The process continues... . LOL..... Another one of the things that bothered me while driving was that I could feel every Tar strip and pebble on the road.... Had a talk with another 57 owner and asked how his rode..... After listening to his experience I ended up removing the heavy Ridetech front sway bar with the spherical end link connectors and replaced that set-up with a stock sway bar and stock rubber bushed links from the bar to the lower control arms... .. Bingo... . The Heavy stuff is good for Cone Racing but... .LOL....
Another update...…. LOL.... Does it ever end ????? LOL...… We left in the Nomad for the Good-Guys Road Tour last Thursday..... Driving from Kenosha Wisconsin to Brighton, Michigan for the start...…. Got about 80 miles from Brighton and I noticed that the Alternator quit charging...….Darn..... Turned off the A/C and Radio and crossed my fingers …… Made it about two miles from the Hotel before the car started stuttering..... Had a Jumper Battery box in the car and the Battery was in the back so I hooked it up and used the power from the box to make it to the Hotel...… Darn.... Called Power Master to try and get a Alternator next day Aired to the Hotel..... Long story but it wasn't going to happen...… Luckily Mark Stielow lived about 10 miles away and after Freaking out I decided the most Stress free solution to this problem was to basically take a Uber to the Detroit Airport..... Get a Flight back to Chicago.... Uber to the house in Kenosha..... Get a couple hours sleep and get the Chevelle on the road back to Michigan...….. Mark and Lillard got the Nomad into Marks garage till I could get the proper Alternator for repair...…. So.... Basically Gordon and Mark will get the new alternator on and get the Nomad shipped back to Kenosha...… Great to have friends to help out...… A lot of stress and anxiety in the beginning but I knew by taking the Hard Road it would end up the best with the Chevelle making the trip...…. Thanks Again for the Help from Mark, Gordon, And Charley.....
So... .We were sitting around the cars last night talking and the subject of the 57 Alternator came up... . I was asked how I had it wired up.... I explained how I had everything wired and was told... You Idiot !!!... You can't do that.....LOL..... I ARE Smart !!!! Sometimes you do things without thinking it thru and once it's done you forget about it... LOL... I had the 6 Ga power feed to the Battery OK... But Then came the Stupid... I ran another wire from the positive alternator stud to the Connect and Cruise Fuse panel to supply it with power... . DUHHHHHHH !!! .. Not the Alternators fault but mine... .. Think about it..... The alternator was feeding all the Power rather than the Battery... So... It burnt up... . If I would have put a new alternator on in Michigan I would have just burnt it up also Nice to talk to car guys a lot smarter than me... .. Duhhhhhhhhh !!!
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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