The most honest car repair I have ever scene. Thank you for including all the content and not removing the stuff that most of us go through to get the project done. You have my respect.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly we show it all as honestly as we can. There's a lot of challenges we all have to face doesn't matter if it's in a professional shop or at home in a garage. Those challenges and frustrations can often be what derails a project, just gotta be wrenching and workin
Over the years we've really started to understand just how rare it really is. Which is still odd to us. But we'll keep doing things our way and doing the best we can for each and every one of our customers
Again... love your attention to detail. There were so many variables fighting his handling. You got it now where you can work on it. Really, you guys do a great job!
It really was a smattering of issues that were making this car such a handful. He's now got a sold baseline to build from and improve with. This stuff isn't as flashy fun and sexy as the racing part, but it's necessary to get to the fun stuff!
@@ElizaJane85 there's just something hardwired in to some people. The attention to details on projects like this can be a blessing AND a curse. You often times find yourself even more work than you expected!
You guys did such a great job for Matt. Couldn't have been more professional and thorough. I dont think he has ever been set up for success quite like Lucore has set him up here. Sure wish we had a Lucore here. But,....when people drive hundreds of miles to get work done at your shop,....?....its the ultimate compliment. So Matt my friend?? Money well spent,....and it's time to go rounds brother. Great job guys.
I think Matt has the highest chance of success he’s ever had with all the progress the cars made. It’s got more power than it ever has and goes straighter than it ever has. Hopefully he got enough testing in to get a little data with the new gears
Ya after seeing mats wrenching capacity. There's things you just don't do like driving with bad steering, leaking brakes, bald tires, broken bent and missing lugs. I'm surprised Bill and Billy let him drive it. He spent more time sanding the paint to bare metal then sprayed salt water on it. But safety is something I don't mess with. He's lucky to be alive. I say your 100 percent right.
Subscribed because you guys seem like good people...and do thorough work. If I lived anywhere near there I would definitely not hesitate to let you work on my cars. 👍 Keep up the good work.
Wow I love watching you guys work on different cars but love the fools gold stuff from what I've seen he's in good hands at lucore automotive you guys are awesome 👌 💯✌
That's one of the main reasons we put out the videos like we do. They aren't flashy or sexy, just straightforward honest wrenching. Glad you're feeling informed by them!
Damn, don't mess with that dude...He broke the spot weld on a splined joint, with a long Crow bar...Glad Lucore gave it the Safety Check, cuz it looks like there was some shady craftmanship done in the past...Always, always Safety First...Speed and Consistency will come later...
That’s the way it should be but unfortunately a lot of guys out here are blinded by the opportunity to go fast and win races and these are the types of things then you see cause the adrenaline and excitement of racing overpowers the brains common sense of safety first. That’s why you see so many cars attempting to go down the track dripping oil and water or sand pouring from the trunk, etc cause they are just in a hurry to get things done to make the race instead of just sitting out one race and fixing everything correctly so you aren’t jeopardizing the safety of all cars, not just one.
I would hate to tell you how many times that I have found bearing caps not marked properly like you did doing the rear gear change. I am of a firm opinion that anytime changing a steering box a new rag joint needs to be installed. As for the inner tie-rods being to long just look on the box where the parts are being made.
I completely agree with you on the steering components and have found that damn rag joint to be more of an issue than the steering box is usually but the rag joint often gets overlooked. In this case, Matt had already swapped out the box but it was with a used box he found on market place so no telling what condition it was in then and more than likely it was just as bad then as it was now cause he hasn’t put a ton of miles on the car. It seems tho like his troubles were a combination of all the steering components being wore slap out. Anyone know by chance how many miles are on the nova?
Not bad! Im like you on a 10 bolt wt a transbrake! I hope he dont put much weight in it! Good job! He should do good! Atleast he knows which way its gonna go if it starts raining or what not
It certainly had some.... issues. Good news is, after the experience of wrangling this this when it was worn out and wild he should be much more comfortable behind the wheel!
A guy near me that does mostly Nova's and chevelles brought me about 20 of those inners unthreaded and we cut and threaded them to his spec. I don't know where they came from but I can ask if you're interested. There was a minimum order but it was 20 or 25 if I remember correctly.
Where they bolts in the rear axle instead of studs? Did a fair amount of work between this and last visit. Can't wait to see how much of a change in made in the cars manners.
Lol when my brother and I built my truck it was a roller we never thought to check for fluid in the rear differential 6 months of driving and shortly after hauling 5 cars and my old donor truck to scrap yard It started growling lol so I can believe it might make 1500 miles dry hahaha but then mine is a 14 bolt
What's the scale of bad? 1-10? 10.5? Absolutely terrible. Plus the TERRIBLE ball joints with "memory steer" this poor car was a long way from perfect. But, a lot closer now
We certainly do a lot of different things to anything you can imagine to all things Jeep. We actually do a TON of Jeep work, it just doesn't typically make it onto our channel usually.
If you dont specifically need to stay 100% chevy , you could go 9 inch and not have to worry about setting wear everytime you swap ratios .. (hint : ex nascar cup 31 spline housings and centres dirt cheap, pretty much any ratio you need)
I have the same exact setup as Matt 73 nova tube a arms. Steering is doing the same as Matt's car was if I make the drive would you be interested in giving it the same treatment? Replace gear box rag joints taller ball joint etc.
u put ur right toe in, u put ur left toe out, u put ur bump steer in and u shake it all about. u do the custom race alignment and turn urself around. that's what's it all about.
Honestly, timing. We were up against a hard time limit that this car HAD to be done and shipped. The steering shaft upgrade will definitely be in a future phase along with a few other things
Btw you just made the car worse by set the rear shock looser. Now it going to separate faster and more then likely make the rear shock top out and blow the tire off 50-60 ft out off the hit. That’s why we run 7-9inch stroke rear shocks to control the separation over the whole run.
@@LucoreAuto no question , but what this people don’t see is that Matt’s pulling so much timing to get the car toleave it doesn’t show the really Potential of the rear cal tracks being setup right.
My dad always said you made it in life when you can afford to PAY someone to fix your cars and I believe him. I have so so much respect for the professional mechanic. No way I could do this. Especially with today's cars !!
Dude you can’t squat a cal trac bar car. Never going to happing you have know idea how they work. I have been 1.05 60ft on them and have setup 100s of cars with them and have a post on a web site with over 1 million hit how to setup cal trac up.
