Someone spilled the beans!

 

You tagged it in the middle of an hour long video.. Is there a cliff notes version lol

 

Holy ****, is that what @vorteciroc actually sounded like?!

I'm watching this whole thing over lunch.

 

Yes I spoke with him on phone once . Nice guy.

 

When I saw this, I thought of @vorteciroc, are y'all say that this is actually @vorteciroc? Why did this guy sit on this interview for so long? I am going to have to watch it now.

 

I am not sure but a picture of vortech is in his profile and yes he sounded very similar the one time i spoke with him. And at one time he was a pretty big deal in GM tech design and such .

 

Did some of the timelines of events seem out of place to you guys? For example, GM's recall of the 6.2 engine. Hopefully it's just me who is confused on what was being talked about and that they were referencing a different recall. Did The Car Guy sit on this interview for a year?

 

Hi guys!

No, that interview was with me (Chello III) not my father.
I mention my father towards the end of the interview.

I also worked for GM for a shorter time than my father.
He was much higher on the totem-pole than me.
He often would have me moved around to whichever division and assignment that he was working on.
He did that just so that we could work together (actually spend time together) we were very close; I miss him soo much.
Thanks for posting his account name so that I was notified about this.

-Chello III

 

Yeah, but you said that he was with Buick at the end. Everything you said in the interview (resume, information, opinions) sounded EXACTLY like your dad.

 

Ah thus the similarity .

 

His last job with GM was with Buick.
He left Engineering to take a corporate job with Buick R&D (which was tied together with GM Performance Parts and GM Racing).

We moved from Detroit (GM Power-Train) to the Niagara Falls part of Up-State New York (Delphi), back to Detroit (GM SPO "Service Parts Operations") and then to the New York City part of the state (Buick R&D)...
Just so that He could start setting up his own Performance Shop in NY.
I eventually left GM about 3 or 4 years after my father did, to join him, now that his Performance Shop was booming.

In terms of my opinions, "Like Father - Like Son", I guess!

I was with GM for a far shorter time than he was.

Something that most of all you LSx Guys do not know, is that much of the LS engine designs came from the RWD Buick V6 engines (especially the Grand National Stage-1 and Stage-2 GMPP Cylinder Blocks) and the FWD Buick V6 engines:
-The engine Oil Galley design (RWD Buick V6).
-The Main Journal Saddles with the large Oil Slot (FWD Buick V6).
-The Deep Skirt Y-Block design with the flat Oil Pan Rail design (all Buick V6 Engines).
-The Cross-Bolted Main Cap design (Stage Blocks and FWD Buick V6).
-The Crankshaft driven Gerotor Oil Pump design (FWD Buick V6).
-The Plastic Retainer System for the Hydraulic Lifters (FWD Buick V6).
-The LS3 Intake Port and Runner design (all Buick V6 Engines).

Just to name a few things.

 

That explains a lot, thank you for clearing this up. I don't like to think the worst of people but in the day and time were almost anything goes you have to keep your guard up.

I think of your dad almost every time I come here.

 

Also the THM350, THM700-R4 and 4L60E (all based on the THM350 and some of the Power-Glide) all came from a joint assignment with both Buick R&D and Chevrolet R&D.

None of those transmissions were designed by the Hydra-Matic/ GM Power-Train.

That is why none of those Transmissions have "Hydra-Matic" Tags on the Cases; like the THM200, THM200-4R, THM400, and 4L80E did.


-Chello III

 

And what did you guys think of the topic/ discussions of the interview?

 

Thank yo so much!!!


That means the world to me!

 

Wow what a great video thank you for posting. It seems that late 90s to early 2000s was truly the peak for automotive. The Gen 3 LS Platform, the late GMT400 and GMT800 are probably some of the most downright reliable power train systems. What a time that was…

 

That was a great interview @vorteciroc !

I'm an owner of several GMT800 trucks ( all with the 4L80e of course) and I absolutely LOVE them! I think you've convinced me I don't need a need a new truck and I will keep driving my GMT800s 👍

 

Well, actually my Father and I have very similar raspy voices.
However, his voice was deeper than mine.

Interesting fact: both of our sets of vocal chords produce voices that are deeper sounding in person, but more high pitched over microphone.
This is due to the telephones limited ability to properly reproduce lower frequencies and their associated resonances.

-Chello III

 

I've interacted with your dad numerous times on thirdgen.org. An absolute GM encyclopedia for electrical systems and associated part numbers. I hate to ask, but based on a comment you made above, is he still with us? I know he had some issues and stopped posting for a bit on thirdgen.org but haven't heard any updates?

 

Sorry to say, but we here on LS1 Tech have been told by his son Chello III that he has passed away.