How many times have you guys heard me say the thing I couldn't live without is my lift.

Once you own one - you'll never work on a car without one! Good for you!! Nice shop addition!

Thanks Greg. I have built quite a few vehicles, including my race cars, off of a creeper. I drove down into Atlanta to pick it up in my truck, (to save money on shipping...because I'm cheap...no I'm thrifty) and while in their showroom, I was probably the most excited I've ever been, while making a purchase. Should have my car on it this week, to try it out.

Nice addition, Scott! Keep up the great work

Thank you sir! Will do...

Wow what a awesome build!

Has this car seen the street yet? Gotta be getting close now right? :D

Well...as a matter of fact, I was going to update this thread today. Nope, not on the street yet, but really close. I've been saying that for a while now... :headscratch:

Thank you sir! You have a very nice Camaro yourself!

Bought some pieces of tubing from a company called Intakehoses.com
Very reasonably priced, actual carbon fiber stuff. I already had my filter, as it came with my Mast Motorsports ECM. They have the rubber connections, and clamps also, in many different sizes. I have some tube and stuff left over if anyone is interested...here's some pics

I ran the tube into the fender, so the filter element stays out of the hot engine bay air, and built a close-out panel to help seal it off. I had to leave an opening in front of this panel, to access my headlights, for practicality.
I cut a 4" hole in the bottom of the inner fender, below the filter, to help pull in some cooler air, and made a diverter shield (scoop) to put over the bottom of it, on the bottom side, facing the bumper, to keep any splash water, or debris from the tire, out of the hole I made...

Another shot of the contraption. This is the actual panel, to enclose the filter element from engine bay hot air...

Another view. This the panel installed. You can see the 4" hole in the floor of the inner fender in this pic...

Here's another shot to show clearance between the tubing, and the electric fans on the radiator shroud...

A picture of the scoop thingy I made to seal off the fresh air hole, from tire debris and/or water. Can you guess what I made this from?

I made another close-out panel for the other side of the engine bay, where the battery would normally go, and mounted a catch can there. The can has a drain valve on the bottom of it, which is accessed from the bottom of the car...

Another shot of this setup. Truck accessories are on the car for now, but I'm hoping to upgrade in January to a nicer looking, much more functional setup. I'd REALLY like to just drive this thing first...

These came in the big brown truck a while back...

Polished my wheels, and had a friend of mine mount and balance them. Not too shabby...

Put some of these on. Single adjustable RideTech's. Who is this Ron Sutton guy!?

Changed out my front upper and lower control arms, for some better geometry, and Delrin bushings. These are nice!!!

Bought a big batch of electronics for the car. My daily driver doesn't even have a radio. This will be nice!

Built a place to house my new double din Kenwood. It's 1/4" cabinet grade wrapped in Dynamat, covered in HushMat, to match the rest of the interior...

Rear view of radio holder thingy. It's very strong, and fits well on the tunnel I made to house the T56. This, along with the entire tunnel, will get wrapped in black leather, or vinyl, hopefully this week...

Picture of it in the car. Not too shabby...

Dash pic with gauges installed and Momo wheel. All the wiring is done at this point. AAW update kit for the win. All lights work as they should, horn, etc. Stereo is wired and has been tested also. Bowler shifter with shift ball.
Trim ring for shift boot is cool. It was made for me by MeanMike, the guy with the super sick Grand National on here. I originally bought a Finch shift boot set up, but upon arrival, it was just too wide for my tunnel, so I sent it back. This unit is made along the same lines, which is a weld in ring on the bottom of the tunnel, which is threaded to accept the fasteners that will hold the ring and boot, from the top side. It will be painted body color (silver) to match my column, and roll bar. In this picture, you can also see the 5.25" mid driver, and 1" tweeter, in my kick panel. I also have 4" drivers in the dash...

Another kick panel picture. I wanted to keep the factory ventilation (no a/c yet), so I custom installed these drivers. It was easy peasy. Tweeter up high, right under dash is aimable...

A shot of the bottom of the car, while on the lift. I should have bought a lift 20 years ago. Pictures are grainy, but the bottom of this thing is really clean...

I mounted my relay center from my Mast Motorsports ECM, in my glove compartment. It is very small and contains the necessary fuses as well, for engine management. All my relays are here, except the two I have for my headlights, which are mounted on the core support. The actual ECM is above the glove compartment, and has a data cable that is rolled up in the glove compartment. All future tuning is done by this very long cable, so there is no need to access the ECM. The software is in my laptop, and every engine parameter is accessible to me.

More to come soon. I'm literally a couple of pieces of upholstery away from first drive...stay tuned!

Nice updates!!!

I'm guessing the splash shield is made from an old oil pan?

Scott,
You have been busy. All this work being done and getting closer to that first drive. I am envious. I hope to see this thing soon. I really have to get over there.

Lance I made it out of an extra firewall mounted heater core cover. I started to fab one, and looked over at the piece hanging on the nail...hmmmm.

Bill, I have been really busy. I've spent every possible moment I've had in the shop. Lots of late nights, and weekends.
How's your car coming along?

Great work, Scott! Glad to know you're close to getting the car on the road.

Scott, it's been a crazy last four months and before that, I was frustrated with it so no work. I figured step back and settle before I screwed something up. The quarter panel is kicking my tail. I do have it closer than ever, but I have to take it back off and put the weld holes in it before I put it back on. May get to work on it this week. HAHA
Thanks for asking.

Nice car!! Im with you on the Lift!! I got mine 2 yrs ago and oh my god!!! Yes, its a big chunk of change when your younger to buy something like this for your "oil changes" but as soon as you start thinking of doing some frame /fab work, its really an awesome friend to have! Good for you!!

The next purchase in your arsenal should be (you seem to be aware of it ;-) lol!!) a decent camera... ( or better phone!) 'cause, effectively, the picture's quality dont really reflect that of the car.... These day's, even my old Ipad takes btter quality pictures and its sad, 'cause it would be nice to see your work to its level of accomplishment.

Anyway, everything's looking very good! I'm also looking at the Carbon tubes right now for a little project, thanks for the link, they really do look nice, did you have to cut them? What did you find was the easiest/best way?


Lead.

WOW!!! Moving right along!!! I also see a lot of Sutton stickers going on the car. Good for you!

Thanks Trey, getting close for sure. My upholstery man told me today that he couldn't touch my stuff until the 14th. of January. He's good, so I said ok...

Ah yes, the put on, take off, put back on stage. Keep us posted!

I recently told the wife that I'd love to have a GOOD camera, but I don't want to go broke over one. I've been looking lately.
I actually did not have to cut my carbon fiber tubbing. I bought the 90, and two 24" straight pieces, several different varieties of rubber connectors, and 10 of the band clamps.
I used the 90, one piece of straight tubing, which was the perfect length, no cutting required, two rubber connection pieces, and five band clamps. I have two rubber pieces with the hump in the center, a 24" straight piece, and five band clamps left over. I needed the 4" diameter stuff. It's really nice stuff, and priced pretty well!
Thanks for the compliments!

Thanks Greg! Funny thing is my old shock guy from my racing days is Chase Elliott's crew chief for his super late model stuff, but he doesn't know much about putting a workable shock under a car like this!
Sutton knows his stuff! Pleasure to work with him on this project!