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Originally Posted by Miles
how's the caprice doing as the daily?
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Ehh, I like the car, but I dont like the car. Out of all the DD's Ive owned, Ive loved this the least. Im putting a starter in it today. Thats actually how it all started.
I was going to work in the caprice when I realized i left my wallet at the house. So I did a quick 180*, and drove back to the house. I ususally keep it running to keep the AC on, but I rememberd I had locked the house before I left, so I had to take my keys.
I get back in the car...no start. I had to be at work in 15 mins, and no start. I try again...no start. Now when I first got this car, it did this to me. The connections were always loose, so I always had to pop the hood and jiggle the battery cables. It would start after that. Kind of embarasing.
So I did that, jiggled...no start. No click, no chug chug chug, nothing. Just dead.
So I called my father to pick me up from my house to go back to his house to pick up the 87 so i could get to work. On my way there, I hear the tell tail clank clank noise. It first sounded like a belt squeel and a bad tensioner, but I realized...I have V belts. I figured Id check it out at lunch. I forgot about it when I got in my car to go to lunch, and when I turned it on, it went CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK!! I popped the hood, and the noise was pretty loud. I went home to pop the valve covers, hoping it was maybe some more rockers that broke, but that wasnt the case. Both sides looked good.
So...yeah. The 7 grand RPM runs in 2nd gear down the track on Sunday at nats probably set the wheels in motion.
Kinda pissed though. I really wanted to get this car into teh 13's before I started toying with the idea of a new engine. I figured with a 2800+ stall converter, I could have reached that. But with the trans and rear being spotty on Sunday, and now this....it looks like 14.2 will be the best for this combo.