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Yes, much better than any car part. Congrats! Mom and baby both doing well I hope?
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Congratulation's on the new baby. Have you bought him his own tools yet???
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Congrats on your new son! (I see has has claims on the remote already ;-))
Car is going to be awesome with that attention to detail on the body and that killer engine under the hood! Heep us updated. Gregg |
Thanks everyone. Mom and son are doing great. I swear every time I pick up the car seat I think my wife is feeding him lead. Hes growing fast and is a pretty big boy.
I worked on the car some over the weekend. My buddy Timmy got a welder and we decided to try to tackle getting the doors right and setting the cheap fenders in place and getting the gaps good. Overall everything went well and the next time he comes over were going to epoxy primer the whole car. There is still some small tweeks to be done, but overall I am satisfied. I think the gaps are good if not better than most cars I see at my weekly car show but please be honest as I want it right and am willing to go back and redo it. :thumbsup: Driver side: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/1521/imagejdi.jpg http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1309/imagebgs.jpg http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7022/imagecxw.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6199/imageywl.jpg http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/8902/imagegqu.jpg http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/7322/imagecmy.jpg Pass. side: http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/985/imagerka.jpg http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/5200/imageiam.jpg http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7285/imagelkp.jpg http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5307/imagewly.jpg http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5186/imageztt.jpg http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/7784/imagegau.jpg and for my birthday my family got me this.. http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/7148/imageaqm.jpg |
Nice tool box.
In the first picture, the trailing edge of the drivers door looks tight. Maybe its just the lighting or the color differences between panels? Just make sure you account for paint and primer buildup. It takes more space than you might think. But overall the car looks good. |
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Like you said, they look better than most at the local cruise in near me too.
The most common mistakes I see at the local thing is the gaps being inconsistent. There may be 1/8" to 3/16" DIFFERENCE in gaps on the same car. Like they just bolted a panel on an painted it. I looked at a 67 Mustang coupe last saturday that had 1/2" gaps on the pass side and 1/8" on the drivers side. It looked like the pass door was too short. But they painted it like that anyway. |
Congratulations on the birth of your son!
I'm quite jealous of your project. My dad has never really been into cars and surely didn't pass the love on to me; not until about 1998 did I really get into cars. He helped me out with a few changes to my '90s Caprices but there was no shop (gravel driveway or sloped street only), no array of tools and definitely no money to pull off anything like you're doing here with your dad. Hopefully while mine's still around I will be able to get a project started with him. Thanks for the updates! |
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Ok so since the birth of my son I relized that the car will be taking somewhat of a back seat for awhile as I get life back in order. I am by no means stoping my project. I have acepted a slower pace is all. With that being said I relized that the car would not be painted any time soon and small surface rust was starting. I talked to Timmy and he said we should just epoxy primer the whole car so it will be protected. So thats what we did this weekend. Overall pretty easy and I know its not really a step forward but its really nice and is a great motivation to see the car in one color, plus is shows any small dents we missed and really shows the gaps pretty well. There is still some small gap work to be done but overall they are pretty close.
After we primed the whole car I looked at him it was around 1:30, the kid was sleeping and I wanted to get as much done as possible. I said you wanna put the fender extensions on and see if we can get the fender wells to fit...he agreed and we tackled that stuff next... onto the pictures. Getting ready.. Before.. http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4282/imageoth.jpg http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/4559/imagepxqx.jpg http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1251/imageifz.jpg Starting.. http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/6676/imageodfb.jpg Drying.. http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8349/imagelykf.jpg http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7347/imagerue.jpg After.. http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/9383/imageheg.jpg http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9601/imageiet.jpg http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4402/imagewph.jpg http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9832/imageyxa.jpg http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1139/imageeqk.jpg http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5472/imagerwn.jpg http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9031/imageuor.jpg In other news I bought a set of barely used steering set up(tierods, center link, pitman arm, idle arm), steeing box 12.7 :1 w/ all lines, and steering colum w/ rag joint for 200. I though it was a really good deal and all the stuff has less than 500 miles on it. Ill be getting that stuff today so that will be soon. |
Got to the car for a few hours this weekend when the boy was sleeping. I bought a oem standard grill, all aluminum trim, lights, turn signals w/ trim and lower valance for 150 which I thought it was a really good deal. It needs to be cleaned up still and im still looking into how I can remove some dents in the trim but the headlight trim and lower trim are in really nice shape. Better than drive quality I would say. I don't ever do any before pictures so I though it would be nice to have some so I can see how much better it looks once restored.
