Need help quick!! TH200R4
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From: Deltona (son of Deland and DAYTONA) FL
Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
You don't know me... I try to stay restrained here on the forum because I like the forum too much to get banned 
He's a lunatic Madman!
I have no doubt that Olivier will figure out whatever he sets his mind to. What he lacks in knowledge he makes up for in stubborness. He's not afraid to take chances and I'm glad he shares his experience with us so we all can learn from it.
It was fun figuring out how to get the motor out of his 68, when neither of us had done it before. The only question we had to ask of LOTAHP was, if it was safe to lift by the intake manifold bolts.
I'm glad we used HIS car as the guniea pig.
Hey O: Hope that top stays on running higher MPH now that you have the tranny fixed!
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Originally Posted by isosceles
He's a lunatic Madman!
I have no doubt that Olivier will figure out whatever he sets his mind to. What he lacks in knowledge he makes up for in stubborness. He's not afraid to take chances and I'm glad he shares his experience with us so we all can learn from it.
It was fun figuring out how to get the motor out of his 68, when neither of us had done it before. The only question we had to ask of LOTAHP was, if it was safe to lift by the intake manifold bolts.
I'm glad we used HIS car as the guniea pig.
Hey O: Hope that top stays on running higher MPH now that you have the tranny fixed!
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From: North Bend Ohio
Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
Go and stick your stupid comments up your a**!
I can't remember any low 11 second time slips from you in your Vette! Not everyone who has a fast car needs to be, nor is a master mechanic! I'm doing and did all the major work on my car, but don't get too much into internals. There a doubters on whatever I do, but I've always proven them wrong. When I had my old 383 and my 5-speed and I was running mid 12's, lots of people predicted that I'll never get into the 11's... and guess what, I ran 11.60's with the exact same setup after tweaking it a little.
Right now, I have one of the fastest (if not the fastest) street driven, naturally aspired small block C3... I will hit 10's with that setup and shooting for low 9's or even 8's if I'l go with a blown big block in a couple of years... And guess what, I'll always achieve my goals! I always have!
Come on and show the track results with your Vette
or STFU
I can't remember any low 11 second time slips from you in your Vette! Not everyone who has a fast car needs to be, nor is a master mechanic! I'm doing and did all the major work on my car, but don't get too much into internals. There a doubters on whatever I do, but I've always proven them wrong. When I had my old 383 and my 5-speed and I was running mid 12's, lots of people predicted that I'll never get into the 11's... and guess what, I ran 11.60's with the exact same setup after tweaking it a little.
Right now, I have one of the fastest (if not the fastest) street driven, naturally aspired small block C3... I will hit 10's with that setup and shooting for low 9's or even 8's if I'l go with a blown big block in a couple of years... And guess what, I'll always achieve my goals! I always have!
Come on and show the track results with your Vette
or STFUI do not have any "results" for my car because I have never raced my car. I am no longer into drag racing like I was as a kid. I prefer endurance racing now. Anyway, there won't be any race results from my car for quite a while, it being in several large chunks scattered around my property (and alas, that is only worth $100,000) right now. My restoration is going slow because I'm not made of money. I guess to your way of thinking I'm the "trash from across the tracks".
And you're probably right. Ya see being poor I ain't never had a new car. Pretty much driven junk all my life. When you do that you need to be able to work on it. So, over the years I have built a library of reference material on Chevrolet cars and trucks. When I have a question I go to my data base. I have also used this material to help some of the people on this board. And I enjoy doing that. However, for the life of me, I will never understand why some people (not you by the way) will buy a car they know nothing about. I mean, if you don't know where to check the power steering fluid (again, not you) you really have no business owning a car like this. And yes I do believe I saw that question here a while back.
Ok, on to the comments that got you so bent out of shape. Now I'll admit I was taking the long way around the barn with those questions but I had hoped they would get you to thinking. But, I guess I'll simply have to be blunt. Now pay attention. When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE! Did you catch that? Tell you what. Why don't ya go ask Big632 how well he knows his machine. At 185 mph I'll bet he knows it pretty damn good. I'll bet he could tell you how much weight is setting on each tire of that car. Do you even know the front to rear weight distribution of your car? Even if he didn't build that car himself (I don't know if he did or not) you MUST be a damn good mechanic just to keep it running.
