1979 Trans Am

[jlcustomz]

Posting small & large pictures together, how dare you, what the heck.
Seriously though, at least they aren't upside down like some of mine.
As popular as LS swaps are, it's still a bit of work getting everything setup, so really not a bad thing starting out a little less glorious than you intended & working your way up at a later date. Just don't do like me & still be internally stock 17 years later.

Lookin good , keep it up.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Posting small & large pictures together, how dare you, what the heck.
Seriously though, at least they aren't upside down like some of mine.
As popular as LS swaps are, it's still a bit of work getting everything setup, so really not a bad thing starting out a little less glorious than you intended & working your way up at a later date. Just don't do like me & still be internally stock 17 years later.

Lookin good , keep it up.

Haha, the pictures get a little messed as some are posted off of the work computer and some are done from the smartphone app. Sorry about that!

And thanks! I'm trying really hard to get this thing out together in a reasonable amount of time. Money and time aren't on my side with the new baby though so it's going a little slower lol.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Threw on part of the Holley high mount setup. Clearance looks good on the box and the upper control arms. Now to figure out what I'm going to use for the hoses and make them up.

[andrewb70]

Looking good!

[dontlifttoshift]

97-04 corvette power steering pressure hose is a direct fit with that pump and that box. There are some on RockAuto on close out for five bucks.

[Josh@Ridetech]

97-04 corvette power steering pressure hose is a direct fit with that pump and that box. There are some on RockAuto on close out for five bucks.

Thanks for the heads up! I'll look at them. The PS pulley is fairly close to where the fitting will come out so clearance will be a little bit tight but something like that might work!

[Josh@Ridetech]

Got some more parts on! Because I'm running our pre-truturn control arm setup on the front, my control arm setup utilized factory second gen spindles which have almost zero decent brake options. I switched over to the CPP spindles that are set up for C5/C6 brakes. Nothing crazy brake wise now, just some factory replacement Corvette brakes. The one thing I did upgrade to was a C7 hub.



Also got in my catch cans in from UPR Products. I figured two would be useful when I throw some boost at it ;). I used these exact same ones on my Mustangs and loved them. They've actually ventured out quite a bit with these and do quite a few setups for newer cars as well.

[c4racer2]

Probably too late. But Ron Sutton has a setup in early production stage through stoptech. Not sure if ST is selling the set up yet but it uses a modified stock spindle and includes a very nice race capable hub, 14x1.25” rotors and the ST60 calipers. Decent clearance vs wildwood aero6 and stiffer too.



Sorry I don’t have a better pic on my phone.

Also you can use the Kore3 brackets for C5/6 calipers and their hub and then use anything designed for a C5/6. For example wildwood has a kit for Aero6 for the C6 for under $2K. It’s another good way to go.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Thanks! The thoughts behind this was really just giving me more options to choose from in the future when I come up with some more cash to throw at a good brake setup. Baer, Wilwood, many more options for the c5/C6 setups!

[c4racer2]

Ya it’s basically the same approach as the Kore3 c5/6 bracket with their hub on the stock second gen spindle. Six of one half a dozen of another - either way the car looks like a C5/6 from a front brake perspective.

Just wanted to throw out the other idea for others looking at options. Not sure the cost of the CPP stuff but it may be cheaper to use the Kore3 hub and bracket and that entire setup may also be stronger. C7 hub is good but is it a factory hub or a cheap knock off? All the devils are in the details.

[Josh@Ridetech]

The spindle just opens more doors for the future. I didn't cheap out on the hubs, I don't want to replace them any faster than I have to.

[jlcustomz]

Well Josh, planning for future upgrades is what any smart hot rodder does, small or big budget. Though I never finished getting parts for my fist g-body front upgrade (98 to 02' ls brakes with stock spindles & modified hubs) , I did a lot of researching & definitely amazing the amount of upgrade options people have come up with. Us that can fab can make our own brackets for caliper mounting & mix & match parts. With just street driving, I could get away with my junkyard LS calipers, which are similar to the base c5/6 model but less stiff, & go past the f-body 12" rotors with 13 or 14" rotors with a bracket change. A bolt on caliper swap to larger rotors is the CTS-V calipers which extend up from the same base mounting points.
Prices have come down on many factory brake parts with so many vendors selling them. Even Rock Auto has vette & cts brake parts. So many future options.....

[Josh@Ridetech]

Well Josh, planning for future upgrades is what any smart hot rodder does, small or big budget. Though I never finished getting parts for my fist g-body front upgrade (98 to 02' ls brakes with stock spindles & modified hubs) , I did a lot of researching & definitely amazing the amount of upgrade options people have come up with. Us that can fab can make our own brackets for caliper mounting & mix & match parts. With just street driving, I could get away with my junkyard LS calipers, which are similar to the base c5/6 model but less stiff, & go past the f-body 12" rotors with 13 or 14" rotors with a bracket change. A bolt on caliper swap to larger rotors is the CTS-V calipers which extend up from the same base mounting points.
Prices have come down on many factory brake parts with so many vendors selling them. Even Rock Auto has vette & cts brake parts. So many future options.....

Thanks! I could've modified my stock spindles and I did look into those routes first. This just made getting some better brakes on the car a lot easier at the moment (and I can take any aftermarket Corvette kit and throw it on when I do have the funds). These will be great for what the cars going to be doing 90% of the time anyway ). I appreciate the ideas! I'll want to do an upgrade from these at some point im sure!

[Josh@Ridetech]

Holley's high mount setup is on! Really liking the way it's working. It went together very well.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Made a little more progress, floor pans are all seam sealed and ready for sound deadener. Also got this in the mail today, I'm super excited about it. The wife gave me my Christmas present early!

[syborg tt]

Made a little more progress, floor pans are all seam sealed and ready for sound deadener. Also got this in the mail today, I'm super excited about it. The wife gave me my Christmas present early!

My girls and I are watching Transformers and when it’s over I’m ordering the dash. Can’t wait.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Haven’t posted an update for a little bit, everything else is keeping me quite busy. I’ve ran all new brake lines, got all of the Wilwood components on, intake/fuel rails are on, and Hooker cast manifolds on. I just need to find the time to paint my core support and get the coolant hoses figured out. After that it’s just running fuel lines and the Holley Terminator X. I can’t wait to hear it start up!

[andrewb70]

Looking great Josh!



Andrew

[Josh@Ridetech]

Looking great Josh!

Andrew

Thanks, Andrew! :D

[im4u2nvss]

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What slave is used? Looks like an adapter plate also? Curious why there kit does not use a stock 98-02 f-body slave. I am working on clutch stuff and wondering if there are better options now then the stock f-body stuff. Thanks