 00:20:39,033 --> 00:20:41,300 Then we're going to test fit it all again and see what happens. 477 00:20:43,767 --> 00:20:44,767 Oof. 478 00:20:46,901 --> 00:20:49,567 Well, I gained something that's got value. 479 00:20:49,734 --> 00:20:50,734 All right, Steve. 480 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,801 With our gasket mismatch, there's gonna be 481 00:20:54,968 --> 00:20:57,400 a possibility of the gasket slipping out of place. 482 00:20:57,567 --> 00:20:59,767 So we're gonna have to use the larger gasket, 483 00:20:59,934 --> 00:21:01,901 which I'm gonna glue into place. 484 00:21:02,067 --> 00:21:03,501 It's a little unconventional. 485 00:21:03,667 --> 00:21:06,868 I've got some powerful contact adhesive in a spray can, 486 00:21:07,033 --> 00:21:10,367 and I'll just spray that up like so. 487 00:21:10,534 --> 00:21:12,100 Don't look. I'm just gonna do that. 488 00:21:13,567 --> 00:21:16,167 Don't worry, a little bit went in the ports, but you know, 489 00:21:16,334 --> 00:21:18,167 the gasoline will clean that all off. 490 00:21:18,334 --> 00:21:21,000 Now, I have to place this perfectly because it's just 491 00:21:21,167 --> 00:21:23,968 gonna stick like glue when I put it on. 492 00:21:26,067 --> 00:21:28,601 That's going. So this is fastened on there. 493 00:21:28,767 --> 00:21:31,300 I think I'm going to hand this off to Freiburger and have him 494 00:21:31,467 --> 00:21:33,200 place it on the engine. 495 00:21:33,367 --> 00:21:35,567 -[Steve] I think everything's gonna fit. -[David] OK. 496 00:21:35,734 --> 00:21:38,000 Now the real question is whether the valve cover fits 497 00:21:38,167 --> 00:21:41,501 with the double-stacked gasket. -[Steve] Oh, it'll fit. 498 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:43,801 Wow. Just nailed it, Steve. 499 00:21:43,968 --> 00:21:47,400 If you jerk that manifold out of there, I am gonna make 500 00:21:47,567 --> 00:21:49,367 a big old thing. 501 00:21:49,534 --> 00:21:51,467 Hopefully final plonk. 502 00:21:51,634 --> 00:21:54,067 -[Steve] You're the expert at the plop. -[David] There. 503 00:21:54,234 --> 00:21:55,868 -[David] Whoo, that was a close one. -[Steve] Wow. 504 00:21:58,100 --> 00:22:00,667 [David] All we have to do now is get the valve covers back on 505 00:22:00,834 --> 00:22:02,801 and then start fiddling around with the carburetor, 506 00:22:02,968 --> 00:22:05,701 and it's a big job to make all the linkage work again. 507 00:22:05,868 --> 00:22:07,767 -[David] That's a Dulcich. -[Steve] I can handle that. 508 00:22:11,968 --> 00:22:14,367 I thought that Dulcich might give me a tongue lashing about 509 00:22:14,534 --> 00:22:18,067 my carburetor choice because we love to run the 1000 CFM 510 00:22:18,234 --> 00:22:21,567 double pumper on everything, but this time I did 511 00:22:21,734 --> 00:22:27,000 the reasonable thing by getting this 600 CFM vacuum secondary. 512 00:22:27,167 --> 00:22:29,200 This is a Brawler carburetor. 513 00:22:29,367 --> 00:22:32,767 It is very much the design of a Holley 1850 that's been 514 00:22:32,934 --> 00:22:36,100 around forever, but I like it a little bit better for this 515 00:22:36,267 --> 00:22:37,400 one key feature. 516 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,767 It's got the vacuum secondary, which is what opens 517 00:22:39,934 --> 00:22:43,167 the secondary throttle blades in the carburetor, and it's got 518 00:22:43,334 --> 00:22:46,901 a screw on it so that you can adjust whether it opens slowly 519 00:22:47,067 --> 00:22:49,601 or quickly, which is way better than the old days when you had 520 00:22:49,767 --> 00:22:52,200 to take the lid off and change the springs and all that stuff. 521 00:22:52,367 --> 00:22:54,100 So I think it's gonna run really good right out of 522 00:22:54,267 --> 00:22:57,100 the box, and even though we're not double-pumper guys 523 00:22:57,267 --> 00:22:59,400 this time, we're still not choke guys. 524 00:22:59,567 --> 00:23:02,267 I got the mechanical choke instead of the electric one, 525 00:23:02,434 --> 00:23:06,367 so I can go boom and open it up and forget about it. 526 00:23:06,534 --> 00:23:09,067 Choke does not exist to me in Southern California. 527 00:23:09,234 --> 00:23:11,100 So I'm gonna bolt this thing on, and I think it's gonna 528 00:23:11,267 --> 00:23:12,868 be turnkey right out of the box. 529 00:23:14,901 --> 00:23:16,667 When you're doing a conversion on your car, 530 00:23:16,834 --> 00:23:19,000 on the induction system, whether it's the intake manifold 531 00:23:19,167 --> 00:23:21,868 going to a high rise or switching from a two barrel 532 00:23:22,033 --> 00:23:23,267 to a four barrel like we're doing, 533 00:23:23,434 --> 00:23:25,567 the thing that gives guys a ton of trouble is 534 00:23:25,734 --> 00:23:27,033 the mechanical linkage. 