69 Camaro v2.0 - Project "Major Havoc"

[Matt@BOS]

Nice work as always Chris! I just bought an 8x4 sheet of 18ga for the trans tunnel in my Mustang. Needless to say, I will have plenty extra. Let me know if you want a piece. I don't know where you go to get sheet metal, but at least for me, trying to buy anything less than a full sheet usually proves "difficult."

[chr2002ca]

Originally Posted by Matt.A

Nice work as always Chris! I just bought an 8x4 sheet of 18ga for the trans tunnel in my Mustang. Needless to say, I will have plenty extra. Let me know if you want a piece. I don't know where you go to get sheet metal, but at least for me, trying to buy anything less than a full sheet usually proves "difficult."

Thanks Matt. I usually get most of my metal at Industrial Metal Supply down in the Convoy area, or even the local Ace hardware store(cha-ching). I think I have enough to cover it, but I appreciate it! Look forward to cruising with you soon.

Originally Posted by FETorino

x2. That is a clean looking install. You must be getting pretty excited about now.

Thanks Rob. Pretty excited would be an understatement! Friggin can't wait to lay some rubber.

Originally Posted by DaleTx

Nice job on the engine install... looks great!
I wonder if you could replace the hex head bolts on the steering box cover plate with some counter sink style bolts (82 deg flush mount)... you would have to take the cover off and do some machining but you would gain a little bit of clearance on the header. In the picture it looked like the bolt head is very close to touching the header. Just a thought.
Like the old school look and all the aluminum

Thanks Dale! Yep, you can't see it in the photo, but I actually ground down the edge of that bolt and also the edge of the box slightly to round them off. With the small ding in the header, there's actually some decent clearance in their now. Maybe 1/4". Fortunately, when the engine torques, it comes up on that side, so it actually creates more gap. It's squared away okay now. It's the #7 primary that was really bad with some deep dings I was not happy about so I actually cut out a section of it and added a double chicane to it and now it routes nicely around the box.

On my previous box(AGR) I did what you mentioned though. Great minds like alike right?

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Looking fantastic, looking forward to the vroom vroom.

Thanks Todd. Quite a few of the styling cues are coming from your hard work on Payback. Thanks for showing us how to do it properly.

Originally Posted by MisterD

Looks great Chris! I really like the way you kept the wiring clean. Beautiful valve covers, great work!!!

Thanks Daniel. Much appreciated. How's your build going?

Originally Posted by intocarss

As snug as a bug in a rug She looks good

'Snug' has been the word of the month in my garage. Big block + power steering box + T-56 Magnum + 8 quart road racing oil pan + original frame with original(tall/narrow) frame mounts + proper driveline angles = a lot of 4 letter words in the garage. And a lot of clearancing and heat wrap.

[WicKeD_SS]

Not sure how I missed the install, but that ZL-1 looks Sexy in there! Grats

[Spiffav8]

Originally Posted by chr2002ca

Well you know I like it! lol

[tubbed69]

Chris that engine and everything under the hood is one of the best looking I have ever seen,good luck with getting it running and riding soon,beautiful job man

[chr2002ca]

Well, I took the day off at work and I'm about to walk out into the garage(aka The Maelstrom) and finish off a few exhaust welds, add some coolant, add a little more gas to the tank, hook up the laptop, and see if she fires up. I think I've got everything ready, so hopefully this'll go smoothly...

[Sieg]

Good Luck!

[BBC71Nova]

Let 'Er rip tater chip.

Interested to get feedback on the Holley HP efi.

[Vegas69]

[chr2002ca]

LOL. Good one Todd.

She fired right up after 3 seconds. Music to my ears. Idled rough at first of course but then I set the timing to match the ECU and locked down the distributor, let her warm up, and then the 'ECU Learning' kicked in and she smoothed out nicely. She revs much faster than my 454. Sounds a lot 'sportier' also. Absolutely no leaks anywhere, so I'm real happy about that. Instant throttle response with no bog/hesitation like I experienced with the 3 previous carbs. I only have 1 minor issue which I'll work on this weekend. The IAC inlet on the Edelbrock throttle body is howling like a mutha. A very loud sucking sound like a friggin supercharger. Put your finger over it for a split second and not a peep, so it's definitely coming from that inlet. I just ran out of time and energy to debug that. The car idles nicely so I don't think it's wide open or wired wrong. I'll figure out how much it's open tomorrow with the software and adjust the idle screws on the throttle blades to slightly open them, recycle the TPS, and get the IAC down to around 2% open at idle. If it's still howling, I'll call Edelbrock and see what they say. I may have to smooth out the air passage in the thing, but that would piss me off a bit with Edelbrock if that was required. Other than that, couldn't be happier with how easily she fired up, smoothed out, and ran. Electric fans kicked in nicely at 190 as they were suppose to, electric and fuel system were all working nicely. You can feel a little more vibration inside the car due to the poly motor mounts instead of the rubber, and oh yah, that lumpier cam.

I would have shot some video and posted it this evening but that howling from the IAC is a bit annoying so let me get squared away and then I'll do the video. I have few last goodies coming into tomorrow from UPS for the engine bay and I'll take some final shots of it also.

The motor I've always wanted is finally in my car and running. It's a great feeling after all that work. Time to go drink a lot of beer and fall down.