In other news I did a dry fit on the steering stuff I bought. I'm missing some bolts and am still trying to track down the correct sizes/threads ect..if any one has any of this info and would like to share where to get this stuff/correct size I would be thankful. I need the slotted nut that connects the center link to the pitman arm (I think its a 1/2-20 slotted nut) and I need the bolt and nut that connects the rag joint to the steering box (I think its 3/8 bolt about 1.5" in length) Onto the pictures.. http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6633/imageqkew.jpg http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3692/imagegze.jpg http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/8594/imagejyt.jpg http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/2451/imageuzk.jpg http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/1179/imageohm.jpg Steering http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9481/imagezbt.jpg http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8216/imagescs.jpg http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5395/imagemib.jpg |
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Ok so its been a bit of time. Ive lost a lot of my free time due to my son, the holidays..But im ok with that. Im sure you all know how that goes. I do what I can when I can. With that being said I did get some wonder gifts for x-mass this year. My wife and parents always treat me well. My wife got me the the fast fuel rails and my parents gave me money for my tires..still looking for them atm.. I want 335/30/18 for the rear and something like 225-245/40/18 for the front. Just waiting to find a set that matches all the way around or a good deal to pop up. In other news I treated myself to a x-mass gift and bought a nick williams 102mm tb.. all polished also. I pulled the rear as I need to have it narrowed to fit the 18x12. Just need to buy the rear tires first to get a good measurment before decide how much needs to come off. The best price so far for the narrowing is 300 and the guy is going to cut the old perchs off and weld on the ridetech ones.
I also had timmy take the lower valance, grill trim and lower carbon spoiler and clean them up.. He did an awesome job again and Im a very picky person. He took all the dents out of it, welded the holes shut, straigthened the lower valance, primed it and assembled it all. He also cleaned up the trim and game it a brushed look. Im not sure what im doing with it yet, either keeping the brushed look or going to have it painted a satin black with a small edge polished through. Time will tell. Since he did such a nice job I gave him the rest of the window trim and tail lights to work on..Im sure ill be amazed again.. ok enough talk onto the pictures.. Rear all pulled apart. http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9600/imagehtl.jpg Polished goodness. http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6035/imageymg.jpg http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/4936/imagestq.jpg http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6895/imagetea.jpg Timmy's magic.. http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7276/imagefjm.jpg http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7356/imagealc.jpg http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3234/imagevms.jpg http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3834/imagepok.jpg http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8052/imagelyo.jpg http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3475/imageydu.jpg Im almost wrapped up with the motor at this point..just need a few more items(injectors, headers,wiring) and it is done..then transmission time...Hey frank want to give me a killer deal/sponsor so I can drive this thing in this lifetime..?? haha.. |
the work on the grill looks great, and the wheels are super nice as well.
it looks like you are starting to get your wish list checked off.:cheers: |
Good to hear your still moving forward. The front end pieces look great.
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Not too much going on atm. Ridetech was selling tires so I bought a used set or bfgoodrich KDW for a killer deal. 335/30/18 for the rears and 235/40/18 for the fronts. Going to try to get the rear wheels/tires mounted this Saturday, then get a good measurement for the width of the rear. In other news a good deal came up for a set of dynatech headers so I bought them. A good friend of mine came over and gave me a hand on getting the headers mocked up to see how they sit. Overall for the price I'm very impressed. The clear the steering box with ease. The one tube is slightly touching the mount, but that's nothing a little grinding won't fix. Here are some pictures for viewing pleasure. More to come soon..
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Very Nice! Its lookin good..
