Project "G-Velle", Pro-touring with patina

[65_LS1_T56]

Another epic day! Man work gets in the way of fun times

[Ripped]

Super cool car. I am loving the gold! Looks like it wil be a lot of fun!

[Rick D]

Aaron that is awesome!!! I can wait to get mine back on the road, and it's only been a few weeks!!

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by Ripped

Super cool car. I am loving the gold! Looks like it wil be a lot of fun!

I agree 100%

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by Ripped

Super cool car. I am loving the gold! Looks like it wil be a lot of fun!

Originally Posted by Rick D

Aaron that is awesome!!! I can wait to get mine back on the road, and it's only been a few weeks!!

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

I agree 100%

Thanks guys. After getting plates in the morning, dropped by the house to grab the car, hopped in and hit the road...nervous as all heck. Had to calibrate the Dakota Digital speedo, so I stopped and tripped the setup and drove exactly a mile and it was set right on, checked with a gps to be sure.

For a quicky eyeball alignment, camber was a bit towards kill-mode, it drove excellent, tracked straight with the steering wheel only off maybe 5 degrees or so
Took the long way back to work or course. Had to give a few of my employees rides, then decided to call it an early day (had other things than work on my mind). So on the way home, 1/4 mile from the house it died, wouldn't restart. Had the laptop in the car so checked things out..no fuel pressure.
Got it home after a short tow, checked some things out. Seems as though the Holley pump was completely fried. Hot wired it bypassing the relay and only get a little "click" from the tank. Anyway, new one is on the way today, Saturday delivery, bad one is out already. Talked to Holley tech said it sounded like I did everything right and they'd take it apart and look at it. Maybe I just got a bad one? 29 miles is all it made it.

Just a minor setback I guess. Things have been going too good, something had to happen. Boy was it fun before it quit though

[JB64CHEVELLE]

Glad to hear your having a blast with it even with the setbacks!

[214Chevy]

Aaron, you are rolling....man what can I say? You lucky dog, you. I'm so jealous bro. Congrats!!

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by JB64CHEVELLE

Glad to hear your having a blast with it even with the setbacks!

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

Aaron, you are rolling....man what can I say? You lucky dog, you. I'm so jealous bro. Congrats!!

"was" rolling
So I got the fuel pump swapped out, no problems everything is fine again there. Drove the car some more yesterday and today, about 100 miles on it so far.

Another thing that has bothered me since I first drove it in the yard: there is a "rattling" or "rumbling" type noise from the transmission tunnel. It gets quieter when I push the clutch in but doesn't go away. Also is noticeable when driving but not as much as from a stop. Now after driving it for 15-20 minutes when I back pedal the gas going at speed, there is a squealing noise that doesn't sound good. It comes and goes, kinda weird. So, I've decided to drop the transmission.

Not sure how this is going to go, but we'll see. Either the throw-out bearing is junk or something is wrong in the transmission. It was fully rebuilt, so hopefully they will honor their work if it is that.

Anyway aside from a few challenges, it is an awesome feeling driving it. Couldn't be happier with the way the chassis feels and how the Ridetech spring/shocks feel. I have the shocks right in the middle and it rides very good.

Wish me luck on this challenge, hope it's just something dumb I did. I'll let you know when I find out. 11 days to Motorstate

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by 65_LS1_T56

Another thing that has bothered me since I first drove it in the yard: there is a "rattling" or "rumbling" type noise from the transmission tunnel. It gets quieter when I push the clutch in but doesn't go away. Also is noticeable when driving but not as much as from a stop.

Aaron, that is more than likely your clutch rattling. That's why it gets quiter when you depress the pedal.....it's loose. When you depress it, that puts tension on the clutch plates, hence, stopping the rattling. The rattling sound means the clutch is sort of "wobbling" as it spins which is what's making the noise. Check the bolts and make sure it is on the transmission input shaft right. I hope all this makes sense, because that's the best way I can explain it. LOL!! I don't know all the mechanic lingo and correct terms.

[65_LS1_T56]

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

Aaron, that is more than likely your clutch rattling. That's why it gets quiter when you depress the pedal.....it's loose. When you depress it, that puts tension on the clutch plates, hence, stopping the rattling. The rattling sound means the clutch is sort of "wobbling" as it spins which is what's making the noise. Check the bolts and make sure it is on the transmission input shaft right. I hope all this makes sense, because that's the best way I can explain it. LOL!! I don't know all the mechanic lingo and correct terms.

totally made sense Marcus. Dropped the tranny tonight. Unfortunately, everything looked just fine. I was hoping to see something more obvious. Good news is no metal shavings anywhere that I found. The only thing we found was comparing the knockoff GM throwout to an AP brand (OEM brand) throwout, was the fact that the AP overall compressed height was 1/4-3/8" shorter than the one I had. What I'm wondering is if the cylinder was totally bottomed out when the clutch was released causing the noise?? Got nothing else, bearing felt good, nothing looked wrong.
Anyway, put it back together with the AP throwout/slave...got to hook everything back up now that I had to remove to drop the trans.
Maybe tomorrow night.