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jasonz28camaro 01-06-2019 10:05 PM
Sweet looking build, keep up the good work!

Please post some photos of the ECM mounted once its installed. I'm looking for some good ideas to steal for my car haha. I'll also need to find a hiding spot for TCM but you get to skip that part.

CMillwheels 02-10-2019 03:44 PM
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The clock keeps ticking to when this thing needs to be in the body shop and it seems like i'm not making a whole lot of progress towards that goal. It's just over a month away and i have a bunch more mock up that i'd like to get accomplished before this old girl needs to be taken back apart.

So what better time that to try to learn how to TIG weld and build a custom stainless exhaust! :badidea:

Went out and purchased a Miller Diversion 180 TIG machine, did a bunch of reading and YouTube video watching and started practicing. Damn, i have lots of practice to do!

Made some pretty decent progress this weekend until an inadvertent slip while using the hole saw ended my day of work today. Got to head off to urgent care to get a 4" slice in my hand stitched up. :mad: I"m pretty happy with the exhaust work so for considering my novice state. hopefully next weekend will bring more progress and no trips to the ER.

On a good note, I've been able to get the brake and clutch master cylinders mocked up and plumbed and also received the new Recaro seats that have been on order forever.

CMillwheels 02-10-2019 03:50 PM
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Here are another coupe pics showing the current state of the engine compartment and the new seats. New seat is the passenger side, driver side is one of my old ones.

bkswede 02-10-2019 06:32 PM
Chris - looks like an awesome build. Those Speedtech Extreme frames allow for some insanely wide front tires! I know LT4s from the factory have electronic PS... are you running PS on yours? Don’t remember seeing a PS pump on the front end accessory drive in your picture, but maybe I missed it. I have a ZL1 with that motor and the low end torque is amazing... look forward to following your progress!

Brian


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CMillwheels 02-11-2019 07:58 AM
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Chris - looks like an awesome build. Those Speedtech Extreme frames allow for some insanely wide front tires! I know LT4s from the factory have electronic PS... are you running PS on yours? Don’t remember seeing a PS pump on the front end accessory drive in your picture, but maybe I missed it. I have a ZL1 with that motor and the low end torque is amazing... look forward to following your progress!

Brian


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Thanks for the Props Brian! I am running hydraulic power steering. The pump is mounted low on the driver's side of the engine. It's a Jones pump with remote mounted reservoir. I"m running 315 tires up front and 335's in the rear. It's crazy how those tires look from the front of the car.

Chris

bkswede 02-11-2019 08:19 AM
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Thanks for the Props Brian! I am running hydraulic power steering. The pump is mounted low on the driver's side of the engine. It's a Jones pump with remote mounted reservoir. I"m running 315 tires up front and 335's in the rear. It's crazy how those tires look from the front of the car.



Chris


Gotcha - I see it now... was looking for the reservoir. Is that a Drive Junky front end accessory drive? I briefly considered an LT4 for my build and, at that time, no one had an accessory drive that included power steering, but know a couple have since been released. Those front tires are wider than my rears! I’ll be running 305’s in back but only 255’s up front on my Chevy II...


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CMillwheels 02-11-2019 08:42 AM
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Gotcha - I see it now... was looking for the reservoir. Is that a Drive Junky front end accessory drive? I briefly considered an LT4 for my build and, at that time, no one had an accessory drive that included power steering, but know a couple have since been released. Those front tires are wider than my rears! I’ll be running 305’s in back but only 255’s up front on my Chevy II...


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Yes sir, it is the Drive Junky drive set up. I will not hesitate to use the Drive Junky setup again on future builds. The quality of the machine work, finish, and fit is remarkable.

Chris

hackster 02-11-2019 08:54 AM
Looks killer man!!! Those seats are dead sexy too.

Impressed how much metal work you have done on this thing, looks good.

Love the trial by fire.

:drive:

Sean

srode1 12-07-2021 02:27 AM
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I had the luxury of spending another long day in the shop today and made some good progress.