535 00:23:27,033 --> 00:23:30,968 Now you can get an aftermarket cable set up and replace this 536 00:23:31,133 --> 00:23:34,000 mechanical linkage with that, but my preference is to modify 537 00:23:34,167 --> 00:23:36,367 the stock linkage, and I find that you can take just about 538 00:23:36,534 --> 00:23:40,100 any stock linkage, rework it and make it work with whatever 539 00:23:40,267 --> 00:23:41,434 setup you're putting in. 540 00:23:41,434 --> 00:23:43,501 So I'm gonna start doing a little bit of eyeballing, 541 00:23:43,667 --> 00:23:45,868 cutting and welding, and I'm gonna make this 542 00:23:46,033 --> 00:23:48,701 two-barrel bracket and linkage work perfectly 543 00:23:48,868 --> 00:23:52,567 with our high-rise manifold and four-barrel carburetor. 544 00:23:52,734 --> 00:23:55,701 So I took the little tab that bolts onto the intake manifold, 545 00:23:55,868 --> 00:23:58,000 here's the bolt hole, and I extended it by 546 00:23:58,167 --> 00:23:59,334 an inch and a half. 547 00:23:59,334 --> 00:24:02,000 Now it welds onto the bracket at a 45-degree angle. 548 00:24:02,167 --> 00:24:06,000 That's gonna move it up and out, and all I have to do 549 00:24:06,167 --> 00:24:08,501 is weld it, and that part of the job is done. 550 00:24:18,067 --> 00:24:20,767 David's wrapping up the front accessories on the engine. 551 00:24:20,934 --> 00:24:24,267 Meanwhile, I'm still on the whole carburetor linkage. 552 00:24:24,434 --> 00:24:27,000 This is part of the transmission kickdown linkage. 553 00:24:27,167 --> 00:24:29,200 When you open up the carburetor, it pushes back 554 00:24:29,367 --> 00:24:32,100 on this lever here, and that pushes back a rod that 555 00:24:32,267 --> 00:24:33,667 goes down to the transmission, 556 00:24:33,834 --> 00:24:35,667 adjusting the amount of pressure. 557 00:24:35,834 --> 00:24:40,100 And it goes right in here, and I can set it in there, 558 00:24:40,267 --> 00:24:41,367 and by the angle of it, 559 00:24:41,534 --> 00:24:44,067 I can tell that the lever here is too short. 560 00:24:44,234 --> 00:24:47,000 So I'm gonna slide it back to where I think it needs to go, 561 00:24:47,167 --> 00:24:48,901 and I can see it moved back 562 00:24:49,067 --> 00:24:51,467 about an inch to be in the right position. 563 00:24:51,634 --> 00:24:55,200 So what I'm gonna do next is cut this right across there, 564 00:24:55,367 --> 00:24:57,667 and then I'll lengthen it by about an inch. 565 00:24:57,834 --> 00:25:00,167 That'll give me the correct angle on the pivot. 566 00:25:00,334 --> 00:25:01,767 So a couple of more steps, 567 00:25:01,934 --> 00:25:04,167 and this will be all taken care of. 568 00:25:04,334 --> 00:25:06,501 The other thing to know about that deal is it's not just 569 00:25:06,667 --> 00:25:08,901 kickdown linkage, it's also throttle valve linkage. 570 00:25:09,067 --> 00:25:10,868 And if it's not hooked up, you will destroy 571 00:25:11,033 --> 00:25:13,767 your old-school torque flight 727 or 904 572 00:25:13,934 --> 00:25:15,901 in a matter of moments. 573 00:25:16,067 --> 00:25:18,167 -[David] It looks super pro. -[Steve] I know. 574 00:25:18,334 --> 00:25:20,567 [Steve] I'm pretty proud of it. You want to try firing it up? 575 00:25:20,734 --> 00:25:22,667 [David] Yeah, run it. I put coolant in. 576 00:25:22,834 --> 00:25:23,767 [Steve] OK, I'll start her up. 577 00:25:25,100 --> 00:25:26,100 [David] OK, crank. 578 00:25:30,067 --> 00:25:32,467 Wow, man, it runs perfectly! 579 00:25:32,634 --> 00:25:34,767 I'm not even going to touch the idle mixture screw. 580 00:25:34,934 --> 00:25:36,367 Yeah, maybe the four barrel is gonna be better 581 00:25:36,534 --> 00:25:37,400 than we thought. 582 00:25:37,567 --> 00:25:39,367 How much blow-by does it have though? 583 00:25:39,534 --> 00:25:40,400 Wing it. 584 00:25:41,567 --> 00:25:43,601 [engine roaring] 585 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:48,567 It's Dulcich, so he's going to take the 318 to 7,000 RPM. 586 00:25:48,734 --> 00:25:49,901 -Can't stop him. -[Steve] I wouldn't do that. 587 00:25:50,067 --> 00:25:51,701 [Steve] It actually sounds powerful. 588 00:25:51,868 --> 00:25:53,767 [David] OK, Steve, let's go to the rear end. 589 00:25:53,934 --> 00:25:55,167 You know what that means, though? 