The standard SLC fuel system is fairly simple.  A low pressure fuel pump siphons fuel from the bottom of the tank and dumps it into a swirl pot, or second, smaller tank that’s usually tall and skinny.  A second high pressure fuel pump pulls from the swirl pot and feeds the engine.  The purpose of…

I made an interesting and scary discovery in February – the seriousness of the C19 pandemic was really starting to pick up steam and I needed to spend some time in Colorado, we were still in San Diego at the time.  Instead of hopping on a flight like I had originally planned I decided I’d…

The factory kits include (at the time I purchased my car) 7″ 850# springs for the rear dampers.  Many builders going with an aluminum block based LS motor and Graz will find themselves running the spring adjustment collars almost all the way just to get a reasonable ride height.  In my case, I’m running a…

**Warning: Rant follows – I’ve been recently “upgraded” to WordPress’ latest editor which they call the “Block editor”; it’s total garbage.  The additional clicks required to add captions to images and the bugginess is enough to make me not want to write another blog entry, utter trash.  OK, rant off, I’ll figure this thing out.**…

In a recent post I mentioned one of the perks of this new house was that I was finally able to upsize into a 3-car garage.  It’s been great being able to drive the SLC without having to pull the S5 out, lower the lift, drive the SLC off, then park the S5 back into…

This post is just for fun since I’d taken some fun photos and wanted to post them.  With the July 4th holiday coming up I thought it would be a fun opportunity to take some photos of the car.  My iPhone photographer skills are lacking pretty hardcore but the phone does a nice job taking…

Before packing up our gear and leaving San Diego, Bob and I took a few hours out to hit the twisties in our very different cars – me, in the SLC, and Bob in the “Banana Boy”, his 1953 Studebaker Commander.

Wow.  It’s been almost 10 months since my last update and so much has happened in that time!  We’re in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, I hope this update finds everyone safe and healthy! Apart from all the churn that the pandemic has caused, my own personal life has taken quite a turn.  At…