{"id":6226,"date":"2026-09-26T09:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=6226"},"modified":"2026-09-26T09:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:27:21","slug":"even-more-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=6226","title":{"rendered":"Even more testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4551.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4551.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4551-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4551-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another thing I noticed while under the car was that both holding brackets for the exhaust as it passes through the cross member were touching the cross member. Leaving no stone unturned I cut a couple of bigger re-inforced rubbers for the brackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4553.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4553.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4553.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4553-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4553-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4552.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4552-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4552-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well insulated now, but no joy here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4554.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4554.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4554-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4554-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime my new spark plug shields arrived. I had to install the left and right rears from the bottom. I could just get the front shield bolts in by feel. So no more burnt plug wires now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4564.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4564.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4564-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4564-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also while all this testing is going on I came across a couple of TH200 4R transmissions in PEI. This one I dragged home is out of a 1984 Olds Delta 88 an comes with a later GM CG6F torque converter. It has a stall speed of 1,400 to 1,600 rpm, but it will rise with a higher HP engine. They were used in the 350 engines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next: back to the vibration testing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another thing I noticed while under the car was that both holding brackets for the exhaust as it passes through the cross member were touching the cross member. Leaving no stone unturned I cut a couple of bigger re-inforced rubbers for the brackets. Well insulated now, but no joy here. In the meantime my new &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=6226\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Even more testing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6226"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6228,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6226\/revisions\/6228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}