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Got over to the car this weekend for a bit and got my rear tires mounted so I could get a measurment for the rear. I came up with 55 1/2 from wheel to wheel. I have to subtract out the other stuff also. Does this seem correct to you guys? The wheels are 18x12 w/ 5.75 of backspacing or -19 offset. Im guessing my final rear width will be somewhere around 54 1/2....sound right? Here are some pictures as no one likes reading..
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/553/imagerww.jpg http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/9964/imagekdq.jpg http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9236/imagejyl.jpg http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1973/imagehpew.jpg http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2562/imagekjl.jpg http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4181/imagehhji.jpg In others news Im hoping to drop the rear off this week/weekend to get it narrowed.. Also have been doing some research on other parts that are needed like injectors and was thinking 50-60 lbs would be enough. For the radiator I was looking at the entropy unit as the price is fair and Ive read great things about the quality of the unit. Also getting close to buying the t-55 magnum...hoping me and the old man can start the beast by spring..time/money will tell. |
My axle flange to axle flange is 52-1/2 with 19x12 w 5" back space. Not counting the rotors.
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So me and my dad have been saving up to buy the transmission and as many of you know its very expensive. I recieved and email from a guy named Vance on wednesday night saying he had a brand new t56 magnum and he was looking to sell. We talked and struck a deal and the transmission is on the way. I also bought a complete set of autometer gauges off of him. All I can say is what a pleasure it has been doing business with him and thank you VERY much for the great deal man. Pictures and install pictures will be up soon enough..here some teaser pictures for now...
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Thats a big part to have out of the way. I'll be watching for the install.
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A lot going on lately. Going in a thousand directions it seems like so ill try to write all my notes in here to keep things in order/give updates.
Transmission: I order all my parts needed from american powertrain. All I can say is that if you are looking for anything transmission or transmission related they are the place to go to. Those guys over there have seriously bent over backwards to get me my stuff and keep me happy. Josh your the man. I recieved all my parts from them on wednesday and was waiting on the bellhousing to come on thursday. Somewhere along the line my crossmember ripped through the box and was not there when I opened the boxes. I was also upset that the instructions and the white lightening shifter was not in the boxes. I decided to call their 24-hour hotline as it was after business hours. John the person I have been dealing with answers so I am pretty upset at this point being that I was excited to intall this stuff. He emailed me a copy of the instuctions while I was on the phone..and tells me he will send out a crossmember and my shifter tommorrow for 1 day delivery at no additional cost to me. Talk about service. Then last night I had some questions about the install and I called him. He was on the phone with me for over 20 minutes taking me through the steps. I can not even begin to tell you how helpful he is when it comes to this stuff. He truely has put the customer first in every single way. Big thanks to him and the guys over there. It has been my pleasure. Heres is there contact info.. 931-646-4836 x107. With Josh's help I installed the flywheel, pilot bearing, clutch, pressure plate and bellhousing last night. My dad and I will be wrapping up the rest of the install on this weekend so more to come. Fuel System: I posted a thread about running the lines and such. I got a lot of reponses about the vaporworx system so I started digging and after talking with my dad we are going to go that route. Hector over at ricks tank has agreed to take back my old tank and for an additional cost provide me with a vaporworx setup tank w/ cadillac cts-v pump..ect. Again another company going above and beyond to make the customer happy. Big thanks to Hector. Im glad its all going to work out. Now that we have this all figured out we can start buying the stuff needed for the fuel system. I placed an order for 25' of an-6 line at aeroquip.cc so that will be coming soon. Still need to order all the fitting and fuel filter. I will also need to order the flowworx control system from carl so that will be done soon. That should just about wrap up the fuel system Interior Wiring: I called Mike over at Musclerodz and ordered the AAW classic update kit for the camaro. Its on back order but will ship once back in stock. So thats going to be up next once it comes in. Seem to be a very nice complete kit from all Ive read. 12 Bolt Moser Rear: I got sick of dealing with all these local guys not calling me back, not sure on price, can do the axles... So I figured why not send it back to moser to get narrowed and have the lower leaf prechs cut off and have them weld on the prodigy lower shock mount. Well its going to cost around 600 total but I know it will be done right and they are very good communication wise. So that is being worked on and I should have it back sooner than later. Battery/Power wiring: Again more reading and nothing ordered yet but im thinking Im going to go with 1/0 for the main power wire. I know I want to run a cutoff and the ford selonid. Still reading and learning on this to make sure its done right before the trigger is pulled on buying stuff. Engine wiring/ecu Spoke to Jon over at PSI conversion. Another great guy to talk to, super quick response to email, phone..ect. Going to be about 1200 for everything that is needed from him. ECU, all wiring, O2 sensors, dbw pedal, and Maf. Looking to order this whole setup within the next month. I think thats it for right now...a lot more to come soon. Here some install pictures from last night.. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/27ddbee7.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/d08871c0.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/d0ef2aca.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/6c65edbf.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/f0802868.jpg Heres some old pictures of me when I was 15-16 and thought I was going to do all the body work myself and primer the car with rattle cans...haha...the good old days. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/3b021edb.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/97dfd15a.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/5e8c46bc.jpg |
See with age comes wisdom! Sounds like you've got it all figured out. Its going to be a nice set up.
