2nd Chance Camaro - Let the Project Begin

[syborg tt]

Okay one more hole. (09-04-19)

Vintage Air drain.













Floor is coated (09-05-19)





Top Coat (09-06-19)



Heading to the body shop to get the firewall repainted.

[syborg tt]

Motor is out and heading over the Village Auto to get rebuilt... :bur2::mad: (09-12-19)





Might as well take the wheels to the warehouse as I am certain the car isn't going to be a roller anytime soon.



Since Larry's was only .6 miles from my house I decided to push the car to his house. ( this was not a good idea ) (09-16-19)











Even though I am having the firewall smoothed out. I still love the look of this close out panel.





Larry made a close out that I could seal a little better.

[syborg tt]

Back to the motor (09-18-19)

Found one of the leaks.



missing a bolt so oil was leaking out of the cover.

[syborg tt]

Spindles are back from Pro-Tek Powder Coating (09-21-19)



So is the Transmission Crossmember




Motor is going back together and hopefully it won't be a leaking son of a bitch.





Look mom no leaks...



Okay I had to set the new intake on just so I could see how it looked.

[syborg tt]

Mocking up the subframe (09-29-19)





New hardware kit from Totally Stainless





It's a little tight need to get out the spreader.

[syborg tt]

Quick Trip to Larry's to check out the firewall (10-04-19)

[syborg tt]

Time to clean up the steering components (10-05-19)

















These will be replaced

[syborg tt]

Car is back home and yes we pushed it back home. (10-06-19)





and then this happened.



New ARP hardware for the lower control arms (10-10-19)

[syborg tt]

Finally installing sound deadening (10-13-19)







Dinner

[JayinMI]

Planning for the Holley EFI Harness ( 01-07-20 )

The goal is to hide as much as possible yet still be able to get to things if needed so I am going to hide some stuff
in above the Anvil Inner Fenders.

I could have sworn you filled in the air intake hole on the firewall for the HVAC. Did you redrill it in a different spot or a different size?

Jay

[syborg tt]

I could have sworn you filled in the air intake hole on the firewall for the HVAC. Did you redrill it in a different spot or a different size?

Jay

Hi Jay,

Nope, I had the DSE Close Out Panel over the hole and I plan to keep it that way as when you are working by yourself a lot as I do. You can stick you hand in the hole to tighten the nuts on the firewall junctions. On a side note Larry made me a cover up panel that will go on under the DSE panel.

[syborg tt]

Making the GTO Spares fit (11-23-2019 )

Trying to catch this thread up and lets see how far I can get tonight.

Since the car needs to be a roller and my really nice Billet Specialties wheels don't really need to be on the car and would be much safer in the warehouse. I need to make the GTO spare's work on the rear axle.

Since they didn't need to have much removed I decided to sand off the material.



and just like that (2 hours later) they fit.

[syborg tt]

Installing the Pro-Touring F-Body Chassis Brace (11-23-19)



Simply lower the sway bar mounts and slip it in.

[syborg tt]

Time to get the subframe back under the car. (11-23-19)







At this point I realized it might be a good idea to call a friend.







and just like that it was in.





and this would be Todd be attacked by my Dog.





Yes this is a real picture and Shadow normally lays in the car while I am working in the garage and apparently he felt the need to see what I was doing .



Called it a night.

[syborg tt]

G-Force Trans Cross Member installing the trans solo. (11-29-19)



Unwrapping the freshly powder coated cross member and big Thank you to the guys at Pro-Tek Powder Coating in Joliet.









The freshly completed 4l60e from Atomic Transmission in Villa Park.









Something doesn't look right ;-(



Okay so let's try to install the motor and see what happens.



and yes I am doing all of this by myself and it sucks.

[syborg tt]

Cont. ( Plan B or C at this point. )

Apparently when I asked everyone is a 4l60e trans case the same size as a 700R4 they were all wrong. As the trans need to go back at least 1.5" and guess what it is a little bit wider and really freaking close to my freshly painted trans tunnel.

Insert sad face here. :-(

So for now I am going rest the trans on my lift jack (that was a bitch to do by myself) and install the motor so I can get and idea of how far off it is.

Trans is shoved all the way back just to make it easier.



Here we go again.





Now I have to figure out how to get these together by myself while under the car.



Time to get creative.



If you have time please look up "spelunking" and that is what I had to do to get under the car which was on the lift. So starting at the back of the car I layed on the lift and slid under the rear quarter, then under the rear differential. The under the platform jack on the lift, in between the bottle jack on the stack of 2 x 12's and finally in between the engine hoist legs to muscle up the back of the motor to line up a couple bolts to mate the trans to the motor.

Once that was complete I honestly stayed there for a couple minutes to rest or was that I had no idea how I was going to get out. Not sure really but getting out was way harder then getting in.



I took this picture as I was shimming back out feet first up on the deck of my lift that was at least 12" off the ground.





Good news is the engine and trans are back in and I will have to make some new holes in the trans crossmember and off course have it powder coated again.

[syborg tt]

Mocking up the MSD LS1 Coils (12-01-19)







and the new Holley Sheet Metal Intake.

[syborg tt]

Another while I am here moment. (12-05-19)

Might as well take some more parts to Pro-Tek Powder Coating.





I am going to give the pedals to Adam at Gonzo Details to clean them up and coat them.




Sending these parts also.



Days later the parts are back. (12-14-20)





Looking back at my notes so I can pull out the correct hardware.

[syborg tt]

Steering Components got a fresh coat of paint (12-17-19)



I seriously need to start working out again as this bitch was heavy.
















Couple more brackets going to Pro-Tek Powder Coating.





Clutch Rod close-out panels. (12-29-19)

[syborg tt]

More ARP Hardware (01-01-20)





Reduced Angle brackets fresh from the Oven.



DSE Brake Booster going back in.





Need to clean up my Stainless Steel Nuts.





I love this pedal assembly