Cordell

I like those C6 ZR1s.

 

Hot take: color coat the wagon wheels, and drop it. Or these things...

https://www.southerncarparts.com/corvette-wagon-wheel-makeover-p-105.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk4WO1cyi4QIVCcDICh0xWg4dEAYYBiABEgJxnfD_BwE

Can't tell how good the wagon wheels are, but I think people hated on them too much. The style has aged well.

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OMG Clay no!

If you're interested in 18x9.5 and 18x10.5 Fikse FM5 wheels built specifically for a C5, let me know.

I might be, those sound nice. Probably too much for my broke ass.

No it would not.

 

Source: this Deaf guy

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This needs a like button.

I’ve had it done multiple times.

 

I love how people street race and do that shit but this causes so much butt hurt. Blows my mind.

I don’t let people film me street racing either. No one wants a record of illegal activity.

Never heard a torque converter make noise that wasn’t physically broken, usually a flexplate issue. Without experiencing that one I’m not sure I have any good advice for you.

Did have this noise you thought was lifters ever since install and it got worse, or did it operate normally for awhile? Sure sounds more like something is loose. I wouldn’t be surprised if the flexplate is broken around the middle, you’ll never see that until the trans is out.

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Tim, I think I'm going for the black C5 Z06 style wheels with the machined lip:

 

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That shit is so played out.

If you must have black skip the cheapened look of the machined lip. Makes it look like you bought them at Sears. There are lots of wheel options out there that won’t break the bank, TSW makes some nice Corvette fitment wheels.

http://s7.photobucket.com/user/br98ta/media/IMG_20120207_164630.jpg.html

Is that the only angle the car looks good at? Snap some more pics, I’ve seen that one pic everyday for a week. On a positive note, I’ll never see that angle going down the road

Does this mean you’re going to autocross this year?

I love them, made a shit load of money fixing them. along with 11-15 cruzes

I have to agree, I can have the drivetrain out of a Traverse in less then an hour. I’ve certainly made alot of money on them. Seem to be dying off at the dealer though. Still fixing plenty of Cruzes and Equinoxs. Now it seems like I do a few New Malibu/Cruze pistons a month, the 1.4/1.5 are cracking ringlands in the 2016 cars. DI injectors in V8 trucks are also typical lately.

Anyway, sorry to talk you out of buying one but I don’t blame you.

Stay away from 09-17 Traverse/acadia/enclave unless you purchase a hell of an extended warranty.

 

Timing chains stretch, rack&pinion leaks, earlier models had issues with steering pumps, struts and mounts, rear trailing arm bushings, and evaporator cores....Oh and 3-5-r waveplates in the trans.

 

1 of the few vehicles id be scared to buy with over 100k. 150k is terrifying.

 

 

CORDELL am i missing anything?

We do timing cover reseals, chains, PS pressure lines, rack & pinion, and front struts galore on the traverse/acadia/enclave. If not an SUV, it's normally just chains and timing cover leaks. I seem to remember some of the 3.6 having porous heads that let oil into the spark plug holes and cause misfire issues.

I’m going to agree with most of this, however most of the timing chain issues are with the earlier vehicles, pre-2013. If they had minimal cheap oil changes the chains wear fast too. Any newer ones I’ve had apart were black inside.

I own a 3.6 Impala and just maintain it, haven’t had any issues yet and it’s at 75k. If it does then I’ll just drop the engine and do the chains, but it’s a 2015 and I bought it early so hopefully it’s a ways off.

As for the R/V body (Traverse,Acadia,ect), I personally don’t like them. The 6T70 is a decent trans if maintained, but I think the vehicle is a little heavy for it and they do wear. Early ones break 3-5-R waveplates, newer ones break when abused. Power steering parts are all prone to leaking. I have seen a few evaporators leak, more so the rear ones leak. The struts have a tendency to lock up at extension, usually happening after sitting on a lift for a few days, but again tend to only happen on the earlier ones.

If you like these vehicles there are 2 ways I’d buy one, first option is to hunt down an older one with low enough miles to have the special policys for the transmission and the timing chains and have those done. Second option find a newer one, 2014+, with good maintenance records, and keep maintaining it.

It’s easy to get jaded when all you see are the broken ones, it’s also common for people to bitch all over the internet when they have major vehicle repairs they can’t afford. I personally just don’t like these vehicles at all in the first place. However they are popular and the right scenarios are out there to have a decent experience.

We are always looking for people to change oil here at Dan Tobin. Need a couple right now as we have people moving up into apprentice roles, so if you or someone you know is maybe young and wants to get into this business this is a decent place to start.

