Ken
Gone but not forgotten
To all those thinking of modifications - It just never ends!
I guess I should expect it though, after all I did build a hot rod and not a comfo-cruiser; and when you build hot rods you're never really done. You might be out of money, but you're never done with the project.
The lastest, but not the greatest news:
I followed my TEC3 rep to Venice today so he could drop his Porsche off at Beach Boys Racing - Venice Beach Auto Body. On the ride back Rick was able to monitor the engine functions on my laptop while I drove and he tweaked. The driveability issues are just about solved, with the exception being my "Intermittent Cam Synch Sensor Failure", and we're still banging our heads against the wall on that one. We'll get it one of these days.
In the meantime, it's running fine as stated above. :cool
But ...
As I pulled out onto Pier Ave. to head down to Ruby's, I saw another Ruby's regular right behind me in his '67 Chevelle. He pulled alongside as we cruised through downtown, and he commented that he liked my 40-series Flowmasters, as opposed to his 50-series. Of course, I like hearing things like that, so in order for him to fully appreciate it I goosed it to the tune of about half-throttle for a half-block or so.
As I shifted, actually, as I was accelerating still, I could hear a howling noise. That howling noise grew as I increased speed. That howling noise was even more apparent when I disengaged the clutch; whether it was in neutral or whether it was still in gear - pushed in the clutch and the noise got louder. :eek
At first I thought transmission because I know I have a bad synchro in second, but the transmission is shifting fine in all gears without any unusual noises. However, if I lean between the seats and cock my right ear a little, the noise seems to be coming from the third member. What the heck could go wrong there?? I installed the 3.73's back in 2001 and drove the car across country that summer; surely that broke 'em in. :L
I didn't even hammer it that hard; I hammered it hard in first earlier today on Lincoln Blvd. and didn't experience anything unusual.
The only things I did to it today was check my troublesome spark plug boot (and that was holding up fine), and I raised the rear again approximately a half-inch. Raising the rear end certainly ain't gonna cause no howling noises, that's for sure! :L
I gotta get it up on a lift now to try and track down the source of this latest conundrum. Damn, I could understand it if I was smokin' the tires or something...
I guess I should expect it though, after all I did build a hot rod and not a comfo-cruiser; and when you build hot rods you're never really done. You might be out of money, but you're never done with the project.
The lastest, but not the greatest news:
I followed my TEC3 rep to Venice today so he could drop his Porsche off at Beach Boys Racing - Venice Beach Auto Body. On the ride back Rick was able to monitor the engine functions on my laptop while I drove and he tweaked. The driveability issues are just about solved, with the exception being my "Intermittent Cam Synch Sensor Failure", and we're still banging our heads against the wall on that one. We'll get it one of these days.
In the meantime, it's running fine as stated above. :cool
But ...
As I pulled out onto Pier Ave. to head down to Ruby's, I saw another Ruby's regular right behind me in his '67 Chevelle. He pulled alongside as we cruised through downtown, and he commented that he liked my 40-series Flowmasters, as opposed to his 50-series. Of course, I like hearing things like that, so in order for him to fully appreciate it I goosed it to the tune of about half-throttle for a half-block or so.
As I shifted, actually, as I was accelerating still, I could hear a howling noise. That howling noise grew as I increased speed. That howling noise was even more apparent when I disengaged the clutch; whether it was in neutral or whether it was still in gear - pushed in the clutch and the noise got louder. :eek
At first I thought transmission because I know I have a bad synchro in second, but the transmission is shifting fine in all gears without any unusual noises. However, if I lean between the seats and cock my right ear a little, the noise seems to be coming from the third member. What the heck could go wrong there?? I installed the 3.73's back in 2001 and drove the car across country that summer; surely that broke 'em in. :L
I didn't even hammer it that hard; I hammered it hard in first earlier today on Lincoln Blvd. and didn't experience anything unusual.
The only things I did to it today was check my troublesome spark plug boot (and that was holding up fine), and I raised the rear again approximately a half-inch. Raising the rear end certainly ain't gonna cause no howling noises, that's for sure! :L
I gotta get it up on a lift now to try and track down the source of this latest conundrum. Damn, I could understand it if I was smokin' the tires or something...