Was able to get the fenders back on the car in order to mock up the Speedtech fiberglass inner fender wells. installation was straightforward enough but the factory mounts on the firewall must be trimmed in order to get them to fit. No going back now! These things add a significant amount of room for the 315 tires. I haven't adjusted ride height or tried turning the wheels yet but I don't see any obvious signs of it being an issue as there is a lot of room in there.


Also mocked up the radiator, A/C condenser, and heat exchanger for the supercharger today. Not sure yet how I'm going to plumb up the condenser as I will need to relocate the filter/drier so none of the Vintage air pre-bent tubing will work. Has anyone done something similar? I'll probably locate the filter/drier between the headlight bucket and the heat exchanger.


Now that this complete I was able to figure out dimensions for the oil cooler and PS cooler. those are going to stack on top (above) the supercharger heat exchanger. I'm a little worried about airflow through all of these before air gets to the radiator but going to move forward with it and see how it goes.


pics of todays work....
I know this is a couple year old thread, but curious what you ended up doing for relocation of the DS knock sensor with the headers. I'm debating what route to go with that on mine right now with the same subframe, headers and an LT5

CMillwheels 12-07-2021 09:03 PM
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I know this is a couple year old thread, but curious what you ended up doing for relocation of the DS knock sensor with the headers. I'm debating what route to go with that on mine right now with the same subframe, headers and an LT5
It’s funny you ask the question…. This car has been sitting on ice the last couple years while I was completing a C10 build, and a couple of Jeep wranglers for my boys. Finally able to get back to the Camaro.

I don’t believe I had to make any modifications for the drivers side knock sensor to fit under the header. It’s a tight fit, but it works. I installed a significant amount of heat shield on all of the wiring for the knock sensors and the starter. All of this wiring is very close to the headers. I can try to take some pics of the area when I have the car back up on my lift if you’d like to see a visual.

srode1 12-08-2021 01:22 PM
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I can try to take some pics of the area when I have the car back up on my lift if you’d like to see a visual.
That would be great. There must be something different in the headers, although I did hang mine without a gasket just to check, but it had 1 tube touching the knock sensor bolt. Looked to me like the tube could have been routed a bit different improve clearance, but perhaps it would have changed the length too much.

Cramer4918 06-15-2022 06:05 PM
Subscribing! I am anxious to see the finished product! Kudos to you for tackling a lot of the work yourself. Hopefully you can get back on it pretty steady. Good luck!

CMillwheels 06-19-2022 09:39 PM
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Subscribing! I am anxious to see the finished product! Kudos to you for tackling a lot of the work yourself. Hopefully you can get back on it pretty steady. Good luck!
Thank you! Unfortunately life’s gotten in the way of making substantial progress on this build but I’ve been slowly working away on it. I’ll get some new pics posted up soon. It’s almost ready to start, and all plumbing and wiring are complete.

In the mean time I had a C10 project that was completed and have been playing around with a 2009 ZR1 that I purchased last summer. Gotta get back on the Camaro!

DWC 06-21-2022 07:34 AM
Do you have a build thread for the C10? If not, more photos please! :goggles:

Daniel

syborg tt 06-21-2022 08:08 AM
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Thank you! Unfortunately life’s gotten in the way of making substantial progress on this build but I’ve been slowly working away on it. I’ll get some new pics posted up soon. It’s almost ready to start, and all plumbing and wiring are complete.
Trust me we all here understand as we never seem to have enough time. The car looks great and I am looking forward to your next update.


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In the mean time I had a C10 project that was completed and have been playing around with a 2009 ZR1 that I purchased last summer. Gotta get back on the Camaro!
Love the C10 and I am with you as I bought a Cayman R to fill the void while I am working on my Camaro.

Cramer4918 06-21-2022 03:18 PM
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Thank you! Unfortunately life’s gotten in the way of making substantial progress on this build but I’ve been slowly working away on it. I’ll get some new pics posted up soon. It’s almost ready to start, and all plumbing and wiring are complete.
I understand completely! Between my almost 7-year old twins and every other daily thing, I have only logged minutes of work for my project in the past week. It's a slow process, but it is all rewarding. Looking forward to updates.