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Thanks man..I's just a small bit wiser. Not to much. Haha:thumbsup:
So it has been a long last couple of days. Many hours spent cursing, laughing, reading directions, and on the phone with Josh and Gray at American powertrain. Can’t say enough about them and the after hour hotline. Has been a huge help for me all around. Both those guys are A++++. So we received the shim for the hydromax clutch assembly and the narrowed rear/axels from Moser on Tuesday. Got over there after work to put the transmission together and also assemble the rear so that is can be a roller again. Starting on the rear and realize that the axle seals are not there...stopped that for the night. Ok..on to the transmission. Excited to finally put it all together. Measure for the shims again..and throw the shims on and bolt it all together, place it in the car. Talked to Gray and figured out the crossmember, realized that we are missing the offset plate. He tells me he will over night it tomorrow for delivery on Thursday. Later Wednesday morning I wake up at 3:30 to give the baby his binky and I remembered that we didnt put the feed line on the clutch assembly. Well that sucks..it has to come back apart. So back over there after work on Wednesday... my dad already started pulling it all out. We finish getting it out. Take it apart, install the feed line, back together, in the car. Not to bad all things considered. Next onto the rear. I had my wonderful wife who has not seen me to much recently go over to the auto parts store while I was at work and pick me up a new 12 bolt gasket, some hi-temp sealer, and two big ford end axle seals. Thanks babe. After the transmission was back in for the second time, me and my brother started on the rear. Not too bad..axles in, brakes on, cover on. Place her in and bolt it all up. Still need to tighten down all the bolts for the links but other than that it’s done back there. Some where in-between all of that I got my stock cluster pulled apart and semi-mounted my speedo and tach in the housing. I’m going to give it all to Timmy this week so he can finish it up nice with some repairs to the cracked areas and give it a nice coat of black paint..here is some pictures. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/892c6558.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/0b95ec0b.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/16be4b62.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/5512c5c9.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/6cbc3fad.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/91137dbe.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/15361134.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/248bd069.jpg In other news.. I sent back my old tank to ricks so the new tank should be coming soon. Carl is sending the controller over, that should be here today. The gauges I bought where all electrical other than the speedo and oil pressure. I didn’t want to run an oil line into the car so on Sunday I bought a electrical oil pressure gauge to match my others. I want to run this to the back of the stock port behind the intake. I made sure I bought the adapter also. Did a dry fit late last night to realize that I need some sort of 45 or 90 degree fitting as the autometer sensor is huge and hits the intake. So that has to be figured out. The fuel line and fittings have also been ordered now that the tank situation is final, so they will be coming soon. The interior wiring harness is on back order from AAW and should be going out sometime early next week, this is next of big things to do on the list. More to come soon...Still need to order: 55-60lbs fast injectors Radiator/fan set up/hoses Engine wiring/sensor - PSI Battery Battery tray/wiring/solenoid/kill switch |
Your making some nice progress. Keep at it.
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Thanks man..its so nice to work with all new parts and finally get to the good stuff.
