2nd Chance Camaro - Let the Project Begin

[TANKMASTERJ]

Looking like some great progress Marty.
Jason

[qnitro]

Man looking good... the CF looks awesome...

[syborg tt]

Man looking good... the CF looks awesome...

Thank you Kevin and thankfully I bought all of the carbon stuff during the first build as with two girls in college that would not be in the budget.

[syborg tt]

So I have finally decided that I am going to use the DSE battery Terminals as they are the nicest looking and I just like them.







Now that I have made my final decision I can complete the wires that are going to the battery terminals.



Fan Relay wires all wrapped & labeled in Tech Flex wire wrap.



Playing with the wire routing to see if I like it.



Trimming the weld stud.





Hard to tell in this picture but if you look closely you can see I added a line clamp to secure the wire behind the battery tray.



The fan relay trigger runs under the battery tray and I will connect it to the Holley ECU wires that are running on top of the inner fender.



I am also looking at options for the Vintage Air Coolant & AC Line.



Need a break from the car so I ran over to the Eastwood store and picked up some Flexible strip caulk that I am going to use on the back of the Bolt On DSE Firewall closeout panel.

[Vimes]

Looks pretty good.

[syborg tt]

Looks pretty good.

Thank You I am sure having fun.

[syborg tt]

I needed a simple project as I didn't have much time to work on the car. So I decided I would install the shifter cable and the Detent piece.


























The 30'' cable seems very long. I am going call them to see if they have a 27" or 28" cable as I think the shorter cable will work better.

[syborg tt]

Man are these hard to find and I have five Autoparts stores within four miles of my house and the good news is I finally
found them at Autozone. I needed one for the radiator and one for the over flow tank. I like these as I can attach a 3/8's hose
so I can control where the coolant goes if I have to drain the radiator or overflow tank.







Of course I couldn't get the old one out so a quick trip to my buddy Ben's house and the job of getting the old one out has begun.



















A couple wraps of "Oatey FASTape" to prevent the fitting from getting stuck again.







Another Quick trip to Ace Hardware for some small hardware and of course I need some animal crackers














Yes, another quick note.









I use the "Pushnut" bolt retainers to hold the bolt to the tank which makes installing the tank much easier. I also installed
a layer of cork on the tank bracket to protect the paint on the core support.















Has anyone use one of these as I might try this so I can bleed the brakes by myself ?

[joeko23]

I’ve used a similar tool to bleed brakes and clutch. Only difference I see is my tool had a vacuum gauge on it so I could actually see how much psi I was pulling. I also bought a fitting that went on the power steering reservoir cap so I vacuum bled the power steering system as well. Not that I needed to?? The thing that bothered me when bleeding brakes is that none of the fittings fit tight enough over the bleeder nut on the calipers but then again maybe I was pulling too much vacuum (15psi) so I would always get air bubble rushing in. After bleeding 3 bottles of brake fluid I just called it good. Tried the brakes and they felt great. Drove the car around the block a few times and they felt great. Never felt spongy, same with clutch.

[syborg tt]

I’ve used a similar tool to bleed brakes and clutch. Only difference I see is my tool had a vacuum gauge on it so I could actually see how much psi I was pulling. I also bought a fitting that went on the power steering reservoir cap so I vacuum bled the power steering system as well. Not that I needed to?? The thing that bothered me when bleeding brakes is that none of the fittings fit tight enough over the bleeder nut on the calipers but then again maybe I was pulling too much vacuum (15psi) so I would always get air bubble rushing in. After bleeding 3 bottles of brake fluid I just called it good. Tried the brakes and they felt great. Drove the car around the block a few times and they felt great. Never felt spongy, same with clutch.

That is what I was hoping you would say as I would like to be able to bleed them by myself and not have to worry about always asking a friend to come over.

I have to ask, how many rolls of blue tape have you gone though so far? Haha

Honestly I have no clue and I have wondered that myself many times if I had to guess I would say a minimum of 3 possible 4.

This however deosn't count the two partial rolls I have in my toolbox.

[Bugzilla]

I have to ask, how many rolls of blue tape have you gone though so far? Haha

[joeko23]

Btw don’t forget to bench bleed the master if it’s new

[syborg tt]

Btw don’t forget to bench bleed the master if it’s new

The master isn't new and was on the car however it has been sitting for 3 years without any fluid.

Do you think I should bench bleed it again as I never thought about that ?

[syborg tt]

I needed to remove the G-Force Crossmember to slot the holes so the bolts would go in a little bit easier.



Of course Remy was supervising the entire job until he saw a squirrel.



I am happy we designed the exhaust so it could be easily removed.



Remy is very happy with used the Lift-Jack to support the transmission.





Noah Hard at Work



Back to the Powder Coater to get recoated.



Retraining the charge lead for the optima charge as it wants to go the opposite way. So I wrapped and zip-tied to so it would lose it's shipping memory.



Now that I am 100% happy with the fuel line routing I going to tape the ends of the DEI heat sleeve.



Yet another to do list.



I decided I am going to use the stock Trans pan so I will be ordering ARP 6 Point hardware to match the rest of the hardware on the car.

[TANKMASTERJ]

I like the trans crossmember. I should have used one similar for more exhaust clearance. Looks like your steady chipping away at it Marty.

[Toccoa]

Any update on this build?

[Cramer4918]

Any update on this build?

He has updated it quite thoroughly on Lateral-G under the same title.

[syborg tt]

Any update on this build?

My goal is to start updating this thread over the weekend.

[syborg tt]

It's getting closer day by day by day.

Today's project is to figure out how I plan to run the coolant and AC lines.





Training this line so it lays better in the inner fender.



Hiding the switch behind the battery.







Plenty of clearance

[syborg tt]

Seriously I am getting really good at taking this car apart. Once again I am taking the positive off the mock up battery.



I slipped over some heat shrink that I will eventually heat up once every thing is complete in this area. If all works out like I plan it may look really cool or it will be a total disaster.





I need to lengthen the indicator wiring as I am routing them so they can't be seen through the grill. The good news I have extra wire so this will be a simple task.



Animal crackers just because I was hungry and I found them in the cabinet.















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Since they were wound up in a tight circle and I was tired of fighting them. I hung them and turned up my Forced Air Heater and warmed them up for a couple hours. The good news it worked and they un-curled quite nice.



Since I am not painting the radiator for this version of the car. I decided I was going to smooth out these scratches.



couples minutes later. Success !