h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It's been interesting lately. The Camaro keeps fouling the #8 plug. Every time I let it idle for a minute and step on the gas bluish smoke pours out the right tailpipe. The evidence all points to my rings wearing out. The driver's side door is getting harder and harder to open and I haven't been able to get it to a body shop to get the upper hinge replaced (I fixed the lower hinge myself). The transmission's using a quart of fluid a week. My fuel economy is pretty bad with the engine constantly misfiring. I've been too busy to get the RX-7 finished and now the Camaro is putting a time limit on me. If I don't get the 7 running soon I could be out of transportation.

On the plus side the RX-7 is pretty close. I'm having some trouble with the '79 intake, so I'm just going to swap back to the '83 for now. The engine refuses to start without the car being push-started, but I think this is due to a lack of compression. I'm going to do the ATF treatment on it (see www.mazspeed.com for more info) in the hope that'll fix it. The motor was running great when I pulled it out of the '85, so I'm pretty confident that will set things straight.

After I get the RX-7 running it will be decision time for the Camaro. Am I going to drop the 500inch Cad motor in and keep it, or just put a decent running small-block in and sell it? Before I get too deep in it I'll have to find a garage, which means I'll need to buy a house. I've been putting that off too long; my apartment lease is up next month and I'm not going to sign another with them.