[Insert Cool Name Here] '69 Camaro LS1 Project

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

I received my reservoir yesterday and installed it today. Thanks again Vince! It worked pretty darn good. I had to drill a hole slightly forward of the existing hole. Then I drilled the plastic out to 5/16 and put a body nut on it so I could put my bike in from the outside.

After that, we finished the dash and I checked my mailbox. Lo and behold, my Wisconsin hobbyist plates showed up! So, I took it into town for a cruise and washed it. I'll post some pictures when I get to a computer but I'll say it sure did clean up nice.

[Vince@Meanstreets]

Originally Posted by OBeer-WAN-Kenobi

I looked at the picture but I must be getting old. It was a little too small for me to make out the detail. I do think that I already have a hole there. I noticed it last night when I was installing the hood.

Speaking of which, UPDATE; I installed the hood last night! She's getting close!

Originally Posted by OBeer-WAN-Kenobi

I received my reservoir yesterday and installed it today. Thanks again Vince! It worked pretty darn good. I had to drill a hole slightly forward of the existing hole. Then I drilled the plastic out to 5/16 and put a body nut on it so I could put my bike in from the outside.

After that, we finished the dash and I checked my mailbox. Lo and behold, my Wisconsin hobbyist plates showed up! So, I took it into town for a cruise and washed it. I'll post some pictures when I get to a computer but I'll say it sure did clean up nice.

coming together pretty good! no problem.

[Ron in SoCal]

too!

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Here's some pictures of the outside after washing off the dust and grime.





She's a little too high in the air of course, but I'll have to take care of that; along with wheels and tires, when I've got more money. At least it's driveable!

I'm working on trying to figure out what to do for a console yet and still need my reprogrammed PCM to come in the mail to work out the A/C and the reverse lockout.

[glassman]

That'll do man!!!! Nice to finally see the beast LIVE!!......

I/we just need to see some nice "stripes" behind the tires as well......

[tubbed69]

Car is really looking good,glad to see it on the road,I am sure that feels good

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Originally Posted by glassman

That'll do man!!!! Nice to finally see the beast LIVE!!......

I/we just need to see some nice "stripes" behind the tires as well......

I'm trying to give Ron a chance to beat me to it. BTW.... I've already tried a few "stripes" but haven't recorded it.

Originally Posted by tubbed69

Car is really looking good,glad to see it on the road,I am sure that feels good

It sure does feel good! There are some bugs I'm trying to work out but I'm taking it one problem at a time and trying to get them all taken care of. Unfortunately, we are having severe weather around here right now and it will probably keep up through the end of the week. So, road tests aren't going to come again for a bit.

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by OBeer-WAN-Kenobi

I'm trying to give Ron a chance to beat me to it. BTW.... I've already tried a few "stripes" but haven't recorded it.

I'll do it after I burn up the tires on the track. You have until the first week in August...

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Installed my Tiburon seats this weekend.

They're much more comfortable than the stock seats, with one caveat. In order to get them low enough that a 6'3" person like me can sit in them comfortably without hitting the ceiling, they have to be installed off-center a bit.

The Tiburon seats are actually offset already. IIRC, they are off-center by at least an inch and a half.

Here's a picture of the brackets.


I thought I had one of the seats too, but I guess I forgot to take one. I can get one of those anytime though if anyone is interested.


Anyway, We decided to make the brackets out of 12ga steel. We were thinking about using angle iron but the 12ga "test piece" seemed more than strong enough when bent to it's shape on the brake and after the front end was bent and welded to the contour of the Tiburon seat. You can't see it very well in the picture, but the front (towards the left) hole of the bracket is on an angle. There are nuts welded to the bottom of it.

Being a bit off-center from the steering wheel is a little weird at first but I'm getting used to it. Like I said though, still way more comfortable than stock.

If you're short, you could move the seats away from the tunnel and get them closer to center. You'd need to move them about 2" further up in the air to accomplish it. You also may not be able to use the stock seat belts, which I retained in my installation.

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Another small update.

My stock drive shaft that we shortened had a little bit of a kink in it, so I knew that I'd have to replace it fairly soon. So, last week I brought it in and had a local shop make me a new one. I decided to go with the 1350 joints and get a new rear pinion yoke to accommodate that.

Well, I went to install my new shaft on Friday and it was at least an inch and a half too long. The new slip yoke was longer so instead of "bottoming" on the transmission rear seal, it bottomed on the inner part. The new pinion yoke was longer as well.

So today I brought it back in to be shortened. Hopefully I'll get it back and be able to install it tonight! After getting a taste of it, I'm sick of not driving my car!