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In the mean time I had a C10 project that was completed and have been playing around with a 2009 ZR1 that I purchased last summer. Gotta get back on the Camaro
Details man! Details!

CMillwheels 06-23-2022 08:45 PM
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Haha! Yes, details! I bought the C10 several years ago from a guy that had converted it from a long bed. He put a new box on it and painted it the truck’s original color. The cab and front clip had original paint, and still do. It came with the truck arm rear suspension, turbo 400 and the ever so gutless 307. When it was converted to a SWB, it was c notched and the front suspension was dropped as well. It ran with shortened coil springs. The cab had the usual rust issues in the rockers and cab corners. I drove it for a few years like this and pretty much used it as a cruiser and shop truck. The first pic is a pic of it back then.

When Covid started I got a wild hair to completely blow the truck apart and revamp it. I took it apart in march of 2020 and had it back on the road one year later. I repaired all the rust in the cab, installed complete TCI front and rear coil over suspension, installed an L33 All aluminum LS with a 4L60e I had sitting in the shop, Wilwood disc brakes with hydro boost, new wheels and tires, relocated the gas tank, and all new electrical and plumbing. Here’s a bunch of random picks from the build. Unfortunately I didn’t write a build thread for it.

Mikael A 06-24-2022 05:12 PM
Very nice 👌

WSSix 06-25-2022 08:09 AM
x2 Looks great! I wish those L33s weren't so hard to come by. I'd love to use one in a build one day.

DWC 06-27-2022 04:26 PM
Awesome! Thanks for the follow up info and photos.

Daniel

Ricochet 06-27-2022 06:03 PM
Very cool Truck!!! Nicely done!

Spiffav8 06-28-2022 02:52 PM
Yeah.... that looks like a lot of fun. Always wanted one.

:captain:

camcojb 06-28-2022 05:19 PM
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Yeah.... that looks like a lot of fun. Always wanted one.

:captain:
Hows your car doing? :peepwall:

CMillwheels 06-28-2022 07:57 PM
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Hows your car doing? :peepwall:
Ummm, oh, that car…😳. I have been making progress ever so slowly. The last major update I posted was right before Covid. Since then, we stripped it back down to the shell and sent it off to the body shop to finish the major metal work, shave drip rails, and fit up the fesler flush mount glass (that was fun).

I received the shell back in August or so of 2020 and it sat in my car trailer while the C10 was being finished up. Since then, I have been cranking away. It’s wired, plumbed, and mostly mocked up. I was hoping to get it back to my body guy to get that finished up but he’s way behind schedule and it’s not looking like he can take the car back until this fall sometime. So, now my plan is to keep moving forward, and get to a point where I can start the car, check all electrical systems, and make sure everything is working before it goes back to the body shop. Probably a better plan anyway…. Here are a handful of progress pics.

Steve68 06-30-2022 07:45 AM
I want to know what inner wheel wells did you use???

Looking at the wiring harness's do you have a harness coming out of each side of the firewall??? noticing the hole on the drivers side,

CMillwheels 06-30-2022 08:40 PM
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I want to know what inner wheel wells did you use???

Looking at the wiring harness's do you have a harness coming out of each side of the firewall??? noticing the hole on the drivers side,
Hey Steve - the inner fender wells are Speedtech fiberglass. On the wiring, I have the body harness in the stock location and the engine harness is coming through the hole I installed on the driver’s side. The PCM is located under the dash and the engine fuse box is located on the drivers side core support. I had to completely rework the harness to make this work but I really wanted the PCM under the dash inside the car. Here’s a few more pics of the wiring and where I installed the PCM.

camcojb 06-30-2022 09:18 PM
Love the details.

Ricochet 06-30-2022 10:11 PM
Very cool build..

Steve68 07-08-2022 11:20 AM
Very Cool, I'm laying things out, My plans also, PCM inside and the harness thru the firewall,

How thick is the foam you have in the interior??

I'll look at the Speedtech site, always gathering ideas to implement on my car,


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