Found some time this weekend to try to wrap up things as I’m waiting on the fuel tank, lines, fitting and interior wiring harness. The steering links needed to be torqued and have cotter pins put in, got that all done. Some of the steering column to floor hardware needs to be ordered which will happen sooner than later. I also took the column out and scuffed it and gave it some black paint. When I bought the front accessory kit from the forums the guy sent me the power steering hoses also. I had forgotten about them until I was looking for my coil packs. I looked at them and realized that the correct fitting have already been put on...bonus!! So I was pretty stoked about that as its one less thing to worry about. That should just about wrap up the steering part of the car. I also did a mock up for the wires and coils. I’m thinking I’m going to put the coils inside the cabin or mount them on the sub frame. I just have to figure out how to run them under the headers and have them look neat and not make contact. I think it shouldn't be too hard. Another cool surprise was that with the dynatech headers I’ve done a lot of reading stating that you need to run flexible msd wire ends for the 7 & 5 cylinders as the headers is bent up to clear the steering box. I order 2 sets of msd boots from jegs on Friday. Well while mocking up the wires I noticed that the ends of the taylor wires had msd ends on them..not putting one and two together I was adjusting a wire and pushed on the boot end. Well it bent to a 90 and stayed...sweet I already have what I need...another bonus. I ordered a couple of items of Friday from jegs that where needed. My order consits of: (2) set of msd wire ends which I don’t think I need now, apr header bolts, an braided extender for the oil pressure gauge, a shifter boot and trim to finish up around the shifter, and for the (5) - 2 1/16" gauges I was having a hard time finding something to house that many and not look bad. Most companies only make a 2-3 pod to mount to the underside of the dash. I didn’t want to run a 2 and a 3 so I was looking for other options... Whie searching I came across a 5 pod angled piece made by autometer for a jeep that im guessing Ill have to modify some but I think it should work so I ordered that also. That shipment should be here early this week. Being that I had been looking at the motor for almost a year with blue tape on it I figured that the motor and transmission are in for now why not finally uncover those valve covers and put the intake on for a final fitment, hopefully. So that is what I did. I also got a couple pictures of the rear end complete other than tightening everything. Timmy cleaned up and painted the tail tight covers, might have them done in all black as I'm not too sure about the silver we’ll see. Grabbed some shots of the shifter position too as I have had people asking. It’s the white lightening from American powertrain, really a quality piece with a ton of adjustment. Onto the pictures... http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/333588d9.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/3faca20c.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/6822391a.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/6bcff4b3.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/93bee63e.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/50ff261e.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/1160c610.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/29a87537.jpg much more to come... |
did you have to mod the tunnel for transmission clearance?
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All those parts look even better on the car. I like the shots from the rear.
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Got over to the car with my brother on Wednesday night for a bit. Put the starter in and torqued the bolts to 37ft-lbs. Also plumbed the extension for the oil pressure gauge so that the huge sender is located inside the cabin now. Received the jeep 5 pod gauge cluster so did a quick mock up of the smaller gauges. Should work out fine but it will have to be modified some. My brother installed the shifter boot and trim, probably should have went with a taller boot to cover up the bolts and such but I’m not too worried about it at the moment. We mocked up the fuel rails and we both agreed that the red sticks out. That will be changed later. I still have to figure out what way the spark plug wires are going to run. Locate the coils in the front of the headers or mount them near the firewall. Either way I know I need high temp sleeves so I ordered them off of eBay for 30 bucks. Being that the gauges where such a good deal I had to buy them, from past experience with standard lighting in autometer gauges I would never purchase a non-led gauge..the lighting at night is horrible. With that said I've been doing some digging on led lights for them. Well autometer charges 10/bulb. I need like 11 bulbs...that isn’t happening. So I found some led bulbs that should work on eBay for 13 shipped for 10. They have been ordered. My next problem with the gauges is that the water housing has been tapped for a temp sensor by the previous owner. I didn’t think about this up until I went to put the sensor in. Well it does not fit. So after talking to my brother we decided the best thing was to tap the hole a little bigger and put an adapter in. The problem is that the smallest adapter that we can find that works is 1/2 -18. The standard sizes for a 1/2 are course at 13 and fine at 20. So a special tap has been ordered for the task. I ordered the steering column seals and boot today so they will be here next week. That should wrap up the steering install. The only thing that needs to be done still is clean up the split plate that mounts to the firewall but that will be this weekend. In other news the engine harness, maf, ecu, O2 sensors, dbw pedal..ect had been ordered through PSI conversion. Was told it should be here around early next week. The interior wiring from AAW should be here next week, and the ricks stainless tank also. The fuel line and all the AN fittings are due to come today. So if there is time that will be started this weekend. Here are some pictures because no one likes reading.. