2nd Chance Camaro - Let the Project Begin

[syborg tt]

Time to take the dash out and this is going to be fun and fairly easy.

[syborg tt]

Time to pull out the towels as the WOOL carpet itches.





I have a pretty cool idea for the duct work based off of the lower dash.





Next Up the Dash Pad and Steering Column





Twenty Minutes later the dash is removed.

[syborg tt]

Next Up I plan to clean up the harness and thin things down a bit.





Since I have friends at Pro-Tek Powder Coating I plan to have this bracket powder coated.



I have found To-Do lists help keep me on schedule.









This will be step one as it is no longer needed.



When I started removing the harness I made sure to mark everything and take a bunch of pictures for reference.













Column is fully removed and will be going to it's new home soon.

[syborg tt]

More parts for the next phase of the car.

[syborg tt]

2nd Chance Camaro 2.0 - Cleaning Up the AAW Harness
2019 07-02 Update - Cleaning Up the AAW Harness


Okay now it's time for an actually update.

Reposting this pictures JIC we all forgot what the plan was.



Remove this junction block as it is not needed and it has to go. It's as simple as cutting and joining them back together.






I separated all of the wire so they all had there own Tech-Flex wrap and also shortened them as needed.



Don't worry I twisted these together just so i could get the lengths correct.



Man it sure would be nice if my table was a little bigger.



Left side is finally separated





Need to look at the wiring diagram to see where these wire go as the were not wired to anything in the car.



Yes I have issue and one of them is working in a somewhat clean & organized environment.



First set of wire wrapped in the Tech Flex loom.



Over the years I have learned a few things. Twist Ties, Wire Nuts and a good pair of wire strippers make big jobs easier.

I use the twist ties to keep all of the wires together that terminate at a common plug and wire nut keep the harness from flopping around on your work bench while you are soldering.

I pretty sure I have had these blue wire nuts for 30 years.



So I couldn't find my alligator clip thing for holding the wire so i found a new use for my vise grips.



I staggered all of the unions so I didn't have all the bulk in the center of the harness.



Everything is officially joined and resting on the floor.

[syborg tt]

Moving on to installing the harness and hope all of my planning pays off.

I plan to run the harness over the top of the steering column and secure it safely to the column mount.





so far so good



Picked up some needed parts from the local AutoZone. I used the door edge guard on the edges of the
steering column framework as I felt they could be a wear point for the harness.





Not sure why I always reverse the adell clamps but I just do and one day I will try to figure it out.



Okay so one wire needed to get pulled from the wrap and thankfully it was an easy fix.




Harness is in.



I even plugged in the cluster to make sure it worked. It did !!!









Calling it a night once again.

[syborg tt]

On to the fun part joining all of the wires and installing heat shrink on each union.



Boy would it be nice to be working on a bench instead of the floor.

Need to fix this union.



Starting to look a little better.



Hours of work and this is all of the scrap I made



Calling it a night and plan to wrap it later in the week

[syborg tt]

2nd Chance Camaro 2.0 - DEI Sound Deadening

2019 06-25 Update - DEI Sound Deadening

Another, while I am here moment just happened.

Might as well add more sound deadening since the dash is already off.



It's nice having an Eastwood store 30 minutes from my house. A quick trip an to get some more sound deadening and possible stop at Baskin Robins for an Ice Cream Cone.



Good thing I save all of the boxes





Having the right tools helps. Just kidding this is one job that only takes a few tools and it's actually fun to do.

[syborg tt]

Here is a quick picture of the Tech Flex Sample kit.

2019 06-25 Tech Flex Kit



This is the split loom for existing harness's



I also ordered some Tessa Tape which is perfect of the engine bay wire harness.

[syborg tt]

2nd Chance Camaro 2.0 - AAW Tech Flex Wrap

2019 07-03 Update - AAW Tech Flex Wrap

So I have had this little table in my garage for at least year and I decided to pull it out and see if I could use it
in front of my workbench and what do you know it worked perfect.



okay close to perfect



Moving on to wrapping the harness with Tech Flex.





So before I wrapped up the main harness I slid a piece of heat shrink up the main section of the harness to hold it all together.



A few of the wires are not being used but I wanted to save them and also isolate them from any potential issues so I heat shrink wrapped each cut end.





