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

[Mkelcy]

As I understand it, you have no external oil system plumbing, but Mast plumbed in an oil cooler on the dyno. How did they run the engine without the oil cooler - an external cutoff with the oil cooler plumbing still attached to the engine, or did they uninstall the oil cooler plumbing and run the engine they way you had it in the car? If they used an external cutoff to take the oil cooler out of the loop, I'd ask them to run it on the dyno exactly as you had it in the car.

A few other thoughts:

Did Mast run the engine using the installed sensors for their oil pressure readings?

Did they use your ECM or a similar ECM?

Did they do anything about the oil pickup, even a remove and replace?

Did they change the oil?

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by Mkelcy

As I understand it, you have no external oil system plumbing, but Mast plumbed in an oil cooler on the dyno. How did they run the engine without the oil cooler - an external cutoff with the oil cooler plumbing still attached to the engine, or did they uninstall the oil cooler plumbing and run the engine they way you had it in the car? If they used an external cutoff to take the oil cooler out of the loop, I'd ask them to run it on the dyno exactly as you had it in the car.

A few other thoughts:

I will have to ask but they did mention connecting the manual oil pressure sensor to the port I created in the oil block off plate at the oil filter adapter location for my oil temp sensor.

Originally Posted by Mkelcy

Did Mast run the engine using the installed sensors for their oil pressure readings?

Yes, they ran using the oil pressure sending unit behind the intake that I shipped them the motor back with. The also ran a mechanical gauge to verify the sending unit.

Originally Posted by Mkelcy

Did they use your ECM or a similar ECM?

They requested I send the ECU back with the motor so I assumed they used my ECU but I will ask.

Originally Posted by Mkelcy

Did they do anything about the oil pickup, even a remove and replace?

I'm not clear on if they modified the pick up but they did remove it to both inspect the o ring (which they said looked find and installed correctly) as well as to pull the caps on the mains.

Originally Posted by Mkelcy

Did they change the oil?

Yes they changed the oil using rotella 15-40 which happens to be exactly what I used on my last oil change (one of their recommended break in oils). Though I did verify they used the existing oil filter I shipped the motor with.

Thanks. Will let you know if I hear back on the plumbing and ECU questions.

[U-turn]

Any updates Chad?

[67XR7]

Are those the GS3 forgelines on your car?

Looking great btw!!

[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?

[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!

[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.