The Hoopty (build thread)

[Festiver]

^ what William said that's what I did I love the throw but 1st and 2nd hits my exhaust "for every up there's a down" lol

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[Advancedynamix]

I also modified the stock shifter by lengthening the bottom 3/8" and it's very nice. Mine clears the exhaust fine.

[Skrapbob]

I already change my mind like the wind changes directions.... everything I do gets done at least twice. rofl. I just might go back to the stock shifter (modified of course) after I fix the exhaust issue. I like the oem seal to be able to keep out the elements.

[sc72]

Hey Bob, you asking for help is not a bother, I enjoy our talks about our cars and the things we do to them. you pulled the engine and trans to find the vibration, I pulled the engine and trans only to find out that it was not the rear crank seal but a pan gasket leak, keep up the good work, your car looks great.

[Festiver]

I also modified the stock shifter by lengthening the bottom 3/8" and it's very nice. Mine clears the exhaust fine.

Oh see I did an inch extra explains my issues

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[Skrapbob]

I drove it to work 3 days last week. I have noticed though that I have a strange vibration at all times, from start up, idle, any speed, clutch, no clutch, it never goes away. I have tried adjusting timing, compression check, pulleys... Bugged SC72 too much (sorry Karl).
I have all new engine mounts, plugs, wires, cap and rotor, flywheel, clutch.... on and on.... I have made so many changes to the car, all at once.
I tried different distributors, VAF, coil, all to no avail! Finally, paranoid, I went into the clutch. Spent all day tearing it down, everything looked good so I started reassembling, hoping for the best. Then..... Plain as day!

My catalytic converter is riding HARD against the shift linkage! It's a little bittersweet. Knowing I did things right when assembling and it wasn't something that I did, but pissed at the hack job the muffler shop did. A well respected muffler shop at that, and the owner did the work himself. I guess he's human too...

Exhaust issue was fixed. So.... Two months later.... I am still working the bugs out of The Hoopty. The engine runs nice though, quiet with good power. Drives fabulous on the road and around town. Still battling with the vibration problem. I am to the point of removing the new Luk flywheel and Exedy clutch, and reinstalling the factory flywheel and clutch, just to see if this eliminates the vibration.

From Rockauto: (LuK conventional flywheels are dynamically balanced to reduce vibration and improve clutch performance. All new – never remanufactured – every flywheel component is engineered and built to original-equipment specifications, including the ring gear and dowel pins.)