590 00:25:55,167 --> 00:25:57,167 -[Steve] We jack the car up. -[David] We have to rack it. 591 00:25:57,334 --> 00:25:58,267 [Steve] Yeah. 592 00:26:01,801 --> 00:26:04,467 My prediction is that it has brand new brake pads. 593 00:26:04,634 --> 00:26:06,868 -And I am correct. -[Steve] Wow! 594 00:26:07,033 --> 00:26:08,367 I'm gonna pick it up the rest of the way, 595 00:26:08,534 --> 00:26:09,601 then we'll show you what's gonna happen. 596 00:26:20,467 --> 00:26:21,901 Steve and I decided that we can live with 597 00:26:22,067 --> 00:26:24,567 the 2.71 rear axle ratio. 598 00:26:24,734 --> 00:26:27,000 We cannot live with the open differential. 599 00:26:27,167 --> 00:26:29,167 We've got to have two-tire fire. 600 00:26:29,334 --> 00:26:31,501 That's probably not happening either with the 318, but we are 601 00:26:31,667 --> 00:26:33,868 going to put in what's called a lunchbox locker. 602 00:26:34,033 --> 00:26:36,100 You just pull out the guts of the open differential, 603 00:26:36,267 --> 00:26:38,467 slam some other garbage in there, and next thing you know, 604 00:26:38,634 --> 00:26:39,968 you've got two tires. 605 00:26:39,968 --> 00:26:41,868 It's not going to affect us on straight-line burnouts on this, 606 00:26:42,033 --> 00:26:43,000 but it's gonna help us a lot 607 00:26:43,167 --> 00:26:44,701 when we get into handling situations. 608 00:26:47,167 --> 00:26:50,000 Ooh, fairly new gasket. Someone's been in here. 609 00:26:50,167 --> 00:26:51,667 The gear oil wasn't even that stinky, 610 00:26:51,834 --> 00:26:53,501 and this gasket's pretty new. 611 00:26:53,667 --> 00:26:56,067 Whoever I bought this thing from was really good. 612 00:26:56,234 --> 00:26:57,667 Did some nice work. 613 00:26:59,367 --> 00:27:01,300 First of all, this is an open differential. 614 00:27:01,467 --> 00:27:03,968 You can see that this case right here just has side gears 615 00:27:04,133 --> 00:27:06,767 and these spider gears in it, and you turn one axle 616 00:27:06,934 --> 00:27:08,767 and the other one turns the opposite direction. 617 00:27:08,934 --> 00:27:11,968 It's what I call an unlimited slip, but obviously we want 618 00:27:12,133 --> 00:27:13,400 both tires to spin. 619 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,100 The ultimate way to do that would be to just weld all this 620 00:27:16,267 --> 00:27:19,801 up solid, or to put a spool in it to lock both axles together. 621 00:27:19,968 --> 00:27:22,400 The trouble with that is on the street, the tires scrub 622 00:27:22,567 --> 00:27:24,267 while you're trying to make a turn, so that's why we have 623 00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:25,701 what's called a differential 624 00:27:25,868 --> 00:27:27,801 that differentiates wheel speed. 625 00:27:27,968 --> 00:27:30,701 But a locker is interesting because neither tire can ever 626 00:27:30,868 --> 00:27:33,868 turn slower than the ring gear, so you always have 627 00:27:34,033 --> 00:27:35,367 two-tire traction. 628 00:27:35,534 --> 00:27:37,901 The key to taking apart these open diffs is that you have to 629 00:27:38,067 --> 00:27:41,567 remove the center pin, and there is a bolt right here 630 00:27:41,734 --> 00:27:44,000 that holds that center pin in, and then you're gonna see me 631 00:27:44,167 --> 00:27:46,367 slide it right out. 632 00:27:46,534 --> 00:27:50,267 Once I do, we can get at what's called the C-clips, 633 00:27:50,434 --> 00:27:53,534 and if Steve would go push the axle in for me... 634 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,968 I will then fetch you the C-clip that just fell out. 635 00:27:59,133 --> 00:28:02,200 That clip goes in a groove in the end of the axle, 636 00:28:02,367 --> 00:28:05,200 and when the axle's pulled out all the way and retained on 637 00:28:05,367 --> 00:28:07,868 this pin, the C-clip can't fall out. 638 00:28:08,033 --> 00:28:10,367 All right, Steve, we pulled the axle out. 639 00:28:10,534 --> 00:28:15,701 Now I can get the side gear out, just like that. 640 00:28:15,868 --> 00:28:17,200 That's it for disassembly. 641 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,868 The next thing I'm gonna do is install this PowerTrax No Slip, 642 00:28:21,033 --> 00:28:22,767 which is a locking differential. 643 00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:24,300 These things tend to make a little bit of noise. 644 00:28:24,467 --> 00:28:26,467 You can hear sort of a click, click, click, click, click, 645 00:28:26,634 --> 00:28:28,100 but they also have good traction, 646 00:28:28,267 --> 00:28:29,601 and they're really simple. 