brownz progress pics

[brownz]

Iam 23 years and have had the car since i was 15 years old. well its a 79 Z28 and iam trying to rebuild it. so I have a 2002 ls1-t56, with a torquer v-3 cam kit, ported ls6 oil pump, pushrods and pacesetter long tubes, and a moser 12 bolt rear. all the other stuff you can make out for yourself as its not much yet. so here are some pics.

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Here you can see what i had to do inorder to use the ATS clutch braket. cut the slot our to the bolt/screw for the steering column
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and what i started with after i took it apart the first time when i was going a diffrent route then PT from stock
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[oestek]

Great work.. the car is coming along nicely! What did you use for your underbody black?

[brownz]

Great work.. the car is coming along nicely! What did you use for your underbody black?

its POR15 but i sprayed it on about 35psi I think that gives it a diffrent finish.

[Boyd]

Nice work brownz!! Love the wheels. Any decision on paint yet?

[brownz]

Nice work brownz!! Love the wheels. Any decision on paint yet?

NO :hmm: but im open to what ppl think will look good, something that you can really see the carbon fiber hood and trunk that i will soon order from Matt at anvil.

[Steve1968LS2]

retake the first shot, but get the WHOLE car in the picture. Make sure the whole car is lit nice like the first picture. Set your camera on high-res.

Send me the picture for our F-body garage. This month we start handing out prizes for the best photos so take a good one and you can get in print AND maybe win something cool from DSE.

Thanks,
Steven
Camaro Performers
[email protected]

:)

By the way, for some reason I LOVE your wheels.. lol

[Motown 454]

Looks great you do nice work. Keep the updates coming
Wayne

[brownz]

retake the first shot, but get the WHOLE car in the picture. Make sure the whole car is lit nice like the first picture. Set your camera on high-res.

Send me the picture for our F-body garage. This month we start handing out prizes for the best photos so take a good one and you can get in print AND maybe win something cool from DSE.

Thanks,
Steven
Camaro Performers
[email protected]

:)

By the way, for some reason I LOVE your wheels.. lol

Thanks Steve will do, and for some reason I love your wheels hahaha

[CamaroJesse]

That things gonna be wicked!

[brownz]

Have not done much as I cut a tendon in my left hand and have not been able to use it for the past three weeks and still have about two more to go https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2006/08/madgo-1.gif but I still get around and work on the car just dont tell my Doc https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/01/wink-1.gif got the core/support back from powder coating and you can see were the blasting broke threw were the battery had been leaking, but not much i can do about that now. at least you wont see it, along with the hood hinges.I also had sent out my LS1 T/B to be ported, and to have the cross shaft and bump stop mod done to it and I think that it came out real nice, for those that know about the rear brake situation iam having to get a machine shop make the rear t-bolts that i need for the KORE3 e-brake kit to work with the big ford bearing on my moser 12 bolt but i should have it together next weekhttps://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/05/tard-1.gif but hear are a few pics of the parts on the car and still need some clips and stuff but i cant get those free from workhttps://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2008/04/Chevy_anim-1.gif will post up more whn it happens.

Brandon
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[maldo]

very nice i will be starting a 1980 z-28 soon i will be sure to tap you for restore info :)

[brownz]

very nice i will be starting a 1980 z-28 soon i will be sure to tap you for restore info :)
not a problem, I look forward to maybe helping other out as i have had plenty of it. :bananna2:

[1969CamaroRS]

Wow nice work!

[BigBronco]

Project HOLY ****!


Car looks great man!

[Motown 454]

Nice work Brandon car looks great. Which ends do you have on your rear end the big ford Torino or old style big ends? Keep the updates coming very interesting project. I can't wait to see the brakes mounted.
Wayne

[brownz]

Nice work Brandon car looks great. Which ends do you have on your rear end the big ford Torino or old style big ends? Keep the updates coming very interesting project. I can't wait to see the brakes mounted.
Wayne

I used the big style ford bearing but got the chevy 12bolt ends. with these ends you haft to use a t-bolts because the tube is so close to the hole. and with the kore3 kit need longer bolts so i having them made. I hope that makes sense

[maldo]

not a problem, I look forward to maybe helping other out as i have had plenty of it. :bananna2:


yeah that would be great ....
had to put everything on hold just need to find garage space (been looking for the ideal place to start problem is i lve in Jersery city , nj and it so hard to find the proper space for the right price to storge and work on the car) so the car has been sitting :( it sucks got tons of parts for it and cant doing anything about it :sleeping:

[T_Raven]

nice project. i always enjoy a proper 2nd gen build. i have a 79 t top ta project for the future...but i need to finish my 67 and get my 89gta drivable first so i don't know what i'll do with the 79 just yet. can't wait to see more

[GM_muscle]

looking good keep up the work

[curly]

Looking good! Keep up the good work!

