For the last two years of its production life, the Street Hemi had hydraulic lifters, but the cam retained approximately the same valve events as before. Street Hemis ran best with their valve lash adjusted just right, and hydraulics were the factory’s way of making sure it stayed that way regardless of the owner’s maintenance [...]
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Back in 1982, Ford brought out its first soft-form car, the Thunderbird, and unlocked the door to aerodynamic shapes in the 1980s- “membrane cars,” as Art Center College of Design prof Strother MacMinn calls them, because they look as if their smooth skin had been pulled taut over the underpinnings, like a membrane. If the [...]
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