Slowly but surely it is starting to look like a finished harness.







Getting closer



I also rerouted some of the section so that when I put the harness back in the car it lays exactly where
I would like it to lay.



so close





Once again all done for the night and now it's time to go for a ride.

[syborg tt]

In my quest to work on the car I decided that I would have the lower dash bracket powder coated for no reason other then personal because it is not like anyone will ever see it.





I also picked up some parts for the car from Midwest Hot Rods.





Since the headers are off and these where cheap I would install these exhaust port covers.



I need to make a few more holes so they would work.

[syborg tt]

and here comes the fun part



now this is a whole bunch of wires



The brackets are back from Pro-Tek Powder Coating and they look way to nice.

[syborg tt]

Moving on to installing the harness and hope all of my planning pays off.

I plan to run the harness over the top of the steering column and secure it safely to the column mount.





so far so good



Picked up some needed parts from the local AutoZone. I used the door edge guard on the edges of the
steering column framework as I felt they could be a wear point for the harness.





Not sure why I always reverse the adell clamps but I just do and one day I will try to figure it out.



Okay so one wire needed to get pulled from the wrap and thankfully it was an easy fix.




Harness is in.



I even plugged in the cluster to make sure it worked. It did !!!









Calling it a night once again.

[syborg tt]

Finally and I mean finally I get to figure out where & how I am going to install the new Holley Terminator X.

The "X" is the newest box and it is significantly smaller then the last model.






After look

So I have been trying to figure out where the harness is going to exit & this is one possible location.



The plan to would be to tuck the wire behind the vintage Air unit hang them with adell clamps.





Mounting Bracket Idea.

[syborg tt]

I had Dennis at High Speed Welding make me the bracket for the Holly ECI.





Not sure if Kenny made this bracket or Vintage air supplied. Either way I am drilling a hole in it.



Quick trip to Ace Hardware for the necessary hardware and yes I will be using nylock nuts on the bracket as I would have to pull the dash to get to it if it came loose.




Mounted on the Vintage Air Bracket





Started plugging things in and it appears we are good to go.




And of course I need to get more of these to anchor the Holley Harness





On a side not I plan to install the lower dash dash to make sure it is hidden.

[syborg tt]

I want to keep the engine bay as original looking as possible so I am not trying to hide the wire. I need to order a new firewall wire gutter so I can route the body harness back to the factory location.





Now that I have determined the power leads for the ECU are going to exit the passenger side cowl and head directly to the battery I am going to have to remove the inner fender.

Time to take out the battery



and here is the billet Battery Tray we made for 2nd Gen Camaro's. I think I have a few left if anyone is interested and has no desire to put there battery in the trunk.



Good thing my inner fenders are carbon as I am certain this little bit of metal shaving would have caused them to start rusting.



Getting ready to remove the Carbon Inner Fenders. Nervous...Yep






So do you guys think I should consider line-x the inner fender to add a little more protection from flying debris ?





Holy crap getting the headlight buckets out was a bitch and then getting to the fender hardware sucked even more.



Finally the last three bolts are out and the lower valance is hanging low enough to get the inner fender out...I hope.





It's out and will need a safe home so I may consider bringing these to my warehouse and hiding it on a rack somewhere.



Finally easy access to the cowl.

[syborg tt]

I decided that I am going to have the carriage bolts powder coated black or do you guys think I should leave them chrome.




Not sure why I take pictures of the tools that I use but I do.










So I need to order some parts and of course I created another To Do list.











and finally the reward a Trip to Dairy Queen.

[syborg tt]

2nd Chance Camaro 2.0 - Simple EFI Swap

2019 08-14 Update - Simple EFI Swap

www.2ndchancecamaro.com


A simple EFI SWAP and then this happened...




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[Motown 454]

Wow! I'm tired just seeing all that being done. That was a lot more than what I expected to see when I started at the top.
I just sent some of the F6 braided covering to go on my wiring, you did a nice job on the harness.

[syborg tt]

Wow! I'm tired just seeing all that being done. That was a lot more than what I expected to see when I started at the top.
I just sent some of the F6 braided covering to go on my wiring, you did a nice job on the harness.

Thank you and yes I have done a whole bunch of stuff and so much more that I need to update which I hope to finish tonight.