[Martin71RS]

Nice!, I like the wheels too.

[brownz]

just a small up date i have ben working on getting ,my rear brake setup to work with the moser rear and finalyy got the bolts made that worked great. so with that said the Qa1 that i installed and some more parts that i got powder coated and he hooked me up and blaster and coated them for 350$ i dont think thats bad?? and i also got my tank back from rockvalley.com and they do great work i didn coat all of it as its stainless so it wont rust anyway and didnt want to mess with a good seal on the sender thay made for me.

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and for those of you that know the lower grill on the late sec gens are solid so i cut these holes in the front bumper so i can trim all the holes on the lower grill for air flow. and lst a few pounds LOL

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[rfalker1]

I like, but what have you been doing for the last 2 years!!!!!!!!

Money in other place perhaps??

[craigs73]

looks good brownz rfalker1 im in same boat as brownz havnt done much to my car for 2yrs family and bills come first

[brownz]

I like, but what have you been doing for the last 2 years!!!!!!!!

Money in other place perhaps??


Yes just bought my first home about 3 months ago. had to get stick some money in the house to get it where i wanted it. I still have been buying parts for the car. Just got a complete AAW bumper to bumper harness for the car and my Recaro seats in last month and I will be wiring the car and running brake lines soon. I will have the car on the road in the spring! I also had a issue with my headers hitting the trans cross memeber but contacted brp and the sent me a new one out that should take care of the issue.

I also bought a 2010 civic si sedan last year and payed that off in 23 months so I could eliminate all my bills before I bought the house so that took most of my fun money away last year lol stay tuned for some updates soon

[brownz]

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This is the last pic I took of the car doesnt show the stuff I did this past winter

I got the car down in epoxy, I installed a 6 pooint cage and got most of the fuel system done radiator and fans installed and my dse wiper kiy plus some some other odds and ends. I will be starting the vintage air install and dynmating the inside and trying to get everything plumed. So I hope that I will be getting some updates up soon

[aps63]

Car looks great. What kind of wheels are those? Forgelines?
Just finished putting the Vintage Air system in myself.
Pretty straight forward install. Everything fit like a glove.
Good luck.

[brownz]

Car looks great. What kind of wheels are those? Forgelines?
Just finished putting the Vintage Air system in myself.
Pretty straight forward install. Everything fit like a glove.
Good luck.

Yes they are Forgeline WC3's, I hope my vintage air is smooth, its for a 70-73. They do not make a direct fit for a 79 but it should be close.

[Motown 454]

Glad to see your still picking away at it. It looks good.

[aps63]

Any progress lately?

[parsonsj]

And the most important question is: have you mounted the fuel vent yet? Any pics? :)

[brownz]

And the most important question is: have you mounted the fuel vent yet? Any pics? :)

I wish i could say yes! I have made some changes and went for the mini tub, I have one cut out and just got my wheels back from forgeline, I will have some pics of the vent system asap!! Look for a few questions to come your way LOL.

[brownz]

All I have for now, When I get my rear end done from moser and start putting in my ride tech four link I will post up some more updates, stay tuned!!

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[bhcustomdesigns]

Lookin Good! cant wait to see it done :twothumbs

[brownz]

Just a little update, I have the mini tubs in and done most of the vintage air installed and just got all the four link stuff finished and put back under the car. Still need to run back over it all and install the rear sway bar but for the most part its done, Kinda a lot of work lol...

The spec on the rear wheels and tires are 18*12 with 5.5bs and 335/30 tire
I figure someone will ask haha, Its a ride tech four link with weld on brackets and a rear end width of 56.25 axle flange to flange, ( but measure yours if you afe doing this).

If you have any questions just ask and I will do my best to answer them, after all thats what this is all about.

Now on to the stuff that matters

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I used UPOL spray in liner on the wheel tubs, trunk and floors this stuff is very easy to apply and I think it looks great.
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I have the lines real close to where I want them and will do a finall ajustment when I put the fenders on,
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This was a pain not much room to get to the bulk head but it can be done, I mounted the heater hose valve on the back on the unit so you cant see it and also mounted the dryer on the fire wall behind the inner fender
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Sorry I cant get the pics to rotate...

[aps63]

The car is coming along great.
Those tires are massive!!!!!
Keep it going.

