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Corvette
General Corvette Discussion
Oh No! I took my car to Davenport Motorsports in Calgary!!!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="VelocityYellowRules!" data-source="post: 134657" data-attributes="member: 1318"><p>Further thoughts on a cam'ed car. </p><p></p><p>It seems to be of two personalities. No doubt warming it up pays off. And honestly I can think of no better time spent at 0 mph than in the car as it shakes from side to side. With apologies, but this must be sort of what they had in mind when they say "bucking like a farm girl". I usually wait for the water temp to just come up to 120 and off I go. Still letting it warm up in 1st gear.</p><p></p><p>It seems most unpredictable when shifting into neutral and coming to a stop light/sign. Sometimes bango right away it will settle at 7 to 800 rpm. Other times it will surge from 3 to 800 rpm. It is at this stage when it can stall. I've found that I am using a coasting technique now when coming to a stop. Shift into neutral and listen to the engine and be prepared to blip the throttle two or three times until it settles. But I have yet to be able to gauge beforehand which way it is going to behave.</p><p></p><p>This is just, for me, a case of getting to know life with a new camshaft.</p><p></p><p>If I ever have any doubts about having had it done (none yet) it would go away while approaching 6K rpm in 3rd or 4th - it just pulls insane-like! I remember reading that Carroll Shelby used to tape a $100 bill on the dash of a 427 Cobra roadster. The passenger could keep it if he could reach forward and grab it before he hit 60 mph (I think this is the story anyway). I'll be ya if I could get a $1000 bill from the Royal Canadian Mint I could do the same thing and never sweat losing it to someone!!!!!!!!</p><p></p><p>Happily rumbling along.........</p><p></p><p>Garry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VelocityYellowRules!, post: 134657, member: 1318"] Further thoughts on a cam'ed car. It seems to be of two personalities. No doubt warming it up pays off. And honestly I can think of no better time spent at 0 mph than in the car as it shakes from side to side. With apologies, but this must be sort of what they had in mind when they say "bucking like a farm girl". I usually wait for the water temp to just come up to 120 and off I go. Still letting it warm up in 1st gear. It seems most unpredictable when shifting into neutral and coming to a stop light/sign. Sometimes bango right away it will settle at 7 to 800 rpm. Other times it will surge from 3 to 800 rpm. It is at this stage when it can stall. I've found that I am using a coasting technique now when coming to a stop. Shift into neutral and listen to the engine and be prepared to blip the throttle two or three times until it settles. But I have yet to be able to gauge beforehand which way it is going to behave. This is just, for me, a case of getting to know life with a new camshaft. If I ever have any doubts about having had it done (none yet) it would go away while approaching 6K rpm in 3rd or 4th - it just pulls insane-like! I remember reading that Carroll Shelby used to tape a $100 bill on the dash of a 427 Cobra roadster. The passenger could keep it if he could reach forward and grab it before he hit 60 mph (I think this is the story anyway). I'll be ya if I could get a $1000 bill from the Royal Canadian Mint I could do the same thing and never sweat losing it to someone!!!!!!!! Happily rumbling along......... Garry [/QUOTE]
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