Man.. what a trip. First the incredible luck of starting a minor camaro build to what it became.
Once we pulled our car out of the booth... it rolled through the convention center hallways nice and smooth. Sat in Vegas traffic for a good 45 minutes with no over heat issues. That was a relief. We were on our way to Vegas69's house. He was kind enough to let us check out the car and let it sleep there for the night. (having never met him... that was extremely cool). Well halfway there.. the rocker arms on the passenger side started ticking something nasty. We pulled over, bought some tools from the dollar store.. and started wrenching. Pulled the valve cover to find 4... yeah..4 poly locks cracked... and one almost backed all the way out.
We found some steel lock nuts to coble in there for the rest he drive. Limped the car over to Vegas's house... we decided to go ahead and d an alignment on the car to get it as straight as possible. To our disbeliefe... the ****!!*** control arms were loose as a goose. (we had just snugged them because the car was supposed to get an alignment the day it left...but never did) Whoa.... that was crazy. ALL the shims were gone exept the couple we found sitting on the frame.
Wooops.
After some pizza and getting her pretty straight... we called it a night.
Today.. while a bunch of people were out racing cars at the Optima event.. me and brian were getting buzzed around town for hours trying to find poly locks and an axle seal.(thats a whole nother story..lol)
Met back up with Vegas(and skatinjay)... changed the locks...and took the gals out for some fun. Got on her pretty good for a bit.... went back to the garage for another valve adjustment... then had a blast shadowing Vegas through the mountain roads.
Now she is ready (i hope) for the 200+ mile drive tomorrow. Its been a great trip.. and it was a pleasure to meet a few of the board members. I had a great time shootin the breez with Greg and Anthony. Too stand p guys right there.
Vegas69... thanks so much for the hospitality.