[DirtShark]

Nice work running the ac and water lines...looks real nice

[brownz]

Thanks guys!

[66larkgs]

love the ride!!! your year and make is one of those cars that every guy wants to build. How did you like ridetech fourlink and would you use them again. i am looking into putting that setup in my buddies 70 nova. I run shockwaves in my turbo 66 skylark but havent finished plumbing up the car.
gd luck on the build

Paul
66larkgs
turbo Buick Nailhead!!

[srh3trinity]

How do you like the ridetech stuff? Did it go in pretty easy? What AC setup are you running?

[brownz]

love the ride!!! your year and make is one of those cars that every guy wants to build. How did you like ridetech fourlink and would you use them again. i am looking into putting that setup in my buddies 70 nova. I run shockwaves in my turbo 66 skylark but havent finished plumbing up the car.
gd luck on the build

Paul
66larkgs
turbo Buick Nailhead!!

I really like the set-up It is real easy to install for the most part, Just need to make sure you have the rear in the correct position. If you are going it on a car with the bolt on bracket that goes on the leaf perch it would be easier. The quality of the kit is great and every time that I call Ride Tech with a question they are on top of it. Another part that is good about the kit is you dont have to cut anything to get it to work with a 335 tire.

[brownz]

How do you like the ridetech stuff? Did it go in pretty easy? What AC setup are you running?

I really like to ride tech kit. the installation was prettey straight forward for the most part, just need to make sure you have it in the correct position. The A/C system is a Vintage Air direct fit for a 70-78 camaro that I did a few mods to for my appilcation.

[BBSkylark]

I love this thing soo much! Those wheels are awesome. What are your specs on the fronts? 18x8.5? How wide of a tire and what backspace are you going to run? I think I am going to pull the trigger on a set of those Forgelines for my A-Body, those vette brakes look sooo menacing behind them too! Wicked build!

[brownz]

I love this thing soo much! Those wheels are awesome. What are your specs on the fronts? 18x8.5? How wide of a tire and what backspace are you going to run? I think I am going to pull the trigger on a set of those Forgelines for my A-Body, those vette brakes look sooo menacing behind them too! Wicked build!

Thanks!

The front wheels are only 18*8 with 4.5 bs and a 255 tire, I will be doing either a modified stock front inner fender or going with the anvil inners so i can get a 18*9 with a 275 tire, but that will have to wait as I want to get this thing on the road in the spring. Lucky for me when I do redo the front Forgeline is only about 40 mins from me so that helps a ton

[brownz]

Here is one with the front wheels on. kinda get the idea LOL and also the garage swag that David from Forgeline hooked me up with :smoke:

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[brownz]

I got it out for its first test drive! Happy to see it move under its own power

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[Ron.in.SoCal]

Way to go Brandon!

[john31s]

I got it out for its first test drive! Happy to see it move under its own power

59383

That right there is money.

[srh3trinity]

I love how that thing sits and the wheels look great.

[brownz]

Thanks guys! as for the stance it will be coming up a little. had a tire rub on the front inner. I will set it just at the top of the tire so it will still look ok...

[Rybar]

That looks Killer Brandon.

[LeighP]

Very nice....great job!

[zbugger]

Looks awesome Brandon!! I wish my car was that far along.

[ryeguy2006a]

Glad to see that this project didn't disappear. I absolutely love the wheels. Eventually I want to get something very similar to what you are running. Nice work.

[V8240Z]

Looking Great Brandon. What rate spring did you go with in the QA's on the front?

[brownz]

Looking Great Brandon. What rate spring did you go with in the QA's on the front?

Thanks!

V8 I will have to check my records and see what they are.

[WS6]

Very nice! Love the stance.

[Tucks69]

Cool Project! Love the wheels and stance!

[VCT-TA]

Brandon
Great build! (subscribed) Can you post any photos of the finished front and rear suspension?

How is the A/C going?

Dan

[brownz]

Brandon
Great build! (subscribed) Can you post any photos of the finished front and rear suspension?

How is the A/C going?

Dan

a/c is will be charged this week so I will let you know. I will try and get some pics for you when I go back over the entire car once I get some more miles on it

[brownz]

Well I have about 100 miles on it now with just a few small issues that are no big deal.

I got the exhaust and the alignment done this week and with the tail pipes I wanted them over the rear axle but didnt have enough room for them to fit with the 4-link and mini tubs but I must say that I like it!

