Robert and Elizabeth Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Yippee!! It finally arrived yesterday! We went down and "touched" it last night. It must weigh over 75lbs. Mike will be installing it on Wednesday if anyone wants to stop by and see it. We should be there by 5pm to take pictures with lots of "pointing". The new air intake system should be installed at the same time along with the port matched manifold if they get here in time. Now, where is a good spot to test that new clutch out...... hmmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Right on ....more new tires on the Christmas list, eh??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Good Lord...you had better never get rid of this car. You'll never get your money back. Sweet mods though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert and Elizabeth Posted August 4, 2007 Author Share Posted August 4, 2007 Right on ....more new tires on the Christmas list, eh??? You got that right Tim. They never seem to last very long for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nort99 Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Yep double disk is a good thing. Use to run triple disk on my race cars. Hummmmm Do I still a rece car. Hope it goes well for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kens06 Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Elizabeth,Talk to Mike about breakin and follow his instructions!!The guy knows his stuff and the 'bed in' process, like brakes is critical for maximum performance and durability!!I'm sure you know that, just a reminder!!Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert and Elizabeth Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 Elizabeth,Talk to Mike about breakin and follow his instructions!!The guy knows his stuff and the 'bed in' process, like brakes is critical for maximum performance and durability!!I'm sure you know that, just a reminder!!KenThanks Ken for the heads up. We will definitely talk to Mike about break-in procedures he recommends. We pretty much do as he says anyway! Thank you again,R & E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayeagle Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 As for a good place to 'break it in' .. *cough* .. er .Any freeway on-ramp -evil grin-(imagines all the skeered cars pulled over as the 'Bee' goes by in a blur)-Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert and Elizabeth Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 As for a good place to 'break it in' .. *cough* .. er .Any freeway on-ramp -evil grin-(imagines all the skeered cars pulled over as the 'Bee' goes by in a blur)-Frank (I can imagine Metallica's "enter sandman" saying "exit light, enter night, grain of sand, off to never never land" on the radio as I do it too!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 (I can imagine Metallica's "enter sandman" saying "exit light, enter night, grain of sand, off to never never land" on the radio as I do it too!)Or Cinderella's "I need a shot of gasoline..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert and Elizabeth Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 Well, Mike installed our new clutch today. I have to say it is not as bad as I thought it would be. It is actually easy to engage, hardly any pressure to engage it at all. What is hard right now is it chatters in first until it breaks in, which is about 200-400 miles of city driving, not freeway driving. I have already gotten used to it during the ride home. I have to admit I stalled it a few times the first time I drove it and Robert did the same thing when it was his turn. But, it will get better as it breaks in Mike says. Like I have been told before, it is either in or out, no in-between or feathering it anymore. I actually think it jumps the car ahead whith each shift as compared to the old clutch. Ah yes, the old clutch.... totally burnt and useless, like we thought it would be. Slave cylinder is ok though... yea!! Mental note: when dealing with HP greater than 600, stock ZO6 clutch can not handle it for very long. Did not get to take pictures of the install like I wanted because I was working. By the time I got there, Mike was almost finished. I did take one picture of the new clutch in it's packaging. I will post it later when I haven't been up for 16 hours. The new clutch is a SPEC double disc ceramic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest beemer2k Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Well, Mike installed our new clutch today. I have to say it is not as bad as I thought it would be. It is actually easy to engage, hardly any pressure to engage it at all. What is hard right now is it chatters in first until it breaks in, which is about 200-400 miles of city driving, not freeway driving. I have already gotten used to it during the ride home. I have to admit I stalled it a few times the first time I drove it and Robert did the same thing when it was his turn. But, it will get better as it breaks in Mike says. Like I have been told before, it is either in or out, no in-between or feathering it anymore. I actually think it jumps the car ahead whith each shift as compared to the old clutch. Ah yes, the old clutch.... totally burnt and useless, like we thought it would be. Slave cylinder is ok though... yea!! Mental note: when dealing with HP greater than 600, stock ZO6 clutch can not handle it for very long. Did not get to take pictures of the install like I wanted because I was working. By the time I got there, Mike was almost finished. I did take one picture of the new clutch in it's packaging. I will post it later when I haven't been up for 16 hours. The new clutch is a SPEC double disc ceramic.I was at Mike's shop earlier today and saw your car. What a beauty! On my way home, I called the wife and told her "our next 'vette is gonna be yeller!" She agrees. Can't wait to see yours perform!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayeagle Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Ah yes.. the old 'in or out' ... er .. NM.-Frank (gonna be a rough life for the rear tars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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