2nd Chance Camaro - Let the Project Begin

[syborg tt]

2nd Chance Camaro - Installing the Ride Tech Front Suspension

Installing the Ride Tech Front Suspension & DEI Boom Mat
Posted: July 25, 11 www.2ndchancecamaro.com

Good Morning all,

Steady working on the car just haven't had the time to post up pictures it's hard to believe how far behind I am on updates.

Some of the little things you need to do when installing the Ride Tech lower controls arms. You are going to have to trim the rubber grease boot so they can tuck nicely in the lower arm ball joint pocket. Ride-Tech did a nice job planning for this.





Once Installed they look perfect.




The upper arm went on just as easy as the lower arm on the passenger side.



I wanted to know what the ride height would be once I put the car back on the ground. So I asked Dennis over High Speed Welding made me up a couple mock up shock rods so I could set the ride height.





When I went to install the lower control arm on the drivers side the bushing didn't fit in the frame. Most likely because the car still had it's original bushings and they just kept tightening the bolt to take up slack in the worn out bushings.

This is a cool little tool I made up years ago when working on Syborg. Just slip it in and open up the bolts evenly and it will do a good job of keeping everything square. Just make sure the washers are large enough to distribute the pressure.





Make sure you opened the gap up at least a 1/4" further then you need as the metal will spring back.





Lower control arm fit right in after I spread the lower control arm pocket

Funny in the old days ( late 80's - early 90's ) I would have got out the dead blow hammer and just beat it in. Most likely damaging the paint, the bolts and my skin. However hitting things with a hammer sometimes just make you feel better.

Checking the fully compressed height - wow is the car going to be low.




When I was at the Good Guys Columbus show I headed over to DEI to check out there new sound & heat insulation product. Talk about a full line of stuff at 1/2 the cost of other guys. I can't wait to start installing this stuff.

www.boommat.com







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[coolwelder62]

Marty,that's great you are making progress on your project.The ride tech componet's are great pcs.

[Rick D]

Looken good Marty, nice to see you moving along. Now can you please resize your pictures they don't fit on my laptop screen

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by badrs69

Looken good Marty, nice to see you moving along. Now can you please resize your pictures they don't fit on my laptop screen

lol - just call them super sized.

[OLDFLM]

Nice progress my friend! Are you going to run stock spindles?

[syborg tt]

2nd Chance Camaro - Front Clip back from Media Blasting

Front Clip back from Media Blasting
Posted: Sept 16 11 www.2ndchancecamaro.com

Good Morning All,

Just a quick update.

I sent the original sheet metal off to the media blaster. Some of these parts will not make it back onto the car but they will be perfect during mock up.

















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[ParkerRS]

Find a GM fender at the junk yard thats good if you can Marty, the repop right fenders for these cars are crap. The lefts aren't bad but the right side repop has to be sectioned in the area between the door and hood at the windshield. I would say save it and repair, but the front area looks pretty chewed up. Good progress though.

[coolwelder62]

Lookin good Marty.Folks should like this thread lots of full size photos for them look over.

[Rick D]

Marty, just ask Scott about how much time I have in his rt repop fender. I would fix that one if I where you or at least look for a better OEM one to start with. And as stated the area between the upper door and hood is all wrong and I had cut and reshape Scotts. Other than that looks great

[DOOM]

OMG!! This thread is like watching paint dry!!