Met The Legend!
 

I have met several "TV Personality" car guys over the years at various shows / Power Tour Events / whatnots, and for the most part, they seem not to interested in talking to the Av Joe.

I was lucky enough to run into Mark at the charlotte airport last week.
I saw a guy that I thought looked like him in passing, then did a double take a few minutes later and the guy had on a corvette racing jacket. I though that has to be him...

I though about going up and talking to him, but I figured he was busy with things to do. I decided just to go up to him and find out.
Man, he is the coolest, most down to earth car guy you could meet. He instantly stood up and shook my hand. I showed him some pics of my junk, inspired by him, and we small talked for a bit, then i had to go board my plane.

Nice to meet you Mark, and I hope see you again!!

That is pretty cool.

Very nice to meet you also. Thanks for the kind words, your project looked great.

Maybe we will bump into each other again sometime.

Mark


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Good thing you didn’t run into Charley, he’s a real ass….

More updates. This is my favorite part of the build. Laying out the engine bay.

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Not stock but a “factory” feel.


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what's zipped to the A arm shaft in the last picture?

Coilover canister

Love how the radiator overflow hides the goiter tank!

I'm surprised the battery isn't in the trunk... or is that an empty case?

Hi Mark,

Can you please elaborate on the fan? It looks like a 6th Gen Camaro 850 watt fan, but with a custom shroud...More information would be appreciated.

Andrew

Andrew, I think it’s this.


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You answered as I was copying the link LOL. Pg 17; Post #165

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Because the battery is in the engine bay. We mounted the battery disconnect up front.

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Ohhh sure...Tell everyone where the anti theft device is.....

I thought the 3rd pedal was the anti theft device.

:D:D

it looked like it had fabric around it, that's why I didn't recognoze it as the shock canister. I knew it was temporary zip tie, seen enough of your builds to know there would be a nice bracket.

Hobbs Camaro (Old Drag Car)
 

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I was not happy with my first velocity stack. I decided to make a new one. Fun project where I go to use my shop.

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A little cleaner. Not sure if it will make any more power but it seems better.


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Looking good.
Nice drafting set. That brings back a lot of memories.
-Ed

What could go wrong ?

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Very nice hardline work.

Mark, how do you normally run the brake hoses and wheel speed sensor wires to the rear axle for the ABS? Do you drop them all near the center section and run them along the axle like GM routed the brake lines on these cars originally, or you you drop each side down independently near the hubs like many late model cars with IRS do?

Just asking because I'm adding ABS to my car, and trying to decide how best to run things to the rear hubs and calipers. I'm leaning towards dropping both brake hoses and the speed sensor wires above the center section and then running them down the axle tubes to the rear hubs.

Please remove the sticker from the crank pulley.

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The rear brake lines run down the sides outside the frame rail.

The wiring comes off the ABS module as twister pairs. Goes through a bulkhead connector the interior. Those wire join the rear compartment wiring harness that has the tail light, fuel pump…

The rear wheel speed wires (twister pair) pass through to a harness on the rear axle. At the connector we swap from normal wire (twisted pair) to a tougher encapsulation wire that goes the wheel speed sensors.

The OE style encapsulation wiring is hard to find and I had to purchase 1000 feet of it to get some. Nice stuff.

I’ll get a photo soon

Mark


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It came from China…


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:lol:

:P

Dude!

no ****, that's great. I have never been able to bend stainless lines well at all.

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One more, fuel cross over.

I love the engine bay on this build. Nice mix of old and new.

We are back and forth on paining the LS engine to make is look like a 375 HP 396. Or leave it raw aluminum like a fake ZL1.


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Well..... The ZL1 option was available in '69 so why not?

My vote is to stick to the original Hobbs Camaro theme. Orange motor to continue the theme.

So you're dropping it at the sides near the hubs like a late model and then running a flexline right to the calipers and the wheel speed sensor wires right to the hub... thanks!

Makes more sense than running everything to the top of the center section and then down along the axle tubes like the 50 year old OEM layout-- especially when I would have to snake the lines and wires over watts link brackets, sway bar brackets, and then worry about maintaining adequate clearance between the hard lines and speed sensor wires to the tailpipes at full suspension compression. Dropping them at the sides keeps them out of the way of all of the rear end brackets and also the hot exhaust.

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Starting to pull it back apart to paint some of the parts.

Mounted the Dakota Digital modules.


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Hey Mark,

Is the engine in the stock location or is it setback? Also what engine mounts are you using?

Thanks.

Mark,

Since the car is not being painted, the thinking here is to stick with that theme and not paint the engine. #lessismore

We have used this template since 2002. I’ve lost track of how many time Matt or myself have used it. If it isn’t broke no need to fix it.

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