I can feel myself getting a little out of hand here so I'll close with this.
One hundred feet from the finish line in a 1000 hp race car is not the place to be when you fine out that you're in over your head.
BigBlockk
Later.....
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Originally Posted by BigBlockk
Now now, no reason to get nasty. I didn't curse you.
I do not have any "results" for my car because I have never raced my car. I am no longer into drag racing like I was as a kid. I prefer endurance racing now. Anyway, there won't be any race results from my car for quite a while, it being in several large chunks scattered around my property (and alas, that is only worth $100,000) right now. My restoration is going slow because I'm not made of money. I guess to your way of thinking I'm the "trash from across the tracks".
And you're probably right. Ya see being poor I ain't never had a new car. Pretty much driven junk all my life. When you do that you need to be able to work on it. So, over the years I have built a library of reference material on Chevrolet cars and trucks. When I have a question I go to my data base. I have also used this material to help some of the people on this board. And I enjoy doing that. However, for the life of me, I will never understand why some people (not you by the way) will buy a car they know nothing about. I mean, if you don't know where to check the power steering fluid (again, not you) you really have no business owning a car like this. And yes I do believe I saw that question here a while back.
Ok, on to the comments that got you so bent out of shape. Now I'll admit I was taking the long way around the barn with those questions but I had hoped they would get you to thinking. But, I guess I'll simply have to be blunt. Now pay attention. When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE! Did you catch that? Tell you what. Why don't ya go ask Big632 how well he knows his machine. At 185 mph I'll bet he knows it pretty damn good. I'll bet he could tell you how much weight is setting on each tire of that car. Do you even know the front to rear weight distribution of your car? Even if he didn't build that car himself (I don't know if he did or not) you MUST be a damn good mechanic just to keep it running.
I can feel myself getting a little out of hand here so I'll close with this.
One hundred feet from the finish line in a 1000 hp race car is not the place to be when you fine out that you're in over your head.
BigBlockk
Later.....
I do not have any "results" for my car because I have never raced my car. I am no longer into drag racing like I was as a kid. I prefer endurance racing now. Anyway, there won't be any race results from my car for quite a while, it being in several large chunks scattered around my property (and alas, that is only worth $100,000) right now. My restoration is going slow because I'm not made of money. I guess to your way of thinking I'm the "trash from across the tracks".
And you're probably right. Ya see being poor I ain't never had a new car. Pretty much driven junk all my life. When you do that you need to be able to work on it. So, over the years I have built a library of reference material on Chevrolet cars and trucks. When I have a question I go to my data base. I have also used this material to help some of the people on this board. And I enjoy doing that. However, for the life of me, I will never understand why some people (not you by the way) will buy a car they know nothing about. I mean, if you don't know where to check the power steering fluid (again, not you) you really have no business owning a car like this. And yes I do believe I saw that question here a while back.
Ok, on to the comments that got you so bent out of shape. Now I'll admit I was taking the long way around the barn with those questions but I had hoped they would get you to thinking. But, I guess I'll simply have to be blunt. Now pay attention. When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE! Did you catch that? Tell you what. Why don't ya go ask Big632 how well he knows his machine. At 185 mph I'll bet he knows it pretty damn good. I'll bet he could tell you how much weight is setting on each tire of that car. Do you even know the front to rear weight distribution of your car? Even if he didn't build that car himself (I don't know if he did or not) you MUST be a damn good mechanic just to keep it running.
I can feel myself getting a little out of hand here so I'll close with this.
One hundred feet from the finish line in a 1000 hp race car is not the place to be when you fine out that you're in over your head.
BigBlockk
Later.....
It's not that I'm angry at your point of view, it's just the way you expressed it. This forum is to help others and not to make fun of them. I didn't see any post from you in this thread that was in response to my initial question.. Seems like you either didn't know where the governor is or you didn't want to help. If you didn't know, you have no business of critizizing me for not knowing.... and if you did know, thanks for not telling me!!
