Chad's 68 Camaro V3.0 build. LS3 & TCI goodies

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by U-turn

Any updates Chad?

Progress has been veeeerrrry slow. Its the classic 3 steps forward 2 steps back.

Mast has continued to be unresponsive and uncooperative. I've been slowly piecing together an oil cooler kit and then I'm not going to worry about the oil pressure.

I had a high RPM shifting issue with the stock 4th gen GM clutch hydraulics and LS7 clutch. Plus the Pomona Valley Customs install caused the master to leak from day 1. I finally finished modifying the tick master cylinder to work. Tested the car today and high RPM shifting is FIXED!

I've made enough progress that I can finally get the car over to Sal at TCI and get this thing truly road worthy.

Originally Posted by 67XR7

Are those the GS3 forgelines on your car?

Looking great btw!!

They are the DS3 Forgelines.

[Penny]

Chad, this is great to hear. Look forward to reading future posts.

[Mkelcy]

Originally Posted by Penny

Chad, this is great to hear. Look forward to reading future posts.

x2. This has been a real slog for you. It's good to hear that there may be a track day in your near future.

[72Z/28]

Chad I know it is frustrating that the the progress is very slow, however at least you are figuring out the problems and sorting them out accordingly. I am on the same boat as you are.

I remember you had an issue with your alignment and the front wheels were sitting too close towards the back of the fender. I am having the sMe problem so just wondering if you have sorted out this issue with caster adjustment and was the caster that ended up with?

[Chad-1stGen]

Thanks guys.

This weekend felt good. Its always good when the car becomes driveable again!

Originally Posted by 72Z/28

Chad I know it is frustrating that the the progress is very slow, however at least you are figuring out the problems and sorting them out accordingly. I am on the same boat as you are.

I remember you had an issue with your alignment and the front wheels were sitting too close towards the back of the fender. I am having the sMe problem so just wondering if you have sorted out this issue with caster adjustment and was the caster that ended up with?

Are you running the TCI setup with wider than 245 front tires? I believe they have since updated their design to eliminate the problem I had. I'm currently running my old 245 front tires and the setup up works perfectly with 5* of caster. Its the mixing of 5*+ and a 275 front tire that I started having problems. A solution for which has been back burnered until now.

[72Z/28]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

Thanks guys.

This weekend felt good. Its always good when the car becomes driveable again!



Are you running the TCI setup with wider than 245 front tires? I believe they have since updated their design to eliminate the problem I had. I'm currently running my old 245 front tires and the setup up works perfectly with 5* of caster. Its the mixing of 5*+ and a 275 front tire that I started having problems. A solution for which has been back burnered until now.

Glad you got everthing taken care of. I have the Speedtech complete front clip with 245/40/18s. The tire gets very close to the back fender during steering but does not. However, not sure if it is going to rub while driving. I am going to check my alignment specs. I have read in one of the forums that you will run into rubbing issue if the caster is more than 5*

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by 72Z/28

Glad you got everthing taken care of. I have the Speedtech complete front clip with 245/40/18s. The tire gets very close to the back fender during steering but does not. However, not sure if it is going to rub while driving. I am going to check my alignment specs. I have read in one of the forums that you will run into rubbing issue if the caster is more than 5*

Ah ok, I don't know anything about the Speedtech setup. Perhaps you won't have any issue during driving. For me the rubbing only occurred at close to full lock, so those conditions are usually at low speeds so not like there is a ton of extra stress driving except maybe a super tight autocross course.

My fix will involve modification to the lower control arm. I've heard of mods done to clock the inner fender to create some more room.

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by Mkelcy

x2. This has been a real slog for you. It's good to hear that there may be a track day in your near future.

Roger this!