647 00:28:29,601 --> 00:28:33,601 All right, for this particular application, there are 35 steps, 648 00:28:33,767 --> 00:28:35,200 not counting the obvious ones like put wheels 649 00:28:35,367 --> 00:28:36,601 and tires back on. 650 00:28:36,601 --> 00:28:38,100 I don't do these frequently enough that I can just slam 651 00:28:38,267 --> 00:28:40,200 them together by muscle memory, so I'm gonna have to read 652 00:28:40,367 --> 00:28:43,167 the instructions, and I'll be greasing stuff up and shoving 653 00:28:43,334 --> 00:28:46,567 springs in holes and fiddling with this for about an hour. 654 00:28:46,734 --> 00:28:48,767 OK, that goes there. 655 00:28:52,801 --> 00:28:54,167 Got it. 656 00:28:54,334 --> 00:28:56,067 And the drive pins are all aligned. 657 00:28:56,234 --> 00:28:57,100 So far, so good. 658 00:28:59,567 --> 00:29:00,667 There. 659 00:29:00,834 --> 00:29:02,467 You got it in there without a screwdriver? 660 00:29:02,634 --> 00:29:04,167 -Yeah, I nailed it. -[Steve] Good job. 661 00:29:04,334 --> 00:29:05,267 [David] Shove the axle in. 662 00:29:08,501 --> 00:29:10,100 I think that's all the way in. 663 00:29:10,267 --> 00:29:14,000 [David] All right, that C-clip is now going down to its axle home. 664 00:29:15,267 --> 00:29:16,667 Yep, it did. 665 00:29:18,267 --> 00:29:19,667 All right, will you pull the axle out? 666 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,367 OK, all right, all the locker guts are in there. 667 00:29:23,534 --> 00:29:25,901 It wasn't that bad, aside from having to line up everything to 668 00:29:26,067 --> 00:29:27,501 make it toothed together. 669 00:29:27,667 --> 00:29:29,701 Now I have to put the center pin back in, but there's some 670 00:29:29,868 --> 00:29:32,100 springs in there that it needs to get past. 671 00:29:36,968 --> 00:29:39,000 Oh wow, look at that, it just popped in. 672 00:29:40,667 --> 00:29:42,267 All right, I don't think that's gonna come out. 673 00:29:50,801 --> 00:29:53,767 [David] We finished our suspension, we finished our four-barrel, 674 00:29:53,934 --> 00:29:55,367 we finished our locker. 675 00:29:55,534 --> 00:29:58,467 Now it's my job to try and make this thing look cool. 676 00:29:58,634 --> 00:30:00,501 I've got better wheels and tires for it, but I'm also 677 00:30:00,667 --> 00:30:03,000 gonna pull off some of this ugly molding and stuff. 678 00:30:03,167 --> 00:30:04,767 I think that's about good. 679 00:30:08,567 --> 00:30:10,701 I'm just not a gingerbread guy, Steve. 680 00:30:10,868 --> 00:30:12,567 -[Steve] I know. -[David] I like the base model. 681 00:30:12,734 --> 00:30:14,567 I like no flash. 682 00:30:14,734 --> 00:30:16,300 [Steve] You might be onto something with that. 683 00:30:16,467 --> 00:30:18,501 [David] Plus, it's weight. I know you like removing weight. 684 00:30:18,667 --> 00:30:20,701 [Steve] That's true. Oh, my goodness. 685 00:30:20,868 --> 00:30:22,300 Look how much better it looks now. 686 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,167 [David] Next thing I want to do is remove 687 00:30:27,334 --> 00:30:28,767 all the body side molding. 688 00:30:28,934 --> 00:30:32,367 It is factory OE, but some of it's missing the bump strip, 689 00:30:32,534 --> 00:30:36,267 and it's all dented and wavy and ugly, and it's not cop car. 690 00:30:36,434 --> 00:30:38,501 So this could be sort of ugly, 691 00:30:38,667 --> 00:30:41,267 and it probably is gonna leave behind some holes. 692 00:30:41,434 --> 00:30:43,367 Actually, I know it's going to, and there's going to be some 693 00:30:43,534 --> 00:30:45,767 little nails, I call them, that are welded to the body 694 00:30:45,934 --> 00:30:48,467 that are gonna hold some of this trim, and you're gonna see 695 00:30:48,634 --> 00:30:51,467 the touch-up paint much worse, but despite all of that, 696 00:30:51,634 --> 00:30:53,767 the car is gonna look better once I do that. 697 00:31:00,601 --> 00:31:02,100 [Steve] Freiburger, you've done it again. 698 00:31:02,267 --> 00:31:03,200 [David] Oh, yeah. 699 00:31:03,367 --> 00:31:05,100 You just Bondo over that and you're done. 700 00:31:05,267 --> 00:31:07,400 [Steve] Another genius Freiburger revelation. 701 00:31:09,868 --> 00:31:11,167 [David] And finally... 702 00:31:12,367 --> 00:31:13,701 Wheels and tires. 703 00:31:13,868 --> 00:31:17,167 I got some Wheel Vintiques reproductions of the factory 704 00:31:17,334 --> 00:31:18,868 Mopar cop car wheels. 705 00:31:19,033 --> 00:31:21,267 They're like a regular steel hubcap wheel, but they have 706 00:31:21,434 --> 00:31:22,567 these holes in them. 707 00:31:22,734 --> 00:31:25,567 They only ever came in 15 by 7 from the factory, 708 00:31:25,734 --> 00:31:27,801 but these are 15 by 8. 