The "Fools Gold" Nova of DNR Auto Alignment Nightmare! 4 Hours becomes 10 days!? Race car stuff!

[@LucoreAuto]

Building a Race Car, has a lot of steps. Most of those steps are painful. And slow. And sometimes expensive. But at the end of the day it's a process as long as it gets better and better you're moving forward. To say this car challenged us and really challenged our patience is a HUGE understatement. But that's race cars!

[@jaylongton]

You guys do great work!

[@timwickersham869]

Made do with what you had,, hell of a job man,,,and with the new shocks ,,damn,,can't wait to see a clean hit..

[@LucoreAuto]

@@jaylongton Ty, we try!

[@LucoreAuto]

@@timwickersham869 there are certainly more steps ahead but one at a time it's going to become faster and faster, better and better. Big things ahead!

[@austincrider20]

I love the fact that you didn’t stop untill everything was right. No matter how many times you had to take it all back apart. You sir have an awesome mechanic… I wish I had a trustworthy shop like y’all around here

[@davesharp5507]

Man Angus did a great job! That's a really progressive choice to have him do that while you guys get other things done. I enjoyed it!

[@LucoreAuto]

He did indeed! Nice to see the brand expanding 😀 That test drive was epic as well, takes a special kind of person to drive something totally untested into downtown city streets!

[@mattcross428]

Matt I've been following the fools gold build an have had a little experience with big blocks an you should set your total time no more than 35 to 36 degrees. An just go a couple plugs cooler than what youd run NA for your nitrous up to 200 hp shot if you start running more in the way of 275 up then start yanking timing about 8 degrees for every 50 hp over 250 the cylinder mass and cubic inch of that engine will take every bit. If that where a small block 383 or bigger is the same minus 100hp spray. So 100hp only colder plug and start yanking timing as before you get it. I saw your pass at the come up little sketchy at the big end but look nice down low needs a little more weight up front ha ha . Keep it up. I'll stop your table Saturday and land some swag.

[@philipmazzuca2269]

Matt- I disagree, I would start at 36 and go up on motor. On spray I’d pull 4 degrees per 100hp and start with the fuel pressure at 6Lbs

[@jayhughes2418]

13-1 496 start at 36 or 38. Might even want 40. Pumpgas 496 start at 34 and may need to go up or down 2 depending on head type/chamber

[@DNRAuto]

We start at 42* on motor. Previous owner told me on the dyno that’s where it was happy and made the power.

[@joeolimpio156]

From one mechanic to another you guys do an outstanding job !!! I could tell just by the way you were looking over the car that you are a high quality shop and its really nice to see great job !! Really enjoy the video's

[@LucoreAuto]

Much appreciated Sir, the eyeballing part of what we do is probably THE most important part. We don't do it to pick apart the customer or the car, but to educate and help build a plan ahead. Especially in the race car world, don't gloss over anything, don't skip over anything, or someone or some THING can get very hurt very quickly

[@dennisbagatin4480]

Glade to to see that you guys make sure your customers are safe and everything is perfect 💯👌✌

[@LucoreAuto]

Maybe not perfect but as damn close as we can! This freaking thing though... whew there were moments we wanted to walk away!

[@philipmazzuca2269]

Lucore- Been there buddy!!!

[@LucoreAuto]

@@philipmazzuca2269 sometimes it goes smoothly, sometimes it goes like this 😀 All part of the business!

[@austincrider20]

You guys went above and beyond to fix and make that car perfect. You sir are one hell of a mechanic. Very thorough job I wish I could bring my s10 to you guys for alignment lol but I live in NC lol

[@davidjenkins1958]

At 63 and a bad back, even after back surgery 4 years ago there are things I just no longer can do to my vehicles when they go bad. Case in point, I have a 1999 Expedition Eddie Bauer with only 116,000 miles on it. The passenger side exhaust manifold broke on it and needed replaced. To replace the right side as you probably know you need to raise the right side of the engine. So I go to the local Ford dealer and purchase everything, gaskets, studs, nuts and everything. I take it to the shop that has done some repair for me and I specifically showed the owner what I purchased and where it would be, the night I dropped it off I reminded the owner where the new parts were and he says ok no problem. When I pick the car up he is not there and I ask why the bill is so high and he said I don’t know here is the bill, I look at it and they ordered all new parts, I asked the son what was wrong with the brand new parts from Ford I showed your Dad and his response was dad wasn’t here this morning and he didn’t tell us about parts being in the back so we ordered them through the parts store. I felt like someone just kick me below the belt. I wish there was a Lucore Automotive near me in Maryland.

