I wouldn't sand them down. Whoever welds them will want them sanded their way. I usually take a thin grinder wheel to the spots that need to be welded. Takes 5 secs. You could likely pull up to just about any muffler shop and they could zip em on for you real quick.

Wow Coming outta the woodwork.

How did you ever come out? Cam bearings ok? Did you ever run it with the new pump?

Seems like an intercooler leak would be constant and not intermittent. But that's just me guessing.

 

11 car drag race......the ferrari was about to put something on the GTR's *** had the race been a tad longer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDP7P...ature=youtu.be

 

Never seen a zo6 run that slow. I drove my friends never ever drove the car and I ran a 11.3 spun little too. 100% Stock to the paper filter. Even the MPH is low. I wanna say they normally pull 126-128mph

 

Stock with driver mod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdW9EgHjDpA&sns=em

 

Stock with drag radials. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zv5RDzwS4g&sns=em

 

SIC...you're a big meanie! Cody is feeling good about his car....let him feel that way. Besides, I've heard of a heads cam C6 ZO6 run slower at the Shreveport Track. Track conditions, DA, etc all play a factor.

Chris....had a thought about your afr this morning. Maybe, since you tightened your belt up yesterday, you actually started making some good boost, and I haven't been able to calibrate your afr under high boost yet (since we didn't see it while tuning). Once you get a working boost gauge on there, we'll know better what's going on (so you and I aren't driving back and forth (Longview to Shreveport) over and over again for troubleshooting.) If you were under high boost yesterday and you were only getting 12.5 afr, the car would feel weak. (so maybe things finally started working). Get a boost gauge on there, then run while watching boost and afr, then let me know.

 

Not sure yet. I'm in like a 2 week span of exams at school so play time is hard to find.
The front and rear cam bearings are good. I've asked a buddy to borrow his inspection camera but I hate bothering people even though he's said he would. I'll probably go buy one in the next couple of days so I can inspect the inner 3 cam bearings.

 

And if they check out....what's your next move?

 

That's the question I am thinking about....

I'm only a few bolts from pulling the engine out at this point. Pulling the engine would be the best to check behind the rear cover, oil pan and lower bearings.

However, I'd hate to do all that work and it simply be a failed Melling pump or something. Double edged sword...

 

Yeah that's what I was thinking. I thought the original and easiest plan was to swap pumps first and then see where you are at. At this point you are at a fork in the road.

 

That was my original plan until I saw that guys rear cam bearing walk back. That that point, I was only a few bolts away from checking those out and I simply can't put everything back together to test it when he is having the EXACT same problem when I'm that close to it.

 

Hey Steve

 

Why not set up a boost gauge in the HPT Scanner? That would save him from having to buy one.

 

Hell there where 2 Zo6's @ the track a few weeks ago one H/C the other H/C pro-charged. H/C ran 12.0 and pro charged ran 11.5 on radials shreveport never see good times! I can go to Twin city and prolly see 11.0 or better!

 

6 Speed corvette's aren't easy to drive to a good ET. I see someone posted a video of "Ranger". He is probably one of, if not the, best 6 speed vette drivers around. His E.T.'s are abnormal for the average driver, to say the least.

A thing to look at are the trap speeds. His bone stock Z06 traps 129 on drag radials.

 

You won't see that big of a difference Cody, I have always run around a tenth better at most at Twin City. Track conditions and the DA all have a bigger effect on your times. I usually 60ft a little better at Monroe.

 

We where leaving just off idle because of traction issues hope to leave around 2500-3200, if I can make up some time on the 60' it should be close.

 

The 11.36 pass was a hot lap because the tower didnt get a time so we pulled around and waited in line to run for a few mins. If it was cold we have seen .1-.3 tenths diff and I might ice the intake next time. Plus we are seeing 2+ deg of knock so some 108 or 110 mix will help. I might get Todd to do a 108-110 race gas tune to load on track days with the compresson I have it will like it.

 

im assuming they weld to the body? just gimmie a call and we will set a date to do it, 318-286-5975

 

Because it's my HPT and I will probably tune someone elses car before I come back to him again. So, I don't want to leave my HP Tuners with him when I need it elsewhere. I can see the kpa when we tune, but he had massive variance in boost while we were tuning. The idea is for him to get his boost lined out so we don't keep making trips back and forth from Longview to Shreveport to only have belt slippage or a boost leak. I want him to fix the boost problem before I come back and get afr lined out again. So, a boost gauge to go along with his wideband will let him know before I come back to hook up hp tuners.

Yep, the car was pleanty warm on that trip. I know a cooler intake will make it quicker (let alone weight reduction, sway bar removal, better tires, etc).