Another fun fact, my buddy’s shop is directly across the street from the original Yenko Chevrolet dealership. I will snap a pic when I pick up my car Monday.
I put the car thru it’s paces on the way home from the alignment shop. They did a great job. Steering wheel is straight, it tracks well, and there’s no brake pulsation. Hit 80 mph a couple of times, and I swear it was right around 2300 rpm. Old tank is out. New tank is in. I don’t know why I keep forgetting to snap pics of big parts going on. Thanks Taiwan for painting my new tank a nice shade of machinery grey. My Chinese voltage regulator seemed to do the trick. The lights are a constant brightness. I spent zero time with a voltmeter and just turned into a parts replacer. It’s load up time. See you all in bg.
Well, the nationals were a complete success. No issues to, from, and during the event. I got a lot of positive feedback on Goldie. The car didn’t miss a beat the entire time we drove around BG. I met quite a few guys from the board that had been following my build and also some old friends. My next step with the car will likely involve me replacing some of the hard to find stuff that’s really too good for the car (ie. fan shroud, radiator, etc). The paperwork was sent in today for me to get it legally registered. At this point, it doesn’t matter much to me if it sells or not. My wife actually wants me to keep it since I’ve owned it so long.
Yesterday, Goldie managed a 170 mile round trip to the Buick bash at Quaker city. 70-75 mph for all the highway driving. She didn’t even break a sweat. If the gas gauge didn’t bounce so much from this stupid Taiwan gas tank, I would have actually tried to figure out the fuel mileage. I don’t have a tach in it yet, but I’m guessing it cruised around 2400 going 75mph. It would definitely benefit from a controller or at least a toggle switch to lock the converter. That would also lower trans fluid temps.