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BigBlockk: Sorry, but this comment...
"When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE!"
...is the biggest load of horse manure I have seen shovelled in here in a LONG time. By your way of thinking, just about EVERY driver in NASCAR as well as the guys driving rails and funny cars in NHRA/IHRA and the drivers of Formlula 1 and CART would be out of a job.
I can see a point of people NOT starting on a Vette as their first car to hot rod PERSONALLY. But DRIVING/RACING and WORKING on a car are two different animals. There are a TON of people that buy a crate motor, have it installed, and proceed to race the heck out of it. At the end of the season, they take the car in, have the motor yanked and rebuilt, installed back in the car, and off they go to race it again.
Those guys may NEVER turn a wrench on that engine and all they do is tell someone else what they are expereincing and have them fix it.
Sorry...but your "lofty" position as knowing a lot about your car does NOT make you any better than the rest of us iggerant dummies that take a car in for a fix when we can't figure out where the left-handed crescent wrench adjustment is
Dep...climbing down off his home-built soapbox that does 0-60 in 3 seconds.
"When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE!"
...is the biggest load of horse manure I have seen shovelled in here in a LONG time. By your way of thinking, just about EVERY driver in NASCAR as well as the guys driving rails and funny cars in NHRA/IHRA and the drivers of Formlula 1 and CART would be out of a job.
I can see a point of people NOT starting on a Vette as their first car to hot rod PERSONALLY. But DRIVING/RACING and WORKING on a car are two different animals. There are a TON of people that buy a crate motor, have it installed, and proceed to race the heck out of it. At the end of the season, they take the car in, have the motor yanked and rebuilt, installed back in the car, and off they go to race it again.
Those guys may NEVER turn a wrench on that engine and all they do is tell someone else what they are expereincing and have them fix it.
Sorry...but your "lofty" position as knowing a lot about your car does NOT make you any better than the rest of us iggerant dummies that take a car in for a fix when we can't figure out where the left-handed crescent wrench adjustment is
Dep...climbing down off his home-built soapbox that does 0-60 in 3 seconds.
Last edited by DJ Dep; Apr 30, 2005 at 11:17 AM.
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Originally Posted by BigBlockk
And you're probably right. Ya see being poor I ain't never had a new car. Pretty much driven junk all my life. When you do that you need to be able to work on it. So, over the years I have built a library of reference material on Chevrolet cars and trucks. When I have a question I go to my data base. .....
On the other hand my brother had a 67 camaro he bought in beautifully restored condition and simply drove it until it didn't run anymore then sold it.
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
I just don't agree that you have to know everything about your car if you have a certain amount of power.. I try to rely on competent and reputable builders to build me stuff that will hold up and if there's a major problem, I'll have them fix it...
It's not that I'm angry at your point of view, it's just the way you expressed it. This forum is to help others and not to make fun of them. I didn't see any post from you in this thread that was in response to my initial question.. Seems like you either didn't know where the governor is or you didn't want to help. If you didn't know, you have no business of critizizing me for not knowing.... and if you did know, thanks for not telling me!!
It's not that I'm angry at your point of view, it's just the way you expressed it. This forum is to help others and not to make fun of them. I didn't see any post from you in this thread that was in response to my initial question.. Seems like you either didn't know where the governor is or you didn't want to help. If you didn't know, you have no business of critizizing me for not knowing.... and if you did know, thanks for not telling me!!
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Originally Posted by DJ Dep
BigBlockk: Sorry, but this comment...
"When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE!"
...is the biggest load of horse manure I have seen shovelled in here in a LONG time. By your way of thinking, just about EVERY driver in NASCAR as well as the guys driving rails and funny cars in NHRA/IHRA and the drivers of Formlula 1 and CART would be out of a job.
I can see a point of people NOT starting on a Vette as their first car to hot rod PERSONALLY. But DRIVING/RACING and WORKING on a car are two different animals. There are a TON of people that buy a crate motor, have it installed, and proceed to race the heck out of it. At the end of the season, they take the car in, have the motor yanked and rebuilt, installed back in the car, and off they go to race it again.
