PT 69 Pontiac Custom S

[JJ 86]

Love this build. Something quite different and looks great. Great job thus far!

[GrandpaKen]

This is a very good looking car. What is the name of the color?

[mikewoods]

Great thread! Thanks for bumping this back up.

[boss_hoss]

This is a very good looking car. What is the name of the color?

Cyber Grey Metallic is the paint color. GM paint code WA637R. It was a stock GM paint color available on the Camaros and Corvettes from around 2010 ish to about 2017.

[boss_hoss]

Great thread! Thanks for bumping this back up.

Tanks, I get to working on it for a while and forget to take photos and post them until I'm between projects or waiting on parts then I get back to adding to the thread.

[boss_hoss]

Merry Christmas all. The Mrs. Came in clutch (with a bit of a recommendation)with a new steering wheel for the Pontiac. It’s a Flashpower brand steering wheel. Fit and finish are really pretty good and a fraction of the price of some of the more expensive billet wheels. Flashpower use to have their own stand alone sight but now I think they do all their retail through Amazon.

[boss_hoss]

Nothing particularly new or exciting. Been chasing around a driveline vibration at highway speeds. Adjusted the pinion angle bot directions with little change so I decided to pull the trigger on a new driveline from Inland Empire driveline The driveshaft was last part of the original drivetrain so at the least i figured it was time for an upgrade. The new 3.5” steel unit is super beefy compared to the stock unit and should handle any engine upgrades down the line. Inland Empire was a breeze to work with too. From order to doorstep it took 4 business days

[hammy3147]

@Boss_Hoss, I see that you have some QA-1's for sale... If they are still available, I would like to purchase them ASAP as I need them bad!! Im new to the site, and cant reply to your for sale post.

[boss_hoss]

@Boss_Hoss, I see that you have some QA-1's for sale... If they are still available, I would like to purchase them ASAP as I need them bad!! Im new to the site, and cant reply to your for sale post.

they're pending local sale, if they don't get picked up I'll shoot you a DM

[hammy3147]

I totally understand, that would be awesome... thank you Sir!

[boss_hoss]

Incoming Christmas present from myself. Classic Performance Products just started selling Ibooster kits so I decided to pull the trigger on this instead of piece a kit together myself. All in it was about $100 more than if I was going to source the bits and pieces myself. Excited to see how it stacks up against my current master/ booster set up.

[Lakeshow Bob]

Love seeing the progress. Keep up the good work and it's incredible the progress that has been made so far.

[ekmxryda]

Looking forward to how the brake booster install goes.
Was thinking about trying one, my manual Wilwoods are ok but not impressive.

[boss_hoss]

Ibooster showed up from CPP today. The kit has everything you’d need bolted up and ready to go. The firewall adapter bracket is a nice piece of billet and the pushrod has an offset adapter I assume to keep the factory pushrod location. Overall very impressed so far. I’ll probably work on getting the master bled and start installing it this weekend.

[Vimes]

Watching this brake booster with interest. Before you get started, would you be so kind as to weigh it? I'm debating using manual brakes to drop the vacuum booster weight off the nose but an electronic booster might be worth the difference.

[dontlifttoshift]

Does it actually say Bosch on it? Just curious because CPP.

Also, the offset on the pushrod, why?

[dhutton]

Does it actually say Bosch on it? Just curious because CPP.

Also, the offset on the pushrod, why?

They state it’s Bosch iBooster on their website.

[boss_hoss]

They state it’s Bosch iBooster on their website.

correct, it's a legit Bosch unit.

[boss_hoss]

Does it actually say Bosch on it? Just curious because CPP.

Also, the offset on the pushrod, why?

I'm going to start working on it this weekend, So I'll be able to confirm but my only guess at this point is that the offset adapter for the pushrod is to allow you to use the factory power brake hole on your pedal. I'll update with pictures once I get going on it.

[boss_hoss]

Watching this brake booster with interest. Before you get started, would you be so kind as to weigh it? I'm debating using manual brakes to drop the vacuum booster weight off the nose but an electronic booster might be worth the difference.

Yes, I can get a weight for you. My first reaction when I pulled it from the box was that it's pretty heavy, but I don't recall how much the vacuum booster set up weighs, so I'll put up a comparison.