709 00:31:27,968 --> 00:31:32,167 And the tire is a Cooper Cobra 255/6015. 710 00:31:32,334 --> 00:31:34,601 Normally I like staggered wheel and tire fitment. 711 00:31:34,767 --> 00:31:38,100 I'd put a 275/60 on the back, but I figured this thing needs 712 00:31:38,267 --> 00:31:42,567 to have that look of the same size meats on all four corners. 713 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:44,667 So they're gonna be a little bit smaller than they could be 714 00:31:44,834 --> 00:31:45,868 in the back, and they're gonna 715 00:31:45,868 --> 00:31:47,601 fill out the wheel well nicely in the front. 716 00:31:48,868 --> 00:31:51,467 How did Dulcich do on the torsion bar adjustment? 717 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,067 Well, the problem is it sits too high in the back, not to 718 00:31:56,234 --> 00:31:59,400 mention the front. -The front will drop more. 719 00:31:59,567 --> 00:32:02,000 Like, if you took it around the block, it's going to drop 720 00:32:02,167 --> 00:32:03,701 it over an inch, I bet you. 721 00:32:03,868 --> 00:32:06,000 So let's roll it back and forth a few times and try 722 00:32:06,167 --> 00:32:09,067 and settle it, and then maybe I'll run it outside and just 723 00:32:09,234 --> 00:32:12,267 wash it, get all that filth off from where we removed the trim. 724 00:32:12,434 --> 00:32:13,300 [Steve] Yeah, that's a good idea. 725 00:32:17,467 --> 00:32:21,667 What's going to happen here is the traditional Comet wash. 726 00:32:21,834 --> 00:32:24,067 When you've got a surface like this that's all oxidized 727 00:32:24,234 --> 00:32:27,067 and you don't particularly care about it, you can usually use 728 00:32:27,234 --> 00:32:30,100 kitchen cleanser with a little bit of bleach and abrasive 729 00:32:30,267 --> 00:32:31,767 and a scrubby sponge. 730 00:32:31,934 --> 00:32:34,267 This is a regular old kitchen dish sponge. 731 00:32:34,434 --> 00:32:37,601 And I'll even scrub with the scrubby side of the sponge 732 00:32:37,767 --> 00:32:39,200 in extreme circumstances. 733 00:32:39,367 --> 00:32:42,067 [Steve] Now, Freiburger, I need to remind you, you can't expect 734 00:32:42,234 --> 00:32:44,868 the result to be a glossy mirror finish. -[David] No. 735 00:32:45,033 --> 00:32:47,300 -[Steve] It's just gonna be evenly dull. -[David] Right. 736 00:32:47,467 --> 00:32:48,667 [David] I'm gonna take stains out of it. 737 00:32:48,834 --> 00:32:51,367 I'm gonna even it out, and I might leave it really 738 00:32:51,534 --> 00:32:53,167 scratched up and blotchy looking. 739 00:32:53,334 --> 00:32:55,167 I'm really happy we removed the trim. 740 00:32:55,334 --> 00:32:58,200 -[David] That was a significant upgrade. -[Steve] It's beautiful. 741 00:32:58,367 --> 00:33:00,534 -[David] Yeah, hubcaps? -[Steve] Yeah. 742 00:33:02,968 --> 00:33:06,100 [David] You know, it's still a pile, but we made it way better. 743 00:33:06,267 --> 00:33:09,601 [Steve] I'm really enjoying looking at it, but I would enjoy 744 00:33:09,767 --> 00:33:11,501 riding in it even more. 745 00:33:11,667 --> 00:33:12,868 [David] You want to take it for a cruise? 746 00:33:13,033 --> 00:33:13,968 -[Steve] Yeah. -[David] Let's do that. 747 00:33:25,467 --> 00:33:28,501 -Wow, this thing digs! -Yeah, it does. 748 00:33:28,667 --> 00:33:30,801 [David] Yeah, and I heard the secondary squeak. 749 00:33:30,968 --> 00:33:33,501 [Steve] We'll slam it down to first gear now and punch it. 750 00:33:36,901 --> 00:33:39,501 Oh, man, this thing is freaking good. 751 00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:40,767 It's pretty good. 752 00:33:40,934 --> 00:33:43,767 -Yeah, we didn't ruin it. -[Steve] No. 753 00:33:43,934 --> 00:33:46,801 [David] OK, I'm in love with the one-finger power steering. 754 00:33:46,968 --> 00:33:48,200 I'm happy with the handling. 755 00:33:48,367 --> 00:33:50,701 I'm satisfied with the ride quality. 756 00:33:50,868 --> 00:33:54,767 I like the deep [imitates engine roaring] of our four barrel. 757 00:33:54,934 --> 00:33:55,968 Yeah. 758 00:33:55,968 --> 00:33:57,567 I don't know what's left except to go derby. 759 00:33:58,667 --> 00:33:59,667 Derby? 760 00:33:59,834 --> 00:34:01,267 I'm thinking hot pursuit, baby! 761 00:34:01,434 --> 00:34:02,367 Oh, yeah! 762 00:34:12,801 --> 00:34:15,501 [David] We're here at Irwindale Speedway in Southern California, 763 00:34:15,667 --> 00:34:18,400 and we have our 1971 Plymouth Satellite. 