2nd Chance Camaro - Let the Project Begin

[syborg tt]

Look what I found at Lowe’s.




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[syborg tt]

As previously stated I have no love for the Holley Throttle Cable bracket as it's just fugly looking and there has to be a better solution.





Attempt # 1 - The cable alignment was off a little bit



Attempt # 2 - At least I was a little closer







Attempt #3 - Looks like I am ready to make a Prototype









Off to High Speed Welding to make a prototype out of Aluminum.









Alignment is spot on.



Since I am a mountain biker and I build bikes I grabbed an old school brake cable and mocked up a throttle cable so I could make sure the gas pedal would open the throttle blades completely.

[syborg tt]

Yes, I am aware I have a problem and after I finish this car I will seek therapy.


Racetronix sell black anodized adel clamps and I had to have them even though now one will every notice them.



They also sell a very nice aluminum -6 line clamps.



I also picked up some Knotchead -6 soft line clamps.

[syborg tt]

So it has been years since I made brake lines and I figured what the heck I have nothing but time so why not give it a shot. I decided I
was going to make the mock up line in the 3 pieces and then come back and attempt to make the line in one piece.

So out comes the trusty metal coat hangers and I made my first pattern.





Then the next





and finally I made the complete pattern.





Here goes nothing !











Hard to believe my first attempt went so well.





The final bends on the drivers side went well however I was way off on the passenger side.





Opps - oh well I will give it another shot in a couple days.

[syborg tt]

No one ever called me a quitter.


I am going to skip most everything I did to get to this point.





Love this tool from Eastwood.





Looks like I will be doing it again as I miss-calculated where I needed to bend the lines so I straightened it and bent again so I could get closer on the next attempt.




Thankfully brake lines are cheap.

[syborg tt]

Since I am still not happy with the brake line it's off to Eastwood for a couple more tools.





Here we go again. As you can see I was practicing the bends that each tool was able to do and making reference marks on each piece so I would have a much better chance of bending the lines exactly where & how I want them to turn out.





More practice bends











You can see the refence marks on the line.





I used the string to determine exactly how much brake line I will need to make the desired piece.























Back to the Autoparts store.

[bkswede]

Catching up on your progress - great job with the brake lines!


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[sick71]

Any updates on the car?

[syborg tt]

Trying to make this bracket a little leaner.



I think if I trim it down to something like this and get it anodized black it will blend right in. Before I trim it down I need to get a new Lokar throttle cable.





Radiator ((11-29-20))



I want to hide as many wires as possible so the horn wire will sneak behind the core support. I used a piece of door edge guard to protect the wires.





little bit of an overkill to crimp and solder but what the heck why not.





Moving on to the Kicker Bluetooth Stereo



I tried to make the trunk a little more comfortable for me back.



I need to run a 3.5mm extension up to the center console and the cable for the controller which will be mounted in the lower dash or center console. I won't decide that till I figure where the cup holders are going to go.

[syborg tt]

Since Kenny did such a great job bending these line I am going to use them. ((11-29-20))

























Holley Fitting arrived ((12-01-20))



Next Project will be the AAW Harness