TEGGSRB18C1's 2013 2SS/RS 6MT life long build

[TEGGSRB18C1]

Originally Posted by Joe.G

Does loosening this have any effect on the alignment?

Not that I know of. Nothing really seemed to move around. The only concern I had is that they're tall, like "are they going to hit the hood" tall but they seem to clear just fine.

Originally Posted by morepowerjoe

Just wanted to say that your car is looking fantastic! Reminds me of my black 2012.

Thank you man, I appreciate it!

[The_bald_eagle_machine]

I love all the visual mods. Is that a billet pulley? or just a dress up face?

[TEGGSRB18C1]

Originally Posted by The_bald_eagle_machine

I love all the visual mods. Is that a billet pulley? or just a dress up face?

Thank you bro! It's just a face that bolts onto the plastic pulley. The weird part is that it doesn't spin with the pulley, it floats. Freaked me out when I started the car and didn't see it moving.

[TEGGSRB18C1]

Random update. Got the yearly oil change done and took her for a spin since it was so nice here in PA. I took it easy as I'm trying to burn through 4 month old gas.

While underneath I examined the fit on my latest purchase, a BMR driveshaft safety loop that I scored on FB Marketplace. This is completely unnecessary at my power level but it's more a piece of mind thing, can't hurt. This will be set off to the side for now as there will be more to this little project. Plus...I don't know about that red.

[TEGGSRB18C1]

Shout out to C&M Gearworks, they hooked me up on a complete AAM rebuild kit for the GM 8.6 IRS. Between this and GM Performance kit I have every single seal, bearing, shim, bolt...the whole 9.

Still hunting down a case. I have yet to see one under $500 and that's a tough pill to swallow when I don't care about the internals...like, at all. The final piece is the Eaton.

[The_bald_eagle_machine]

Originally Posted by TEGGSRB18C1

Shout out to C&M Gearworks, they hooked me up on a complete AAM rebuild kit for the GM 8.6 IRS. Between this and GM Performance kit I have every single seal, bearing, shim, bolt...the whole 9.

Still hunting down a case. I have yet to see one under $500 and that's a tough pill to swallow when I don't care about the internals...like, at all. The final piece is the Eaton.

Are you doing a gear swap as well? Or just rebuilding stuff?

[TEGGSRB18C1]

Originally Posted by The_bald_eagle_machine

Are you doing a gear swap as well? Or just rebuilding stuff?

Yes sir, I picked up some 3.91's last month, it was a couple pages back. I'm going to drop my OE case with everything still inside and set that off to the side. JIC.

The replacement will be all new: case, Eaton Trutrac, 3.91's, LPW cover, BMR bushings, bearings, seals, bolts. Probably going to have Janetty Racing put it together, I don't live too far from CT.

[TEGGSRB18C1]

Decided to try some higher quality fuel out. I want to express in detail how I was not searching for power here, just quality. There's no Shell around here and the Sunoco I usually use isn't high volume, especially for 93. Costco and Sheetz are the more abundant gas stations, not really known for quality. So I decided to try this based on some info from the Ford camp, Sunoco 260 GT 100 octane.

The car responded well, I drove it for about 20-30 mins, mostly state highway, it pulled and idled much smoother AGAIN no doubt from new, clean fuel. I'm in no way saying it made 0.1 more HP, it just seemed happier and that was my goal.

I also need to not let this thing sit so much. I'm terrible with that.

[TEGGSRB18C1]

Not an update but just general maintenance. It's been a few years since I've gone over the interior and it was time. The leather soaked up the cleaner and protectant. I went over everything a few times.

I've been toying with the idea of going backwards to a 2010-11 steering wheel. I don't really love either steering wheel to be honest but my Dad has a Cruze and it has the exact same steering wheel as my car and what has been seen cannot be unseen...at the very least the 10-11 wheel is unique to Camaro and kind of has more of the retro vibe to it.

But we'll see about that, as usual I want mint/new if possible and those chrome trim rings on the air bag fade terribly. They still seem to be in production, the stone white stitched manual transmission SS wheel is not.

[TEGGSRB18C1]

So back on post 130, I eluded to there being more to the driveshaft safety loop as a larger project: servicing the transmission for the first time along with the standard "while I'm in there" upgrades.

After researching on here, Redline D4 ATF seems to be the flavor of choice. Picked up 6.5 quarts off marketplace for $30. I really like the quality of the Gold Plug magnetic oil drain plug I have, so I picked up one for the transmission as well.

The final part is the ZL1/Z28/1LE transmission mount. I'm excited to see if this makes a noticeable difference. I still need to get hardware for the driveshaft loop and I think I'm going to have it powder coated black. I also need a fluid pump and a floor jack so this will be a late fall/winter thing.

[TEGGSRB18C1]

This was a long time coming. I've wanted this damn near as long as I've wanted the car itself. Kooks and Corsa have been a tried and true combo on the LS platform. Complete Street Performance had a labor day sale on Corsa's and I finally pulled the trigger. Let me say the NPP is an amazing factory exhaust system and with the Mild2Wild switch its very versatile but I want full on loud with looks to match.

I want to get some materials together and polish the entire system front to back. I think I can get those mufflers looking real good. The pipes I will clean, scuff and buff. They don't need to be mirror polished but I do want them to have enough luster to catch light. Similar to the Kooks catless connection pipes.

After that they'll unfortunately be stuffed away. This will be put on after all rear subframe/differential work is done. I don't want to put it on just to take it back off. And that may be a little ways down the road.