69 Camaro v2.0 - Project "Major Havoc" - Page 7 - Lateral-g Forums

**Spiffav8** · #61 08-24-2012, 07:17 PM

Chris,

Hey man that looks a lot better than I expected. Pretty clean install...better than I expected.

Looking forward to seeing the car in person!!

**DFRESH** · #62 08-24-2012, 10:35 PM

Man, I like the black Tiger Cage---(I wonder how the boys at Air Ride came up with that name). I love those pieces you came up with for the rear bars as they pass through the package tray---those are sweet. So your rear was too big I hear---

As always, you set the bar on write up, execution and attention to detail. Come up for Labor Day if you are able!

D

chr2002ca · #63 09-09-2012, 01:27 PM

Lots of rear suspension work completed in the past 3 weeks including a new Moser 12-bolt, lowered rear, Global West Del-a-lum rear bushings, rear tow hook, and shifting some things around to solve some minor suspension travel issues. Also got the new Aeromotive Stealth tank ordered and my current stainless tank and AC delco pickup is out which will be up for sale shortly. The new tank arrives tomorrow, however all the Aeroquip fittings and PTFE fuel line doesn't arrive until later so I won't be installing it until those arrive. I was going to snap photos of the new rear setup but the new AFCO shocks that arrived were the wrong part number(should have been 3870CR instead of 3870CR-1), so I returned those and I'm waiting for the new ones and I'll get those installed and take some final photos of the rear setup with new tank and other goodies. Rear ride height is much better now also with the 1/2" further drop.

Was able to install my new Rennline front stainless tow hook(universal version) and then put my front bumper back on. For the tow hook's 9/16 shaft I used some thick 1/4" steel to make 2 attach points which I welded to the larger front bumper bracket on the passenger side. Getting those attach points just right is tricky because of everything going on in that area and the tight clearances, especially the front bumper and the upper and lower bolts that hold it down in that area. Took several rounds of install/uninstall/change/try again. Adding a thicker plastic washer to hoop allows you to tighten it down so it's not loose and you can actually fold it up against the valance and it tucks away nicely. A few shots for those who might be searching:

Rear suspension and Stealth Fuel tank setup photos coming shortly.

chr2002ca · #64 09-24-2012, 05:32 PM

Making some more progress so it's time to sit down and post some photos and some install notes for the next guy...

My new AFCO front shocks came with heim joints for the lower mounts. That's normal for a lot racing coil over shocks, however I'm not running coil overs. I'm running standard coil springs with the shock running up through the middle, so that means there's absolutely no load on the shock. No load on the shock means a very noisy heim joint as there is slight play in it while it rides and bounces around on the shaft. They would 'clickity-clack' when I pressed up and down on the front of the car. Not good and not AFCO's fault of course. Fortunately, Energy Suspension makes a bushing that fits perfectly on the shaft and with a little work fits into the lower eyelet of the shock. The heim bushing presses right out and with a little fitting, the poly bushing presses in nicely. There are extra grooves/channels on the shaft to allow clips to lock the bushing in place also, so it was almost if AFCO made those for poly bushings also. All set and nice and quiet now:

I switched the rear bushings on my rear leaf springs to GlobalWest Del-a-lum bushings to eliminate some deflection and keep my rear tires as centered as possible without a more expensive suspension solution. These are SOOOO much fun to install into the leaf springs and frame rails. NOT. Needed all the tricks to get them pressed in:

Got the new Moser 12-bolt rearend installed along with the new AFCO rear shocks. The rear shocks also have heim joints on the bottom and will have no load on them also, however they're bolted and are snug up between the bolt head and some spacers versus riding freely on a shaft so they should be fairly quiet:

Also in the 2nd pic you can see that I replaced my 1/2" leaf spring lowering blocks with 1" blocks to drop the rear another 1/2". Because not much of the leaf spring is riding in the spring perch due to the 1" spacer, I added some aluminum bars to the u-bolts as some insurance to keep the springs centered and snug.

I use a Jaz cannister for my rear diff vent overflow/breather. I welded a small bracket to my muffler hanger and mounted it there, up nice and high.

The new rear ride height is much better. After I get some gas in the tank and my trunk panels installed and everything settles in, it'll probably be another 1/4" lower and be just right:

The new Aeromotive Stealth Tank arrived. So it's really just the fuel injection tank that "Tanks, Inc." sells and Aeromotive just puts their pump and pickup setup in it and puts it in a bigger "Aeromotive" box. You can buy the same tank from Tank, Inc. with a Walbro pump setup for a few hundred dollars less. Here's the Tanks Inc box inside the Aeromotive box:

Here's my old stainless tank next to the new Aeromotive tank. To be honest, I like the look of the stainless tank better, but oh well. No big deal. The stainless OER tank with Delco pickup weighed 19lbs, and the Aeromotive tank with pickup and electric pump setup weighs 23.5lbs, so about the same. The tank installed very easily and the quality of the setup is very good.

Here's the tank installed. I don't have a lift like all the other builders here so I don't get the nice camera angles.

Purchased and installed the II Much Fabrication fuel vent. Hope it works as nice as it looks. Due to overlapping metal on my '69 original trunk, here's where I had to put it:

The gasket they ship with it was not sufficient to properly seal it against my trunk pan due to some overlapping metal so I made 2 thicker gaskets of my own that helped give it the seal I was looking for. From underneath:

Got the Aeromotive fuel filter installed along with hooking the vent, return, and supply lines up with new PTFE 6AN fuel lines and Aeroquip PTFE fittings. F'ing fittings and lines must have gold in them as much as they charge. This new EFI fuel system is going to run me nearly $2K.

Need to complete some relay wiring and toggle switches for the fuel pump and dual radiator fans this week and then I can finally focus on the new ZL motor. Hell yah.