[trackbird]

I picked up the Camaro SS Friday night and drove it home. It's neat to drive one again after all these years and I'm looking forward to building a clone of my old 2002 Z28. Right now I'm sorting out what I have and don't have and what needs done. Currently there's a clunk under the transmission. I believe it's the torque arm bushing so that's on the list of things to replace. Also, when I picked it up it had a really bad miss above 1/3 throttle and wasn't running very well. I drove it most of the way home (180 miles or so) and filled the tank when it got to 1/4 tank. That helped, but it's still occasionally flashing a random misfire and it's way down on power. I put some fuel injector cleaner and water remover in the tank to see if that helps. We scanned it and it logged 250-400 misfires on all cylinders and cylinder 2 had 850-ish and cylinder 7 had 1800+ misfires logged. Tomorrow I'm going to put a fuel filter, plugs and plug wires on it and see if that straightens it out. I'm guessing the plugs are fouled or the fuel filter is clogged. It wasn't driven much and I get the feeling that the gas that was in the tank might have been pretty old. I've also got a blown speaker in one of the front doors (or both). I'm going to have to see if Monsoon speakers are still available or not. I haven't looked for one in years (if ever). Are they still out there or should I just make plans to upgrade the stereo and speakers with something with ipod controls and such?

Anyway, it's a nice looking SS and I'm sure I'll sort out the various mechanical problems pretty quickly...or I hope so. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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[KeithO]

Just-under 2 years ago, I bought a 2001 Z28 for a daily driver. It would have been that one, but my wife and daughter wanted an auto so I went with a different car.

I can't remember the last time I saw that car driven. It would not surprise me if your problems are simply due to old gas in the car. The tune up items that you plan to do mirror what I always do (I usually do all fluids, too) when I buy a used car, which is every car I have ever owned.

Monsoon system - learn from my experience. Spend a few extra bucks and find the correct GM pieces. My Z had essentially all speakers blown and when I priced NIB GM pieces, I had a heart attack and figured I could build up a reasonable sounding system piece by piece. If you Google the Monsoon system, you will find good, detailed, accurate tech on them. From memory, there are weird things like the door speakers are actually 2 separate speakers. In my case, I bought the correct 4 speakers for the doors, wired in the crossover and then hacked holes with a hole saw to allow the tweeters to fit. It looks OK, but now I hacked the doors and it sounds like crap. The sail panel speakers are 2-ohm (?!). Best I could tell, there is only one supplier out there with 2-ohm speakers that fit that aren't stupid expensive. Like the door speakers, they sound like crap. Anyway, don't pinch pennies on this and get the right pieces (check eBay) or you'll end up out of audio money and a system that makes noise and that's about it.