JFR's Garage

10/06/2026

When your friends understand the assignment

10/04/2026

Well, plan was to run the fairlane today and go for a new pb. But yesterday's turn of events prevented that. So I opted to run the camaro. Been a couple years since I last made any passes in this car. Haven't driven the car in months.

10/03/2026

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10/03/2026

Not how I wanted the season to end for the fairlane 😭. Guess I slacked a little to long on lash maintence. Damage is only to the drivers side. Maybe now is a good time to switch to a hyd roller instead of solid 🤷. Atleast the valves are still in the heads and not imbedded into a piston or worse.

09/25/2026

Recently finished up some maintence on this beaut. Super nice Falcon with a 5.0L, 4r70, 8.8.its currently for sale. Post up if you'd like some more info, I can put you in touch with the owner. This car is a awesome cruiser. And still very original. Interior is very nice and original. He did a great job on a really clean swap.

09/25/2026

Recently had the pleasure to take this 92 k1500 from a 5.7 tbi and 700r4 to a Gen iv cammed 5.3 and 4L60 (provided by High Gear Transmissions) controlled via Holley. We did a dod delete, cam, springs, full reseal on the engine. Retained full functionality of the oem cluster and hvac controls for a clean install. This is one nice truck.

08/23/2026

08/23/2026

08/23/2026

The fairlane... Been driving it most Tuesdays to Fricano's Pizza on Alpine Ave. (Grand Rapids, Michigan area). And here and there. Letting some friends behind the wheel as well Randy Koll and Owen Koll.

This last Friday I made an appointment with to make a couple runs in the dyno.... Didn't disappoint. According to the log we ran about 17psi of boost... Right after we made a run to US 131 Motorsports Park for some 1/8 mile testing. We'll mostly 330 testing with Metrofab Customs. Kyle Mallory made some great strides in getting the car to work including a pb 60' with it.

06/07/2026

Small update on the 55. Did a compression test..

7 of 8 cylinders were right within 180psi. However cyl. 3 was 160.

Plugs looked good and bore scope in the cylinders looked fine.

Rotates fine both with starter and by crank bolt. Feels smooth.