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It's rained for the last 18 days so far this month. I've taken the iroc out maybe just a few times. The air here is so saturated with moisture, it's literally falling as a super heavy mist with very fine water droplets.
It's so humid, I can't get my main ride waxed as theres always a moist film on the paint...Can't wait for some sunny weather to come in!!
Posts: 8293 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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Did you move to the Pacific Northwest and not let anybody know?
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"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." - Bob Dylan Posts: 6199 | From: New Bern, North Carolina | Registered: Jun 2001
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It looks like another dry year here. I don't know what the rainfall numbers for last winter were, but the last 2 years we have had an average of 2.5 inches. I think we had a little more this year, but probably not more than 4 or 5 inches and well below our average of 13 inches.
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Past couple of days have been nice...so I was able to take out the iroc for a little bit...long time no hear, CK!
Posts: 8293 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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Yes I have been busy with life, playing pool alot, my son is almost 8 now and just had a daughter 2 months ago, we are all living in AZ together. I sold both my yellow Irocs a few years back but do have plans on getting another one sometime this year so I plan to be on here more hanging with you guys.
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Haha, yes Sandy life sure flies by. I miss my Iroc and once in awhile would lurk on here. I am looking forward to getting another Iroc or perhaps an LS1 car as they are plentiful and getting a lot cheaper. How is your car been running?
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"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do." - Bob Dylan Posts: 6199 | From: New Bern, North Carolina | Registered: Jun 2001
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The iroc is running the best it's ever run. I just put a fair amount into it and had it gone through with a fine tooth comb. For the last 3 years, it was running with the wrong EPROM the dealer put in. It took me a long time to figure it out. Now with that straightened out and the other stuff I had done (new valve stem seals), it's running like a raped ape and has a almost newish feel to it....
Posts: 8293 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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Very nice Sandy, it is amazing what a little bit of work can do. So no more smoke on start up, I loved my Iroc but even though it ran great that smoke on start up was a bit embarrassing.
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One of the things I did was have a compression test done to the engine. It took longer to do #s 7 and 8 as it took to do the other 6 cylinders. The TES headers made it extremely difficult to get the tester plug in for the testing. The engine passed with flying colors showing 150-160 psi for all cylinders with only a 6% variation between adjacent cylinders. New engines show a similar measurement. Not bad considering my engine has between 140-150Kmiles on it....And I only changed to oil once a year, too...of course, I've used synthetic oil for the life of the engine along with a 25µm depth oil filter. I was told the tops of the heads had no sludge and only had a light staining. The insides of the valve covers were completely clean. I feel the extra expense of using synthetic oil has paid big dividends in this respect....
Posts: 8293 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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quote:Originally posted by SM: One of the things I did was have a compression test done to the engine. It took longer to do #s 7 and 8 as it took to do the other 6 cylinders. The TES headers made it extremely difficult to get the tester plug in for the testing. The engine passed with flying colors showing 150-160 psi for all cylinders with only a 6% variation between adjacent cylinders. New engines show a similar measurement. Not bad considering my engine has between 140-150Kmiles on it....And I only changed to oil once a year, too...of course, I've used synthetic oil for the life of the engine along with a 25µm depth oil filter. I was told the tops of the heads had no sludge and only had a light staining. The insides of the valve covers were completely clean. I feel the extra expense of using synthetic oil has paid big dividends in this respect....
Sandy, your car sounds like it has been well taken care of by you. I am certainly going to spend the extra money on synthetics on my next camaro, I just cant wait until I get another one. 3rd gen camaros especially Irocs are getting tougher to find in good shape but atleast out here no rust really, just paint fade.
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I think it's cheap mechanical insurance. Of course, if the engine is already in marginal condition, synthetics won't help.
I've been talking to Dave Staubli of 3rd Gen USA. He's a 3rd gen recycler. Even he's seeing a huge drop in available used parts. And the cars coming in are in miserable condition. A 4rth gen is probably the most economical way to get a high performance RWD V8 car. Then again, I was looking at a gently used '08 'vette coupe....
Posts: 8293 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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I pass a new red Z06 every morning at a dealership and it sure is sharp. If only I wasn't a poor government employee...
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Try out a ZR-1... It's as close to a exotic performance machine as one can get for the $$$.
Posts: 8293 | From: New Haven, CT USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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