67 Camaro - Dad and Son build

[randy]

did you have to mod the tunnel for transmission clearance?

[waynieZ]

All those parts look even better on the car. I like the shots from the rear.

[boostin05blacks]

Originally Posted by randy

did you have to mod the tunnel for transmission clearance?

Nope. None at all. Slid right in place and I believe there is even some room to spare in there.

Originally Posted by waynieZ

All those parts look even better on the car. I like the shots from the rear.

Thanks man. it does feel nice to put something in place for final fitment. Even if its going to come out for paint, but who knows when that wil be.

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..








much more to come...

[awr68]

It's coming along nicely! I can tell you are very excited...and should be!!

[boostin05blacks]

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.

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


Rear before adjustment


Rear after ajustment


Next up is a lot of wiring..

[boostin05blacks]

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..

[boostin05blacks]

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..








More wiring up next..