what heater hose issue do you have? where exactly and what is leaking?

I have the Restomod air slim bulkhead. And fragola nylon braid AN lines with an to oring adapters.

I've remade the hose and still leaking on the inside. Will pull it off again. Replace oring again and try again before I pull the pass through to see if it's cracked.

Will,car is looking great.Was wondering which push button start system you used and was it a lot of trouble?

Digital guard dawg and yes.

Biggest problem is using a factory replacement harness and the push button with so much other stuff that is different (fuse box placement, etc) made the wiring incredibly tedious.

At times I wish I had just made my own custom harness.

Huge day today.

Got a lot going this weekend. Yesterday a friend came over and we fixed a coolant leak and got the car running more consistently.

Today another friend (Big Bronco) showed and we filled diff with fluid and mounted reservoirs.
http://i.imgur.com/CEaY6E0.jpg

We then bled the brakes and got it off the stands. Surprised no leaks from this so far. Was expecting a lot.
http://i.imgur.com/UiQUF3d.jpg

Looks badass back on the ground. Sadly will have to come up a bit as the tires rub.
http://i.imgur.com/vv1ZXrC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/CoqzJny.jpg

After that we got it out of the garage so the car could get some fresh air and see how it sounded out of the garage. Sounds awesome. (Giving my best "not bad" Obama face. Not intentional, Big Bronco snapped thag from the vid.
http://i.imgur.com/DcLFHiV.png



William

Very nice! Congrats on getting back on its wheels. The car looks great.

Wow does that look good.

ps We need a video so we can here what it sounds like.

I tried to post a video but it didnt' work...

Sounds really nice !!

Still working on idle, that's about 1100 in the video. Want to get it to around 950-1000, not sure i'll get much less than that with the injectors/etc it has.

Also I have to get the cooling system bled. It cant seem to get itself regulated on temperature (90 deg day, sitting idle, it gets to 190-200 in a matter of 4-5 minutes). I think that's all part of just needed to bleed the system. No doubt the autoRad and twin fans running 90% should get it to stabilize at 190.

One interesting thing that's going on, is the clutch fully to the floor, the car wont go in gear while stopped. If i let the pedal come up slightly, it goes right in gear. No grinding, pedal feel is good, just doesn't like it when pedal is on the floor.

Nice progress!

Thanks!

Talked to a friend and he said I have too much clutch stroke/bore.

Bore is sized as per typical aftermarket GM clutch kits. So I'll reduce the stroke a bit and see what it does. Should get better. It'll help my fitment too by moving feet closer to the floor!

will did you think about putting those rear shock tubes on the rear crossmember?

The upper channel where the top shock perch is? I considered that area but tight squeeze with length of the line attached to them and that's where my y block is mounted and fuel sensor for the vaporworx setup. Not much room.

yes but in the inside of the car. Drill a hole, add a grommet, run the line inside the car.

Are the reservoirs easily detachable from the hose? I wouldn't be drilling a hole big enough to pass the reservoir through.

I may consider it if that's the case, but it'd be down the road when the exhaust is eventually routed out the back of the car.

William

I'll look again but I thought the hose just unplugs. Unplug the hose, drill a hole that size, add a gromet, run the hose inside the car, connect to thE canister

No worries. I'm happy where they are for now. They won't move unless the exhaust goes there which is a while away.

Trust me you are going to need that space for your tail pipes. My dynatech exhaust tail pipes were easily modified to route over the quadralink

I don't doubt they CAN go over the axle. Just saying they don't now. and not sure if they ever will.

Sorry on a PC so can get to pictures easier now.

This is how the exhaust is now:
http://i.imgur.com/vnUHm6x.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/FmZzokN.jpg

I dont like seeing tail pipes out the back of first gens anyway so if it went over the axle it would just end up dumping there.

Original plan was a side exit on the car (boom tube, flat tip) but it conflicts with the control arm on the quadralink.

I suspect this exhaust will be staying like this for some time unless the car is just too loud/unenjoyable inside.

Option B would be cut the trunk floor and go into the truck and come back down.

That looks like either Richmond or Sugar Land. I'm right around the corner. Also BSME, '05.

Nice man, i'm on the other side sadly. Tomball.

Got it out again today. Clutch pedal adjusted. Diff leak fixed. And raised front so it can turn. Pretty close to first official drive.

http://i.imgur.com/rMzAfee.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/mAexH1u.jpg

It's ready to come out and play!
http://i.imgur.com/WgXiw7r.jpg

Stance is about as good as it'll get.
http://i.imgur.com/rjj5QOm.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SC6S6sG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/8v2cUMw.jpg

Got the cooling system bled also so it ran for 15 min and got to 190deg and stabilized. Pretty happy with that. We'll see how it does when it's driven.

Wooo wee

That's some kick azz progress there !!! It's lookin awesome!!!

Thanks guys. It's coming along. About to get into finishing trim work.

Even we're getting anxious for that first drive :lol: The ride height looks dialed in, though, and we like that the front tuck matches the rears a little more now.

The front will always compete with the rear as long as I have those big big tires back there. 345/35/18 are TALL in comparison to the front. To match on street tires I'll likely be going to 19s in the back.

Front drive will be happening soon!!!

Got a little more done this past weekend, but not as much as I'd have liked. Got the battery mounted and wires cut to length and secured. Wanted to clean it up a bit more on the brake lights but I came down with an illness that cut that Saturday short and has me out of work for now.

Maybe later this week.

Hope you get well car is awesome man and sounds great.

Thanks, and feeling a little better today. Enough that I got in the garage a bit this afternoon to try to sort some issues.

Fuel pressure seems to steadily decline, but Carl has been excellent and we're working together trouble shooting it.

Had an issue just now with the push button start. Tried to engage the starter when I was trying to shut it down!!! Not good, and was a pain to get it to finally shut down. Wasn't too thrilled with that...

Called them and they said it sounds like it needs to learn tach again, I have been messing with the idle RPM so it very well could be the issue. I'll give it a shot and see if re-programming it stops it (i sure hope it does).

William

Ok I thought I was crazy at around $80K, what do you estimate this completed build will cost?

Significantly more than that... :shakehead:

This is a project where things snowballed in a big way. I haven't put numbers to paper lately for a total and not sure I want to. Last time I did, i was probably double that already...

Don't do it!!!:G-Dub: :G-Dub: :G-Dub: :G-Dub:

No joke. I got a friend to do it after he commented on only having a certain amount in the car he figured. It sounded very low so I said "add it up." Ended up being 30-40% more than he had anticipated.

I think the best advice I can share that I've learned is if you have 60k to build a car, plan to spend 30-40k and you MIGHT finish it before running out of cash.

Looks great on the drive!

I predict a ride height adjustment in your future tho. How much clearance do you have on the inside of the wheel?

Inside I have tons. Outside I have almost none.

It goes full lock as it is. But wouldn't over a bump.

May get fronts rehooped. Has the DSE specs but they sit out on mine a touch.

Looks and sounds sick!!