First Official Mod Day at Crovo's

Just got home.

Had an awesome time guys! It was great to see everyone, and I'm psyched the weather cooperated so well all day.

I very much enjoyed watching everyone else work on cars. It appeared that a lot of stuff got done. I just wish I coulda got my car fixed. I did get my hands dirty once though plugging in a vacuum line for Rich (After I broke his PCV hose).

Sorry to Matt for telling him it was ok to put a jackstand somewhere that turned out to not appreciate it.

Big thanks to Crovo for hosting the day. Lunch was excellent and it seemed everyone enjoyed themselves. McKay salad was delicious too.

I took a bunch of pictures on Mark Ross' camera, so hopefully he can post em up for us.

Also a huge thanks Doug (Pooge). He wins the nice guy of the day award. Hooked me up with a cherry gearbox, gave me a ride home, then after dropping me off came back thirty minutes later since I left my toolbox in his truck. Can't thank you enough man; I'da been shoot outa luck without my tools.

Cya'll on Drag Day!

THANKS TIMES A TRILLION TO THE BILL(S),Doug,Timmmmmmayy,Mark and everyone else that helped me with my gasket...

HAD A GREAT TIME FOOD WAS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MET SOME COOL PEOPLE


CROVO SOMEONE PUT YOUR VACUUM EXTENSION IN MY TRUNK


Ihave a Couple Pics...

Thank you to The Crovo's for hosting the first mod day of 09.You guys rock! Phyllis and I had a blast, with great company and conversation. I guess great food. I am stuck to a straw diet, so I can only smell the good stuff.

Thank you Rich for allowing me to help you fix your car. I had fun, and I hope it idles a bit better with the coil, ICM,and opti harness.. .

Fisha is correct. Doug rocks, and so a big thanks to Doug for giving me the door. And Anthony for backing me up during my wicked cool broken door panel mod.

I was glad to see everyone. I was very impressed with the turnout.
Sorry Marc, Ron and The three Toms could not make it.

And very happy that the weather cooperated with us. I had asked for 70 and sunny, but 60 and overcast works too.

Jim it was great to talk to you. , Anthony, I am sorry I did not get a chance to help you with your mirrors.

Thanks for the well wishes too.

We should do another mod day soon.

See everyone May 23rd.

just got home about 20 mins ago.

as previously stated, big THANKS to the Crovo's.
it was great to see everyone, and meet some new guys.

Bill M glad those clips worked for you i think ive had them sitting around for 2-3 years now. dont worry about the mirrors theres always next time.

Bill C and Doug it was fun workin on the marsmallow with you guys.
hope to see the pics of it on the ground tomorrow afternoon.

hope to see everyone at drag day.

It was an AWESOME day. Those of you who did not make it you really missed a great time!

Big thanks to

Crovo for letting us scatter on his property and for being the cook and letting me drive his t56 Impala.

Mark for the present and for the ride to the store!

Doug, thanks a bunch for the drill! I would still be there drilling. Thanks for the grey rear deck too.

Bill M, thanks alot for the tap set!

Chris, for taking me on a ride in the sweet SS.

Everyone else for the good conversation and advise throughout the day! I look forward to doing this again.

Here's da pix.

Bill M doing Rich's intake. Previously occupied by squirrels.



mmmmmm gummy







Marshmallow getting spring/shock treatment by everyone but Crovo





Crovos favorite color











Chris was nice enough to take me for a ride in this BEAST.







Crovo was nice enough to let me drive his T56 Impala even though he made fun of me for not beating on it.





Mark's PPM 9c1, nice car, thanks for the gift!



oooo puuurrty

i wanted to go so bad. now i see what i missed. nice rides. im glad you guys had a good time. was there any roadmasters there? after seeing some of those rides. my lowly buick would have to park around the corner. looks like a lot of work going on in the pics. i did know some of the faces. well there will be next time.

Ron, there were only two roadmasters and they were both wagons.

i saw bills in garage.but i thought there might be more. so thank you. i would have felt out of place. nah. im just looking at pics and trying to find some ideas under the hood. maybe this t56 install will be it for this summer.

I had a great time guys! Thanks or coming up/down!

Good people, good food, cool cars... Awesome day!

Thanks to everyone who helped to work on my car while I was busy hostessing. LOL. Thanks!!!

So who's hosting the next one??? When is it???

I'm heading back out into the garage now to install the rear shocks and do the coolant flush/hoses, at the very least.

I was jealous so I bought a 52mm TB to open up the lungs for my LT1. Looked like a great time, can't wait for the next one!

I have to get to the next one of these. I was so lonely yesterday typing up a dang paper while you guys were off having fun. At least I get to see the pretty pictures.

