Re: 87 SS
454muscle said:
Love the vid bro!! Throw in some commercials and you'd have a 1/2 hour prime time show for me.
Nice work man, keep 'em comin' ... gives me something to enjoy watching during the week, until Horsepower TV comes on on the weekends
Just gotta say that your videos are well documented and well made.
AW MAN!!! Thanks bruh! That really keeps me motivated to keep the vids and info comin. Im not building a huge hp/torque race monster. Just a poor mans build up for the average joe like myself. I try to find and showcase sweet lil pieces for fellow Gbody bros that are on a budget. Preciate the love fam.... I finally made it out to AZ. Car performed like a CHAMP! I got SSWEET gas mileage. I made it down there on just under a full tank. Took it easy and varied my speed from 50 to 80 to 65. I stopped and checked everything about every 50-60 miles. Just wanted to make sure there werent ant fuel leaks and stuff. The trip back was a different story. 50 miles into the trip back to Cali I smelled a lil something burning and pulled over. Checked the bay and found nothing. Figured it was just a big rig passing by. I noticed a lil white smoke coming from the rear of the car when I dropped the hood. Investigated it and found that there was some oil on the back of the mufflers burning off. I climbed underneath and couldnt find where it was coming from. Cleaned the diff up and still couldnt see anything. Cleaned the lil oil up and checked insie the mufflers. Nothing. Clean. I romped on the gas to see if anything was coming out of the mufflers. Nothing. Pressed onward towards Cali. I stopped and checked ever 50-75 miles to see if any oil had splashed. Nothing. Well after my last check, I pushed on towards Cali keeping my speed at 65. I noticed a little chattering when I let off the gas, but nothing bad. At 18 miles before reaching home, this *ss clown I noticed had been folowing me for about 20 miles. It was raining badly and I flagged him to go around as I was in the slow lane. He gets in front of me and slams on his brakes. I think he may have thought I was drunk and tried to get me to hit him. Only prob is that when I took my foot off the gas to hit the brakes, I hear a loud violent grinding under my feet. I stepped on the brake and while the car was stopping and grinding, it stopped and then went into reverse for 10-15 feet. I thought i was dead meat cuz of all the big rigs behind me. Luckily there wasnt any trafiic and I was able to get the car off to the right shoulder. The trans was grinding something terrible. I put it in parked and just sat there thanksful I didnt get hit. My eyes where shut and I was like wtf! is this car moving forward!? yep! The car moves forward while still in park! trans has to be shot. There was a loud zzzzzzzzzzzzzz sounding noise when it came to a stop and i went backwards. Crazy. I dont know what happened. Me and my bro's were thinking the rear seized up. Im gonna jack the rear up, put the car in neutral and spin a wheel. if the driveshaft spins, The rear should be ok. I'll inspect it and refill the oil. I just want to check that before I head to the trans shop. If something is truly wrong with the trans, i dont want them trying to say this or that failed due to low oil or some other bs shops dream up for not wanting to cover it. The driveshaft, yolk and U joint looked fine. I'll see whats up with it in the morn. Id think that if my rear seized up, I'd have a great loss in power and my gas mileage would have sufered.
Im just happy to be alive and able to tell the story. That was CRAZY!!! Wish me luck on the warranty. If they wont cover it, I have my other BM 700 that can go in after a rebuild. SUCKS!!! here's some pics..
Mocking the radiator hose up
Welded and polished. Came out just how I wanted...
lil vid....
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