Well, big news. The Olds had her maiden voyage tonight!
Fixed my brake issues from a few weeks back and finished bleeding them today. Alignment is still way off but I tightened everything down just as it was and took it around the country block just to see how it would do.
I wanted a witness so I got my mom to ride shot gun. Her comment after I dropped her off was, "I'm not normally one that likes to wear a seat belt, but I want one in that car." :lol: :lol:
It still has a lot of tuning to do. Tends to pop a little at light throttle and after its been running for a while it wants to die at idle or after the throttle blades snapped closed. But the torque this sucker produces will make a grown man giggle. Leave it in 5th gear at 35-40mph, give it a little gas and it jumps sideways and just starts pulling.
1st gear with the 4.30 rear gears isn't much use other than for fun smoke shows I would imagine.
Also put the front and rear bumper covers on finally. Thanks to Blacksheep for getting these painted and taken care of.
Do you already have shims up front for the arms? If you measure the distance to the best you can between the outside of the tires (on the front side and back side), you can get toe set fairly close enough, though driving it a few miles probably won't wear the tires too bad if it's relatively close already, toe is the #1 tire killer, caster/camber are usually more tracking/handling characteristics, and if they're off won't wear the tire enough to worry about. Mine were the opposite direction because I didn't have any shims at all.