Looks like you guys had a lot of fun, and yes I am geluz!

I will be home soon enough though and I get to look forward to the fun of R&Ring my spun bearing modded 305 for a under 100k mile 305 but at least she will be running again. The work doesn't bother me but doing it in the middle of July in Florida is going to suck but after the heat here it shouldn't be that bad.

Keep up the good work guys, and keep posting pics.

Ray.

Hurry home, Ray!

I finished up the suspension on the Marshmallow today. I installed that Addco rear bar I had. I actually had to drill some holes in the LCA's to install it! Not sure I like the way it mounts. It's UGLY! I also made some turnbuckles from RC car parts to shorten the sensor rod for the auto-level (air ride). I decided to hold off on the rear shocks for now and see how it was with the stockers as they were still holding air. The real plan is to install those shocks I got and some Airlift Bags utilizing the stock comperssor and lines to keep the auto level. It looks pretty good! I took it for a quick ride and it rides and handles pretty good. Better than I expected, actually. I like it. After a quick 5 mile drive, the front tires are just about level with the wheel opening, I can barely get a finger in, and the rears cover about 2" of the rim. I'll take pics. I know... useless without them... yadda yadda.

The rear air shocks on these cars actually ride pretty decent. The ones in my wagon are low mile AC Delco shocks. Glad you got her buttoned up. Is that rear bar purple too?

toomanytoyz wrote:

WHERES THEM PICS !!!!!!!

Mr Crovo Thanks for having us.
Here's some of the pics i took with an assist from Mr Fisha
This seemed to be the most productive scene of the day with B Mckay and Rich going to town on that manifold.I helped on this plugged a few things in and accidentially did the oil filler removal Mod for Rich.

Bill's GOOD side

Common theme for the day was one working on something with a half dozen Spectators

This is what they were looking at in the last pic Chris's shiny new headlights

ME actually doing something .Helping Matt Keep the gas out of his face while changing his fuel filter.

Our Host .What's that look for ? Something like why is my car not done
and what are all these fools doing in my driveway.

Street weiw We don't discriminate.There's a caddy and a Mopar.

My car I LET that red car park there so he could catch a little of the limelight.

Timmays Beasst ,Looking Much Better than the last time we saw it covered in salt.

laidlow91 wrote:

toomanytoyz wrote:

WHERES THEM PICS !!!!!!!

LOL.

RIGHT HERE!

Anthonys.I know your going for a kinda bare bones murdered out look
but i had some tie wraps i could have hooked you up with for those wires in front of the rad.

Got a bunch more mostly overveiw Pictures.
In no particular order.

Again Thanks For having us Bill.We'll have to find a place to do the next one .BUT
MAKE SURE YOU EITHER CLEAN THAT GRILL or BUY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER For next time.

M.ROSS wrote:

Again Thanks For having us Bill.We'll have to find a place to do the next one .BUT
MAKE SURE YOU EITHER CLEAN THAT GRILL or BUY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER For next time.

LOL! No kidding, right? I actually emptied it right after the... uh... incident.

WHEN's the next one?????

I say we have another one before the race day.

Next Week my house= got room for no cars.We'll have to work something out.

GasTT wrote:

I say we have another one before the race day.

Works for me! I was thinking the same thing!!!

And Mark, you do know you can post more than one pic per post, right? Frikken post whore.

Listen Pal I ain,t the sharpest pencil.Doing all that at once would tax my little pea brain.Make a mistake and i gotta start all over again.Not happening

So Rich, how's it running? Any better? Still burning on the exhaust? Inquiring minds want to know.

I am wondering too, I heard someone say it was still leaking?

its running fine still has that stumble .. it went away for awhile then came back.. and i think the oil is still leaking dammit


is there a o ring by the oil filter adapter?

M.ROSS wrote:

Anthonys.I know your going for a kinda bare bones murdered out look
but i had some tie wraps i could have hooked you up with for those wires in front of the rad.

its on the list.

BoSStonsSS wrote:

its running fine still has that stumble .. it went away for awhile then came back.. and i think the oil is still leaking dammit


is there a o ring by the oil filter adapter?

Rich
There is a o-ring that is prone to leaking. Autozone has a felpro replacement.

Off idle stumbles like you described are tough to pinpoint. I had a 9c1 a few years back, and for the life of me I could not find the stumble. I kept throwing parts at it, and for a short time after a part replacement, the stumble would come back.

One thing you can do is listen to each exhaust pipe while at idle, and listen for a skip sound in the exhaust note. If you hear something that sounds off, it could at the very least pinpoint a bank of cylinders that is affected. If both sides sound the same, it is probably something common to both banks of cylinders.

