The last few things are the hardest. Sometimes I ready to push it over a cliff. I have a little over 600 miles on it now.
Brakes - Brakes got worse and worse, to the point that it was hard to stop the car. A rapid stop was impossible, forget trying to lock them up. I spent a long time on the brakes, convinced that it was a bleeding problem. Ended up buying a pressure bleeder. Didn't make much difference so I parked the car a walking away from it for many months. It turns out the rear disc brakes, included on the Moser 12 bolt were what are called Eldorado/Sevelle brakes. It was unfortunate that I didn't receive the instructions, since there was critical information that I didn't have. When installing this type of disc, it is necessary to set and release the emergency brake many times to get the pads to the proper position. In addition if you don't set the parking brake routinely this type of brake doesn't work properly. I didn't have a parking brake and still don't. Would need custom cables since my cross member is not in a standard position. When trying to set the calipers manually after all this time, I find they are damaged and leak. From specs on Rockauto I find that the Eldorado front and rear calipers appear to be the same except for the parking brake. I picked up a pair of front calipers and installed then on the rear, bleed the lines and tested. Was able to lock up the rear finally. Adjusted the Wilwood Proportioning Valve since I had tried adjusting it while trouble shooting the brakes.
Final result I can lock up all four tires but the feel of the pedal is not really great. Takes a lot of travel but will stop quickly. Thinking I spoiled by modern cars I try the brakes in my 77 Cadillac, no problem, not much pedal travel will stop you very quickly. This is currently the status of the brakes. I don't really know where to go from here.
Gas Tank - I had been tracing leakage that was dripping off the gas tank. Determined it to be return line. Was unable to get the leak stopped. Ended up dropping gas tank so I could see the flare. There was a small flaw in the flare. Currently the fuel pump assembly is a Ricks being repaired.
Fuel Pump - The fuel pump included with the Ricks tank is not big enough to support a LS3. I'm having Rick's upgrade to a higher flow fuel pump while they are repairing the return line fitting.
High beam Headlights - Chased a problem with high beams going out, though it was the high/low switch. High beam would go out immediately when activated. Later determined that the circuit breaker in the head light switch doesn't have the current needed for my Xenon headlights. Bought relays and connectors to make a headlight harness. Haven't got around to making it yet.
Front end alignment - Goodyear did the initial alignment. They didn't want to do it since the car had never been aligned. The tech at Goodyear told me he was unable to set it to specs, but it was probably close enough to drive.
Alignment needs to be redone by a good shop. Car wanders and doesn't feel right while cornering. Can't get this done till I get the gas leak repaired.
Dyno tuning - Needs to be done. In addition to fuel pump with more flow, I want to install resonators. Car is too loud. The final exhaust system should be on before I get the car tuned.
The lower stall torque convertor (Stock 2006 GTO) is working good. The car was uncontrollable with a 3200 rpm stall speed. You can still roast the tires with the lower stall speed if you want to, but you also feather the throttle for a fast start without going up in smoke.
Local tire place was unable to fix a slow leak in one of my wheels/tires. Shop also had difficulty balancing these wheels/tires and since I had already wasted over $200 with balancing/leak repair I upgraded to 17" Year one wheels and Continental ExtremeContact DW tires. I only have about 20 miles on this setup and need to wait until I can get car aligned before driving more.
Here are a few pictures. Not great, too late in the day, but these are better than anything else I have. These pictures show the Year One Wheels.