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/c9d6a531.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/78cfd942.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/06eb2a28.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/22e03893.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/2b692dab.jpg much more to come... |
It's coming along nicely! I can tell you are very excited...and should be!! :thumbsup:
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Thanks man. We are excited. There are nights I wake up in the middle of the night and start thinking of what needs to be done and go through it in my head over and over..I know Im sick.:thumbsup:
In other news my interior wiring harness should be here tomorrow so thats next on the list. The engine harness should be here late this week, early next week as Jon is wating on my ecu still. I got over to the car this weekend and made the crossover line for the fuel rails. Went a lot easier than I had thought. I also ran the fuel line to the rear of the car so when my tank comes in I can slap it in and finish the last line. Then on sunday I went to ace hardware and picked up and angle finder to figure out want my driveline needs to be at and try to set it. Heres what I came up with: First reading on the tranny was around 84-85. Then measured the rear which was around 90-91. Ok.. so from what Ive read in the past I need to be around no more than 3 degrees for the U-joints to be happy. I'm off 3-4 degrees in total. So I went to the rear and adjusted the lower links by screwing them in some. Remeasured and came up with around 86-87. So Im around a difference of 2 degrees. Does this seem ok to all you driveline guys? I will be measuring and ordering my driveshaft this week now that thats done, or so I hope. Here some picture of the angles.. Tranny http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/e55f19f1.jpg Rear before adjustment http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/7acac459.jpg Rear after ajustment http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/4364d32c.jpg Next up is a lot of wiring.. |
Feels like I’ve been working on the car a ton but not to much is actually done. Received the vaporworx tank from Rick yesterday so we tried to wrap the fuel system up. The fuel lines are pretty much wrapped up. Made a cross-over line for the fuel rails and ran the main line under the car on the inside of the frame rails and attached it with 1/2" rubber wrapped clamps. Came out ok but where the floor meets the subframe connector the fuel line looks to be the lowest point. I’m either going to make a small channel for the line to fit into or move the line to in-between the frame rail and pinch weld. How is everyone running their lines? Also made another small line to attach to the tank and hold the fitting for the pressure sensor. All that is left is the AN fitting that connects the AN line to the actual tank pump, should be here sooner than later.
In other news we've been working on the wiring of the car. This is going to take some time and it has to be routed very neat, so were going slow. Got the main fuse box and rear harness pretty much worked out. We received the hightemp boots for the plug wires as they are very close to the headers in many spots. So I did a dry fit on them. Still need to figure out where the coils will be located. In front of the motor on the subframe or in/under the firewall behind the motor. Neither way is going to be easy but I'd like a clean installation. Any suggestions? Also we installed the water sensor on the water pump housing as there was already a hole in it from the previous owner so that is done. Other than the injectors, coil location, and headers to be tightened the engine is done. The engine wiring should be here late this week or early next week. So that will be soon. Here are some quick pictures.. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/eb9e4a1d.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/82cada66.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/793c4a25.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/38cca47a.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/13e8961b.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/f056991d.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/558a7d1c.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/bb5f8454.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/fec8d321.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/f43a3e16.jpg |
Not to much done this weekend but managed to get to the car some while the boy was sleeping. The fuel line was bothering me. I had ran it inside of the frame rail but near the low point of the floor pan the line was actually the lowest point on the car. Being that I plan on driving it and having it lower than it is I knew I had to redo it..he's some pictures..