Those guys may NEVER turn a wrench on that engine and all they do is tell someone else what they are expereincing and have them fix it.
Sorry...but your "lofty" position as knowing a lot about your car does NOT make you any better than the rest of us iggerant dummies that take a car in for a fix when we can't figure out where the left-handed crescent wrench adjustment is
Dep...climbing down off his home-built soapbox that does 0-60 in 3 seconds.
"When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE!"
...is the biggest load of horse manure I have seen shovelled in here in a LONG time. By your way of thinking, just about EVERY driver in NASCAR as well as the guys driving rails and funny cars in NHRA/IHRA and the drivers of Formlula 1 and CART would be out of a job.
I can see a point of people NOT starting on a Vette as their first car to hot rod PERSONALLY. But DRIVING/RACING and WORKING on a car are two different animals. There are a TON of people that buy a crate motor, have it installed, and proceed to race the heck out of it. At the end of the season, they take the car in, have the motor yanked and rebuilt, installed back in the car, and off they go to race it again.
Those guys may NEVER turn a wrench on that engine and all they do is tell someone else what they are expereincing and have them fix it.
Sorry...but your "lofty" position as knowing a lot about your car does NOT make you any better than the rest of us iggerant dummies that take a car in for a fix when we can't figure out where the left-handed crescent wrench adjustment is
Dep...climbing down off his home-built soapbox that does 0-60 in 3 seconds.
Well put Dep!!!
Also, a "real man knows when to say when".
Many years ago in high school, one of my buddies in auto shop class became a famous pro drag racer. He drove that thing like no one else could, but he had trouble using the correct end of a screwdriver.
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Originally Posted by 77TSi-meez
Very well articulated.........Now lets go do a 10.6
. Florida climate kills performance during the hot season.... If I would be racing in 40 degree weather, I'd bet that I'd be in the 10.80 range right now and 10.70 or so with the transbrake...
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Originally Posted by DJ Dep
BigBlockk: Sorry, but this comment...
"When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE!"
...is the biggest load of horse manure I have seen shovelled in here in a LONG time. By your way of thinking, just about EVERY driver in NASCAR as well as the guys driving rails and funny cars in NHRA/IHRA and the drivers of Formlula 1 and CART would be out of a job.
I can see a point of people NOT starting on a Vette as their first car to hot rod PERSONALLY. But DRIVING/RACING and WORKING on a car are two different animals. There are a TON of people that buy a crate motor, have it installed, and proceed to race the heck out of it. At the end of the season, they take the car in, have the motor yanked and rebuilt, installed back in the car, and off they go to race it again.
Those guys may NEVER turn a wrench on that engine and all they do is tell someone else what they are expereincing and have them fix it.
Sorry...but your "lofty" position as knowing a lot about your car does NOT make you any better than the rest of us iggerant dummies that take a car in for a fix when we can't figure out where the left-handed crescent wrench adjustment is climbing down off his home-built soapbox that does 0-60 in 3 seconds.
"When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE!"
...is the biggest load of horse manure I have seen shovelled in here in a LONG time. By your way of thinking, just about EVERY driver in NASCAR as well as the guys driving rails and funny cars in NHRA/IHRA and the drivers of Formlula 1 and CART would be out of a job.
I can see a point of people NOT starting on a Vette as their first car to hot rod PERSONALLY. But DRIVING/RACING and WORKING on a car are two different animals. There are a TON of people that buy a crate motor, have it installed, and proceed to race the heck out of it. At the end of the season, they take the car in, have the motor yanked and rebuilt, installed back in the car, and off they go to race it again.
Those guys may NEVER turn a wrench on that engine and all they do is tell someone else what they are expereincing and have them fix it.
Sorry...but your "lofty" position as knowing a lot about your car does NOT make you any better than the rest of us iggerant dummies that take a car in for a fix when we can't figure out where the left-handed crescent wrench adjustment is
climbing down off his home-built soapbox that does 0-60 in 3 seconds. ........good job Dep......
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Originally Posted by DJ Dep
BigBlockk: Sorry, but this comment...
