Nice progress .... car looks great and hopefully the mechanical gremlins will be small ones!!!
Questions on your seats ... which ones are those? Who's brackets did you use?
Keep on keeping on ....
Michael
Thanks Chief, I used the Corbeau CR1 “skinny” version and I only got the sliders. Local shop was a dealer and they had several different versions to sit in and try them out. I like it although the skinny version is tight but comfortable at the moment but any extra lbs I wouldn’t fit. It also fits well with the Gen V console, I don’t think the wide version would fit.
I made my own bracket trying to keep the lowest profile as possible so to get as much head room as possible.
Tony, the car is looking great. I have a GM connect and cruise harness I would like to shorten and use a connector like you used, but all those new pin conections make me nervous. My hands don't work like they use to infact my brother called me shaky Jake when he would see me doing intricate work.
Very Nice work!
Do you have any pictures of the brackets you used to install the console?
Tony, the car is looking great. I have a GM connect and cruise harness I would like to shorten and use a connector like you used, but all those new pin conections make me nervous. My hands don't work like they use to infact my brother called me shaky Jake when he would see me doing intricate work.
Very Nice work!
Do you have any pictures of the brackets you used to install the console?
Wayne, the circular plugs (especially the larger gauge) are easier than the delphi style plugs as long as you have the right crimper and tools. I do recommend buying the "metal" insertion/extraction tools instead of relying on the plastic ones that accompany the order.
I mounted the E-brake first and then mounted my "Infinity box" electronics below my cluster gauges. The E-brake and metal housing for the electronics are my hard mounts for the console. I'll try to get some pics to better explain.
hey Wayne only have one pic...i'm going to have to take the console out to get you some pics but not until i get it back from the exhaust shop....thought i had some but couldn't find any.
circled the one screw in red, its mounted to the E-Brake frame
Thanks Tony, I appreciate the help. Don't pull the console just for me, I don't want you back stepping because of me. I have the hand brake and original shifter I'm going to use. I'd like to figure a way not to have to cut the big hole like the 6 spd has sinse the auto shifter only has the arm that goes throught the floor. I'll be watching to see what you do next.
here's an update, although I had to give up using my computer. It was blocking the Lat-g site so I'm using my wife...shhhh she's still sleeping.
lots has happened since the last post, I prep'd and primer'd all external panels and finally purchased wheels and tires. Extremely happy with the fit and look, although the front is really right at the max, running a 18x10 275 and i get a small rub but i believe the coil overs need to be tightened a bit which would give me some more room.
Here's a couple laps around the block with the boys, they had a blast finally getting a ride.
I've been driving it now for awhile just working things out, lots of noises and things to get use to....oh and its really frock's fast 3rd gear roll-on just smokes em. I'm thinking of just putting my old grill on instead of using the new stuff. I plan on racing it as is to work out the bugs and paint it next year.
not sure if i screwed it up or what but i'm attaching just like i do with pics....
Don't mind the hood, i've been driving without it until i get some help to put it on....looking at the first race Jan 14-15 at the Wild Horse Pass west track...
Ok back on after an extended hiatus from Lateral-G site. My work laptop firewall started blocking access to Lateral-g therefore I had to decide if I spend money on a lap top or keep spending on the Camaro to get it on the street. Here’s a quick video my 12 year old took……first time out.
Also I noticed that Photobucket lost all of my +1000 pictures….here’s what I got back from Photobucket:
“We thank you for your patience while we investigated the matter. Our engineering team has been working tirelessly to identify and recover your images. They identified a technical issue that had 1 out of a billion odds of occurring. Unfortunately, your account was one of the handful that were affected. They have spent countless hours to recover your images, but yielded no results. They have added additional safeguards in place to make sure this never happens again.”
The amount of work to go back and update all the links is almost insurmountable; any suggestions on alternative storage links for photos? I’m trying “IMGUR” at the moment…..
Now that I have a new lap top we can update our progress… be honest there’s a bunch here, apologize for the long-winded post. Lots of updates and experiences in the past several months.
Here’s a quick summary; got my wheels and tires (big thx to Jason Rushforth for being patient and helpful) using NITTO INVOs, engine & Tranny had to get yanked again for a leaky hose end on the clutch line, brake fluid leak (because the M/C is inside the dash it wasn’t pretty) but had to re-plumb the reservoir, got the car on scales to set up the suspension, results were: 50/50 cross corners and 46% Back and 54% Front, total weight of 3411 Lbs, camber and caster set per DSE specs, primer’d the doors and inside of the hood, installed headlights (LED Truklites), door handles and trunk latch. Did all this prior to entering my first track event on 1/15/17. Also with that said experienced some early failures and set-backs, aftermarket shifter gasket sucks…..the design of the shifter and gasket is poor (IMO) days before the event we replaced it twice and almost gave up with only 12 hrs before the race but my nephew hung in there and helped by “frankensteining” our own version and just by chance it did work. Really need a good gasket because the top gear sits directly under the shifter gasket and at high RPMs its really slinging the fluid. Phase 2 will replace the shifter and I’m considering an access panel for the tunnel, the experience left me wondering if I should be thinking about better access without having to remove the engine tranny. Night before the race I’m out leak checking the shifter gasket and I noticed my volt gauge is at 13V, now previous to today its always been at 14.1v. Checked the Alt and the stator came apart in pieces….can’t get a single wire 2002 camaro style alt at 9pm. So decided to just charge the battery in between sessions with some friend’s vehicles in the pits. Just didn’t know if the Battery could hold out for a 20 min session and the EFI be ok with minimal voltage. BTW the puller was undersized if I did the math it was spinning at 28,000RPMs at WOT. I should’ve done the math prior but I ordered it thinking the supplier knew what they were doing, not the fact. But they did replace it FOC including shipping; great customer support.
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