• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

427 engine (part 2) - RHS block

Aaron put the new LS7 throttle body onto my car today and called me to tell me that it appears to have solved the 1514 problem, and the car is running well with it. Still needs some fine tuning, however.

Jim Smith will be coming back up to Thomasville on Tuesday, but they will be working on a ZR1 in the shop first. So they won't get to my car till maybe Thursday.

Since every time I have said something to the effect "My car should be done by ........", it became a spectacularly inaccurate prediction, I'm not going to do that here and now. Instead, I am just going to say that I will be waiting to hear about the next problem they find. :rolleyes:

At least the phone call from Aaron wasn't the usual bad news such calls have been in the past.
 
I know by now it is hard to think positive but I am keeping my fingers crossed for you. I have been where you are at. well maybe not as bad:)
 
I talked to Aaron today and they are still working on the ZR-1 in the shop. Doesn't appear to be any chance at all that my car will get finished this week as I had hoped. Glad I didn't pay for overnight shipping on that throttle body to hurry this up...
 
Hey Rich,

I am wishing you to write 85 pages on here about your new adventures driving your C5 soon...

Christian
PS: I will for sure enjoy reading them!!!
 
Actually, it's quite a trip to read over the old posts in this thread and how many times I thought I was almost out of the woods. Back on 06-19-10 (a year ago) I made the following statement:
Yeah, nothing major, but I feel like I'm about to be eaten alive with nagging little piranha problems like this....
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I should make a compilation of all these sorts of quotes along the way just for the gallows humor of it all...
 
Aaron called me today to give me my usual dose of bad news.

The latest PCM they put in the car died. Also the new Aeromotive fuel pump that Chris originally put on has died as well.

WTF is going on here?
 
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I wonder if Aaron would be willing to take a commission to strip that SOB down and part it out for me? I was seriously thinking about just getting it back home, even if it meant towing it, and mothballing it in the garage. But honestly, the thought of seeing it there in non working condition every time I go into the garage just makes my stomach knot up.

I know this probably seems like small potatoes to some people, and they can't figure out why I am dwelling on it so much. But I guess it's about the equivalent of a little toe on one foot. Not really all that much when compared to all the mass of the rest of the body. But put an infected nail through it and it suddenly becomes the center of your attention, and a pain that will be a long time going away, so the ache will be a constant reminder. That's pretty much where this is now. Do I just keep on taking pain medication or just lop the SOB off and be done with it? I do feel that I am much closer to the "lopping off" stage than I have ever been before.

Maybe I need to see what my damages are with Aaron to date and figure out what kind of price I would need to get to at least put some money back into my pocket after selling this thing. Heck, for all I know, Aaron might already own the damned thing. His bill might already be higher than I am able (or willing) to pay for it.
 
Rich Z said:
I wonder if Aaron would be willing to take a commission to strip that SOB down and part it out for me? I was seriously thinking about just getting it back home, even if it meant towing it, and mothballing it in the garage. But honestly, the thought of seeing it there in non working condition every time I go into the garage just makes my stomach knot up.

I know this probably seems like small potatoes to some people, and they can't figure out why I am dwelling on it so much. But I guess it's about the equivalent of a little toe on one foot. Not really all that much when compared to all the mass of the rest of the body. But put an infected nail through it and it suddenly becomes the center of your attention, and a pain that will be a long time going away, so the ache will be a constant reminder. That's pretty much where this is now. Do I just keep on taking pain medication or just lop the SOB off and be done with it? I do feel that I am much closer to the "lopping off" stage than I have ever been before.

Maybe I need to see what my damages are with Aaron to date and figure out what kind of price I would need to get to at least put some money back into my pocket after selling this thing. Heck, for all I know, Aaron might already own the damned thing. His bill might already be higher than I am able (or willing) to pay for it.
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At this point, I'd be asking what his bill is as of today. I don't think there's anyway to break even on this. You need to plan for a loss of some magnitude. I don't know how you've hung in for this long. Props to you staying optimistic.