"When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE!"
...is the biggest load of horse manure I have seen shovelled in here in a LONG time. By your way of thinking, just about EVERY driver in NASCAR as well as the guys driving rails and funny cars in NHRA/IHRA and the drivers of Formlula 1 and CART would be out of a job.
I can see a point of people NOT starting on a Vette as their first car to hot rod PERSONALLY. But DRIVING/RACING and WORKING on a car are two different animals. There are a TON of people that buy a crate motor, have it installed, and proceed to race the heck out of it. At the end of the season, they take the car in, have the motor yanked and rebuilt, installed back in the car, and off they go to race it again.
Those guys may NEVER turn a wrench on that engine and all they do is tell someone else what they are expereincing and have them fix it.
Sorry...but your "lofty" position as knowing a lot about your car does NOT make you any better than the rest of us iggerant dummies that take a car in for a fix when we can't figure out where the left-handed crescent wrench adjustment is
Dep...climbing down off his home-built soapbox that does 0-60 in 3 seconds.
"When you are driving a 1000 hp race car YOU MUST KNOW THE INTIMATE INNER WORKINGS OF THAT VEHICLE!"
...is the biggest load of horse manure I have seen shovelled in here in a LONG time. By your way of thinking, just about EVERY driver in NASCAR as well as the guys driving rails and funny cars in NHRA/IHRA and the drivers of Formlula 1 and CART would be out of a job.
I can see a point of people NOT starting on a Vette as their first car to hot rod PERSONALLY. But DRIVING/RACING and WORKING on a car are two different animals. There are a TON of people that buy a crate motor, have it installed, and proceed to race the heck out of it. At the end of the season, they take the car in, have the motor yanked and rebuilt, installed back in the car, and off they go to race it again.
Those guys may NEVER turn a wrench on that engine and all they do is tell someone else what they are expereincing and have them fix it.
Sorry...but your "lofty" position as knowing a lot about your car does NOT make you any better than the rest of us iggerant dummies that take a car in for a fix when we can't figure out where the left-handed crescent wrench adjustment is
Dep...climbing down off his home-built soapbox that does 0-60 in 3 seconds.
While you're looking I'll go on.
I was unaware that we had a professional racer on the forums. Now, I know he talked about having some serious cash but he must really be raking it in to be able to afford a professional pit crew. You know I coulda swore he said something 'bout him and another forum member droppin that motor in his car. I guess I was wrong what with him havin this crew an all. I guess they musta done it. But to hear him talk he was the one that fixed the shifting problem in the transmission. I don't know, the way I see it, if you're paying these professional mechanics to keep your car in shape but you got to get under it yourself to fix something, you ain't gettin your monies worth. And if he's got a crew to work on his car why does he come on the forums and ask questions all the time? Why don't he ask the crew how their setting up his car?
Yeah I know there are some guys out there that pay other people to work on their race cars but I know I seen threads where this guy was talkin 'bout doin this and doin that on his car. I know you don't have to be a crack mechanic to race a fast car but when you put the car together yourself the better the mechanic the better the car.
Ya know I saw on another thread this guy talkin 'bout losing a couple of header bolts the last time he had his car out. Now I don't know if they snapped off or just fell out but think about what coulda happened if one of those had cut one of his rear slicks at 120 mph. That just gives me the ******* all over.
BigBlockk
Later.....
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Originally Posted by BigBlockk
Can you point out for me where I made the claim that I was better than someone else.
While you're looking I'll go on.
I was unaware that we had a professional racer on the forums. Now, I know he talked about having some serious cash but he must really be raking it in to be able to afford a professional pit crew. You know I coulda swore he said something 'bout him and another forum member droppin that motor in his car. I guess I was wrong what with him havin this crew an all. I guess they musta done it. But to hear him talk he was the one that fixed the shifting problem in the transmission. I don't know, the way I see it, if you're paying these professional mechanics to keep your car in shape but you got to get under it yourself to fix something, you ain't gettin your monies worth. And if he's got a crew to work on his car why does he come on the forums and ask questions all the time? Why don't he ask the crew how their setting up his car?