764 00:34:18,567 --> 00:34:21,000 318, 904 automatic transmission, 765 00:34:21,167 --> 00:34:22,234 eight and a quarter rear end. 766 00:34:22,234 --> 00:34:26,000 It is not cop spec stuff, but low-buck style, 767 00:34:26,167 --> 00:34:28,901 we have turned it into kind of a cop car. 768 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:32,767 Four-barrel, new suspension, locker in the back, 769 00:34:32,934 --> 00:34:34,701 general makeover. Looks pretty good. 770 00:34:34,868 --> 00:34:37,000 Yeah, I mean the basics of performance, I mean, we've got 771 00:34:37,167 --> 00:34:39,167 the bones, right? -[David] Exactly. 772 00:34:39,334 --> 00:34:43,868 We've made a baseline to show you what you can do to have fun 773 00:34:44,033 --> 00:34:48,267 with a fairly cheap and undesirable '70s V8 rear-wheel-drive car. 774 00:34:48,434 --> 00:34:50,767 [Steve] Well, I don't know about the undesirable part. 775 00:34:50,934 --> 00:34:53,267 [David] I love it now. This thing's premium units. 776 00:34:53,434 --> 00:34:56,100 Yeah, it's the object of my desire, actually. 777 00:34:56,267 --> 00:34:59,367 So while this was inspired by every cop movie 778 00:34:59,534 --> 00:35:01,868 of the '70s and '80s, the question is, 779 00:35:02,033 --> 00:35:04,567 can it beat another affordable project car 780 00:35:04,734 --> 00:35:06,400 that's a little bit more modern? 781 00:35:06,567 --> 00:35:08,267 -Well, what do you have? -Oh, I'll show you. 782 00:35:16,501 --> 00:35:19,267 Wow, that was great! Whoo-hoo! 783 00:35:19,434 --> 00:35:24,901 What we have here is a 2013 Dodge Charger Pursuit model 784 00:35:25,067 --> 00:35:26,868 with the 5.7 Hemi. 785 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,868 And it's actually really good. 786 00:35:30,033 --> 00:35:32,367 I think we paid $6,500 for this thing, 787 00:35:32,534 --> 00:35:36,267 and it's got 125,000 miles on it. 788 00:35:37,567 --> 00:35:38,667 And man, is it fun! 789 00:35:47,367 --> 00:35:49,300 It wasn't me, Freiburger, I swear. 790 00:35:49,467 --> 00:35:52,067 -The cop car is great. -I can tell. 791 00:35:52,234 --> 00:35:57,200 [David] So Steve, this is a 2013 Dodge Charger Pursuit. 792 00:35:57,367 --> 00:35:59,200 Some of these came with V6s, 793 00:35:59,367 --> 00:36:00,868 some of them came with Hemis, this is a Hemi. 794 00:36:01,033 --> 00:36:02,767 Some were all-wheel drive, some were two-wheel drive, 795 00:36:02,934 --> 00:36:04,367 this is obviously two-wheel drive. 796 00:36:04,534 --> 00:36:06,501 It is the five-speed automatic instead of the eight-speed 797 00:36:06,667 --> 00:36:08,267 and has a 306 rear gear. 798 00:36:08,434 --> 00:36:10,167 Yeah, so this is actually the best combination, 799 00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:12,200 rear-wheel drive, 5.7 Hemi... -[David] Yeah. 800 00:36:12,367 --> 00:36:14,100 ...and five-speed transmission. 801 00:36:14,267 --> 00:36:16,567 [David] So the thing is, I wanna really put the two of them 802 00:36:16,734 --> 00:36:19,567 head-to-head to find out what is the gap between the two. 803 00:36:19,734 --> 00:36:23,167 So here at Irwindale Speedway, I set up a fairly large 804 00:36:23,334 --> 00:36:27,100 autocross, and I will time you and then you will time me 805 00:36:27,267 --> 00:36:30,000 in both cars, and after that, I think we have to have 806 00:36:30,167 --> 00:36:32,167 a Rockford competition, I mean. 807 00:36:32,334 --> 00:36:35,601 -It goes without saying, right? -Yeah, of course. 808 00:36:35,767 --> 00:36:38,100 All right, Dulcich, you're up in the Satellite. 809 00:36:41,601 --> 00:36:43,567 [David over radio] Three, two, one. 810 00:36:44,801 --> 00:36:47,667 He jumped the gun a little bit, but I'll give it to him. 811 00:36:47,834 --> 00:36:50,367 Man, that's a strong 318. 812 00:36:50,534 --> 00:36:51,968 Most of them don't run that hard. 813 00:36:53,868 --> 00:36:56,100 Wow, this thing understeers like anything. 814 00:36:56,267 --> 00:36:57,767 [David] Now he's got the hairpin right. 815 00:36:59,467 --> 00:37:02,300 Good slide, Steve. Now he's into the slalom. 816 00:37:02,467 --> 00:37:05,767 Left, right, left. Now he's got a big sweep. 817 00:37:05,934 --> 00:37:07,167 You can pick up some speed here. 818 00:37:07,334 --> 00:37:08,467 Listen to that thing! 819 00:37:10,501 --> 00:37:12,567 I feel like I'm watching Smokey and the Bandit here. 820 00:37:12,734 --> 00:37:14,567 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot or something. 821 00:37:14,734 --> 00:37:16,667 All right, he's into the final left-hand turn. 822 00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:18,701 He's sliding the car a little bit, too, and it's starting 823 00:37:18,868 --> 00:37:20,501 to smoke. That's troubling. 