Nose Job!
 

The Firebird has been under the knife!! We have been working on getting the front bumper to fit the front fenders & hood.. Should have it wrapped up by next week & off to the body shop.. We have a few more items in design for this car that will compliment the body mods...

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Great work!:thumbsup:

No kidding! That nose looks great!

I bet you guys have been wondering what happen to this Firebird... It has been in the body shop!! We have a few parts in design for the grill inserts for the front bumper... & few other surprises for later!

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tease

Update!
 

We have been behind on updates on the Firebird.. Finally got it out of the body shop from the first stage of body work.. We have some fine tuning to do on the rear bumper & still have to figure out what we are doing with front head lights..

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Have been working on the firewall to sub-frame support bars with a new design on the for A/C bulkhead... Next is to get the plumbing finished, some custom valve covers, get the wiring in place, & whole bunch of things.. I am sure we will be coming out with a few new items..

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Since we are putting a back-up camera in the key hole.. We made this little lever that bolts in place of the blade for the key cylinder & will have some kind of cable pulling from the license plate/fuel access..


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The transmission on this car is out of a 2005 GTO.. so we ordered a B&M replacement shifter but did not like the way it held the shifter in place.. Made a new retaining plate.. with shifter access plate from the interior side..

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Looks great Cris.

pico de gallo
 

Your work on this bird blows me away!!:hail: Any tips on getting that nose to fit like that?

nice build, suscribed

Awesome built!!!:bow:

Thanks guys!

QUOTE=Jon Clough;334199]nice build, suscribed[/QUOTE]


Work your way from the rear door gaps to the front sheet metal... Align your doors, assemble the front sheet metal & square, make sure the sub-frame with bushings are the ones that will be used on final assembly with radiator support,& then start cutting away..
We completely re-did the front corners on the fenders.. lots of removing & re-install.. cutting grinding & measuring.. & most important of all "PATIENTENCE" .. It will come together..

I think I have told you guys before that when we design something & machine it .. We try to apply it in different applications.. The billet reservoirs have been a great item for us..

DSE Master cylinder with booster..

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Wilwood master cylinder direct mount..

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How about remote mount of the reservoirs!!

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Here is another pulley we machined.. I think this will be the final one for this application.. Now we need to get the rest of the pulleys..

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Cris, your gonna have to have a catalog for all your trick parts:thumbsup:

Outstanding work Cris, Top notch on the reservoirs. You planning on doing production on the pulleys also?

Looking very nice
Keep up the good work

Also looking if some of these are going to be available to the public.
Brake reservoirs or the ac bracket and pulleys

I am working on getting the parts side of the business up & running..

I don't know about doing pulleys yet.. I have to find a track system that works best for the LS conversions I am doing to justify the cost of doing pulleys..

Here is what the remote reservoir bracket for clutch will be looking like for the DSE master cylinder set up..

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Amazing work!

A/C Drier bracket & Fuel distribution block
 

This Firebird has been the best car here @ the shop for desgin & prototype components.. We got more coming...

A/C drier bracket for AutoRad Radiator support..

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Fuel distrubution block for LS fuel rails & gage..

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We got some hose clamps coming for fuel, A/C, & spark plugs in delrin in design..

Cris - many thanks for the time yesterday in your shop. Seeing all these parts in person was like a drug. I was f'n high the whole ride home!

Also, that MOI converstion I had w you and your friends from Wilwood was very cool; almost better than the time we spent on my stuff :lol:...it's nice to get inside industry engineering once in a while vs. chatting it up at an event!

Good to see that you enjoyed your visit Ron!

Dennis is one sharp mechanical engineer.. I have learned alot from him & keep discovering new things in our conversations with my other friend that visit on Saturday's..

Jay- The blocks are machined on inlet to -10 & the dual outlets to a -6 that are o-ringed or as Aeromotive would call ORB.. so the choices of buying fittings are open to your choice of fuel requirements.. This small qty. we ran are available to sell.. PM me in the next few days & will have pricing.. also will have pricing for the DSE master cylinder reservoir with insert..

As always Chris...amazing work. A question for you though with the distribution block. I haven't gotten around to running my fuel lines, and am really not sure about plumbing a fuel injected car...but just wondering if that works with a return line. Would that work with a Rick's tank with in tank pump? I thought I've read that a Rick's tank needs a return line that's why I'm asking as I like those blocks.

Great looking work and great looking fuel components Cris.:thumbsup:

Mike-
WE are currently using the Rick's tanks with the Vaporwoks trays that use the 2010 Camaro fuel module.. What I like about it is that it requires no fuel return system & can support about 600 hp..

Here is a pic with the Rick's gas tank with a return system that we used a Aeromotive fuel regulator to loop it back to the gas tank on the Firebird..

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Thanks Tony!

WOW ! Those dis. blocks look real familiar ?

Cris,

What brand are those black AN fittings and hose? Does that hose have the Teflon liner?

That's a cool way to do that. Definitely saves having to run the extra line the entire length of the car. I'm going to save that picture that in my 'ways to do things' file. Thanks for posting that.

They might have some similarities to yours or other in the market.. but we make them to what we require here @ the shop.. For the most part it is easy for us to make any custom fitting or distribution blocks for fuel, brake, or A/C..

Erik- We use Summit brand fittings & hoses.. They are private label by one of the top manufactures of fittings & hoses.. We save a few bucks by using Summit brand fittings.. Custom plumbing can be expensive.. No teflon liner on the hose..

Good to see that it helped you Mike..

The Firebird has been getting a serious nose job!! It has been allot of work to get the lines as good as you see them in the pics.. got more coming! billet honey comb inserts that will bolt on to the orginal plastic headlight grills.. We even machined some mock up pcs...
The cold air box is almost complete.. Machine shop should have one more piece I need to complete it & mount it...

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Wow Cris, super nice lines on that beak. I have seen & heard how hard it is to get those noses all dialed in. that one looks really good.

Another great job and car Cris. The cold air intake looks cool.

You should see it in person Eric. Pics can not do it justice!

If I ever have the chance for a shop tour, this is one I would not pass up.

Cold air induction mock up! We will finish it up later this week

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Really cool setup on the cold air

CAI is so slick Cris

Eric- You are always welcome to stop on by! Talk to you soon..

Thanks you! I was not going to run a tube to the side with filter on this car.. I know what I wanted by had to convince the owner to let us do it..

Great stuff one again.
That cold air set up is killer!:yes:

GOOOONZOOOOOO!:hail: :hail: :hail:

Frickin' lovin it! :thumbsup:

Question.... How hard would it be getting the bumper this smooth and sculpted but able to be chromed?
I really like the look of the chrome bumper on the car... but would really like to give the front a cleaner look.