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While I was working on the car I decided I needed to make a down and dirty hood prop as my hood kept falling on me.

Thank goodness for PVC pipe and a dremel.

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I wrapped it in red electrical tape so I would remember to remove it. Plus it adds a little friction as it snaps over the shock rod nicely now.

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Are the hood struts worn out or did they never work great to begin with?

2nd Chance Camaro - Let the Project Begin

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Originally Posted by MtotheIKEo (Post 683255)

Are the hood struts worn out or did they never work great to begin with?

I’m on my second set of shocks so I would say that we haven’t found the correct set yet. For now I’m going to wait till the car is back on the road to start experimenting again.

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I need to do a little back posting so I can actually post pictures of some of the projects we did on the car this summer.

A few things I wanted to do on this version of the build was to clean up the brake lines and to powder coat the differential. Just
trying to make it look nicer but not perfect as I enjoy having a car that isn't perfect.

A few of these pictures are so I remember how these go back together.

Soon, I will able to use the cool brake line bracket I purchased from Chris at JCG years ago.

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It's important to remember how the brackets go on.

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Did I ever tell you how much I dislike the smell of gear oil

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Simple the best $50.00 yes $50.00 I have ever spent. Now I won't have to worry about smelling up the inside of my truck
when I bring the rear axle to my buddy Ben's so he can clean up the welds for me.

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Before

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After

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Ben also figured he would grind down some of the other flaws from the 70's

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Dropped at Pro-Tek Powder Coating in Joliet. Looking forward to having a nice looking rear differential.

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So way back on July 3rd I picked up the rear diff from Jay at Pro-Tek and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. It's
actually way nicer then I expected and it might actually be to nice for the car.

Just Kidding I love this car.

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remember that $50.00 it's really starting to pay off.

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Time to take it outside and clean it to make sure there is nothing that would hurt the differential.

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I opted to powder the Aluminum Diff cover as I didn't want to have to worry about cleaning it.

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Ask Mike why we have one bolt that doesn't match an I am certain you will here some not so nice words as we had to break
an ARP bolt because we didn't put enough anti-seize on the threads and it cold welded itself to the nut. I also had to order
two longer bolts as the one's that I had were a little short.

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Marty the rearend turned out great. Those ARP fasteners can get addicting.

So you know that problem us guys on these boards have. You know when we something really cool something happens and all of a sudden we feel like we need it even if we don't. Okay, if your not that guy I am very very happy for you and when you have time can you please sit down with me and "Help" me be more like you.

When I was at Sema 2017 I of course stopped by Ride-Tech just to say hi and to see what was new. First mistake I should have just said Hi. Darren of course showed me the new 2nd Gen Camaro stuff and I was blown away. The new stuff they offered for the 2nd Gen was way cool and there will be plenty of stuff for me to upgrade to in the future.

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Fast forward to summer and a quick email to Darren and the new R-Joint Arms are on the way to me for my rear suspension. Yep, I am excited and can't wait.

Nothing Like Christmas in the Summer

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Houston we may have a small issue here. Not to worry we are going to figure this out. Since we offset the lower spring mount it puts the arm way to close to the spring pocket.

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Upper Arms - No Problem Perfect Fit

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Looking at possible moving the the arms over. However, if I move the arms over I will lose the tire clearance for the 335 rear tire set up.

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In order to use the arms as is I will have to make some billet shims. For now I just used a few washers to test the articulations to see if the arms hit the spring pocket.

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Bad news in stock location they hit and I am sure with the weight of the car they would move way more then I could get them to move on my lift.

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Okay, Since my goal was to have the rear differential back in the car by the end of the weekend it's going in today which is actually Saturday Sept 22.

What I love about this set up is its simplicity. It's so darn simple and yet it works so well.

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Very important step...make sure you install the arms on the correct side so you can grease the them without having to take them out.

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Need to get the back of the car up high enough so I can slide it under the car since I am doing this by myself.

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Minor dilemma here i need to get the rear end from it's current location to behind the my car which is on the lift.

Reality is I have to carry this thing about 15 feet and gently set it down on my car cribs.

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Success, I guess all that working out I did when I as younger paid off.

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Okay, this part sucked trying to get it on the lift while being hunched over.

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Success !!!

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In order to get the lower arms in I need to tip up the pinion

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I moved the cribs which made the install much easier.

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Upper Arm Install should be simple right...Nope

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Now that the rear end is powder coated there is a little less room and because of that the upper arms will not slide in.
Out comes the spreader which I have had for years and used so many time. It's perfect when you need to install a set of aftermarket lower control arms and they just won't slide in.

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Finally

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Still not sure why I went to my hardware bin.

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I still can't believe I used all of these tools just to put the rear end in.

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Can someone tell me why I didn't put the freaking gear oil in when it was on the ground.

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Time to improvise

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Look really really close and you can see the make shift funnel.

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and why does your wife call you when you arms are wrapped up around a rear end and the other one is pouring gear oil in.

man does that not sound good.

Still updating the factory hardware to ARP or hardware from the guys at Totally Stainless.

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Of course the inner fender is in the way. However since they are fiberglass/Carbon that is easily solved.

