winter projects & summer memories

 Here in Saskatchewan we are blessed with a long cold winter. The perfect time for every hotrodder to pull his car into the shop and do a bunch of modifications. As with any project, one modification can lead to another. I plan to do a cam swap but that means timing chain and valve springs and since i plan on pulling the motor I might toss in a 4000 stall convertor. Stabbing in a bigger cam is one of my favorite mods. Its a fine line between going to big and not going big enough. In my small block chevy days i put in my share of "too big" cams. These will actually slow you down. If you make that mistake once or twice you become very hesitant about putting in a bigger cam ever again. One of the things you learn from reading hot rod magazines is they are always preaching about staying on the milder side when selecting a cam. Thats all fine if you want to go slow! Not me. I'm all for going big. With a big block its hard to go too wild on the cam if your motor is built for power. A serious motor deserves a big solid roller cam.
 This past summer was like none other in my books. I came face to face with a kind of evil I hadn't given much thought before. Pride in all its ugliness. Its something we are all guilty of but we seldom recognize it unless its in someone else. When we consider ourselves to be without guilt before God then we know we have alot of pride. When someone says " Nobody's perfect" or "I'm not perfect" that means they think they are just about perfect. Speaking of evil, have you noticed how many t-shirts, tattoos and window stickers are all skulls, skeletons, demons and twisted wickedness? It nearly makes me sick. Why are people so hyped up on death? Do they want to die? All those things are an outward sign of whats in the heart. The bible says that " the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked". Give your heart a check-up. Do you fill your heart and mind with junk? An easy way to tell is by keeping track of what you say. Are you always saying good or bad things about people? Our mouth is the gateway of our heart. Jesus said : "those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile a man". The problem is we are born with a evil heart, then we continue to make it worse. Unless God steps in, the present and future for men is very bleak. The bible also says "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved". Thank God, he has stepped in. What are you waiting for?