[@jeffbear5317]

I totally understand your frustrations ! I do the exact same thing for a living . I have been doing alignments since 1986 and have seen the cross threaded adjuster sleeve a few times normally when someone replaced their own parts.

[@LucoreAuto]

Well kudos to you still down here in the trenches fighting! Often times the biggest challenges with older cars especially ones with multiple previous lives, is undoing whatever "fixing" had already been done. Sometimes the best way is to just throw it all away and start over.

[@josueortiz8628]

Too bad you're not in New Jersey cuz we need a lot of people like you

[@LucoreAuto]

We appreciate that. Unfortunately this kind of attention is hard to find these days, for many many reasons. As you can see in this video it takes a LOT of time and patience.

[@philipmazzuca2269]

Josue- find small independent guys, talk to people amd go by word of mouth, we are still out there .

[@LucoreAuto]

@@philipmazzuca2269 that's honestly how most people find us. We do no marketing, we besides KZbin now, we just take pride in our work and do our best for every customer. We certainly aren't the only shop out here doing this stuff, and as you can see we are willing to put it all out there on the table.

[@stanleymorris9489]

I appreciate your attention to detail. So often it seems that it always cost you. But hey, if it's worth doing at all it's worth doing good! You can lay your head on your pillow at night and know you didn't short shoot anything. I have really enjoyed these video's. Oh by the way... what racer has a full tank of gas in his car???😁

[@arrowkart4j]

What a nightmare. But you persevered through it. Nice

[@LucoreAuto]

Slow and steady one step at a time gets you there. When EVERYTHING is wrong just keep checking things off the list until it's all right.

[@ThePaulv12]

Might be good to ensure the Pitman arm is centered I reckon.

[@LucoreAuto]

We ended up with a new Pitman arm as well, the only thing that stayed was the center link... which isn't exactly a wear item.

[@kmc468]

This is a good one you guys !some front end parts man what a headache good to watch you do it though and learn things

[@rickknabel2625]

There’s nothing like a good “that’s what she said”.

[@LucoreAuto]

Indeed! Had to leave that in the edit 😉

[@Amxracer]

Great channel , we get knowledge and comedy relief . My car could use eyes and experience !

[@moosestangls5099]

Doing body work an making sure the shop is conductive I refuse all old car because you think you know what it needs but in the end the shop losses money. It's always moving a broken car with a dead battery an picking up where you left off an that makes old cars not worth the gamble I agree buddy 💯

[@JohnAdams-nb2ox]

Hey there. Just wanted to say you put up one hell of a fight there at Crossville Dragway. I got to watch Billy and you race tonite. That was so awesome.Fools Gold has come a long long long way to what it is now. You get that car dialed in and no doubt in my mind Fools Gold will be dominating the dragstrip.call it intuition. Again good job tonite.i wanted to get some pics of everyone but couldn't find where your camp was. Allison tried explaining it but apparently that didn't help. I am hoping I can try and make it tomorrow. If not best of luck to everyone.

[@1982MCI]

Fill us in on where matt and the SRC boys are at tonight John. Sounds like Matt’s out but what about billy and tommy, how did their day go buddy?? Thank you, been looking for info all evening and nothing is out here yet ad I’m nervous as hell!!

[@philipmazzuca2269]

John- what happened to Matt and SRC ?? Are they out?

[@whitelightning2]

I had the same issue with the same bump steer kit on my '72 Nova last year. I agree, for the price of the kit it should just fit. I contacted Baer and they suggested to take an inner end to a parts store and find one that was threaded down further, they also said that cutting an inch or so off the end of the sleeve wouldn't hurt anything. I still haven't installed it...

[@LucoreAuto]

Well why didn't you say something before we bought this!? 😉 We actually MAY have some solutions to share here in a week or so about this whole situation so stay tuned 😉

[@cyane1577]

Two great finds the previous shops DIDN'T.

[@rodneycarpenter1003]

I love it. We'll go to number 1 someday

[@mohawk2138]

Waiting for the ADVENTURES TO NOT RIPPING........CLANK POWER LEFT

[@fordtechlife]

When a good job fights back lol 🔧🚗🇺🇲💪👊👍💯

[@LucoreAuto]

Lol, sometimes they DO like to play hard to get!

[@79tazman]

The last old car I got a alignment on I went and put on new front end parts from ball joints inner, outer tie rods, pitman, centrelink and then when everything was new brought it to the shop because I know you gotta have good parts on the front end in order for someone to do a alignment on it.

