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07-24-2011, 07:12 AM
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Well she runs, idles, throttle response is AMAZING with the new cam. Lightest pedal movement and she starts to jump up. Got the timing down and a brief tuning to get the idle down. Idles at 1000 in Park and 800 in gear. Timing is at 34* for the time being. Got it up on the converter once and it was smooth as butter. Couldnt be happier!
Aside from one oil leak on the front pan rail, the motor is good to go! And for some reason the trans stopped leaking but its full on fluid lol Guess it didnt like sitting all winter with the Ultrabell
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07-24-2011, 07:40 AM
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Yeah It's rough, my dad can do body work and I can do mechanical work so it'll be ok. It's actually pretty solid. Hoping to pick it up from him in the next couple weeks.
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07-24-2011, 12:37 PM
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Sweeeet!! When you gunna drive it?
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07-24-2011, 03:26 PM
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I was gonna take it for a ride today but the weather looks shitty here. Gonna fix the oil leak today and probably recheck lash/
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07-27-2011, 11:50 AM
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Well minor setback, one of the core plugs is old and has decided to start leaking. Gonna see if I can do it in the car
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07-27-2011, 11:18 PM
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and it begins....... do an Ls swap man. i honestly cant take it. you have the worst luck. i really and truly feel for yah. and want you to be able to ENJOY your car and not work on it.
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07-28-2011, 12:21 PM
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I dont mind working on it honestly. I replaced them all in car a couple years ago except for that one due to the headers so its my own fault, already got the old one out lastnight so I should be good to go. I hardly work on or even see the car really, I live in fitchburg, cars in worcester at my dads. The shitty part is, the car felt better than it ever has and felt smooth as butter on the t-brake.
It's not so much the worst luck as it is buying peoples beat up shit. I bought my heads a couple years ago from a buddy of mine and threw them on. All they had was like 50 mins of run time and about 6 miles of driving from me. When I took them to school, the springs were junk, tested 260 @ 1.2" when my new cam calls for 343. The springs were floated so many times they were digging and some had gone through the shims and a couple started to dig into heads itself. I had a couple valves that didnt match so I had to buy all new hardware, new valves etc. Lesson learned is to stop buying peoples used shit. Only buying new from here on out.
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