Where is the drool icon!!!!:hail: :thumbsup: :woot:

thanks guys........... :yes:

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheers:

WOW! looks really good!

This thing is outrageous man!

I gotta ask one question though (and I'm guessing you've been asking this 100 times before)... no question the build is awesome, and no question that the car was awesome in it's first iteration and it will be awesome in its second... but why start with a car like Mark's, and go from there? It would seem that it would have been a cheaper endeavor to start from scratch?

Not trying to be disrespectful... just plain curious as hell.

Keep up the good work!

Dan

LOL..He keeps asking himself that. Jody tends to get carried away.

a fair question, and I'd guess you're right on the cost factor. I did not intend to do most of the things I've done. I was only going to re-paint the car when I bought it. Then I had a new FAST efi in my shop, and I was unimpressed with the Electromotive setup, so no big deal, let's swap it. To get the harness out required dropping the trans down and removing most the under dash wiring, so why not strip it and do the paint right. Then, as the car is stripped I'm looking at a 402 twin turbo LS2 engine I have sitting on a stand, and start thinking "why not"...................

Do you see where this is going??!!!!!! :faint: Now I'm in full runaway mode, buying different wheels, changing the color since I'm not a huge fan of red anyway, completely powdercoating and re-painting everything on the car; replacing almost all the trim (even though it was in good condition) because it wasn't "perfect".

I did keep 95% of his suspension, and kept his trans, dash, and steering column........... :rofl: I'm not sure where I went wrong, but now thousands and thousands of dollars later, here I am. :yes:

Jody

Well Jody,

Ain't that how we all do it.

We start with a minor adjustment, taking a few parts off and from there it just is snowballing.

Not that many do it in a short time as you have. For most guys it is a multiyear deal.

One remarkable thing with this years Power Tour is that both you and Scott will drive your own cars. That must be a first. :lol: :thumbsup:


Jan

Ah... it all makes sense now! Seriously cool car man, keep it up.

Dan

It's hard to stop when you start changning and making things different and in some cases nicer. You want to make it as perfect as possible, and by the looks it's pretty darn close!! :thumbsup: Can't wait to see it on Power tour.

I would have to say that I enjoyed the build the first time around in the magazine.

But the redo that you have done by far has captured my attention and it just so cool to watch all the work your doing weekly if not daily.

Keep up the great work.

Car looks amazing Jody!!! I might have to "just be in the area" this weekend... Hey it gives me an excuse to bring by your LM1 right.... :D :D

yes it would.................. :D

air cleaners showed up, and got the breather tanks mounted. I had some nice tanks Mark built that bolted in the wheelwells, but they didn't clear the new air filter location, so I bought some Stefs aluminum breather tanks and mounted them in the area next to the air filters. I drilled and tapped the valley cover on the LS2 behind the intake and ran two #10 lines to the tanks. That's pretty hidden, and is a baffled area of the engine, so there shouldn't be a lot of oil pushed up. I ordered some different breather caps from the tank with a nipple fitting on them, and ran a line from there to the air filter base. This way there will be no smoke or oil smell when the engine is running. I did this before on other cars, and was reminded by Charley, as I think they did this also recently to the Red Witch.

The coils just showed up, so I'm going to see if my mounting idea will work, right after I finish up the trans lines.

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Jody

:hail:

Can you post a pic of the caps? Car looks great!

my camera sucks at close range. They're basically like these:

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forgot to post where the oil filter ended up. That last pic didn't work as the front bumper brace interfered. So it ended up being bolted to that brace. Clears the tire easily, up behind the bumper, not hanging down at all.

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Been looking at this sign a lot in my shop. This has to be one of the most frustrating cars to assemble that I've done. I need to talk to Mark and see if he had the same fun as I am, or if it's just me............ :willy:


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fastened the intake down after the breathers were finished (had to move the manifold to get to the rear breather ends). Hooked up the fuel line, added 5 gallons of gas to the tank, and set the fuel pressure to 55 psi. Best part, no leaks!

Now I'm on to building some brackets to mount the coils.

Jody

Jody it's really coming along beautifully, despite all the little difficulties. Thanks for posting the updates, keep em coming! -Rob

working on mounting the coils today. You'd think it would be easy to find a place to put them, but it's not, at least not for me.................

First I made some spacers, and with some 1/4" all-thread I got the four coils for each side as compact as they possibly could be. Thanks to Tony (Nineball) for this idea, saw it on his red 69 Camaro.

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For you Camaro and Chevelle guys you can use the above setup and build simple brackets and bolt them to the back of the heads. They're virtually hidden and pretty simple to do. But on my car the engine has been set back further than normal; Mark had modded the frame pads to slide the engine an addition 1.5" or so, and this makes the passenger head very close to the firewall. I wanted to keep this setback, so the rear of the heads was out. The problem from here was trying to get them in the same area on each side. Originally I wanted to put them in the wheelwells, but Chevelles don't have wheelwells........... :D They're so small you'd have to remove the the wheelwells to put them on or do any work on them. One the drivers side you could build a bracket to bolt to the side of the block to mount them; not on the passenger side, starter is in the way. On the passenger side they could be mounted to the front crossmember, no way on the drivers side. No frame room either side, etc. So this is what I came up with.


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Added some braces and it's very solid. It's tucked up high out of the way of water, debris, etc. and still has plenty of room to get the wires and harnesses in there. Now on to the drivers side; similar deal but will need to be spaced a bit further out to clear the oil lines.

Jody

I would be afraid of them getting doused with water off the tire when driving in rain.

A+++ for getting them out of sight though.

Awesome idea Jody :thumbsup:

The car is a true inspiration for many of us :hail:

I don't think the tire will turn that far to have the water hitting that area; definitely not driving down the road. I guess if your oil pan and starter gets wet in the rain then this would too, but I don't remember mine having that issue.

Jody

I'll bring the tow rope.

I can always count on you Charley..................... :rofl:

Just amazing work Jody. I hope to see it in person.

thanks guys. :) I know the coils are not the ideal location, but other than a deep puddle 10+" I think they're fine. They're fully shielded from water from the front of the car by the crossmember. I may look at alternatives later, but for now they'll stay. This is not a rain car by any means, it's a daily driver good weather car. If I get stuck in rain it should be fine, but I'll avoid it if possible........... :P

Jody

I just love this car. Awesome work!:bow: I can't wait to see this car in person for all the little details.

Remember Cleveland to Kalamazoo last year? Great weather if you're a duck.

The coils are pretty strong, I would think that as long as they are not getting soaked with water they will be fine. You can always put some silicone around all the connections if need be.

yeah, that was fun................. :lol:

Jody

the metripack connectors are sealed, and the coil/plug wires are packed with dielectric grease, so I'm not going to worry about it. Worst case, I get towed into the next stop by the Red Witch................. :faint: :rofl:

Jody

I do not normally post very often over here, I am more of a lurker. Every time I come over and check out the site I stop by and read over this build. All I can say is that this is an incredible build! The engine bay is absolutely gorgeous, the body is incredible and the fabrication is too cool! Great job on the build and keep it up! I cannot wait for this thing to hit the road!

nice thing to say, thanks!!!!!!!

Jody

ok, drivers side done also. Now extend the passenger side harness, wrap the downpipes for plug wire protection, cut and install the wires, turn the key............... :morepower

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Jody

We all expect a video tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:

I second that!!


Chris

Best looking engine bay I have seen :unibrow: ......detailed and very functional.

Jody,

Can you please tell me what fabrication equipment you have in your shop ?

thanks in advance

Don't forget to check the oil........:D