[@billyray8062]

Great job on a nightmare!!

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you. This thing kept kicking us and kicking us at every step. But sometimes that's how it goes!

[@billyray8062]

@@LucoreAuto I saw that,but you did a great job!!

[@jamesglenn2006]

Wow, that was a few things wrong 😳 Holy smokes!

[@LucoreAuto]

One or two 😀 But that's how how things go sometimes!

[@ivycycles]

I was thinking and wondering if possibly the lower control arms on that car are installed on the wrong sides? Wings forward, versus wings backward, if you know what I mean? And if they were more forward wouldn't that kick the steering arms on the knuckles further apart and offer more caster? I might be totally wrong, but it just seems odd you are having all this trouble.

[@RedEyedPatriot]

When all else fails roll a joint chill regroup and rethink. Works for me 😁😂😎🏁🤘🇺🇸

[@dondotterer24]

Did you do any work on Ken Shawver 's Stock elimtor or super stock cars along time ago?

[@Stevesbe]

Looks like a bunch fools have worked on fools gold over the years

[@LucoreAuto]

A HUGE portion of what we do is figuring out just what sorts of "fixing" has been done before us. Quite often those are often more challenging than the actual issues the customer brings it to us for.

[@pauldhiman8369]

Great video

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you. You can definitely feel the frustration in this one.

[@falden01]

You guys are good

[@mohawk2138]

Vinyl VIDEO? LIKING THE SOUNDS

[@hartiaacres]

Are the lowers the same length as factory A-arms? If they have any caster/camber built in , would that not move the spindles around ?

[@mohawk2138]

Lovin' the fools Nova

[@joesmith306]

The bigger the hammer the better the mechanic.

[@LucoreAuto]

Lol, don't let anyone say a BFH isn't an important part of a tool kit!

[@ronniejohnson317]

No wonder you couldn’t get a good hole shot. As soon as the front started to settle down, the front end was hunting like a bird dog. I wonder if the tubular arms are short or long or maybe something else with them? You have put your hands on everything else. If the arms are longer than factory, it would account for the crazy measurement. Just looking at the front wheels, I see that the tire sits out of the stock track and the hub is much closer to the fender, so much that the narrow wheel sits close to the fender.

[@LucoreAuto]

The front end essentially was doing, whatever it wanted. Almost nothing was "set up" correctly. You can tell by his driving and how much wheeling he had to do this thing was a nightmare to drive. It's GREATLY improved, but still have a few things left to do.

[@stevelaube8807]

What was the SAI side to side, definitely would of given known angle side to side, would settle ppl saying upper or lower a-arms was bent or bad. Awesome video showing what we go thru deducing the unknown problems.

[@austincrider20]

Man Matt should be so greatfull

[@DNRAuto]

Incredibly

[@Adhdroamer]

I don't think another shop could of put the time and effort to make sure it's as safe and right as yall did

[@DNRAuto]

That’s why I brought it there!

[@dan5319]

There are two different steering arms for a Nova, one for disc brakes, and one for drum brakes. I'm willing to bet you have the wrong arm on the pass side

[@Amxracer]

😎

[@mohawk2138]

Is is just me or the video? The sub frame above your head looks like it is bent back farther on the driver side(right angle and setting) the passenger side looks like and sounds like it had hit something really hard in the RIGHT LANE, AND pushed in the front. Caused the passenger side sub frame to be pushed back and bolt holes to be out and stretched....... IS IT JUST ME OR THE VIDEO?

[@frediefarmer]

👍🏽👍🏽

[@LucoreAuto]

Thank you Sir!

[@Stevesbe]

Manual rack and pinion

[@randalljames1]

bump steer issues..... this was the car that had the front member cut out? bump steer sucks and usually indicates bent or wrong stuff... hated these things when they came in... customer short on funds but long on problems.... I had a Galaxie that someone did a disc brake conversion and used some oddball steering knuckles and the thing had a full 1.5" of bump steer in 4" of travel.... car was terrifying to drive at 50mph... found some OEM spindles and fixed it right up....j

[@paulcrenshawii5795]

Lol when has an inch not been a difference!!!

[@cjbert6790]

Job security? Lol

[@LucoreAuto]

Lol well we certainly aren't starved for work 😀

[@randykraigbrothers9519]

Optical alootion

[@mohawk2138]

Too much crank and not enough bank. FIX IT , PLEASE.... TIMING SEEMS TO BE OUT....

[@DNRAuto]

Not sure what happened there, it starts everytime for me (except when I forget to turn on the ignition) lmao. It has a built in timing retard for first start