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04-03-2009, 01:57 AM
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Well me the the ole lady been busting *** today trying to get the car done. The trans, oil pan, both dipsticks, exhaust, ect has been but back on the car. All i have left to do is fix 2 ground wires and fill it with fluids. Cross your fingers because i will be hitting the key before i go to sleep.
04-03-2009, 02:55 AM
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hay guyz been of for a few dayz nice ta shane well i got the 373 gears put in and i love it... raced a c6 corvette today on youree dr. from 0 -70 i was up by half a car but we couldnt get a good strecth a road from light to light.
04-03-2009, 03:00 AM
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Thanks but it has been a headache working on it. I just ran into another problem so i wont be starting it until i wake up. She grabbed the wrong oil filter for it the other day. Maybe ill hear it purr and see the damn tire move in the morning lol.
04-03-2009, 01:00 PM
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It better be lol. Does any of you have the steering wheel radio controls and a working factory CD player? I have a new pioneer in the car but might be interested in trading it for a stocker that works.
04-03-2009, 06:04 PM
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Well i have some bad news. The pan i ordered from the dealer is messed up and not allowing oil to flow. So needless to i wont be making it to the track this weekend. Ill be pulling this damn car back apart and redoing everything again.
04-03-2009, 10:28 PM
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Thats what i was thinking. I could have bought a used one that came off of a car for $180 but i just figured why cut corners and take a chance. So i ordered everything new from the dealer so i wouldn't have any problems, what a ******* joke. Now that ive done it once im hoping to have it done by Wednesday next week. Im kinda thinking about buying a new oil pump when i pull it apart this time but mine was working and the new one might not. 
04-03-2009, 10:49 PM
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anyone know the minimum amount of turns you can get on a wheel stud to be safe? I did new brakes in the front. I ground the first time for the draglites to fit, after new brakes they want to rub again of course. I got a set of spacers on there now so there isnt any rub. Now I run into the problem with the studs of course. And going out sunday I dont have a lot of choices or time on my hands here. I saw autozone and napa have some longer than stock wheel studs, just a little over .5in. With those and the spacers, I would have more bite on the studs than I originally had the first time out by about .25in. I am not crazy about the stock length studs with the spacers at all on the front
04-03-2009, 10:53 PM
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Yea i think i might just change the pan seeing how i know its messed up. Then before i get it all back together ill start it to see if it has pressure and if not ill buy a new pump and pull the front of the motor down. I thought about staring it and revving it a few time to toast the bearing and have the dealer give me a new motor because there pan caused my motor not to oil.
04-03-2009, 11:40 PM
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Where the filter goes there is a check valve. This pan have the hole drilled up but not across. Its a easy fit with the pan off the car but im not working on a $364 oil pan and taking a chance in it not being like it was supposed to. Im filing a labor clam to try and some of my money back.