Sucks that im new and never got to experience your wealth of knowledge.
You damn shade tree mechanics ruined it for the new ones that really wanted to learn about this car. It was my dream car for so long and I finally got it. I am in no way disappointed with this car. I love everything about it, besides the fact I want more power to kill myself with. lol.
Wish I was on here before to see how it really was.
peace
God Speed

 

ET,

I have only been on CF for a relatively short time and have always trusted your posts.......this is because I respect experience.......a view that I have grown into over my 30+ years in my own profession.
Wish you would write a book on what the C5 owner needs to know

Thanks for coming back, if only in a limited way,

Jim

 

Good to hear from you Bill. I didn't learn much from you today, but it was nice to hear your voice.

 

There are some really good people on this forum, but unfortunately there are more wanna Be's than good knowledgeable folks..seak them out..and there are hundreds of archived posts with my name on them...in the six years Ive been here Ive commented on all of the areas of this car that I am an expert in.. So Ive posted over and over again on things I know.. I never post in areas that I have very limited knowledge.. remember there were several hundred engineers and techs that worked this car into the masterpiece that it is.. The one thing that Ive said for 6 years on this forum is " Be careful who you listen too" This is not your grandfather's Buick.
I am also trying a new approach to helping... if I choose to post in an open thread, it will be just a one time post, with my input, no arguments or rebuttals.. no defense of my credentials.. No bloodshed.
I'M also not spending 6 or 7 hours a day here 7 days a week any more, I have found something new to occupy my time. Sex ] : ) yeah and with a live person and a female too..no more blow up dolls for me. If I cant be mean and nasty anymore, I need to shift that Evil-Twin guy into a new state of evilness. And If I shifted to that Bill guy, you know the geek!!! I would bore everyone to sleep.
The End
Bill aka ET

 

Jim, thank you for the kind words, but I dont need to write a book,,, dont over think what we have already thought out for you..perfect example the Oil life monitor system.. we had it down so good that as I was leaving GM in 2000 what we found it to be a well written program..could even be better than we originally thought through testing..thats why the base line was increased to 15000 miles from 10,000 miles... Point being the Oil life monitor was even better than we designed, and this could only be seen through field testing over a five period. So you already have the book. the maintenance guide... follow it, the car is a 200,000 plus mile car... with more people approaching 300,000 daily.. with a 1/4 million made this car is just now showing its real colors.

 

From one GM engineer to another

 

Yeah and maybe he could get into the heavy stuff like the best durometer for the performance hood seal. Curious minds would like to know.

 

we tested durometer readings for millions of years , I personally like 84.... 83 is too soft, and 85 is too hard... I get alteast 20 % more horse power using 84... but then you also have to consider how much wax is on the car.. and if you use front to back polishing strokes, or circular ones..you know straight front to back strokes can yield considerable gains in engine torque and front wheel traction.

 

I read that on the forum many times....

 

COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE

 

This thread is fun.

 

Pffft call yourself an engineer? Side-to-side straight polishing strokes on the hood will create more front wheel traction through downforce! Back to school for you! Any F1 pitboy would know that!

 

Nice to see you back Bill (ET)

 

 

AAGHHHHH....the ET is back

 

wait, what are you polishing ?

 

great to see you back, Have enjoyed your posts and never really understood why people would argue the way they did with you. Thats life, we get over it and find a way to overcome. Glad you are back and I think your new approach is a good idea to keep the bickering down

 

Well, I started this thread because I wanted to talk to a GM Engineer regarding a non-C5 related question. I'm glad I got to talk to Bill in PM's a little bit and have since gone back and looked at past posts from him in other threads.

I'm glad Evil-Twin responded to this post and get the support he has gotten on this thread. I value the wisdom of the people that worked on this car and it is a precision piece of machinery (and I agree that it is undervalued too).

I have seen it before with bickering on a car forum. I belong(ed) to a Ford Model A forum. Now this is a 75 year old car that some people have a lot of experience with rebuilding and not the same engineering as seen on the C5. I was put off by the name calling, bickering, etc. that Bill indicated here. I'm no expert, I just want to learn from them.
JB

 

there was no mention of up and down strokes...and No I have not gone blind, because I DiD listen to my mother