David - for the Delorean - they sell brand new turn key ones - with different motors/etc.

I think I would rather have a Bricklin SV-1 at this point, to be honest.

PS. For anyone who may not know what the SV-1 is, it's a fiberglass body with colored acrylic skin, based on the AMC Hornet chassis, powered by a 351 Windsor motor. They look like the Delorean, gullwing doors and all, but the Bricklin is front engine/RWD.

That's a simple one. In order for it to happen SLP needed to make 50 cars and there wasn't enough demand. So he stepped up and ordered all 50 so they could be made and has slowly sold them off over the last 4 or 5 years.

It's coming and it looks incredible I can't wait to get it home on Friday.

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Oh, I guess that makes me the @sshole. Dude isn't a selfish dick at all. I both stand corrected and apologize.

lol - not a problem David. He truly is a car guy and he is also the behind the scene guy at Trans AM Depot and it was his goal to continue the TA cars and he's done a great job helping them out.

This is his LS7 Twin Turbo Car that he brought to Sema in 2010

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I might be the boner now - I can't stand those body kitted C5/C6s making them look like a 63 Stingray - or the Camaro to Pontiac conversion...

I'm all about modifying/cutting things up - hell look at ALL of my cars - I just do not like the conversions that I mentioned. They look like a cheap plastic bodykit that Pontiac would have developed in the 90s...

lets keep that our secret as I kinda feel the same way.

What Pontiac is that camaro pretending to be? It doesn't look like any Pontiac, it just looks like an ugly camaro. My opinion, for what it's worth.

The side skirts do not flow with, compliment, or even line up correctly with the hard lines of the camaro. The side vents look like those cheap wal*mart stick-on "vents" ricers put on their hon-duhs. The scoops in the hood are not far enough forward to have any ram-air effect on the air filter, so it's only cramming air into the engine bay, which is bad. The grill looks like exactly what it is, a half-@ssed attempt at making a camaro look almost similar to, what? ... the judge? Fail.

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When they built the car in 2010 there wasn't much available for the 5th gens. Now there is plenty and they have cleaned up the look considerably.

I still love the look of the 5th gen camaro, vette and the g8 and regret not buying a g8 as I love the look of the car.

You regret not buying a G8? Don't worry, there's still time. They aren't extinct just yet.

It kinda is for me. I have a daughter that will be driving in a year and the next car is for her. Plus I seriously have to save a some money for College.

Between the 2 badass Camaros you have - you shouldn't regret anything.

Stepping up from a 98 Grand Prix GTP to the G8 was a big leap for me.

Stepping up from the G8 to the SS Sedan was just the next progression.

I really disliked the early 5th Camaros - but with the steering wheel improvements - the 1LE handling package - then the Z28 - I respect them.

If I didn't have the Corvette - I'm pretty sure I'd be in an 1LE right now.

As far as the G8 - love the exterior and the performance - but I thought the interior was lacking. It has a good sized color LED screen - but its a worthless radio. My 2008 did not have bluetooth - and the overall interior design was by Holden by reminiscent of the crap Pontiac interiors they produced in the early to mid 2000's.

The SS - has a much better interior - it has all the bells and whistles - but I think the exterior is bland and looks like a damn Malibu.

With the few changes that I have made - I am liking it a lot better.

The G8 is the generic CTS-V. Has a lot of potential, but it will never be a Cadillac, so the interior is what it is. Still a good car, though.

I, personally, like the SS. The fact that you have to look twice to realize it's not a Malibu is the best part... Because by the time they look twice, all they see is the taillights.

It has been a long while - I ran the Power Tour a few weeks back and had a good time - I saw a lot of friends and family. I went on the first 4 stops then headed home.

First big update - is that my new house/shop is almost ready to get moved in - I move in 3 weeks - so everything is a mess around here - boxes and stuff everywhere. Then the move - and setting up my new shop. After the move is done - I'll finally get the Corvette back in my own garage - its been in storage for the last 6 months - it'll be nice to have it at home. After I get the shop setup - I plan on installing the blower.

I have a few things I need to do when I'm in there - replacing the leaking from timing cover gasket, and the gasket behind the crank pulley, install my new ARP crank pulley bolt - and pin that setup - then add boost.

I was up at my father in laws shop where the Vette is being stored - and I had some time during Fathers Day to sneak away and get some mods installed - a few years back I had installed an aftermarket leather shifter and ebrake handle - but never upgrade the shift boots. I got the shift boots from the same company that made the knobs - the ebrake boot was a bolt in, I had to take apart the shifter boot and adhere the new one to the stock plastic ring - overall it only took a couple hours and everything went in relatively smoothly.