Applicant is expected to have basic tools, ie enough to change oil and rotate tires. This shop is mostly by appointment so you typically don't have more then 1-2 cars an hour. I wish it was like this when I got started.

Anyone interested should stop in either Dan Tobin Chevrolet and ask for Jeff Craig, or Dan Tobin Buick/GMC and see Glenn Heiss. Both service managers would like to consider all applicants.

Beautiful box Grant, love the purple and black combo.

Scott I'm not getting any pics in your post, I want to see the white one!

In the elevator trade, I move my boxes often, so no matter how careful, they can get pretty beat up. I currently use a 41" masterforce box from Menards with a 16" side locker of drawers that I'm happy with for a cheaper box. My favorite feature is the latching drawers. Nothing really special for pics, but I can grab some Monday.

 

I think I may upgrade to a sunex box after I get my shop built. They seem to be a pretty decent middle ground box. I've seen some pretty good setups with the newer HF boxes on garage journal as well.

 

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I uploaded directly to CR in my albums so not sure why it’s not working for you.

Mine is a Snapon Masters Series, alot of them now have 3 extra wide draws where mine only has 2. Of course I traded in a box I only had roughly $4k in and paid $4k on this one, when Snapon “list” price is $15k for this one with the black bedliner top. Just shows you how much markup is in these things.

I’m glad I gave up my matte black Snapon box, I liked it but it wasn’t big enough and everything that touched it made it glossy. Everyone thought I was crazy to get white, but with a good sealant everything cleans right off and it looks great. My Snapon rep knew I was ready and what I wanted, made sure to snag it at a tool show so I could get it as cheap as possible.

Here's my box and cart.

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1000&pictureid=9251

My cart has all my hand tools in it, so the box doesn't need anything special for organizing. Cart has magnetic wrench rails and the post style socket racks, otherwise nothing crazy. Cart was custom ordered with the deeper draws so sockets can be stood up in the top draw. Short little draws are worthless IMO.

Like I said. I really don't care. I was just wondering. Not that it matters much.

And I was just clarifying.

I hope this gets some interest, doesn’t need to be complicated.

Maybe Anthony will stop his boost pipe from blowing off and not have any excuses for my stock bottem end Corvette dragging his Formula, lol.

I'll be there. Doesn't matter what I race.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does this matter if the owner of the car has a different driver? (above). So could Cordell use Wagners car and also have his Vette or Camaro on the list?

 

 

 

Not that it matters to me. I'm not even sure if Bi-curious minds want to know.

No, one driver one car one list, possibly multiple lists if you have multiple cars.

Whatever I’m driving is on the list. If I’m driving Wagner’s car then mine won’t be on the list. Wagner has said he will probably not participate and just run this so we had talked about me running his car, nothing set in stone just willing to talk shit with any of them. It’s not like I played a major part in building all of them.

And just in case anyone wants to say shit about running someone else’s car, my wife owns “my” Camaro, so....

I love Scott's critical view of GM products.

 

Someone in UA asks me what I think about the GMC Acadia...I say that I have it on good authority you don't want to be holding the note on any of GM's Lambda stablemates after 100k miles. Then I channel my inner Cordell and bitch about transmissions, brakes, wheel bearings...

 

Usually it's more technical than they were expecting to hear.

When all you see are the broken ones you get a little jaded. Obviously I still only buy GM stuff, but like anything most of their cars when properly maintained hold up well. There are just your typical weak points and I’m more then willing to point them out.

 

Now do you know what GM built that does have a true space frame and not a hybrid monocoqe/spaceframe? here's a hint:

 

If that’s a space frame then it’s no wonder the new shit is breaking with decent power.

And yes I’m just fucking thrilled, any of this shit comes to Dan Tobin it will be forced upon me. I can only imagine the bullshit coming. I’ll gladly bitch about it in the future so you’ll all know what’s up with them.

Anybody remember the Offspring song Pretty Fly for a White Guy?

Try to be cool, try to be different, just end up being a dud. That is all, carry on with dumb shit Buicks

Hasn’t GM been making space frames since Saturn in the late ‘80s?

 

Hasn’t the C5 Corvette been hydroformed frame rails since late ‘90s?

 

Saul Goodman. They’ll figure it out. :thumbup:

What about a Saturn is a space frame? Basically just another unibody. I’m not sure how GM is designing this new thing because they’ve never really referred to anything as a space frame. Maybe I’m wrong?

Starting with the C5 and ending with the base model C6 they used hydroformed frame rails that ran from the front bumper support to the rear bumper. C6 Z06s, C6 ZR1s, and all C7s use a multi piece aluminum frame with different sections welded together. They are a few different things, extruded aluminum rails, with cast aluminum sections where the front and rear suspension, ie cradles, are.