1969 Camaro Restomod Project Thread

[will69camaro]

Cold side went on today. It did quiet it down some but still just LOUD. I like it

Let it run to operating temperature and spotted some coolant leaks. Sadly one of them is inside behind the AC box. It'll be coming back out anyway for the AC lines to be hooked up (just coolant lines right now). I'll double check those hose ends and the AN adapters and try again. Forgot how much I hate having dexcool on my hands...

[Josh@Ridetech]

Originally Posted by will69camaro

Cold side went on today. It did quiet it down some but still just LOUD. I like it


Let it run to operating temperature and spotted some coolant leaks. Sadly one of them is inside behind the AC box. It'll be coming back out anyway for the AC lines to be hooked up (just coolant lines right now). I'll double check those hose ends and the AN adapters and try again. Forgot how much I hate having dexcool on my hands...

Dang!! That's wicked!

[will69camaro]

Thanks man. It's coming along. Think I'm gonna put the front end back on tomorrow.

[KHShapiro]

beautifully done. subscribed

[raustinss]

Not a camaro but chevelle...what are your thoughts on the rad core support , are you happy with how everything fit,price,quality etc.? Thinking of getting one for the SS with a complete carbon front-end I figure it would be a nice complimentary part. Btw love your car
Thanks for any help
Ryan

[will69camaro]

In short, hell yes.

There is a reason not many complaints on the AutoRAD. It's just a nice piece. My only gripe is one caused by myself on project creep. I paid for some intercoolers and never even used them. Sold for half what I had in them. Again, that's my fault. They just wouldn't support the power I'm going for.

You won't be disappointed.

[will69camaro]

Meanwhile:
Got the fenders back on the car as the engine wiring is mostly complete.






Very happy with how well the coiled concealed in the fenders. I can reach them all but it's not fun!


Trimmed the filter close out a bit for the coolant lines to pass through.


Showing off the filter placement a bit. Passenger one was straightened a bit after the pic.


Also got the remote reservoirs for the JRi shocks secured as well. They'll be accessible from the bottom when complete.




Will get some more front end pieces on tomorrow hopefully.

[Centerforce]

That view from the front is 100% serious business. Were anxious to see this in action soon!

[will69camaro]

Sorry no great pics with this update, but spent the weekend doing under dash wiring.

Pulled the AC box to make AC lines and fix some leaks on the heater hoses. Reinstalled that.

Installed glove box i made to relocate the fuse box and hold the ECU.




The coiled up USB is the datalink for the Holley EFI.


Dont mind the tools sitting on that side, I had moved over and was working on the chassis wiring on the driver side in this photo.
Few wires hanging to the right are inputs that will be wired into the dash (boost scramble, brake switch and a random holley input for future expansion/use).


This is what i'm currently dealing with:

It's a little tidier than this, but needs cleaning up, looming and final connection. This started as an american autowire classic update harness and I've bastardized it to work with the systems I want it to work with. Hope it all works out!

William

[will69camaro]

I didn't work on the car for the last two weeks after burning myself out on the wiring. Got back on it this weekend, to see if i could finish up the chassis harness integration and test the push button start.

Well this is my first turbo car so was looking over logs and thinking about the wastegate setup and realized, I was thinking about how it worked all wrong! I thought it applied pressure to the bottom with wastegate pressure reference, not bleed it off! With that thought process and realizing 0% duty cycle meant full MAP got to the bottom of the gate, made me realize I had some significant vacuum leaks (no plugs in the other 2 bottom ports).

The ports that got plugged.




While the gates were out, and realizing I just dont have enough pump to support my E85 dreams, I pulled the springs and installed an 8.75psi spring (was 10.25psi prior).


One thing I learned that was VERY nice, is that it takes about 1hr to pull both gates, swap springs, and put them back on. Could probably be done faster, since this time included putting the plugs in the bottom ports.

With the wiring tidied up as best as it can be in the dash, and the push button wired, i decided to put in the dash to see how it looks.







It looks badass...

Sadly I see that I need to shim the steering column down just a bit more. Still want to figure out a way to recess the racepak into the dash. Also found that i'm missing the tabs for the fasteners for the dash, so it's just sitting in for now to test.

And it works. The illuminated button is the push button start. I do plan to blacken that AC display surround, just haven't done it yet.





The buttons on the right control: Lights (worked with racepak dim feature, i tested), Dome light, Holley input, Line Lock.

The buttons beside the racepak are the control functions.

Some issues came about with this work.
#1 - The damn heater hose still leaks in the car. Going to have to pull it again, and try to re-install and solve that before it all comes back out to replace the hose.

#2 - The start button was a bitch. It defeated me today, until i went in, sat on the PC and grabbed a beer to research. I found that my instructions had apparently been updated (online) and it was going into a mode that wasn't clearly explained in the instructions. I got it sorted and the push button works no issues.

#3 - The racepak wasn't displaying with the car on. I hadn't tried to program it prior to starting it so hopefully that's the issue. Well i went to use the USB as directed to program the unit...They didn't send me the latest software so I cant program the IQ3s (street dash). Part of being in the first set of shipments I guess. I'll call tomorrow.

William