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While doing some research on the CNC l92 heads that I have - I found out that the valve springs on those heads are the truck valve springs - and not the LS3 springs. The max lift on this springs is not high enough for my LS9 cam - so I decided to go aftermarket and upgrade my springs to the Comp Cams 918's. I got a 10% off coupon on the Power Tour - and used that by ordering form the trailer - they came in a week after I got home.

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Also - after seeing a few 15 SS sedans on the Power Tour - and seeing a FB post about a Brembo rear disk swap - I started doing research. The 2015+ come with 4 piston rear Brembos - the G8 and 14 SS have a crappy single piston rear caliper and the rotors they used are super cheap and are already rusting. Since I have a set of 2009-2014 CTSV2 - front 6 piston caliper Brembos sitting in moving boxes - I figured I would get the rears. The CTS, Camaro, SS all use the same rear brake pads and pin kit - the calipers are for the most part the same as well. So using a set of 2015 Chevy SS rear rotors - CTSV calipers - I'll have a full Brembo set on my car.

Some may ask why not stick with the Chevy stuff - well the SS just says Brembo on it - no Chevy badges or anything - and then there is the price.

I got BRAND NEW both passenger and drivers side rear CTS-V calipers for $240 shipped from Amazon - the 2015 Chevy SS rear Brembo is $360 a piece!

So - I will soon have V brakes all the way around - also Hawk HPS pads, and Goodridge SS brake lines:

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With the pending move / new shop build - look for these to get installed in at least another month!

Wow - my last update was 4 months ago...

A lot has happened since then.

First - I moved into our new house/shop. We closed on 7/28 - and I spent a solid month painting, installing lighting, and getting my air compressor setup.

If you want to see my house and shop build - check here: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=276996

Second - I have been waiting to work on any car projects until I get my lift setup - I got it all measured up and finally got my anchors today. I plan on getting that setup this weekend.

Third - The first project I plan on starting will be the CTS-V front and rear brake swap on the SS. I had the Front 6 piston brembos on my G8 - now that swap involved drilling out the iron spindles to make the brake to caliper bolts fit. I had been waiting to do this on the SS because I didn't want to do any big projects until I got the lift setup. Well I just found out the SS has the bigger holes in the aluminum spindles already - so its just a bolt on, ugh if I had only known! So I masked up the fronts and will paint them this weekend:

Brakes by 3M:

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Fourth - I have been tracking these on ebay for 4+ months and finally bought one:

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This is an LSA blower from a ZL1 / CTS-V. I got this lower blower half for a really good price. These blowers have coupling go bad inside the blower. GM doesn't want to spend the time to tear into them and replace a $40 part. Replace the OEM coupling with a CNC Delrin one - and boom you got a blower at a really good price.

Now this is going to be a long term project of collecting parts - as I still have a warranty on the SS for a few more years. I still need to get the intercooler/top lid - the pulleys and fuel rails and rest of the parts for this to be a complete bolt on.

Plus I need to get the E-Force installed on the Vette first!

Nice find on that blower!! Heading over to Garage Journal now to check out your other build lol!!!

Thanks Joe!

So I got the fronts painted up - and have started on the rears. I will start those tonight.

Once I finish my MaxJax lift install - I will get started on this brake project.

I got 99% of the way finished with my lift install - but cant finish it because I ran out of epoxy for the anchors - I was on my second to last anchor when I used up the last of it. So I ordered some from a place in NY - and hopefully they get here soon.

Now for teh pics:

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I got the 15 SS rear rotors painted up - now its time to flip the bleeder screws and the brake fluid passage tubes around on my rear V calipers - will ride on the back side of the rotors - vs on the CTS-V they ran on the front side of them - this will keep the smaller brake piston on the bottom.

My epoxy for that last anchor will be here tomorrow so I should be able to finish the anchor install tomorrow night - and be able to lift one of the cars up by the weekend!

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I got the rears fixed up tonight - and everything together for the swap - now I'm just waiting to finish up the lift install!

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Love the update on the car but the new house and garage are awesome

So the epoxy came in on Thursday - and I got the last anchor epoxied into the ground that night. I let it cure for 24 hrs and torqued it down - it held with no issue.

So I bolted down the other post - and tested out the lift a few times and then lifted this:

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Now that the lift is in - I will get started on the SS brake upgrade this weekend!

Thanks Marty - its been a long ass year since we signed the papers for the new house - sold my house in January and closed on the new house at the end of July.

Painting and getting everything setup in the shop took forever. I still have a few projects in the garage that I want to get done - but I have car projects stacking up. Once I get this brake upgrade completed - I will turn my focus back to the Vette - tear into the motor - and then bolt on the E-Force!

So I have started breaking in the lift - I started on my first car project today!

