The Jalopy Journal
So I've driven the car for a week and it's a pleasure to have in class, but I'll have to add a trans cooler for sure, the stock cooler is...
Trying to drag irontrap on here is crazy... for a laundry list of reasons.
What'd you get? Drove the Vette home today. [ATTACH] I missed this car! It's really a blast now. The shift controller is able to change up the...
Other than breaking the distributor cap everything went great and we are back on the road. No real pitfalls to speak of except I am having trouble...
Wiring in the USShift Quick 2 is so far straightforward. The challenge was finding somewhere for the controller to live. I decided to mount it...
[ATTACH] Good lord I am tuning a hot rod with a computer. What is this fast n furious shit??? Where did my life go so wrong? Is this why Ryan...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Corvette 700r4 (right) next to the 4L60E. I will need to take about half an inch of the output shaft off, and the vehicle...
More than once I have thought about loading up a credit card with Charlie Yapp's products...
It's the T's turn for some love... needs a bunch of stuff to get roadworthy again but I'm starting with the head gasket. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This...
I forgot to post here but I got a built ("stage 3") 4L60E and a standalone controller for it. I'll try to document the install process. [ATTACH]...
If you have a pic handy that will make it easier lol. Both of mine have some pretty thick paint. Haven't had a chance to get out and look yet....
It will be pretty happy with 3.78s too (75 at 2500 in overdrive). Thanks for the tip on IDing them.
My thought today with the overheat is that it probably didn't overheat so much as finally came up to temperature and the head gasket failed...
The car has been sitting for a little while (I bought a corvette instead of fixing it) but I'm planning to get back after it soon. Buying parts...
Hehehe. I drive a variety of modern cars all the time. I think what surprises me is that it has no computer assistance or stability aids to...
With the heater controls working just in time for winter the next item on the agenda was windshield wipers to clear ice melt. This involved...
Yesss... would have been a crime for that stuff to get split up for good... too bad the frame seems to have been lost in the shuffle.
It was seriously not fun diagnosing and fixing the vacuum controlled blend door HVAC system - patching vacuum lines inside the dash, by feel, with...
FIXED. So here's the whole story. I had already bought a "Corvette servo" from a local transmission shop thinking this was the problem (and it...
The servo isn't part of the valve body. I was able to get the old one out and yeah I see why it failed... the builder used a hodge podge of used...
Holy shit I was not expecting it to be this bad. The piston is somehow wedged sideways in the bore. We barely got the cap off because the housing...
[ATTACH] Let's change a servo.
So get this... drove the car to work and home today (about 60 miles). Absolutely no second gear the whole way over there but it started working...
It really is nice to not have to tear a car all the way down to the carcass for once hahaha. It looks great with or without the wing but...
Let me be mad about stuff
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Purple People Eater gave up one of its headlight motors and we put a new fuel sender in. Now I have headlights and a fuel...
I normally find the limits pretty quickly. :D
[MEDIA] Well it still runs hahaha. The black smoke was the first big blip after starting. Seems to be not doing that anymore. Most importantly,...
[ATTACH] Couldn't stand it being half done out there so went ahead and got it 90%... stabbed in the dist and got everything hooked back up......
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Best I could do with the tools I had. I could have done a little more here and there but porting was the primary objective here...
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