Project Wheels and Stance gets a Motor and Trans!

[JayR]

We've been slamming away on the Buick and it's looking great. I took a few days off to do our Rushforth Wheels booth at Columbus and within 12 hours from getting home last night, we were back at it.

The following is details and progress since my last update.

Where the hell do guys building Camaros and Mustangs keep all their parts??



Check out the clean little removable cover Jared Hancock made for the 6 speed. There's a 67 Camaro console to go over it but it needs a little love and restoration so I'll be rocking it this summer just covered in carpet.




Since stance is an emphasis on this project and the LS2 makes enough HP to put the BF/G KDWs up in smoke at will, I bought Edelbrock shorty headers to keep the collectors way up off the ground and route the exhaust as clean as possible.



The only rub is that the o2 sensor bung aims right at the crossmember. Well, even an allen bolt plug stuck out too far, so I took a cut off wheel to it and gooped up the threads with exhaust adhesive that becomes cement when heated up. We'll put the actual bungs in just a couple inches downstream out of the way.

[JayR]

For fuel delivery, I decided to go clean and simple. This was a real relief to find because it's a bone stock factory spec galvanized tank with a built in electric pump straight from Spectra.



A big shiny galvanized tank shining from under the car isn't my idea of style so a careful application of semi gloss black will make it go away like a good fuel tank should.

Speaking of clean and simple, my friend Brett has a complete Dorman DIY fuel line kit that makes perfect factory style pressure fittings and we were able to do all of the fuel lines for under $50, and an obligatory pizza.



Look at this guy just sitting in the engine compartment with a 6' long wiring harness that would make most men tremble. If not for Chris, I'd be going carbed!

[JayR]

While waiting on the backordered accessory drive from Pace to replace the CTS-V drive that didn't fit, we went ahead and bolted on the new tall spindles from L&H Kustoms. These things are BEEFY and correct a lot of factory geometry flaws but unlike trying to just bolt in B-Body spindles to an A-Body, these are properly engineered to correct bumpsteer.

You can see how much taller it is than the factory unit and how about how much beefier it is? That's reassuring but you have to give props to the GM engineers who came up with the original unit that held up all these years.



Those are the new upper control arms from Hotchkis to go with the newly revised geometry the spindles provide. Everyone knows about the snowball effect and when you replace spindles, you have to replace caliper brackets and since I installed the Baer Track Plus system, Baer came out with their super sick new T4 calipers and since I had to unbolt it all anyways and buy caliper brackets, why not add in some T4s, right?





Nice!

[bonecrrusher]

Badass!

[king427]

Looks good Jason!

[muthstryker]

Looks awsome! You going to make it in time for good guys this year?

[PhillipM]

Hey Jay, it's looking pretty good! Just one thing though... I don't see a sump in the bottom of that fuel tank? What are you plans for fuel slosh? We have Rock Valley and Ricks tanks, even those that are supposed to be baffled suck ballies. Just wondering what your plans were?

[Mingus]

Looking great Jason. Hope to see it in person at the GoodGuys show.

[JayR]

Thanks Guys. Good Guys next week is the plan so I hope to see everyone there.

Phillip, I guess I'll keep the tank full if there's a problem with sloshing. Fingers crossed!

[BirdsThaWord]

Dang man! Your car just keeps getting nicer and nicer!!!

[MuscleRodz]

There is a well in the tank that the pump sits in and return fuel dumps into. Only time i have heard of starvation issues is in an extended hard corner.

[PhillipM]

There is a well in the tank that the pump sits in and return fuel dumps into. Only time i have heard of starvation issues is in an extended hard corner.

Mike do you have any pictures of the well? When we get around to putting an LS in our Olds we will be in the market for a good FI tank. Something that can pull down to at least an 1/8th of a tank with out problems. Right now the RV and Ricks tanks can't go bellow 1/4 tank, which is lame.

Sorry Jay didn't mean to jack you thread. This is the only question, I promise!!

[MuscleRodz]

Mike do you have any pictures of the well? When we get around to putting an LS in our Olds we will be in the market for a good FI tank. Something that can pull down to at least an 1/8th of a tank with out problems. Right now the RV and Ricks tanks can't go bellow 1/4 tank, which is lame.

Sorry Jay didn't mean to jack you thread. This is the only question, I promise!!

Somewhere, I will have to dig it out. Send me a pm

[John Wright]

Somewhere, I will have to dig it out. Send me a pm

This thread used to have pics, but the links are broken.

https://www.pro-touring.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=50281

[armourmark]

are you running nylon for the whole system? or are you tying that into some hard line?

[AZSaleen04]

Great build Jason! It'll be great to see your build completeed! Thanks for the wheels!
Mike

[brans72]

Least you listened to me and went with the best looking Rushforths Wheels out besides Mine of course!

[KeislerJeff]

Looking good and we`re excited to see the end result!

[JayR]

are you running nylon for the whole system? or are you tying that into some hard line?

Nylon from the tank to the motor just like O.E.

[dusterbd13]

i would love to have some more info on the spindles. im planning a 64-66 elky project in the next year or so, and was origonally going to go stock spindles and tall ball joints. but if these are better....

anyway, any more info than "correct suspension geometry?"

michael