She scared me! Not to mention she probably has me by 50 lbs. :sieg:

None that I know of.

Ol Gold is driven by a guy (Paul) who was Dale's daughter's soccer coach.
Great guy as was his father who own's the show. To say that car is a dialed in turn key bracket racer is a gross understatement!

Sorry Dawgy - One night only, didn't have enough time to sit a shoot the drags, but it would have been good fun though!

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Uh - Hey buddy the light's yellow and you're RED!
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Seig,, put the orange crate in the beams & let her eat!!!! Thanks for sharing

OK Big Daddy, if you say so......

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Jerdog am I the only one who thinks it's strange there are no pictures of the Orange Camaro at the event? Maybe that's why she wasn't on the strip? :rolleyes:

You Ferd guys have such a narrow focus.....look closely at the first picture I posted of the event:

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Bitterness is a disease cured by consuming large quantities of high octane fuel in internal combustion combustion engines.........oh wait.......nevermind.

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I still don't see it.:sarcasm_smiley:

Now that's funny, I grew up going to OCIR and I had one of them bikes ;) If you notice that one has a knobby. Mine had a slick!!


I see it SEIG

It was in the VIP section :walkingdog:

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Thanks for dippin' into the wayback machine files for one this Sieg. :cool:

Rich Ph***er :buttkick:

All I had was a crappy blue stocker. :lmao:

Funny because I figured the odds weren't too far fetched with OCIR and the bike when I found that pic. :thumbsup:

So you planned that..yeah i had to wait a long time for that bike then i modified it and it went to **** LOLOL

I also noticed in your pics from the vintage road races the Maeco Motorsports boyz were there. I know them, there shop is 10 mins from me

Did a little clean up after the two short road trips, which led to getting the buffer out and hitting the topside with some fine cut cleaner.

The Ol' boy ain't lookin' too bad for 24+ year old occasional driver paint!

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She looks good How was driving it after all the changes?? I take it this was the longest trip so far??

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Planned? If you call seeing orange crate and having a :idea: and going to Google images a plan. :D

That Group 5 Historic class is good stuff, if you get a chance go! Strolling the pits is very interesting and entertaining. There's a lot of coin going into fielding those cars. :thumbsup:

that looks just right. Great stance, i love the black rims, orange paint...i've said this before , blah blah blah.
But with that said, still one of the best lookin cars on the planet, the 69 has to be in my top 5 fave's of all time, and yours is set up just right imo,...

Seating comfort and ergonomics are as good as any car I've ridden in. The taller gas pedal concerned me but it wasn't even an issue. The less than optimum front geometry with the quick ratio steering box is twitchie in the stud ruts we have around here. The close ratio T56 Mag is worth every last cent I paid for it! The 3:31 rear gears are a little tall, 3:50's or maaaybe 3:73's would be an improvement. Optimum cruise rpm for engine temp appears to be 2,200-2,400 rpm so that's 5th at 67-70 mph, 6th is a ticket in that rpm range (82+ mph) but a nice cruise option to have at times. The driveline angles are still not ideal, it probably needs another 2* up on the pinion to get it really smooth but it's not something most people would even notice.

No carburetion complaints though it's still probably a little rich. The carb came with 70 mains in the primary and secondary, I put 68's up front before this trip and it was a little crisper, don't have another set of 68's but I have 67's so I may throw them up front and 68's in the secondaries and see how it responds and how the plug bases read.....experimenting going any leaner than that without an AF gauge would be :sieg:

All said it's not too bad and much better than it was before the fire........the priority is geometry.....it can generate a lot of speed now and with the basically stock geometry that's not a good thing. I may research the viability of doing the Guldstrand mod to the subframe if it can be done through the wheel openings. I have a spare set of lower arms that I can reinforce in the balljoint and bushing areas and throw some firm bushings in there and install the Hotchkis sway bar I also have and call it good until I can find more :G-Dub:

Thanks Gentlemen. It's times like this that make hanging on to it for 24+ years worth it all. :thumbsup:

Sweet ride sieg!

So it was spur of the moment and I've been to many vintage races over the years..... they do rock

You should of borrowed my AF gauge when i offered it to you OH well ;) I'm glad your car is moving forward and you're enjoying it!..You've put more miles on your Camaro this week then i have on mine in 2 years :bang: Keep us updated and next time TAKE REV WITH YOU, HE'D LIKE THAT !!

BTW Does your car have a 12 bolt or?? I have OEM GM 3.73 (8.5 rear) and want 3.31 or 3.42..maybe a trade??

But I really didn't need your AF gauge when you had it........:shakehead:

FWIW - I think I'm approaching 10K miles now in 24 years.

Rev and Tucker would have heat issues riding in that car right now. :drool: Talk about spoiled.....they go outside for 10 minutes then head back into the AC house and Rev usually plants himself in front of a vent. :D

My car has the OEM 12 bolt, I believe it's 8.875"? I'm leaning to 3:55, but still need to recheck the 5th and 6th gear ratios for my optimum rpm's. :thumbsup:

So you're saying you're tougher then your dogs :RunninDog:

If at first you don't succeed..............run the valves again!

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Having a stainless flex-fan makes turning the crank somewhat exciting......no blood! :sieg:

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Hydraulic cam, Intake closing, exhaust opening, zero lash and half turn. Finally that annoying little tick-tick is history. I tried to cheat doing it right, by using a remote start switch vs. a breaker bar on the crank.........when in reality the right way doesn't take that much longer.

