Thanks for the great input sir.

Since the last update the glass has been installed and adjusted. Same guy that came by and did my front and rear glass came and helped me install it.

Got the interior door handles and lock mechanism installed. Had some troubles but that seems to be the way it goes.
Weatherstripping is installed around door. About to go outside and start installing the door panels and quarter panel.
After that I may start on the cowl panel and lower windshield trim to finish out the outside of the car.

I did manage to get the car out of the garage for a little bit on Friday. Took it to lunch with some friends.
http://i.imgur.com/YlU72N4.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/q4OonZV.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/s6YUr4f.jpg

Well locks and handles work. Got the door weatherstripping all done and moved to doing trunk weatherstripping and the missing cowl panel.

I asked on IG and results were very one sided. Factory (vented) cowl or aftermarket fiberglass one. Downside to vented is no wipers planned for now (will in the future) so it will have holes that are unused.
Factory:
http://i.imgur.com/SnPWFnw.jpg
Aftermarket:
http://i.imgur.com/vguFkKJ.jpg

Moved on from there to work on door panels. Got my ass kicked a bit by those today. Will try again later in the week.
http://i.imgur.com/W3KLdD8.jpg

Edit cant seem to avoid massive photos. Resolving the issues on my end.

Car is really looking good Will,glad your getting close and enjoying it:trophy-1302:

Love the seat, steering wheel and the door panels. They look perfect and it still feels like a 69 Camaro.

? who's hub is that for the steering wheel.

Yea I have been enjoying it beyond a few tedious activities lately and frustration with part fitment. I'm getting beyond that though.

Hub is from NRG, it's the "slim." to keep the wheel as close to the dash as possible. And I agree, I like that it still looks like a 69 camaro inside, definitely feels like an old car driving it.

Other than the relief of the hits to the credit card, do you kinda of miss the crunch of the build process? It's hard for me to transition to waxing from turning wrenches.

I feel sorry for people that didn't get to see the real artistry of what lurks behind that grill

Luckily that art isn't coated so from the front you can definitely still see them. I like that you have to look for it though!

I definitely dont miss the CC bills. I think year before last and first part of last year I had a hell of a "push" to complete the car and hit the budget hard. Everyone that says, set a budget and plan to spend 2-3x that is entirely correct. Except in my case, with the duration of the project and me changing my mind and not keeping a strict budget, I overshot my original goal by 5-6x...

I still got some wrench turning but hopefully for now it's the cleaner kind that previously (ecu tuning, small things here and there). I've had my fill of the dirty work for now (on this car at least).

Budget Smuget - Call me crazy but I call it therapy.

Linelock test. Didn't set the brake hard enough. Will have to try again.

Credit to BigBronco for wielding the camera and providing the spot of asphalt.

Beast!

It sounds awesome!!

Was a good time this weekend. Car runs great! :hello:

To hear it feels as fast as your Z on dope makes me happy. Can only imagine how it's gonna be when we finally start putting some power to it. I love it as is already so hard to justify pushing it more right now. Beauty of turbo setup I guess!

Sounds and looks great! Well done. I'm thinking the line lock not working for now is saving a bit of your tires :-)

Yea that's true. I think the issues run deeper than the line lock. Working on sorting that out with the help of Ron Sutton.

Definitely need these tires to last as long as they can!

Drove it into work Friday.
http://i.imgur.com/ZviM9s8.jpg

Got it inspected and complete registration next week and order the custom plates.

Changing oil and plugs now and chasing some leaks the car still has. Priority gonna be shifting to ac as summer is quickly approaching and it gets HOT in the car. Definitely don't know how my 16yr old self lived in this car with no ac...

Bet you love the commute in that beast. Such a cool ride, you don't need air Will. :thumbsup:

Man that looks good. Global warming for sure! I never had AC in my rods growing up either and couldn't imagine that today either!

Got the car up in the air and took the front wheels off. Easiest way to change the plugs. Swapped out the TR7IX for some colder (and cheaper) B8EFS, gapped to .020-.022".

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Since it was up in the air already, i started chasing down some pesky leaks (power steering a bit, small amount of coolant, and some trans fluid that i cant seem to get to stop!!!)
Ontop of that, I swapped out the BR30 breaking oil (second round) and put in some Shell Rotella T as the "full use" oil. The last round of BR30 was short lived as I had an O2 problem that resulted in a SERIOUS fueling issue and didn't want to risk oil that could have had significant fuel contamination.

While I was doing the oil change, decided now was as good a time as any to put in the oil cooler.
http://i.imgur.com/YawcdIb.jpg

Hoses are done but i'm not in love with the routing so may change them up later on, it's functional but not ideal.
http://i.imgur.com/oQKt8Hf.jpg

Cooler also is a little low, it's about 1" lower than the front spoioler, but that is shorter than stock and it's still well above the cross member. I think it'll survive just fine in that location.
http://i.imgur.com/tGkz6R1.jpg

After completing that I went for a spirited drive with some friends to a local car meet this past Sunday. Didn't get any shots of the Twin Peaks girls by the car, but that will be an opportunity explored at a later time.
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Front row parking!
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Hi William

You mentioned you had O2 sensor issues. Did the check engine light come ON from which you identified that issue.