824 00:37:26,767 --> 00:37:28,400 Oh, he's flat spotting our tires. 825 00:37:28,567 --> 00:37:34,367 And he stops 55.76 seconds with just a minor cut of the course. 826 00:37:41,167 --> 00:37:42,300 [David] All right, the Satellite's pretty hot, 827 00:37:42,467 --> 00:37:44,467 especially the brakes, and so now we're gonna run 828 00:37:44,634 --> 00:37:48,300 Steve in the 2013 actual police car. 829 00:37:48,467 --> 00:37:50,267 Three, two, one. 830 00:38:01,767 --> 00:38:05,767 He goes down into the tight right-hand hairpin and now 831 00:38:05,934 --> 00:38:09,901 into the slalom. Left, right, left. 832 00:38:10,067 --> 00:38:11,400 Steve is better at slaloms than me. 833 00:38:11,567 --> 00:38:13,067 We've seen that multiple times. 834 00:38:13,234 --> 00:38:16,567 Now he's on the back stretch, wide open with the 5.7 Hemi. 835 00:38:19,901 --> 00:38:21,167 Nice move on that turn. 836 00:38:21,334 --> 00:38:22,968 Now he's got another hairpin right. 837 00:38:24,767 --> 00:38:27,667 Oh, hear that tire chatter? That's understeer. 838 00:38:27,834 --> 00:38:29,901 When you turn and it doesn't want to do anything 839 00:38:30,067 --> 00:38:31,234 but push straight. 840 00:38:32,667 --> 00:38:35,100 He's gonna do pretty well. He comes through the dip. 841 00:38:35,267 --> 00:38:38,834 Now into the stop box. Good brakes. 842 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:41,400 Ah, foiled by the anti-lock. 843 00:38:41,567 --> 00:38:45,200 I'm gonna give him that 53.49. 844 00:38:45,367 --> 00:38:47,601 And he had more distance through the stop box. 845 00:38:50,067 --> 00:38:52,968 Well, Steve, you are officially quicker in the new car than in 846 00:38:53,133 --> 00:38:54,367 the old car. -Yeah. 847 00:38:54,534 --> 00:38:57,834 Even Steve Dulcich is superior in late-model stuff. 848 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:02,667 You ran 55.76 in the '71 and 53.49 in the 2013. 849 00:39:02,834 --> 00:39:04,601 Oh, wow, that's closer than I thought. 850 00:39:04,767 --> 00:39:05,901 -Yeah? -Yeah. 851 00:39:05,901 --> 00:39:07,901 That's a short course. I'd say that's significant. 852 00:39:08,067 --> 00:39:10,367 Panache points definitely go to the '71. 853 00:39:10,534 --> 00:39:11,567 -[Steve] No surprise there. -[David] Yeah. 854 00:39:11,734 --> 00:39:13,267 [Steve] But she understeers pretty hard. 855 00:39:13,434 --> 00:39:14,968 That locker actually helps with the understeer, 856 00:39:15,133 --> 00:39:17,834 because it'll break the back loose when it locks up. -[David] Yeah. 857 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,734 Now our plan is to continue to let the '71 cool off, 858 00:39:20,901 --> 00:39:22,467 and I'm gonna hop in the 2013. 859 00:39:25,601 --> 00:39:28,067 Three, two, one. 860 00:39:33,767 --> 00:39:35,300 He's already eaten up five seconds. 861 00:39:39,868 --> 00:39:43,968 Oh man, he's making time, he's eating this track alive. 862 00:39:44,133 --> 00:39:46,267 23 seconds, then he's almost over the course. 863 00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:53,667 Coming around to the second hairpin. 864 00:39:53,834 --> 00:39:56,767 Ah, the posi's giving out. It was spinning the tire. 865 00:39:56,934 --> 00:39:59,300 That's gonna cost me. All right. 866 00:40:05,767 --> 00:40:06,868 Ah! 867 00:40:07,033 --> 00:40:09,067 The anti-locks did take me through the end. 868 00:40:09,234 --> 00:40:11,267 All right, pretty good, 49.25. 869 00:40:11,434 --> 00:40:14,033 He smoked my time by four seconds. 870 00:40:16,501 --> 00:40:17,868 [David] Oh man, that felt good! 871 00:40:18,033 --> 00:40:19,834 You can kind of slide this thing, although you turn off 872 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,267 the traction control, it still has the nanny intervene. 873 00:40:23,434 --> 00:40:25,300 [Steve] Well, I know it did, but you know, 874 00:40:25,467 --> 00:40:27,567 you completely killed me on this course. 875 00:40:27,734 --> 00:40:28,868 -[David] Really? -[Steve] Yeah. 876 00:40:29,033 --> 00:40:30,767 -[David] Let's hear the number. -[Steve] 49.25. 877 00:40:30,934 --> 00:40:32,367 -[David] 49? -[Steve] Yes. 878 00:40:32,534 --> 00:40:34,400 So that's like four and a half seconds better. 879 00:40:34,567 --> 00:40:36,167 Uh, about three by my math, 880 00:40:36,334 --> 00:40:38,167 but you were running code three. 881 00:40:38,334 --> 00:40:39,901 [David] Well, I'm ready to go undercover. 882 00:40:40,067 --> 00:40:43,167 Last up is gonna be me in the 1971 Satellite. 