That's great when you get to the point on a build when you are done with all the hard work, and your waxing the car and doing some fine tuning. Glad to hear you got rid of the valve ticking :thumbsup:

Before I put the hydraulic clutch in my car, I had upgraded all of the pivot points on my mechanical clutch. I upgraded the stock shaft and bushing set up with spherical rod end bearings per an article from the Pozzi Gen 1 website. The spherical bearings reduce the friction and take out some of the play in the joints. The set up worked good for the mechanical clutch set up.

You are welcome to have the parts I made if you can use them. Here is a pic of the parts

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IF SEIG DON'T WANT THEM, I'LL TAKE THEM. If that's ok?

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Awesome Dale, I can check that off my to build bucket list! :thumbsup:

Sorry J-Dawgy

No worries Sieggy,, and why don't you just tattoo the valve adjusment directions onto your arm :lostmarbles:

That piece of note tape saved me a could of times due to kid and dog distractions. Silver dots indicated adjusted. All my tat's are from scalpels and sutures. :D

Lock the door to the garage next time!! Ya damn :newbie: :gitrdun:

Sieg, I need to do this, I have been needlessly putting it off!!! What is the method, or sequence that you used?

That sperical rod end clutch linkage that Dale posted is the cat's ass for a mechanical clutch. Made a huge difference on my car, I got mine from Speed Direct http://cmc.speeddirect.com/itemdesc....%2D125&eq=&Tp=

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The instructions I used was "Hydraulic Lifter Camshafts"
http://www.cpgnation.com/forum/comp-...ment-2076.html

I just rotated the motor with a breaker bar and watched the rocker movement and adjusted. Intake closing is easy to spot, catching the exhaust just opening requires a little patience since when you're holding the socket on the crank/balancer bolt with one hand and levering the bar with the other your head is moving a bit thus catching the initial rocker movement can be tricky. It doesn't help matters having your arm pressed against those stainless fan blade either. :D

No doubt the heimed rods will be an improvement. I'm sure it's one of those "once you've used it you'll never go back" situations. Dale is truly one of the nicer guys I've met. :thumbsup:

You don't have to catch the rocker at precisely the moment it moves.... what you're looking for is the movement -- that is the signal that the opposite valve (the one you want to adjust) being on the base. It's on the base for several degrees (rotation of the crank) since the cam rotates at half the amount the crank does. The real key is to not just keep cranking. But it's not like you have to catch the rocker movement in the first .005" of an inch.

According to my dial indicator I was catching the exhaust opening at .015" and the intake .020" past max lift.

Juuuust kidding. :D

I checked the amount of turn on all rockers when backing off to zero lash and most of the valves were within 1/16-1/8 of a turn of the 1/2 turn adjustment I was trying to obtain, two were about a 1/3 of a turn loose. When trying to bump the motor with a remote starter switch I obviously missed the base circle on those two. If the car had an electric fan, cranking the motor by hand would be simple, with the fan and shroud in the way it was a little tight but the time I would have gained adjusting would have been lost loosening the alternator and removing the fan and shroud. Thus I attempted it twice with the remote and twice running. The problem with running is the gear drive and exhaust make it very hard to hear zero lash clatter.

SIEG, I can teach you tricks on how to use a starter button or Ign key and you'll be able to tap that eng around in 1/8-7/16" increments. I can also hear valve noise over other engine noises even with your gang running around me :woot:

SO when you flying me up?? It should only take about a month or so depending on if you're a fast learner or not.... :idea: I can sleep with Rev and Tucker, BUT I only eat human food & use a real shower!! LETS :gitrdun:


HERE'S ME TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL KIDS HOW TO CHECK/ADJ VALVES AT 7AM RACE DAY

My mistake with the starter button was not removing the plugs....:sieg:
(lazy - four require a box wrench under the header)

Flying :rofl: What part of Greyhound ticket don't you understand? :unibrow:
Fast learner..............:sieg: Nuff said.

Rev you can handle, Tucker can be a little intimidating if he's "in the mood."
Don't worry Dawgs eat well in Siegtuckey.
Shower? We just take a dip in the river on the 6 a.m. walk and call it good. Water temp is up to almost 60* now!

Greyhound, JerDog :walkingdog: ? I'm A Dog Too And I Can Swim:drowninga: , COME ON REV!! So This All Sounds Great!! Btw I Do It With The Plugs In, SO IF TUCKER IS IN THE MOOD ;) I can also bring my scooter on the bus then we can take it to the track for a lil match racn :stirthepot: !!!

Since there has been a friendly little trash talking regarding my carb tuning skills........I recorded this on the way to practice this morning. It's boring but when scrutinized gives a little insight to the archaic carb's seat-of-the-pants tune. :sieg:



It's been almost a year (Aug 7th) since the fire that took it out of commission for a couple months and about $10K worth of replacements and mods. The were many hours and challenges, the self-induced being the worst of the challenges, but it's finally back to the reliable state it was before the fire. IT's times like this that make all the hours and dollars worthwhile. Open the garage, warm it up and drive it, park it and know it will fire up in the morning with no leaks or issues. :knokwood:

Nothing exciting, just a video I shot to know what the exhaust note sounded like. The sound definitely changed after I replaced the tailpipes. The camera had audio issues which were minimized with a new firmware release but there is still a little "clicking" present.