Progress on my 69 camaro

[will69camaro]

Few more pics, more to come tomorrow:

1) New mirror in my car.
2) Side shot of the new mirror in my car.

[will69camaro]

Well been a little bit since my last post on this. I got the belt system figured out i think, dash is out for new gauges when i buy them, wiring will be in tomorrow (most of it anyway). Might be test firing it tomorrow and if it all goes well then i'll put the front back on the car and set the radiator in and see what i need to do about hoses...I will let you know if/when i test fire it, fuel lines are run, still need to finish up the send line with an inline filter, and the tank is in the car (had to cut a hole in my trunk for the pump but it will make for easy replacement. Lots of stuff has been accomplished but no new pics yet, we've been working too hard to stop and take pics...We're just now coming inside from my unheated garage after flushing the T56 and puting in new fluid. Clutch pedal is in and i need to make a stop but we will do that tomorrow, and i had the slave cylinder modified and it works, little sweep but not terrible and i think it will work. We have the gas pedal and throttle cable in and it seems to work...I had to "massage" the floor a little where it was interfering (sp) and only letting me open the throttle about 1/3 full throttle. The shifter i'm using for now is the shift handle from the hurst competition 4sp shifter...little tall but it will work until i make my own when i'm back at school and have the shop at my disposal.

Anyway enough rambling for now i'm sure it's been hard enough to follow but i'm going on little sleep and bordering the line between insomnia and physical exhaustion...maybe i'll sleep.

Thanks for reading and following up on my progress thread.

I'll post pics soon.

William

[hotwheels]

great job.......thanks for sharing your pic's........looks awesome






hotwheels of turborides

[will69camaro]

Sorry for the delay in pics but i will post them when i'm back at school in the next couple days...I failed...I tried to do the entire swap and we even took a few short cuts on wiring (crimped when we should have soldered and crimped) which will be fixed in the next few weeks...Tried to start the car today only to find either the connection to the starter is bad or the starter itself went bad...It will start tomorrow and be driven around some but not alot...I should be driving it by spring break but my goal was to drive it back to school when the break was over and that was not accomplished...I need to set more realistic goals for myself.

Thanks for following guys. Pics to come.

William

[will69camaro]

Well we did start it a couple hours before we left for Texas A&M. Nothing like cutting it close. It needs a few things sorted out (injectors are bad) but it did start. It idled right away and it ran until i shut it off. Only was firing on a few cylinders (4 maybe 5 at most). It will be sorted out and the car will be going shortly.

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Hope those links work.

William

[lil427z]

will , love them camaros .




rick kirkindall

[will69camaro]

Thanks for the response! I have a new (used but working) set of 24lb injectors coming for it so it should be running better soon. Also i'm getting pics of a power steering delete pulley that a guy has made so i should have the belts fixed soon too. Almost finished but still not quite done yet!

William

[69MyWay]

Who made those fuel lines for you?

I am very interested in a set like that at the fuel rail.


Thanks!

Chris

[69MyWay]

Here is an idea for you on the air cleaner.

Get a section of 3.5" tube to run from the MAF to the edge of the driver fender well. Get some aluminum and make a close out plate to drop down from the fender lip, run off the edge of the core support, and basically close off the large open hole there that allows you to see the back side of the driver marker lamp when looking in the engine bay.

Bore a 3.5" hole in the plate you made and put a cone filter on the back. You can fit a 6" long filter in there. Summit sells them for like $29.95. You can get the hump hoses almost anywhere to go from the MAF to the tube, then the airfilter will have its own clamp, etc.

This will allow it to suck cold air from behind the driver headlight and you won't see the filter when the hood is open.

[will69camaro]

Thanks for the idea about the filter but we had already thought of that! That's been my plan for a while now, to put the filter in the area behind the driverside headlight.

William