Yup Optimas are shit. I killed 2 of them before I went to a Duracell.

I have an RFID keyfob w/ pushbutton start, and a programmable smart harness that will kill a battery in about a week to 10 days if I don't put a charger on it or use the battery disconnect in the trunk. I think its doing the same type thing looking for a signal all the time or something.

Nothing like new upgrades to get you pumped up again.

Mechanic has 4 new tires and.....3 wheels.

****!

Backordered on my 4th wheel. Evidently they have the pieces and just need to weld them before shipping so they're expected there around July 1. I'm guessing probably the Monday after the 4th (so July 8?).

Bummer. Puts me about 2 weeks further back but it's 1 BILLION degrees right now so I wouldn't be driving it anyway. He got all the shocks mounted; says they went on really easily so that's a good sign.

Gonna probably replace the compressor. I'm getting an odd vibration in the steering wheel when I have the AC on and I think that's the compressor failing when it tries to engage and creating a little 'zing' in the serpentine belt when the compressor creates some feedback. Best guess I've got anyway. He's gonna give that a look this week. AC hasn't blown very cold in a couple years so I'm gonna guess it was failing and finally quit outright.

{sets more money on fire}

About $4k into it at this point. Not great, not awful. But I think this should all make an enormous difference in driveability.

Well damn - guess he got the rears on already....

https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/pict...pictureid=2461

{giddy schoolgirl noises}

I went with the Radial T/As (obviously) but almost talked myself into the Cooper Cobras because I thought they looked damn good.

The folks online weren't kind to them, though. Unfortunately it's hard to know how much faith to put into those guys; cult followings spring up around everything.

But the consensus was "when I see Cobras on these cars, I just think someone went cheap..."

You have any experience with them?

We pretty much just run the BFG's. We've used the Cobras maybe once recently, but not enough for to give you any input on.

Thankya.

Yeah - the Firestones and Coopers and all that looked good; maybe a little more unique than the BFGs, but man, when EVERYONE uses those, there's gotta be a reason.

So I went full lemming on that one; just followed the crowd...

Radial TA's have been the gold standard for regular hotrod (non Autocross or Drag racing) tires for decades. I've run them on many a car over the years.

I've had the Cooper Cobra's as well but the TA is just a nicer tire.

I sold Cooper tires back in the way back days. The Cobras were a pretty good tire IMHO. I had them on my 64 Caddy. I would however say that the Radial TA's are a superior tire for that style/look. I had Goodyear Eagle ST's on my Camaro. That was at nice, good looking tire for street. Unfortunately they are no longer manufactured.

All I know is every shortwide in my high school was on cobras back in the day. And I live in north east ok so there were aaallllooooooot of shortwide trucks lol. 15x10 wheels and some wide ass cobras.

Can I get an N-50 /15 up in here!

I took a look at a set of Mickey Thompson's. Sportings or something like that. Ultimately I just didn't see the point. I didn't think they looked that sharp and MTs are known for drag racing more than anything. That's just not what I'm going for.

I'm looking for straight up early 70s mullet guy muscle car. Not auto-cross, not pro-touring, not drag car. The BFGs seemed to do that the best.

It's all i run on my Elco

It's all I run on my Elco

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