1969 Camaro Restomod Project Thread - Page 50 - Lateral-g Forums

**will69camaro** · #**491** 02-04-2016, 07:24 AM

There has been some progress and hoping for some more this weekend.

Mounted the master cylinders on the new firewall and starting building the plan (and parts list) to get the brake lines completed.

Decided that building the brake lines on the rearend would be easier if it was out of the car, and have to pull it out anyway to change the gears out.

Crazy how dusty it's gotten over the years and travels from shop to shop.

I wiped down the housing and prepared it for the rear brake installation

Brakes installed on both sides. This took some doing as I had lost the installation instructions, Tobin at Kore3 has since emailed them to me, so I will re-verify everything when I do final installation after the gear change this weekend.

Glad the wheel fits as I hadn't checked this previously. I was sure it would as the templates for the calipers had been sent to Forgeline when we spec'd the wheels.

While this was going on, I sold my old dash as it was going to cost more to fix it for a racepak, than to just buy a new one and sell the old one.

I will fill this with racepak and a/c vent(s) and a controller for the a/c and the various buttons/switches for the car.

Thanks to Ron Sutton, I have one of the new IQ3s Racepak. This is their new street friendly dash.

This weekend I will be installing the new ring gear in the rearend (3.50 to replace the 4.10). I will be installing the brake lines on the housing, assuming the tee fitting required arrives tomorrow (on time). The rearend will be put back under the car and secured for the final time!

I'm sure that will take me through this weekend, but if it doesn't, the car will be going back up on the cribs and I'll start working on the remaining brake lines.

One thought I've been kicking around, is about using a non-A/C dash with the vintage air unit and putting two vents on the dash. I'd be stealing a vent from my passenger, but i think they'll still be ok with one on the passenger side. What are your thoughts on this?

William

**sleepertime** · #**492** 02-04-2016, 05:15 PM

Good to see the car going back in the direction of assembly instead of more tear down.
Are you talking about splitting the two center air ducts and bringing one to the drivers side.
The vintage air has four individual ducts coming out of the unit. Two for the middle and one that goes to far driver side and one to the far passenger side.

**will69camaro** · #**493** 02-04-2016, 07:10 PM

Hmmm. Hadn't looked at it.

Not sure what I'd do with the second for the center vent

William

frankv11 · #**494** 02-05-2016, 06:42 AM

that is some very nice work, especially the SS pipe fit

**will69camaro** · #**495** 02-05-2016, 06:54 AM

Thanks, and I agree. The SS fitting is excellent, and M2K did an excellent job fabbing all the turbo kit etc. Couldn't be happier with the work that Kevin did.

Price way high but he justifies it with the quality of work.

William

**will69camaro** · #**496** 02-08-2016, 12:15 PM

Gears are swapped out and the 4.11's are listed for sale.

Diff will be put back in the housing today and rear re-assembled.

I did some pattern checking on pushrod length and all appears to be in good order so will button the motor back up after rearend is back together.

Hoping to get started on the rear brake lines tomorrow, then get that axle back in the car! REALLY hoping to have the motor back in the car in a couple weeks.

**will69camaro** · #**497** 03-03-2016, 10:13 AM

Oil pan is on for good and bottom of motor is buttoned up.

Top side has pushrods measured and installed as well.

Started making brake lines. Had to order a lot of fittings specific to the application. Spent more time than I'd like to admit trying to flare the brake lines.

Then started trying to flare. It didn't go well.

Finally got it figured out and finished up the rear lines

I have the flex lines now to finish off the run to the calipers and will do that when I get back to the back to finish up the brakeline from the master (this weekend).

Also had a scratched to hell diff fill cap. Took 30 minutes and sanded out the gouges and ended up with a brushed finish.

**will69camaro** · #**498** 03-03-2016, 10:14 AM

Rearend went back in.
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I had the front end part finalizing the brake setup and making sure everything was nice and tight.

She's back on blocks and ready to have the brakes completed and the motor re-installed.

**will69camaro** · #**499** 03-03-2016, 10:16 AM

Changed the hardware on the engine mounts. One of the threads was jacked up, so there was one bolt on the drivers side missing (discovered when I pulled the motor).

Figured since I'm changing them, I'd just put arp hardware.

As you could see in the previous picture. I got the moroso "roll control" (i.e. Line lock) installed.

Everything is bolted with rivserts and 1/4-20 stainless caps head hardware.

Next up was placing the brake light pressure switch. Since I have the Wilwood pedals it's not as easy to adapt a plunger style brake light switch. This came highly recommended.

I build the simple line between the two of those.

Now starting the lines off the master cylinder. Almost done with the line for the front brakes (to the switch).

I have both flex lines mounted and secured and the remaining hardware I need to finish the fronts arrived yesterday so I will finish that line today or tomorrow and then the motor can be returned to it's final resting place.

William

**Forgeline Wheels** · #**500** 03-03-2016, 11:40 AM

This is a very clean build! Looking great so far.