[Shotimes] High Milers.....Stand and be Heard

[Bruce Malachuk]

I know the reason my car spun a bearing. My driving did it. See before I was
slightly knowledgable about SHO's I figured picking up an old man owned car
would be a great idea. Now looking back at it, during the test drive, him
telling me to put it in 5th at like 45 mph should have scared me away, cause
it "has plenty of power down low". 

Well I got the car, was gentle for a little while, till I cleaned the
intake, Auto-RX'd the motor, and did plugs and wires. Boy I really learned
my lesson, and now all cars I buy get the pan dropped and rod bearings
changed first thing, and then I pull the valve covers and RTV the plug
wells. 

After 4-5k since I changed the RB's I routinely flogged the engine and
transmission, and much like Ron said, I hardly ever have the car below 2k
cept for sitting stopped or backing up. I think I also learned this watching
Nunnally drive his 89 and scare the piss outta me up in rural NY. That said
I slip the clutch in from about 2k and gladly sacrifice a little clutch life
for good oil pressure and no bog on takeoff. Now if I can just instill these
2k virtues on my brother his 340k mile 94 MTX would go well beyond 400k on
the original bottom. But I think I'm gonna pull the engine before 360k and
replace it with a nice 100k 3.2

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Ron Porter
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:06 PM
To: Bobbonnit1@aol.com; SHOTIMES@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] High Milers.....Stand and be Heard

First off, the biggest issue with most of today's SHO folks are that they
don't know the habits of the previous owners.

For me, and I bought my first SHO new on 4/3/89, I ALWAYS drive all of my
manual tranny cars at over 2K when they are moving, this means that I never
see 5th gear until I'm over 55 mph. I never lug the motor.....which I truly
believe is the reason for trashed rod bearings with the
low-pressure-high-volume SHO oil pump.

On another note, I started driving manual tranny cars in 1966 when I got my
license, when our family car was a 6-cylinder '61 Chevy. I also adhere to
having the clutch either in or out....meaning that I don't slip it any more
than necessary. I have gotten a LOT of miles out of all of my SHO clutches
(as well as other cars), even with burnouts, high-rpm powershifts, etc.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Bobbonnit1@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 5:28 PM
To: SHOTIMES@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] High Milers.....Stand and be Heard


    To All Those Hi-Milage/no-spun bearing/ Memebers;

    I would like to hear about the driving habits that all you fortunate
SHO-GOS have.  What's your 1 - 2 shift rpm, do you shift from 1 - 3rd,  you
know what I'm talking about.  Depending on how I feel,  I take my SHO thru
all the paces...never over 5500 or so, but rarely.  Do you shift to 2nd to
get on the freeway, or 3rd?  I'm not afraid of doing a bearing job cuz I
have to replace the Y-pipe anyways.  So all you 150k plus  SHOMEN and
LADIES, step up to the

plate and be heard!


Robert K   '89 130K  OEM  ( except the owner, ha!)
Thank You Marlene ! ! ! and all the rest of you very much!.
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