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Enjoying seeing this one fleshed out MJ. :thumbsup:

Looking great Marty!

Still playing catch up from all of the work we did this summer on the car.

On Sept 30 I decided to bleed the rear brakes and since I was doing it alone I went out and bought another one man
bleeder kit (I have one somewhere) so I could get it over with. I also picked up some Brembo Dot 5.1 Brake fluid which
is what I use in my yellow Camaro.

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First thing first need to get the kinks out of the supplied hose.

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all better

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Did I tell you all how much I love this DSE Brake Booster set up.

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all done.

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Very nice kit and much better then the 10 year old one I have somewhere in my garage attic. Maybe when I clean it out next
summer I will find it and donate it to someone else.

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Installed new stainless steel gas tank straps with some rubber anti-squeak in between the tank and the straps.

The main goal was to reduce the noise from the fuel pump which is mounted to the front of the tank.

Hard to believe how well it has worked and they look really nice.

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Looking very good Marty,detail is everything:thumbsup::thumbsup:

That is a highly detailed machine right there.

Next up - Install the new Ride-Tech R-Joint Upper Arms.

I can tell you that after installing just the upper arms the ride quality is significantly better and I am looking forward to
actually getting out and driving the car a little harder to see what it actually can do.

So back out to the Garage and it's empty this time. Just the Camaro.

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The best part is adjusting pinion angle is super easy now.

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Yes, I lost one of the Universal Joint Caps

No a new universal joint was not needed however I wanted to dust the driveshaft with a little paint as it got a little scuffed
up in the garage and I dropped the cap somewhere between my garage and the kids swing set.

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So while I was trying to install the driveshaft for some unknown reason I was unable to get one of the caps to seat and low
and behold pulling the cap off I found out why.

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Solving the Fuel Leak with Flaretite

I have been fighting a couple fuel line drips and I am hoping these solve the drips especially since I park the blue Cayman under the Camaro.

So I started pulling all of the lines off and I found a kink so I will have to remake this line before it goes back in.

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Opps

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Please oh Please make the drip go away.
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I had Dennis over at High Speed Welding bend me up a new line.

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I installed the flaretite brass whatever you want to call them where ever there was a drip.

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I put a piece of blue tape on the fitting as a reminder that I needed to tighten them.

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It has been a long time since I have seen these wheels and it's time to get them out of the shed.

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I so wish BFG still made these tires

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Hard to believe the wheels are back on and it's starting to look like a car again. It's been a long summer and I am happy to be working on it again.

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I decided to wait till Mike came over to start the car plus I need to pick up some fuel from Winter Circle in Joliet
so I at least have some good quality fuel in the car over the winter.

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Let's not forget to put the trans fluid back in the car.

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Fire It Up - started right up which is awesome for a LS with a Carb.

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Checking for leaks

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Pulled it out of the garage but I didn't get that far.

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Let's just say we didn't get that far. Yes we ran out of gas !!!

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Test Drive was fun and good news the car rode great. However, we had a minor tire rub issue which was caused
by me flipping a tailpipe hanger the incorrect direction. Simple fix however I did burn a little rubber off the sidewall.

Opps

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Bummer I am going to have to rewrap this tailpipe.

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The Rub

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Prior to winter coming I wanted to have the paint protection applied and lucky me my neighbor does this in his garage shop
so a quick 30 second drive to his house and the car will be get a little paint correction on the gloss area's and the matte area's
will get a Matte Ceramic coating to protect the paint.

Day One.

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Heading back to my garage for the night and I will be bringing it back tomorrow so he can coat the gloss area.

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Day Two and yes it is 5am in the morning and yep I woke the neighbors and my wife.

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What is crazy after the paint correction the metallic is so noticeable.

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Originally Posted by syborg tt (Post 687338)

Man, love this car, you've even pulled off making a bike rack look sexy! One question...I'm considering wrapping the tail pipes on my car since everything is so close back there. Do you think the wrap makes a noticeable difference in keeping the heat off other components? Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Gmachine1911 (Post 687343)

Thank you very much for the compliments on the car.

Yes, I think wrapping the tailpipes is going to reduce the heat buy a bunch as it was pretty much hugging the gas tank. My tailpipes where Hi-Temp coated and I just wanted to go that extra mile as I am hoping to drive the car on part of Power Tour and drive to to Good-Guys Columbus next year. So I wanted a little extra protection.

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Awesome...both the Power Tour and Goodguys Columbus are on my "to do" list next year as well. Rumor has it that next year will be the last year for Power a Tour...

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Awesome...both the Power Tour and Goodguys Columbus are on my "to do" list next year as well. Rumor has it that next year will be the last year for Power a Tour...

I can see that happening as the Power Tour has gotten so large and it's almost impossible to accommodate all of the people and cars

Looking great Marty!

Detroit to Texas GG hoft road tour.
Or you can be a real man and drive it out to Cali, go do some mountain biking, drive to Texas in the GG hoft tour (their doing two different ones i may have told you) and drive it home.......

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Detroit to Texas GG hoft road tour.

Or you can be a real man and drive it out to Cali, go do some mountain biking, drive to Texas in the GG hoft tour (their doing two different ones i may have told you) and drive it home.......

Now that sounds like a plan

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