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Schrade Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Sometimes belts slip (NOT Serp Belts) when cold startup, but never hot re-start.

Serp Belts don't know???
Posted on: 2016/7/28 17:34
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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OK I'm used to the stretching over time.

Took it for a spin.
Seems to be running good.
Seems to be running a little hot
Of course it's 90 degrees outside.
Posted on: 2016/7/28 20:04
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Not a good year for the Vette

1st I needed to get my engine oil leak under control
I rerouted the PVC, that helped out quite a bit

Then the supercharger pulley destroys itself from the engine torquing it into the frame rail

Now, driving around town to see if I got it all straightened out I hit pothole in front of a railroad track and the mount for my coilover shock got TORN OFF the upright!

Posted on: 2016/8/24 23:36
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Schrade Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Pics? What's involved in the fix?
Posted on: 2016/8/25 16:27
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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I'm going to take it apart this weekend

My be able to get it welded

If not, I'll have to locate another stock upright & a coilover over mount which needs to be modified to clear my rod end links. Then have it all welded up again.
Posted on: 2016/8/25 23:07
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Looks like I'll be needing a new upright & mount

I should probably rebuild the shock as well

BTW these mounts are NOT as they are sold.
I needed to reposition hole to get the clearance I needed.
In the process the bolt holding the shock on no longer aligns with the former shock bolt location.
The induced torque is what twisted the end of the casting off.


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Posted on: 2016/8/27 19:58
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rklessdriver Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Which side do you need?

I have a right side one taking up room in my garage that I will pay it forward to you, if you pay shipping cost.
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Posted on: 2016/8/28 1:07
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Passenger side

I appreciate the offer
Posted on: 2016/8/28 17:37
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Managed to break my breaker bar trying to get the stub axle nut off.

I'll get another one and perhaps another impact gun
My battery powered one won't cut it.
Posted on: 2016/8/28 22:49
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Schrade Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Broken Breaker Bar? Too much Gym time there Arnold...
Posted on: 2016/8/30 20:20
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Went out and got a 3/4 drive breaker bar and appropriate socket

I'm STANDING ON it and it will won't move

Hit the end of the breaker bar with a sledge, still nothing.
Posted on: 2016/9/2 22:23
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Schrade Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Can you get a propane torch on the nut, then see if it will take penetrating lube while nut is heat-swelled?
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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FINALLY!
My neighbor had length of steel pipe that I trusted as a cheater bar. That got the nut off

Got the upright off the car.

The damage looks weldable.
The shock on the other hand.
The rod is no longer centered in the body.
It probably got torqued.
I'll have to tear it down and see what's going on.

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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Dropped the rear shocks and upright off

Here's hoping for good news

Seems obvious that the shock bottomed out before hitting the bump stops
I'm pricing some shorter rods
Posted on: 2016/9/18 21:59
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383tpimachine Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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What length are they currently compressed and fully extended?
Posted on: 2016/9/20 19:48
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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What length are they currently compressed and fully extended?


Had it written down

of course now I can't find it
Posted on: 2016/9/23 0:01
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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Update

The shocks are off getting rebuilt with shorter rods
The upright is JUNK, cannot be repaired
Coming up with a different mount scheme

Of course that means buying 2 so they match.
Posted on: 2016/10/23 18:28
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Curious question... what if you drill out the hole even bigger than required and insert a steel sleeve into the hole to tighten it all back up again?

It would require some kind of protectant on the sleeve to slow/stop galvanization...
Posted on: 2016/10/28 0:42
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On a new one or the damaged one?

The damaged one is to far gone.

On a new one, not really necessary, just unscrew the mount.

The shocks are back from Penske.
Seems I was wrong, it did NOT bottom out.
The shock managed to take a side load.

Looking back I remember clipping an apex.
That may have started it to fail.
The pothole just pushed it over the edge.
The shock got twisted as the mount came apart.
Posted on: 2016/10/31 23:02
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bogus Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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that's a shit load of lateral energy!! that could happen to anyone, really. Coil overs or not.
Posted on: 2016/11/1 18:16
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BrianCunningham Re: So much for going drag racing tomorrow
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indeed

new set of mounts is $250
then I'd have the modify them

https://www.vansteel.com/index.cfm?fus ... jpg&title=CO-C4-RR-LWRMNT

Let me see what I can get a pair of uprights for.
Posted on: 2016/11/2 23:14
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