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Old 12-29-2014, 09:12 AM
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at the thought of anything on your car being nder warranty!
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Originally Posted by Naf

Car is at the dealer for the Key recall as well as a cluster change both under warranty. But my main concern is the clutch. Mine sticks to the floor, even after using proper methods of bleeding it out...Tried pressure, and vacuum both failed...
Have you checked the slave to verify its not leaking? Only other thing I can think of is an issue with the pressure plate maybe. I can't imagine you'd still be on the stock master and slave at this point, but that could be an issue as well. As much sand blows around there, I can imagine some getting in and gunking up the master a little bit. I'm too lazy to read through a billion posts. I skimmed through a little, your car is coming along nicely.

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at the thought of anything on your car being nder warranty!
Maybe warranties there are a little more lenient than ours here in the states.
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Originally Posted by cornelje
I've read and can't seem to find what you've done to the front to get more camber? I'm maxed out at -1 degree and my hoosiers aren't too happy with it. I'd like 3-3.5.
I've gotten as much as -2.5, so something ain't right if you can only get to -1.
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Originally Posted by Fweasel
at the thought of anything on your car being under warranty!
I dotted my Is and crossed my Ts, these two parts had nutting to do with the mods i did, and i claimed them in a timely matter where i was covered. GM may be upset it took two yrs to complete, but a defective part is a defective part...

The key is more of a recall...

Hopefully today they will be resolvin my issue and tomorrow deliver me the car with a small, praying it a small, bill...
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Saturday i am hoping to take delivery of my car. I sent all the needed parts for my clutch master, so lets see if they can bleed the brakes and clutch properly...

Then its off to my house for Meth install and measurin the tie-rods for baer to send me the new ones for my application...
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I cannot wait to see some videos of this car already!
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I'm maxed out at -1 degree and my hoosiers aren't too happy with it. I'd like 3-3.5
I'm at -1.9 and -2 with GC coilover setup and no other suspension mods. I don't think I could get to -3 but then again I don't want to. Likely -2.5 is all I could get as well.
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so 30 days in the dealership and all they did was change the cluster yesterday...

I expressed my feelings and brought the car back to my shop. in a few days my friends shop is gonna open up a slot and i will sit with them for a bit while we sort out this clutch issue, as well as steering tie rod.

Then its off to the body shop to pull out the rear fenders and trim some of the body to clear the wheels while turning.

My tune is a bit off, instead of 14.4 its reading 15.5 at idle. so i will be adding a little more fuel to the injector tables till i get it right. I am already at 90% in idle so time to trim up the injectors and lower the VE
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Glad to see you are making progress !! Very interested to see how the rear fenders turn out
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Not any more. My fuel pump stopped functioning, so i cut open an access hole and went about an inch longer and wide so its more comfortable. I then made a cover which i will screw back on afterwards to keep the smells and dirt out...

Found our the dealer installed the hot wire to the pump wiring instead of connecting the direct current to the main pump. Will make the line shorter and keep it inside the car.

Got my multimeter, and i see a pulse of 12v to the pump, but then it turns off. The pump also sees power but no current through the lines.

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Originally Posted by Heavybody
Glad to see you are makin' progress !! Very interested to see how the rear fenders turn out
Fixed.
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fixed my fuel pressure issue, but now i dont have oil pressure.

There is a clean oil supply, and oil in the oil pan, but none goin through the engine supposedly

I swapped the oil pressure sensor, and cranked the engine with it off had oil squirt out, but when i start the engine no oil pressure...

SO ANNOYIN!!!
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fixed my fuel pressure issue, but now i dont have oil pressure.

There is a clean oil supply, and oil in the oil pan, but none goin through the engine supposedly

I swapped the oil pressure sensor, and cranked the engine with it off had oil squirt out, but when i start the engine no oil pressure...

SO ANNOYIN!!!
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not sure what all has been done haha, have you messed with the oil pump? if so what about pickup tube o-ring not seated properly, that will give extremely low or no pressure.

just a thought
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Originally Posted by Becker
not sure what all has been done haha, have you messed with the oil pump? ...
It's dry sump. Do they use the same oil pump? I really don't know.
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shows how much I paid attention to the beginning of this thread/build Probably not.
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I have the Katech High output, high scavanger pump. I feel the bypass is stuck open.

Will have to get her to my friends shop and yank the engine out to see the leaks and potential damage to the bearings/journals...

I already braced the wife, this could be a $3,000 repair. New Katech pump, bearings, shippin and labor...

Life sux, but while i am waiting on everything, i will try and score a Mil spec engine harness, pull the rear fenders out, and create front strut braces...

I have lemons, might as well add mint and blend it all together..( Local drink here is lemonade with mint, quite tasty...)
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Tie rod ends are cut 25mm shorter than what i had and will make another set 25mm longer for the track...

Took the idea from Baer and ran with it. Its T6061 Alu trimmed to 30mm OD with 14x1.5 pitch on one side and 5/8x18 on the other...

The pins are 10 degree so they will fit
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Status report

Wire harness is with Rywire in CA
Tie rod Mod is a go using Corvette spindles and my sleeves
Front Strut brace fabrication is in progress
Body work on the rear fenders is moving along nicely.

Ordered some oval tubing to fabricate the under body bracing.

Here are some pix of the fender extension.





Squeezin a 325 in a V is a lot of work...





Most ppls view once i am done





Thats the rear statance, will be addin side skirt at a later date
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Where those flares purchased or custom made?


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