I found a local shop that does performance alignments and had they guy do complete suspension set-up on my car, he has crazy experience with lemans and road racing starting back in 1968. he took 5 hours to adjust all the coil overs and had me sit in the car for over 2 hours so he could adjust it with my body weight and balance the car on 4 scales. The car weights just a few pounds over 3400. not bad for a car loaded with dynamat lol. But I must say he was not cheap.

From the corners I have hit so far the car is very stamble and rides nice over the rough roads. Its goes down the highway at 80mph around 1600 rpms in 6th gear.

hear are a couple pics I took soon I hope to hit a local autocross event

I cant wait to get the a/c charged next week its in the 90's

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[srh3trinity]

The exhaust tucks up in there nicely. I may have to borrow that idea.

[aps63]

Car looks great!!!!!

[bhcustomdesigns]

Car looks great,I really like the way that exhaust is run to :twothumbs

[TomT]

Congratulations on getting the car on the road! It looks great!

[brownz]

I have two videos one at idle and the first dyno run. My friend did the dyno run video and has a couple of the captions wrong but its not a big deal. the best the car made was 396hp and 367tq. Not bad for just a cam and long tubes. just saturday alone I put over 400 miles on it. Im not proud but I did have it up to 130ish mph on the highway ( no cars around ) and it felt real good. wont do that again!! Now its time to put the interior in and try to quiet it down some

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSn6C1Qy3qg&feature=g-upl Dyno

http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd150/brown383z/?action=view&current=photobucket-461-1338749888148.mp4 Idle

[dug]

looks badass. good job on getting it on the road, I'm jealous!

[Tucks69]

It looks great! I know you are glad to have it on the road!

[Rybar]

Congrats on getting it on the road. I love the way your car looks and sits. Def. one of the nicer late 2nd gens for sure.

[brownz]

Congrats on getting it on the road. I love the way your car looks and sits. Def. one of the nicer late 2nd gens for sure.

Thanks! my goal with the car was to try and trim as much of the mullett off as possible lol

[xplane]

What a sweet project, hope to see it first hand at some PT events on the left coast!

[Todd]

Well I have about 100 miles on it now with just a few small issues that are no big deal.

I got the exhaust and the alignment done this week and with the tail pipes I wanted them over the rear axle but didnt have enough room for them to fit with the 4-link and mini tubs but I must say that I like it!

I found a local shop that does performance alignments and had they guy do complete suspension set-up on my car, he has crazy experience with lemans and road racing starting back in 1968. he took 5 hours to adjust all the coil overs and had me sit in the car for over 2 hours so he could adjust it with my body weight and balance the car on 4 scales. The car weights just a few pounds over 3400. not bad for a car loaded with dynamat lol. But I must say he was not cheap.

From the corners I have hit so far the car is very stamble and rides nice over the rough roads. Its goes down the highway at 80mph around 1600 rpms in 6th gear.

hear are a couple pics I took soon I hope to hit a local autocross event

I cant wait to get the a/c charged next week its in the 90's

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Sounds like Performance Alignment in Blue Ash? Those guys are unbelievably good.

[Tango68SS]

Brandon,

Like I said before... Nice ride! I love everything about this car! I hope you consider leaving it satin black! VERY SINISTER!

TC

[67speedfreak]

I like it! I used to own a 79 Z28. Fun car , the only one I ever wrecked twice ! :)

[DEIVIONCRX]

Gorgeous car, hopefully mine turns out half as good.

[mikes70]

very nice!!!! thrash it yet?

[CRead01]

very nice. my build is very similar. what did you do for your mini tubs? Dse or home built?

[brownz]

very nice!!!! thrash it yet?

as soon as I work out some more bugs, I will do some local events and then off to LS fest and the lingenfelter show

[brownz]

very nice. my build is very similar. what did you do for your mini tubs? Dse or home built?

Sorry for the late reply I have been busy on the car ( trans out twice and rear end out and re built LOL and more drama ugh!!! )

As for tubs I used the DSE tubs. The job was not bad at all it you take your time and have some moderate fab skills. If I mini tub my nova wagon I might try and add a strip on one side and see how it turns out before I spend the money again.

Do you have a buid thread?

[brownz]

Sounds like Performance Alignment in Blue Ash? Those guys are unbelievably good.


Todd, you are correct. Nice to see another cincinnati kid. do you do any local scca events? I could use some pointers.

[Todd]

I haven't been to any yet. I'm hoping to get to a few this summer.

[diesel25lrs]

Great job! Love the ride!