I do have gas milage issues with my 68 camaro powered with LS6. However, the CEL has not come on to find out what is causing this poor gas milage problem

My setup isn't as clean as stock when it comes to CEL. I didn't have a light setup for it reading as lean as it suggested with o2. But may our thag in place. Le.

I realized it when the car started running HORRIBLE as in it would barely run and fouled a set of plugs. The issue has been resolved. It was a tuning issue (setting in the dominator) that I made a mistake on during initial configuration.

The car looks sweet Will, glad your out with it.

Yea this part of it is more fun so far. Drove it in to work today. Second Friday in a row! Start of a streak.

Will,

It took me all day but it just dawned on me why I liked your car so much when we talked this morning at coffee and cars. I've been following your build forever on here. I wish I would have remembered it at the time. I had way more questions than side mirrors, window trim, insurance and talking about the license plate. I think the model year plate would have been cool but your new one fits nice with the style of the car. The car is awesome in person!

Thanks for taking the time to talk to me and my wife.

Oh awesome! It was good meeting you and your wife too. I can dig up the mirrors to show you exactly the ones I got of it helps you out. I can give the contact to the guy that did the glass too!

Any questions feel free to hit me up. I'm always down to talk cars!

Car looks good as always brother glad your getting to drive it all over I am jealous.

Thanks! Been a long time coming but finally getting to realize some of the hard work.

She's not finished but she's fun :)
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http://i.imgur.com/4yf9Zdg.jpg

I'm definitely more interested in some more info on the mirrors. I didn't know there were 2 different pedestal sizes and that makes a huge difference. I'm also contemplating the Hollywood Smoothie's. From what I can research it also fits pretty well and looks clean.

Well got the flex sensor wired last weekend as well as a few other things I'll explain below. Was worried about the sensor as with key on it read "err low volt." During cranking it woke up and started displaying ethanol content.

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

Right where I expected it to be with pump 93 and it's "up to 10% ethanol" content.

Along with the wiring of the flex fuel sensor, I wired in an oil temp sensor that will be installed post oil cooler on the next oil change. I also wanted to take advantage of a two step but was looking for a way to control it as I dont have a clutch switch so had to use what I have available.

I have a custom output setup as a "ground" output which is what the two step INPUT requires. I have it set to signal that output when the VSS is under 5mph and my available holley input switch on dash are both active. In theory I can do a burnout with no limiter issues, then click switch, roll to line and it will be on the 2 step (say 3-3500rpm). Launch car and when it gets over 5mph it'll disengage the two step and allow full rev. Will practice with that maybe this weekend. Only concern is the response time of the VSS being sufficient to register 5mph before the car tries to climb over that.

William

Looks awesome!

X2 !

Appreciate it guys. Needs some work still. It coming along. Taking it out tomorrow rain pending so maybe have some new pics with some twin peaks girls. And get to test the brake switch alteration and see what the ethanol sensor does. Still no e85 in the car yet.

Hi William

I have the same NRG short hub as well as the NRG quick release similar to yours.

I did the installation yesterday but I noticed that there is about a 1/4 inch gap between the hub and the flaming river steering column housing ( not sure if it is the right name for it).

The hub is fully seated and through the steering column shaft splines.

Not sure why the reason why there is such a gap shown in the below link

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...sbuxs0xqc.jpeg

Will, you owe everyone an update since LSfest and everything else with the car!!!!

How about an update now.

This past Saturday myself and a few friends rented out the race track to get out of quarantine and enjoy some burn rubber and race fuel.

I wanted to go log some boost control settings in the Holley and do so in a safe area and prepped track for traction reasons.

I ended up hurting the clutch/slave and was out for the day, but after seeing temps fall back into the low 70s-high 60s, and the prep they put on the track for some fast cars (7.1@200mph fast). I decided to give it another whirl. Trans was shifting on upshifts with no issues!

Babied it off the line to ensure I got a clean "fast pass"


Saw the time and turned right back around to try and best it. Didn't run a quicker time but i went FASTER:


Overall very happy with the trip. I found that I need more fuel and CarlC onboard here helped me with about an hour long phone call talking through options and general shooting of the ****. Happy to have guys like CarlC that I can rely on with good honest advice and experience to back it up.

Also a shoutout goes to AndrewB70 for helping me get this things street manners under control and just being an all around great resource and friend to chat car stuff with.

William

Dude!! That gives me goose bumps there brother!!! Fricken amazing. I guess if you had an auto trans and built a bunch of boost off the line, it would just blow the tired off?

The guy helping with my tune said “put an auto in it and go 8s.”

I think it’s gonna go 9s pretty easily at this point. Fuel system upgrades. And a little suspension work I’m im hoping it goes low 9s at mid-high 150s

Great runs for babying it off the line like that. Seemed to hold the power well enough once it was moving. What tires were you running in the back?

Dave