Yeah I know there are some guys out there that pay other people to work on their race cars but I know I seen threads where this guy was talkin 'bout doin this and doin that on his car. I know you don't have to be a crack mechanic to race a fast car but when you put the car together yourself the better the mechanic the better the car.
Ya know I saw on another thread this guy talkin 'bout losing a couple of header bolts the last time he had his car out. Now I don't know if they snapped off or just fell out but think about what coulda happened if one of those had cut one of his rear slicks at 120 mph. That just gives me the ******* all over.
BigBlockk
Later.....
While you're looking I'll go on.
I was unaware that we had a professional racer on the forums. Now, I know he talked about having some serious cash but he must really be raking it in to be able to afford a professional pit crew. You know I coulda swore he said something 'bout him and another forum member droppin that motor in his car. I guess I was wrong what with him havin this crew an all. I guess they musta done it. But to hear him talk he was the one that fixed the shifting problem in the transmission. I don't know, the way I see it, if you're paying these professional mechanics to keep your car in shape but you got to get under it yourself to fix something, you ain't gettin your monies worth. And if he's got a crew to work on his car why does he come on the forums and ask questions all the time? Why don't he ask the crew how their setting up his car?
Yeah I know there are some guys out there that pay other people to work on their race cars but I know I seen threads where this guy was talkin 'bout doin this and doin that on his car. I know you don't have to be a crack mechanic to race a fast car but when you put the car together yourself the better the mechanic the better the car.
Ya know I saw on another thread this guy talkin 'bout losing a couple of header bolts the last time he had his car out. Now I don't know if they snapped off or just fell out but think about what coulda happened if one of those had cut one of his rear slicks at 120 mph. That just gives me the ******* all over.
BigBlockk
Later.....
but ignore my response completely...As I said in a previous response: I have competent builders build me stuff and I'll send it back to them to fix it if things breaks. It's that simple. I'm able to exchange any parts on my car except rear wheel bearings and other minor stuff that I don't have the tools to work on. I usually don't get into internals, nor do I need to. I'm starting to learn new stuff here on the forum, thanks to the help of some great members who offer their knowledge. I also offer my knowledge if I can help with something that I know. That's what the forum is about!!
As I said in my previous post: If you find it funny that I didn't know where the governor was located on my TH200R4 you'd have no business making fun of the fact that I didn't know.. Otherwise, you were an a-hole for knowing and not telling... That's it...
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
BigBlock,
I'm looking for an expert to answer a Q-Jet question NOBODY here seems to know as i have bumped it 4 times with 0 replies.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...103&forum_id=3
I'm looking for an expert to answer a Q-Jet question NOBODY here seems to know as i have bumped it 4 times with 0 replies.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...103&forum_id=3
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From: St. Petersburg, Fl///Columbus, Ohio
I am a professional mechanic... a Damn good one
I didn't know where the governor is on a 200R4... So what!!!
Oliver has built one hell of a car & enjoy's racing it.
If everyone that raced a car knew everything about cars it wouldn't be racing....it would be whoever had the most $$$ would win!!!
Good Job getting your tranny shifting again!!!
I didn't know where the governor is on a 200R4... So what!!!
Oliver has built one hell of a car & enjoy's racing it.
If everyone that raced a car knew everything about cars it wouldn't be racing....it would be whoever had the most $$$ would win!!!
Good Job getting your tranny shifting again!!!
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From: Lakeland, FL
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St. Jude Donor '03, '06, '17
Originally Posted by jcswm
I am a professional mechanic... a Damn good one
I didn't know where the governor is on a 200R4... So what!!!
Oliver has built one hell of a car & enjoy's racing it.
If everyone that raced a car knew everything about cars it wouldn't be racing....it would be whoever had the most $$$ would win!!!
Good Job getting your tranny shifting again!!!
I didn't know where the governor is on a 200R4... So what!!!
Oliver has built one hell of a car & enjoy's racing it.
If everyone that raced a car knew everything about cars it wouldn't be racing....it would be whoever had the most $$$ would win!!!
Good Job getting your tranny shifting again!!!