I would certainly dump the project at this point even at a significant loss. Just too many headaches and setbacks and money put into it with no clear end in sight. Shops have built complete cars from the ground up in this time frame.
 
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At this point, I'd be asking what his bill is as of today. I don't think there's anyway to break even on this. You need to plan for a loss of some magnitude. I don't know how you've hung in for this long. Props to you staying optimistic.

I would certainly dump the project at this point even at a significant loss. Just too many headaches and setbacks and money put into it with no clear end in sight. Shops have built complete cars from the ground up in this time frame.
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Actually I just recently did just that. I sent Aaron an email to see what I owe him to date for the work done so far. I need to know that before I make any decisions.
 
I hate to say it, but maybe it's time to just :wavey: wave goodbye to that headache. Why not strip it down yourself? Just think of the enjoyment you can have tearing that damn thing apart (as long as you don't "tear" it apart). I really wanted to see this thing come to life, but it looks like "he who shall not be named" really put his foot into destroying every inch of your car. :ack2:
 
Yeah, well, Connie and I had a talk late last night. She couldn't sleep with this on her mind. She wants me to keep the car and get it fixed, no matter what it takes. It's taking a bite out of our retirement savings, and keeping us on pins and needles, tying up funds that we would like to spend traveling, and basically causing me to keep a bottle of Excedrin at hand at all times. But she just doesn't want me to give up that car. She knows I have always enjoyed the hell out of driving it and she seems to like that car just as much as I do.

And I'll be perfectly honest about it, yesterday after I had pretty much decided to end this, it sunk me into a pretty deep depression. I guess that was much more transparent to Connie than I thought I was letting on.

I guess I just have to hope that Aaron can figure out the problems. If not, I guess he will just give up and I'll have to try to find someone else who would be willing to tackle it.
 
Good to hear your wife is on board with you keeping it. That should help a LOT! I can certainly understand keeping excedrin on hand. I'd have a bat in the other hand for the man causing all these issues, but then that'd cause legal issues. Just think, three more months and you'll have it back, then, if it's three more weeks it'll feel like you got it back sooner than expected. Hmm, I think I've said those exact words before in this thread. So sorry Rich.
 
Well, my birthday is July 21. Maybe, with any luck, that will be the day......

If not, well, there is always Christmas....

I'll tell you what, I thank my lucky stars for finding Connie and talking her into marrying me.
 
Rich Z said:
I'll tell you what, I thank my lucky stars for finding Connie and talking her into marrying me.
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Now that's awesome. I have to say the same thing about my wife Natasha. Best thing that has ever happened to me. Hope you get to take a happy birthday cruise in the blue beast! :dancer01:

Say, do you have a name for it? When you get it back on the road, hit me up. I'll make a logo for you!
 
As I have said before you are an extremely lucky man to have such a loving and supportive wife. At this point I think the car comes in second to you and Connie having this experience and the bond it has given the two of you. It has given more meaning to the vows. For richer or for poorer in sickness and in health. Maybe there should be another vow we will support each others dreams and not look back but always forward.

I too know what a good wife is after 49 years I am almost trained.
 
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shakedown067 said:
Now that's awesome. I have to say the same thing about my wife Natasha. Best thing that has ever happened to me. Hope you get to take a happy birthday cruise in the blue beast! :dancer01:

Say, do you have a name for it? When you get it back on the road, hit me up. I'll make a logo for you!
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Well, I have applied several names to that car over the recent past, however none of them are printable here...... :hehehe:
 
I was reading up on that Aeromotive fuel pump on their website and saw this in their installation instructions:

For long term driving applications where continuous run times exceed 30
minutes and fuel capacity is less then 10 gallons, Aeromotive recommends the installation of a pump voltage control module, Aeromotive p/n 16302.
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30 minutes if the tank has less than 10 gallons in it? Does that mean I could only drive the car if it has more than a half a tank in it? :notallthere:
 
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