Hello from the Motor City !

DB Cooper · 03-22-2021, 09:45 PM

I'm the happy new daddy of a true garage queen. 2010 Hennessey Camaro HPE650, with 3600 miles on the clock. When I first set eyes on this beauty, I immediately thought of the old Monte Carlo SS ad, "Lord Vader, your car is ready."

She's literally traveled more miles in an enclosed trailer down to Texas and back to its original owner than she's run under her own power. Of course all that sitting around comes with a price. Who knows how old the 1/4 tank of gas in it was... she was pretty cranky on the drive home, but topping her up with fresh dinosaur juice helped considerably. The oil looked like it just came out of the bottle, but had been in there since 2018; so I changed that over the weekend.

Immediately after the oil change, all of a sudden she developed a misfire and lit up the ABS, TCS, Stabilitrak idiot lights. So tonight I entertained myself swapping plugs, wires, and coils around to get it isolated. The plugs that came in it are all black; it's probably been started, idled till warm, and shut down a zillion times without any real road time. But I've got her running on all 8 again tonight, and the wheel speed sensor data quit annoying the computer, so that's happy again too.

So yeah, I'm gonna have to do the contortion routine to swap out those #4, 6, and 8 plugs in the near future. And the 11 year old tires are gonna need to be replaced, I'm praying the tire shop doesn't butcher those lovely Hennessey wheels ! I'll probably get ahold of my high school buddy who built my 3800SC Fiero and have him order the tires and put them on.

Anyway, the TLDR version.... Ol girl makes my first gen CTS-V seem tame by comparison

...and PICS !

BAD DAB · 03-22-2021, 09:53 PM

Welcome!

Sir Nuke · 03-23-2021, 05:15 AM

CONGRATS on the ride, and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to Camaro5/6. There is a BIG fridge on the back porch with anything you can think of in it...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have. Make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom's, wives', husbands, girlfriends and boyfriends here don't care....and take it easy.

oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here.

Welcome!!

DB Cooper · 03-23-2021, 04:06 PM

Thanks guys ! I'll be sure to bug everybody here when an issue pops up that isn't a no brainer

witenite · 03-23-2021, 04:54 PM

Nice! Welcome!

Supreme23 · 03-23-2021, 06:13 PM

beautiful and congrats op! welcome to the forums.

EvilZL · 03-23-2021, 07:45 PM

Welcome

and congrats!!
Nice ride!!

floyd haughton · 03-24-2021, 06:58 PM

awesome congrats

bertie · 03-31-2021, 02:42 AM

A totally sweet ride, man! Congrats and welcome

DB Cooper · 03-31-2021, 09:14 PM

Thanks guys ! At this point I've got all the fluids changed, injectors are flowing good again (fuel trims were initially like +20, now down to about neutral), and I got the rear tires replaced. Tire shop ran into valve stem issues getting new rubber on these 3 piece wheels, and were only able to dig up 2 oddball stems that would work on short notice. So they're going to hunt down a couple more and shoot me a call. Meh, I'm driving it in the meantime anyway

03-22-2021, 09:45 PM	#1
DB Cooper Drives: 2010SS Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Motor City Posts: 56	Hello from the Motor City ! I'm the happy new daddy of a true garage queen. 2010 Hennessey Camaro HPE650, with 3600 miles on the clock. When I first set eyes on this beauty, I immediately thought of the old Monte Carlo SS ad, "Lord Vader, your car is ready." She's literally traveled more miles in an enclosed trailer down to Texas and back to its original owner than she's run under her own power. Of course all that sitting around comes with a price. Who knows how old the 1/4 tank of gas in it was... she was pretty cranky on the drive home, but topping her up with fresh dinosaur juice helped considerably. The oil looked like it just came out of the bottle, but had been in there since 2018; so I changed that over the weekend. Immediately after the oil change, all of a sudden she developed a misfire and lit up the ABS, TCS, Stabilitrak idiot lights. So tonight I entertained myself swapping plugs, wires, and coils around to get it isolated. The plugs that came in it are all black; it's probably been started, idled till warm, and shut down a zillion times without any real road time. But I've got her running on all 8 again tonight, and the wheel speed sensor data quit annoying the computer, so that's happy again too. So yeah, I'm gonna have to do the contortion routine to swap out those #4, 6, and 8 plugs in the near future. And the 11 year old tires are gonna need to be replaced, I'm praying the tire shop doesn't butcher those lovely Hennessey wheels ! I'll probably get ahold of my high school buddy who built my 3800SC Fiero and have him order the tires and put them on. Anyway, the TLDR version.... Ol girl makes my first gen CTS-V seem tame by comparison ...and PICS ! Attached Images Last edited by DB Cooper; 03-22-2021 at 10:10 PM.

03-22-2021, 09:53 PM	#2
BAD DAB Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS Black & Silver Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 8,228 View My Garage	Welcome! __________________ STAINLESS WORKS HEADERS-TUNED BY JANNETTY RACING-C.A.I. INTAKE-TAYLOR 409 WIRES-SOLO AXLE BACK EXHAUST-ELITE CATCH CAN

03-23-2021, 05:15 AM	#3
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '20 Corvette Stingray Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 22,322 View My Garage	CONGRATS on the ride, and Welcome to our happy little corner of the net, and to Camaro5/6. There is a BIG fridge on the back porch with anything you can think of in it...help yourself...of course only take what you can LEGALLY have. Make yourself at home on one of the big fluffy couches, kick your shoes off, put your feet up on one of the tables, yes we are allowed to do that, mom's, wives', husbands, girlfriends and boyfriends here don't care....and take it easy. oh...btw....every once in a while a food fight breaks out...so you may not want to wear nice clothes here. Welcome!! __________________

03-23-2021, 04:54 PM	#5
witenite Drives: 2010 2SS non RS Join Date: May 2014 Location: Virginia Posts: 3,253 View My Garage	Nice! Welcome! __________________

03-31-2021, 09:14 PM	#10
DB Cooper Drives: 2010SS Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Motor City Posts: 56	Thanks guys ! At this point I've got all the fluids changed, injectors are flowing good again (fuel trims were initially like +20, now down to about neutral), and I got the rear tires replaced. Tire shop ran into valve stem issues getting new rubber on these 3 piece wheels, and were only able to dig up 2 oddball stems that would work on short notice. So they're going to hunt down a couple more and shoot me a call. Meh, I'm driving it in the meantime anyway Attached Images Last edited by DB Cooper; 04-04-2021 at 02:51 PM.

03-23-2021, 04:06 PM	#4
DB Cooper Drives: 2010SS Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Motor City Posts: 56	Thanks guys ! I'll be sure to bug everybody here when an issue pops up that isn't a no brainer

03-23-2021, 06:13 PM	#6
Supreme23 Drives: 2012 Chevy Camaro RS Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 15	beautiful and congrats op! welcome to the forums.

03-23-2021, 07:45 PM	#7
EvilZL Drives: 2018 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Michigan Posts: 251	Welcome and congrats!! Nice ride!!

03-24-2021, 06:58 PM	#8
floyd haughton Drives: 2010victoryred2lt Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: royersford Posts: 580	awesome congrats

03-31-2021, 02:42 AM	#9
bertie Drives: 2001 Camaro Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: GA Posts: 177	A totally sweet ride, man! Congrats and welcome