[Zedzag]

Nice to see you've been driving it. I've been following your build for a long time. My 81Z has taken me longer than anticipated(due to many reasons LOL) but I'll be putting a permit on it and finally getting an alignment on July 4th then it's off to get dyno tuned. I hope to hit 400rwhp with my cam/longtubes LQ4. Here's a pic with the suspension finally done and the ZR1 wheels I'm using until I decide on the new wheels.
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Late second gens rule!!!

[brownz]

Nice to see you've been driving it. I've been following your build for a long time. My 81Z has taken me longer than anticipated(due to many reasons LOL) but I'll be putting a permit on it and finally getting an alignment on July 4th then it's off to get dyno tuned. I hope to hit 400rwhp with my cam/longtubes LQ4. Here's a pic with the suspension finally done and the ZR1 wheels I'm using until I decide on the new wheels.

Late second gens rule!!!


LOVE the car!!!. let me know what numbers you put down. I got 396RWHP wish I would of made 400 but its close lol

[55chevyman]

Any updates or interior pics?!

[Trans]

very nice work other than the cliche rims

[LUV2XLR8]

awesome progress... i'm completing the same thing with my 81Z... glad to see more second gens out there!

[Ron.in.SoCal]

very nice work other than the cliche rims

I love 'em. To each his own I guess...

[ONDSKAN]

Crazy cool ride!

[Karls73]

Nice looking ride, I love the suspension.

[Softtrim]

Very Nice build!

[badazz81z28]

What spindles are you using to get C6 brakes? Sorry if you covered it already, I didn't see it. Good job on the power#s. For a cam only car, that's pretty darn good!

[brownz]

Sorry I havent been on much and didnt update this thread.

For the interior just added in some side bars to the roll cage and I planning out a way to delete the back seat. after the just need to install my need door panels and carpet. Not doing anything crazy really.

Bad. The spindles that I used are my stock ones cut down to accept the KORE3 C6z brake parts. I did use Tobins billet hub to save some weight. Its not a hard mod to do and once I had them powder coated they didnt look bad at all.

Yeah I was happy with the numbers that I got will what minor thing I did to it. next I will be doing a head and intake swap to try and get 450 rear wheel.

I will post some pics once I get the car back together. Im having the front wheels widened to 18x9.5 so I can run a 275 tire. Also did a Ride Tech front coil over upgrade with a stiffer spring rate.

[brownz]

Got a few miles on the car since I put it back together. No issues with the 275 front tires. The ride tech coil overs are great!

[ent72olds]

Very sweet! Black is definitely right for that car. Shiny or not....

[Tango68SS]

:attn:More pics...more pics...! How about a walk-around vid!! I love this car!!

TC

[brownz]

:attn:More pics...more pics...! How about a walk-around vid!! I love this car!!

TC

This is the only one that I have. I will see if I can get another

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[98zq8]

Love this car. I'm interested in your 6 point cage. The side bars are pretty low. Did you install cage mostly for stiffening the unibody? Do you have more photos of it's install? I'd like to put one in my car but don't want to eliminate access to the rear seat completely.
thanks

[brownz]

Yes I did it mainly to stiffen the chassis. I dont have any install pics. im sure if you can find someone to bend your cage you can set them low enough to get to thr back seat. if you removed my harness and pulled the seat all the way forward you can slid in the back. and also remove the cross bar.

[Zedzag]

LOVE the car!!!. let me know what numbers you put down. I got 396RWHP wish I would of made 400 but its close lolI forgot to post earlier this year but it made 370 RWHP. I had issues with the O2 sensors not switching properly and the injectors were at almost 100% duty cycle. We only pulled to 5800 as it was starting to go lean. This is all with an LS1 intake manifold, stock tb, and 1 5/8" headers. I've got 36lb/hr injectors, LS6 intake, ported tb, and 1 7/8" headers now so I hope she'll nose over the 400 rwhp mark and spin to 6500 where the cam wants to go.

[brownz]

I forgot to post earlier this year but it made 370 RWHP. I had issues with the O2 sensors not switching properly and the injectors were at almost 100% duty cycle. We only pulled to 5800 as it was starting to go lean. This is all with an LS1 intake manifold, stock tb, and 1 5/8" headers. I've got 36lb/hr injectors, LS6 intake, ported tb, and 1 7/8" headers now so I hope she'll nose over the 400 rwhp mark and spin to 6500 where the cam wants to go.

I would say your good for 400. I got that with minor mods

[Tango68SS]

Brandon... sell me your car!! ;)

[brownz]

make me an offer lol

[83tb]

Nice build!!

[brownz]

Nice build!!


Thanks