Recent content by jvp

Mine's sitting at Sewell's other lot waiting for the truck to come pick it up and haul it to me in Northern VA. Soooooo close!

I had the Z06 for almost a year and a half; I went into it knowing that I wasn't very fond of OHC high-revving motors and that I'd have to grow into it. I was also not too certain I'd care for the DCT. As it turns out, I was right: I never did manage to grow into that motor, it just wasn't for...

My truck has a forced-induction V8! ;-) I know what you meant. And other than the Escalade V, which is just comedy on wheels, I don't expect GM to be using a supercharge small block in anything in the future. It seems their thought process for truck engines is either: long-range economy...

It's OK. You're driving a Ford and I'm required to hate it. No offense meant to the driver. :p

The diesel is exactly what makes it not cumbersome around town. Sure it's large, but that +900ft-lbs gets the big 8K pound truck moving. Quick. Wet roads and 4-wheel drifts are fun in it.

Poseur truck spotted! GMC AT4X 2500HD, fresh from some Spring overlanding.

Excellent. Event code 5000: Sewell has my car as of yesterday. Now to get it paid for (remotely) and have it shipped 1400 miles.

I wonder if this is a copper thing. I believe the former CCB pads for the 5BW still had copper in them, but California has made that illegal. The CCB pads for the C8 Z06, ZR1, and ERay all have copper-less pads and they're not as performant as the ones with copper (go fig!). This may be GM...

grumble grumble Engineering Hold. grumble

Mine is supposed to be built this week; the AI advisor is still saying that the TPW is this week and I'm hoping that doesn't slip. Then it's the hopefully-not-that-long-a-wait till it gets to Dustin at Sewell in Dallas. Maybe I'll have an early Christmas present.

From your previous post: good, glad to hear you have expectations set properly. I was more responding to the person who thought they're overrated. Now for this comment: watch the clutch. Yes, we've seem some monstrous 5BW modifications over the last few years, but the clutch is apparently...

Ordered cars that have NOT been joyridden by the dealer will have 3-4 miles on them. They can also be randomly selected for an extended quality check, and that's where you'll see 38-40 miles on them instead. Nothing you can do about that; it's the factory doing that at random.

They do not. All LT4s are tested to meet the SAE spec of 668HP/659lb-ft +/- a couple of percent. Never, ever, EVER use chassis dynos to try and figure out what your engine is making at the flywheel, because none of them are correct insofar as that. They're fantastic at seeing the difference...

"They" talk a lot, too.

Looks as though I have to hurry up and sell a Corvette.