New Caprice - Discussion forums

Congratulations! youre going to miss it..
Thanks for sharing your build and results on the forum
I may visit Speed Inc next summer- I have family that I visit in South Elgin

The engine has both types of lifters depending on where they are located. It would be a lot of work to only change 1 lifter. You have to remove the cylinder heads to get at the lifters + you need gaskets and bolts. I would disassemble to evaluate the condition of the camshaft and then make a decision

The Stabilitrack and Traction are probably being disabled while the misfire is current. So figure out the misfire and all should be good.

I got the thing apart. 1st had to make up one of these housing spreaders. Once the diff case is out of the housing, the case has to be taken apart to get at the clutches. The case half bolts are E18 that have a shallow head. My E18 socket had an internal taper where the splines diddn't fully start u...

I spose you can compare the cost of G8 headers + oil cooler + fittings hoses hardware + time spent making it all work VS price of quality SS headers that come with gaskets and locking hardware and just bolt on

To add another thought to my previous post about why this might be is that a few times I was able to open the driver's door from the outside after locking the car w/ the remote (and subsequently causing the alarm to go off). Might be that the linkage is dragging a little and not actually locking the...

My '11 came w/ OEM remote start. I press "lock" 2 times then press "start" - starts every time like this. If I only press "lock" once then 'start" then will only falsh park lights and not start. So lock,lock,start. Even works from the mud room with the car in the d...

Cool- more pics of the project as it progresses would be good too!

My air bag warning would come on and off intermittently on the highway too. Same drive cycle - audible "ding, ding" air bag icon on display , then all good- icon off and all normal, then a min or so later and same thing again, . Had a friend w/ Snap on scanner look at it, was code for pass...

The Camaro Central kit arrived- Has 6 side gear steels, 8 case steels, an assortment of clutch pre load shims .035 to .010, and a pre load "S" spring. They have a waffle pattern texture on both sides of the steel- no fiber. It will be a while before I can get to the install.. I'll post how...