Cascade Crew

aaron_sK

Took it out of hiding today, and lost a little more hearing (bad collector gasket leak). Very Happy

My Dad and I took it out to Waller/Midland and blew it around a bit. Ran pretty well, clutch engages smooth, gave me no problems. Still getting used to it though. Years of auto driving weakened my left foot.

Still need to fix the VSS though. It didn't stall at low idle like some people had said, the idle speed just kept increasing. Once you start the car it fluctuates, then drops to 750 (with the auto it would drop to 1500, then 750). However the longer you drive the higher it idles. It topped out at around 2K rpm, which was the highest I let it go before killing it, but it took about 20 minutes of running before it would get that high. I checked the TB and it's not sticking or anything, so I assume it's just a lack of VSS. Confused

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject:

Sweet Deal Aaron!

Now you just gotta bring her to a gathering! I think the next one is happning up your way a month or two.

aaron_sK · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject:

Actually in a couple weeks Jake is having a get-together at Pacific Raceways. Gonna try and have new exhaust and guages by then, plus some more practice with a stick. Very Happy

I have honestly never touched a manual car with this much torque before. Embarassed

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject:

Torque is fun. Aren't you supposed to put a couple hundred miles of "Nice" driving in to break the Clutch and flywheel contact in?

aaron_sK · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject:

Not really... cause the guy I bought it from was nice enough to do it for me. Very Happy

I bought a bunch of swap parts, and the clutch that was included was actually in pretty good shape, so I used it.

BTW, for you swap guys, what did you do with the hatch releae switch? An article on TGO claims that you can splice the yellow wire from the hatch release to the brown wire on the parking brake lever. I tried that and the hatch opened both times. With the parking brake on it worked normally, with the brake off the hatch opened, but the seatbelt buzzer went off and the tach jumped to zero. Shocked

Right now I left the wires unplugged under the glovebox

Xophertony · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject:

with firebirds you do not have to do a thing. Very Happy

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:16 am Post subject:

Wasn't you guys' in some wierd place on the dash or something though? I like mine, I'd just rather have it inoporable on the freeway. Rolling Eyes

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:27 am Post subject:

I left the hatch release switch where it was. I have to have the clutch in, then depress the switch to pop the hatch.

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:05 am Post subject:

What wire did you use though? I spliced into the yellow wire, but that may have been a mistake. There was also an orange wire, and a ground.

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:39 am Post subject:

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:56 pm Post subject:

I was under the impression that the hatch would only open in Park. Must have been wrong about that.

Xophertony · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:56 pm Post subject:

my GTA: the hatch only opens with the E-brake on. the car was originally an auto car, when it was an auto i could open the hatch in drive, as long as the E-brake was on. now that it's a stick it's the same deal, any gear any time, as long as the E-brake is on.

my six i wired up myself, and it will only open if the ignition is on. i like it better that way, more secure. cause you know, people are just dieing to steal my 1986 2.8L firebird. Rolling Eyes