Is the stumble better now that we through parts at it, and replaced the intake gasket, or is it the same as before?

Remember when I told you how to check the egr by pushing on the diaphram while at idle? When you get a chance, try pushing that in to see how the car reacts. It should bog down if it is working corectly.

Good luck with it. If we are doing another mod day, I can help a little more.

BoSStonsSS wrote:

its running fine still has that stumble .. it went away for awhile then came back.. and i think the oil is still leaking dammit


is there a o ring by the oil filter adapter?

Have you done the Air Pump delete mod? It MAY be your problem.

Tomz9C1 wrote:

BoSStonsSS wrote:

its running fine still has that stumble .. it went away for awhile then came back.. and i think the oil is still leaking dammit


is there a o ring by the oil filter adapter?

Have you done the Air Pump delete mod? It MAY be your problem.

He hasn't. That car is bone stock. Well, now it has the TB bypass...

And damn! Bill's post was so good, he quoted it himself!

Rich
have you looked into the age and condition of your plugs
and wires? looking under your hood on mod day the plugs
you have in there look like they might of been in there for a while.

just a thought.
ive had weird driveability problems due to plugs and/or wires.

laidlow91 wrote:

Rich
have you looked into the age and condition of your plugs
and wires? looking under your hood on mod day the plugs
you have in there look like they might of been in there for a while.

just a thought.
ive had weird driveability problems due to plugs and/or wires.

I thought he said that stuff was changed out. Maybe it was just the opti he had replaced.

Being a passenger in it felt like bad wires. Both Fishah and I thought the same thing. Time for a tune up, Rich!!!

We'll do it at the next mod day. Get the cheap Z28 wires from Summit or Jegs and some single platinum plugs like Bosch Platinums or Autolites or something. That's about 50 bucks in parts there. A cheap $100 opti off ebay may not be a bad idea. And we can take care of the coolant leak you got there too....

toomanytoyz wrote:

Being a passenger in it felt like bad wires. Both Fishah and I thought the same thing. Time for a tune up, Rich!!!

We'll do it at the next mod day. Get the cheap Z28 wires from Summit or Jegs and some single platinum plugs like Bosch Platinums or Autolites or something. That's about 50 bucks in parts there. A cheap $100 opti off ebay may not be a bad idea. And we can take care of the coolant leak you got there too....

I fixed the coolant leak saturday.

I have a set of bosch plugs with like 2k on them you can have for your rear quarter. j/k You can have them.

Rich
You did say the cap and rotor was recently done didn't you?

THE EGR is fine it boggled when i pressed it.... i was listening to the exhaust it does have a skip to it ..

the ac delco wires are brand new and the plugs ngk tr55 got them in nov-dec.. Got the opti the same time

BoSStonsSS wrote:

THE EGR is fine it boggled when i pressed it.... i was listening to the exhaust it does have a skip to it ..

the ac delco wires are brand new and the plugs ngk tr55 got them in nov-dec.. Got the opti the same time

Were you able to tell if one exhaust pipe had the skip, or both sides?

the passenger side had the skip

BoSStonsSS wrote:

the passenger side had the skip

I would check for an arc caused by a broken ceramic insulator of one of the spark plugs, a damaged or loose plug boot, cut in the wire insulation of the plug wires. Just check during the dark to see if you see a slight arc around any of the plugs or wires.

Good luck and keep us posted Rich.

I wish I could have made it Saturday. I was there in Spirit, I got to spend some quality time with my SS. I got the steering column changed out and got all the interior back together.

If you guys are willing to come to Manchester, I would like to host the next Mod day. I'll be in Chicago this weekend but after that is good. I have room for 2 cars in the garage, possibly 4 in the driveway. I have a jack,6 stands,engine crane, compressor, air tools and a cordless impact, Hydraulic press, Snap On mt2500 scanner, stick welder, possible mig welder, and a box of tools.

What do you think?

BowtieSS wrote:

I wish I could have made it Saturday. I was there in Spirit, I got to spend some quality time with my SS. I got the steering column changed out and got all the interior back together.

If you guys are willing to come to Manchester, I would like to host the next Mod day. I'll be in Chicago this weekend but after that is good. I have room for 2 cars in the garage, possibly 4 in the driveway. I have a jack,6 stands,engine crane, compressor, air tools and a cordless impact, Hydraulic press, Snap On mt2500 scanner, stick welder, possible mig welder, and a box of tools.

What do you think?

Thank you very much for the offer Bruce.

I was just asking for a host for the next one before drag day, as there seemed to be intrest in having one before then.