79 Z28 Gets A New Life

[gray86hach]

I hear you. My wife will never sell it. Her dad bought it new.

With the way it was it was no fun to drive the ac didn't work engine was starting to drip on the floor.

I have nothing into the car. Make it something we can drive and have fun with.

Tim

[BonzoHansen]

Love it!

Why did you change your mind on the hubs?

[gray86hach]

I was going to have to space the caliper bracket almost 1/4".

Didn't want to cobble it together.

Tim

[gray86hach]

All new steering parts got painted today. S10 master cylinder



All new brake parts.

Tim

[gray86hach]

NOS posi

Buddy had this. Just need to swap the ring gear over and set the backlash.

[gray86hach]

DSE springs and prothane spring pads

Also got UMI tie rod sleeves.

Going to drill the front lug studs for safety wire tomorrow.

Also decided to order new axles. I had to replace the studs and turn the flange down to fit inside the rotor.

Tim

[gray86hach]

Axles showed up today. They clear the rotors, are drilled for 7/16 and 1/2 studs.

For $204 cant go wrong

Tim

[gray86hach]

DSE vs stockers

[gray86hach]

Going to do some clean up before it goes back together.

[gray86hach]

Nice piece with the bracket only had to make 1 line





Ready to bolt on.

[gray86hach]

Well the axles were not a direct bolt in the brake pilot had a step in it for some reason so I had to turn that down.

[gray86hach]

DSE stuff showed up today
Should have the lowers next month.

[zamora7]

Love watching these second gen builds, very nice clean car.

[gray86hach]

Thanks. This weekend it is going to be a little warmer here so I am hoping to spend some time in the shop and get the old booster off and get some measurements for brake lines.


These temps in the teens sucks. I don't have insulation or heat in the shop yet. So some things are going to be on hold till spring

Tim

[zamora7]

Yeah low temps suck for working on cars, I have a build of my own that needs more attention this weekend as well.

[gray86hach]

Spent just over a hour on it today. Stock master and booster are off. The two bottom nuts are a pain. Even with the inner fender out still took quite a bit of time 1/8 of a turn at a time.

The new booster will be here on the 18th. Going to change out the line that goes across to the rh side and to the rear. They were all very solid but had surface rust.

Also going to put a shut off valve in the rear line to use as a parking brake for warming up the engine. The kore3 parking brake setup is just a lot of money for what it is.

Tim

[gray86hach]

[gray86hach]

Last piece I needed to get the suspension back together.

Also got all the brake lines so I can start bending those up. It will have all stainless hard and flex lines.

[gray86hach]

Had to pick up 9/16 bolts for the lower arms the 14mm were sloppy in the bushings

Tim

[gray86hach]

Ran into some issues with the proportioning valve clearing the inner fender. Had to cut and hammer it to clear. I will weld it up and paint it once all the lines are done.