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/e549ea0f.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/37788a71.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/8f35fc96.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/b4562573.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/77d224d7.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/b9e9a553.jpg More wiring up next.. |
Looks very tidy - nice progress. Well done. Keep the pics coming.
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Love these do it yourself/garage builds. Hell of a nice build and some great decisions. :thumbsup:
In regards to you driveline angle. If you are using factory driveline angles and it looks like you are,you need to be concerned with your WORKING angles. The DIFFERENCE in your driveline/pinion angle and your driveshaft angle. So, if your driveline angle is 4 degrees DOWN and your driveshaft slopes down 1 degree, your working angle is 4-1=3. If your driveshaft slopes up 1 degree. It's 4+1=5. Your pinion angle is the same concept. When you tallked about the magic 3 degrees, it's working anlges, not the difference between your driveline and pinion angle. |
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Received the engine harness from PSI Conversion. John has been great to work with, answers the phone almost every time and if he doesn’t he calls me back asap. He has been a pleasure to work with so far. My ECU and one O2 sensor is on back ordered but I can still move forward with the wiring. I got over to the car for a couple hours on Monday night. Mocked up the wiring just to get a feel for where it all needs to lay, run before I make anything permanent. I’m mounting the ECU near the glove box area so Ill probably run the main harness through the firewall around the trans tunnel/around the bell area. Trying to keep it away from the headers as much as I can.
I also mocked up the front seat to see how it fit with the roll cage, shifter. I plan on buying two front covers from corbeau in the near future. Will go with black leather as the black cloth holds everything it touches, plus there’s a small rip on the cover from when I had it in my STi. In other news some buying has been done. Ordered a full relay, solenoid kit from Mark at Mad Electrical. He is a great guy that knows too much. Have read great things about his kit and am glad to hopefully have the battery/power set up bought and worked out. I also bought some "used" injectors off a member that are brand new in the box. They are Fast 57lb #30572 injectors and should fit my application nicely. Also orders a yellow top optima battery, billet specialties hold down tray, some ground straps, 1 gauge 20' of power and 3' of ground cable, and two through panel connectors. That should wrap up the battery/power system and fuel system. Still working on the wiring atm.. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/f1d674fe.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/3215a886.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/5d83f507.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/DSC00047.jpg |
Not to much of an update to show. Been working on the AAW kit and making headway. The main harness, rear harness, main cluster, and courtesy harness is pretty much wrapped up now. Me and the old man mocked up the front end to start on the wiring on the front end next. Putting the grill trim on I know I don't want it all silver..doesn't look right to me. It will be painted some sort of black sooner than later.
In other news the ecu and the rest of the PSI sensor are in so that still on the list. I'm having a hard time figuring out where to run the spark plug wires. I wanted them tucked close to the block and mount the coils in the rear or low on the frame in the front but the wires seem to touch the headers too much even with the boots. The cleanest safest solution I've come up with is to mount the coils behind the wheel wells in between the fender and firewall. I have a picture just have to find it. Im just not crazy about how it will look. What are other guys doing for this problem? I've seen some really nice clean cars but no write up or info on this..any suggestions are appreciated. http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/56588b05.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/e135bc01.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/5e2d0c47.jpg |
Not much to update with lately. Still sorting through the wiring portion little by little. Rather take the time and make sure its correct then rush through it all. In other news the upper and lower rad hoses have been ordered. Still have to order the radiator & fans, should take about a week to make it and with shipping another week at most. Im going with the entropy unit for an ls swap and will be getting the larger 1.25" tubes as opposed to the standard 1" that they offer. I've read some great reviews on their product so Im excited for that, should be sooner than later.
Timmy was over this past weekend and we talked about the gauges and both agreed that a custom set up would fit the car better. We also talked about the main gauge cluster that will hold the speedo & tach. He said he could whip that old plastic housing into shape. Here are some of the pictures he has sent me. Its all tunring out great...:thumbsup: http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/6b27d1e3.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/b59d5019.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/884ff12b.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/f119b628.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/50ec510f.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...s/d664d358.jpg more to come..:thumbsup: |
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