After a nice Xmas vacation I was anxious to get back in the shop with Rich and start installing some parts I had shipped while I was away. We made some good progress today fueled by grilled tacos for lunch and dinner in between. There's a sweet Mexican market down the street from Rich's shop.

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My Champ Road Race pan came in from Amazon, and at $251 shipped, I thought that was a very good deal. 1 left in stock the site says now.

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We tackled the rear suspension area today starting with the Hellwig 5824 sway bar.

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Custom length (they said no one ordered this size in over a year) Varishocks. Due to the fab work done by the previous shop working on the car we needed a very short shock compared to most 1st gens. Thanks to Mark @ SC&C for help on this.

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Installed, along with a 1" lowering block that we swapped in to replace the 2" block already there. Can't lose too much of the attempted -- but not quite reached -- DFresh slammed stance.

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Got my heads back from the machine shop. Wasn't expecting it, but not surprisingly I guess, they needed new guides and valve springs. They're CNC ported Brodix Track 1's. I guess the Pacaloy valve springs are supposed to be pretty nice pieces.

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A shot of the naked 377. We pulled the main bearing to inspect and it looked pretty darn good. At least I now know what we're dealing with on this bastardized Camaro.

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Next projects in line are to replace seals/gaskets on the M-21, finish the brakes lines for the rear Wilwood discs, repair/replace the shifter linkage, put the motor back together, and then on to the new cooling system.

Happy New Year boys and girls. :cheers:

Very nice Dave. I see your starting the new year with a little "rebuild". Very nice. Happy New Year to you too.:cheers:
(Thanks for making me hungry with the pics of the tacos.:D)

Lookin good Dave, Your gonna have some serious fun with that car. I'm jealous!

Nice upgrades Dave, that pan is sick! :thumbsup:

Good stuff, I'll be surprised if you need that rear sway bar. It's also a good time to consider a less rowdy cam.:unibrow:

round and round the toilet bowl goes.... where it stops?! Nobody knows!


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Nice stuff Dave! Glad to see you're having some fun with this car!

thats what i love about our hobby .its completly aceptable to buy a new car and tear it apart/lol
im glad to see you got everything in motion.those tacos are looking good about now:thumbsup:

Flash,

Have an estimate yet to when you'll be back on the road... scaring (and/or scarring) unsuspecting motorists and pedestrians? :P

Looking real good Dave! After this go-around what's left on the list...just the trans swap? Looks like a couple busy weeks and you will be back on the road!! Thanks for the porn!! :thumbsup:

Great build, can't believe I have missed this one. :hail:

Any idea who made the front suspension bars in this pick:
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Did they go back on?