[AG]

Good luck with the update.

[HWYSTR455]

Thanks, feel pretty confident on this. I would know pretty quick if there was a problem, know what to look for.

Vacuum signal is good, so that's a good sign.

I definitely be keeping an eye on it.


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[HWYSTR455]

Engine is running as expected, the 'head drama' is behind me. Thankfully. Have one more hot rocker adjustment to do after a few heat cycles and should be good.

This allows me to get back on the tune, which was the point I was at prior to the head gasket issue, and since there was that issue, I kind of have to start over on the tune. Uhg.

Was getting it ready to get a state inspection done, and need to complete the brake bleeding and E-brake adjustment. It was all working well prior to the rear swap, so figured I'd just nee d to bleed it.

After multiple attempts at bleeding, I just wasn't getting the same pedal I had before, so I dug deeper and found a rear caliper was hung on the sliders.

The rear brake setup I have is based off the 93-97 LT1 Camaro, which uses a caliper with the e-brake built in. There's a funky e-brake cable bracket on it, and in order to take the caliper off the caliper bracket (sliders), that cable bracket has to come off. Many times, when the caliper is hung on the sliders, you pretty much have to destroy the cable bracket to get them apart.

All the reman calipers are now drying up from failures, and from multiple rebuilds. A lot of repop co's are offering them without the bracket, or, not at all. I had to go through at least 3 calipers last time I refreshed, and looking this time was even more difficult.

So I bit the bullet and got a new setup from Kore3, which uses the drum in hat e-brake, C6 based (and some Camaros).

I have a few other minor items I can do while I wait for the brake kit, which am hoping will show up before the weekend. But it's getting very close to being road worthy....


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[HWYSTR455]

Got all the rear brake kit brackets painted, and painted the calipers & caliper brackets. It's all dry now, took 2 days to get that all painted, due to temps, had to warm parts, paint, etc in the house before I went to garage to paint, and they take 3 coats to complete. Had to warm the garage up too, and with the temporary heater I have, that can take a couple hours.

Will assembly the backing plates/E-brakes either today or tomorrow, and the finish the assembly.

Can't say enough about the Kore3 stuff, well thought-out, and very nice stuff.

I will swap the front pads too, and do a deep bleeding, should be done by weekend.

Some pics for reference:


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