883 00:40:44,267 --> 00:40:46,200 [Steve] Three, two, one. 884 00:40:52,367 --> 00:40:55,400 Man, I love that thing! Look at it go! 885 00:40:57,868 --> 00:41:00,601 It's almost a perfect drift through that big sweeper. 886 00:41:02,767 --> 00:41:05,834 OK, unwind. Oh, I overshot. 887 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:06,968 [Steve] Now for the slalom. 888 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:09,334 Oh, wow. 889 00:41:10,567 --> 00:41:12,167 [David] The understeer right here is killing me. 890 00:41:12,334 --> 00:41:13,367 I want to be wide open. 891 00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:18,767 [Steve] I love the sounds that thing makes. 892 00:41:18,934 --> 00:41:20,767 Oh, he's drifting it through the S here. 893 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,167 [David] [groans] Understeer. 894 00:41:24,334 --> 00:41:27,601 You know, it actually is predictable understeer. 895 00:41:27,767 --> 00:41:30,000 It's not as bad as I expected it to be. 896 00:41:31,901 --> 00:41:33,567 [Steve] Go, go, go, go, go! 897 00:41:37,067 --> 00:41:39,601 That was a 48.24! 898 00:41:39,767 --> 00:41:42,501 I think we have a new champion. 899 00:41:42,667 --> 00:41:44,467 -48.23? -Yeah. 900 00:41:44,634 --> 00:41:48,100 So you're saying I outran the 2013 with this? 901 00:41:48,267 --> 00:41:50,167 -Yeah! You did! -How? 902 00:41:50,334 --> 00:41:52,834 -How's that possible? -Did you see the way you were driving that thing 903 00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:54,467 with the carburetor going [imitates engine roaring]. 904 00:41:54,634 --> 00:41:55,868 I was hauling, and there was [imitates engine roaring]. 905 00:41:56,033 --> 00:41:57,667 Didn't I tell you it looked great over here? 906 00:41:57,834 --> 00:41:59,167 Oh, it was fantastic. 907 00:41:59,334 --> 00:42:01,868 You know what it is, is this is so much more gutless 908 00:42:02,033 --> 00:42:05,667 that I can hold it wide open much longer than I can that. 909 00:42:05,834 --> 00:42:08,167 And the other thing is, in the police car, even when 910 00:42:08,334 --> 00:42:10,100 you turn off the traction control, 911 00:42:10,267 --> 00:42:12,167 it still nannies you and it lifts. 912 00:42:12,334 --> 00:42:13,767 I think that's part of the reason. 913 00:42:13,934 --> 00:42:15,667 But man, overall, I think that 914 00:42:15,834 --> 00:42:17,567 was radical. -It was. 915 00:42:17,734 --> 00:42:19,567 I mean, it's not a scientific test. 916 00:42:19,734 --> 00:42:22,467 Clearly, somebody else could go faster in the cop car. 917 00:42:22,634 --> 00:42:26,100 But it shows you for average guys with average skills, 918 00:42:26,267 --> 00:42:29,767 you can have a lot of fun with a low-buck old muscle car. 919 00:42:29,934 --> 00:42:32,000 I said I wanted to show you that you can buy 920 00:42:32,167 --> 00:42:33,968 a '70s V8 rear-wheel-drive muscle car 921 00:42:34,133 --> 00:42:36,734 and have a lot of fun with it for dirt-cheap 922 00:42:36,901 --> 00:42:38,467 with just a few basic mods, 923 00:42:38,634 --> 00:42:40,367 and I think we scored. 924 00:42:40,534 --> 00:42:42,734 But how does the '71 compare to the newer car? 925 00:42:42,901 --> 00:42:44,000 Well, as for the carbon intake, 926 00:42:44,167 --> 00:42:45,868 it made more noise and more power. 927 00:42:46,033 --> 00:42:48,267 Though in truth, it's likely not as quick as 928 00:42:48,434 --> 00:42:50,868 the newer 5.7 Hemi. How about handling? 929 00:42:51,033 --> 00:42:53,968 The suspension mods that we made on the '71 made it better. 930 00:42:54,133 --> 00:42:55,767 And it didn't understeer like we thought it would with 931 00:42:55,934 --> 00:42:57,067 the big sway bar. 932 00:42:57,067 --> 00:42:59,267 But I got to assume the late-model handles better. 933 00:42:59,434 --> 00:43:01,000 I don't know. I outran it. 934 00:43:01,167 --> 00:43:03,868 The worst thing about the late-model is the electronic nanny 935 00:43:04,033 --> 00:43:05,868 that just kills any kind of performance driving 936 00:43:06,033 --> 00:43:07,367 even when you turn them off. 937 00:43:07,367 --> 00:43:10,667 The worst part of the old car is that our locker doesn't seem 938 00:43:10,834 --> 00:43:13,501 to always lock. So we love the '71. 939 00:43:13,667 --> 00:43:16,767 But I have to say that the modern cop car is a great 940 00:43:16,934 --> 00:43:19,167 bang-for-the-buck ride that I'd happily own. 941 00:43:19,334 --> 00:43:20,267 How about you? 942 00:43:20,267 --> 00:43:21,868 I'm gonna go throw a bunch of Rockfords 943 00:43:22,033 --> 00:43:23,300 and help you decide. 944 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:27,200 Nice!