I got the SS up in the air and got the CTS-V 6 piston brembos bolted on - along with Stainless lines.

Unlike the G8 - these where a complete bolt on and I didn't have to mod the car in anyway. I think Holden designed the SS for big brakes - I didn't have to trim the dust shield at all - unlike how I did on the G8.

I have finished up the front end - I am waiting for 2 bolts on the back end but I should be able to get one of the sides complete.

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Good to see this coming together. Been following your exploits on both GJ and
Lateral-g. Nice cars. I had to go to the dealership last month to drop off a new truck from work for some warranty stuff and while I was waiting to get another that was finished, I had a chance to check out a red SS in the showroom. The window sticker had an augment that asked for "Best offer over sticker!" Sticker was $48K. Z28 outside didn't have a window sticker and the salesman I talked to said they wouldn't entertain any offers under $100K. I guess they planned on keeping the cars for themselves( Freeway Chevrolet in Tempe AZ).

Awesome. I know you are happy you didnt have to cut up anything like on the G8. House turned out great. Now to get that SC on the vette.

Rick - wow - shop elsewhere! They only made 3k cars for 14, and 15 each - but they are available if you look for them.

Jay - that project will get started soon. I will probably wait until after I get back from SEMA though - just got too much crap coming up.

So after waiting for the bolts - I made some good progress on the rear.

I mocked up the rear caliper - and it hit the dust shield - so I trimmed it and got the clearance that I needed. I then put the 15 SS rear rotor up and hit the damn dust shield - FAIL! The rear dust shield wraps around the stock rear rotor and the lip prevented the rotor from sitting all the way on the hub. So after stocking up on new 3" cut off wheels - I cut off the lip, painted the dust shield, and continued on with the swap.

I finished up the passenger side - and got the drivers side tore apart. I could have finished it up tonight but I don't want to piss off the neighbors with late night cutting/grinding.

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So during my lunch break - I got the V wheels mounted, the car off the lift, and installed my black lug nuts.

I torqued everything to spec - and then went out and did the initial pad bedding.

Here are some pics of when I got home:

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That looks awesome! Do you have a part number for those lug nuts?

This might be a strange question but do you hear any clicking from the front wheel/tires/hubs when you're driving slow and turning hard (parking lot maneuvers)?

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I got these off of Amazon:

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If you have read this thread - you know that I had a MaxJax lift installed in my old house. I brought that lift here to my new house and I have already used it.

My first project was the Brembo upgrade on the SS - and had no problems with it.

With my upcoming winter/long term project on the Vette - I needed to make a change. I removed the hydraulic pump/electrical assembly from the little power cart that came with the MaxJax - and put it on the wall - up and out of the way. This freed up more floor space - plus saves me from having to bend at an awkward angle. I had to order another 18' of hydraulic hose - but that will be here tomorrow. I will get that new hose install and rebleed the system tomorrow. I might start on the fuel pump swap on the Vette - but I think this upcoming week will fill up. If not I will start on it when I get back from SEMA.

Some pics of the power unit up on the wall - and the cars up in the air.

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I just finished reading through your thread. You've been busy over the last few years and have some very cool project vehicles! It was very nice to meet you at the DSE Open House and I look forward to following the progress of the supercharger installs.

Thanks Shane - it was nice meeting you at DSE as well!

It has been quite a journey with my cars - I looked back at my thread today and realized I've been wanting that blower for 5+ years - that starts soon!

I really encourage you to start up a build thread! Lets see that Nova!

Not much of an update - I am still waiting on that hydraulic hose to show up so that I can use the lift.

I painted 2x11 and 2x4's that are holding up the power cart and some tools and parts arrived.

I found a guy selling some LSA parts - idler bracket and pulleys and the LSA purge solenoid.

I also ordered a valve spring compressor tool - as well as a spark plug compression testing thing to hold the valves shut while I swap valve springs.

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Since I am about to drop my fuel tank and install a ZR1 fuel pump - I decided to put the Vette up on the lift and check my clearance with the garage door fully up.

I've had it in the air before - but never tested out the door being open. I nudged it up there until I could get the safety bars in place on the lift.

It fits - but barely. No way will the SS fit up in the air with the door open I would have to get a high lift door conversion for that.

Its really close:

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Well that's close and I saw want a Max Jack

My buddy had a garage guy add a small section of rail so his door would run closer to the ceiling(for his lift). No door changes needed. Looks like you already have the correct style door opener for it. He said it did not cost much $.

ditto as I did the same. My door is about 4" down from the ceiling and my garage door opener actually sits on the ceiling.

They have a high lift door conversion kit that you swap into the rails that you have - that might be a long term project whenever I decide to throw the LSA onto the SS - but for now it will be fine.