1970 Camaro SS/RS "dis-traction" - Page 39 - Lateral-g Forums

cjsgarage · #**381** 04-11-2016, 02:50 AM

This got us to startup.

we fired it with no issues. Ran pretty darn good, but super rich.. as stated before. All the lights, dummy lights, stereo and heater controls worked. Nice.

We did have an issue with the electric fan not turning on.. but that's because the internet lied to me. Go figure.

I saw a GM ignition switch diagram that showed one more battery power slot than Mike's ignition switch actually had. So the previous modification I made to the brand new harness had to be done over. That's okay. I found a battery power terminal on the ignition switch and I had some terminals left over from modifying the harness.. so it was a quick fix. Also, I missed plugging in injector 7. Oops. No one has to know about that except you guys.

It was running fine, but not building oil pressure.. and my wideband was dropping out anyway. Mike and I both decided to call it a night and formulate a plan. Mike was sure it was the double roller timing chain rubbing on the oil pump. It definitely did not sound like metal on metal.. and there were no shavings in the pan. So I took off the valve covers to have a quick look see.

Nothing to see here. So I dropped the pan and confirmed my suspicion..

I had a bad oil pump pickup tube o-ring.

Fixed that bad boy right quick and buttoned her back up. Ran and drove nicely. Spent a couple days a couple hours a day on the tune and DIStraction is good to go.

cjsgarage · #**382** 04-11-2016, 02:51 AM

I do think we ought to check the water level though. And possibly revisit the timing tables.

**tubbed69** · #**383** 04-11-2016, 03:42 AM

Looks good in there,glad Mike is ready to ride again,nice work

**waynieZ** · #**384** 04-11-2016, 07:33 AM

Good to hear you figured it out.

**glassman** · #**385** 04-11-2016, 05:25 PM

It runs good. Very good.

We did a driving dyno eve. third gear now pulls as hard as second gear did, if you know what i mean, so forth gear now feels like third. Should of done this years ago, but hey, i thought 400hp would be enough. Ugh, this car hobby....

We have almost a whole paper bag of wiring Josh pulled out while modifying and cleaning up the old harness.

I'll have some ride reports and new pics shortly....now, to get her ready for da track & touring, then maybe a little cone running in there.....

**WSSix** · #**386** 04-11-2016, 07:29 PM

Sounds great, Mike! Have fun with it and be sure to post the dyno graph when you get it dialed in.

carbuff · #**387** 04-11-2016, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by glassman

but hey, i thought 400hp would be enough.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Congrats on the newfound power. You will enjoy putting it to use!

cjsgarage · #**388** 04-12-2016, 01:25 AM

That paper bag isn't of old wiring. That paper bag is of brand new wiring that was auxiliary.

weight savings and removing complication. Me likey.

Dr G · #**389** 04-12-2016, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by cjsgarage

Lastly, I had to wait for a special tool to come in so I could finish the MilSpec connector that makes the engine truly disconnectable in a few seconds.

Hey, I love wiring too! We're a rare group. You know, every time I've stuffed regular "automotive" wire into a Mil Spec connector I've regretted it down the road. Because the jacket is larger than on teflon coated mil spec wire, so the standard pin extraction tools won't work. I've had to throw away perfectly good mil spec connectors because I could not get the wires out. This is when making changes down the road, which always seems to happen for me.

Of course the alliterative, if you're stuck with the automotive wire on some other part of the loom, is to do a butt splice for each and every wire leading to the connector, transitioning it to mil spec wire. That can be a lot of splices, each one a potential failure point, and it also gets bulky. So despite my better instincts I still stick automotive wire into mil spec connectors, I just figure I'm permanently dedicating the connector to that use, with no changes possible.

It's all so much easier with compact and slippery mil spec wire though!

cjsgarage · #**390** 04-15-2016, 03:56 AM

I've had extremely good luck using Amphenol connectors and getting gxl and txl wires back out. Amphenol gives you a new plastic tool with every connector. I plan fairly meticulously, so as not to have to remove the wires at all.. But it happens. I had the VSS wires out a couple times on this connector because I needed to move them. Then move them again.