steveo346

Well, its that time again, this is my 8th fbody and my 4th third gen. I already have a 68 chevy c10 with an LS swap, and a 1972 Camaro that Ive owned since I was 16, but car was way too clean and too good of a deal to pass up.


I'm at work right so I'll update post later when I get home.









Interior...









Car is 1991 Camaro z28, red exterior, grey clothe, auto L98 car. It has front disc, but rear drums.


I'll update mods and pics as I work on the car.

DynoDave43

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Congratulations on your purchase!

steveo346

First mods were to replace accessory belt, changed out the park lamp housings and put a new bowtie grille.
Before...







I taped everything up and resprayed inside behind the grille to black it out, didn't like the red overspray.




After...

steveo346

Second mod came a few days later, I decided to ditch the nasty tail pipes and tips that the car came with. I had the muffler shop install new mandrel bent 2 1/2 tail pipes and some corsa 2 1/2 inlet, dual 3.5 oulet clone tips as well. I am really **** about my cars, so I made the guy test fit the piping on the driverside and tip several times. I ultimately wanted the tips flushed with the bottom of the back bumper. He did a great job on the driverside, but once I walked away to take a phone call, he kind screwed me on the pass side one. It sticks out by just a few cm's. Car already came with a Hooker Aerochamber muffler, and it sounds pretty ok.


This is old nasty setup.





Here are the tips I that I got a decent deal on.




Tips being but on...




Mocking it up.




And all done, I just need to find the time to sand the piping and the Aerochamber muffler and polish them up.

skirocz28

Where did you get those parking lamps?

DynoDave43

iTrader: (11)

That front end sure cleaned up nice.

steveo346

Shhhh, its a secret. Gotta be different from all the other red Z's, lol


http://www.ebay.com/itm/311078801261?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

$42 and they are at your door 3 days later.

steveo346

Thanks DynoD.

steveo346

So heres a before shot of the engine bay, it was pretty dirty. I'll have to give it some nice TLC.

onefreakz

very nice z28

steveo346

Thanks bud.

steveo346

Replaced the hood struts with these from a company called Strong arm off ebay, good over all product, holds hood up, and decent pricing.

Aburnette23

Looking good keep up the progress. I wish my car was that clean when bought it... I might not have touched a thing for a while and enjoyed the ride.

91 zeee

you car looks great and that new exhaust is awesome.

steveo346

Thanks bud, unfortunately the cars transmission has been acting up on me, I believe its going to need a rebuild. I'll post up some pics of the parts for the rebuild when they come in, as well as the tear down and reinstall of it. I trusted the guy I bought the car from, but guess that's what I get for thinking I got a hellofa deal on the car.

steveo346

Thanks bud, weather has been bi-polar as **** down here in South Texas, so haven't had much time to polish up the muffler or the tail pipes. Here's a short clip of the car.

92synthetikrs

Like your car really nice looking thirdgen. Just bought me a 92 rs again also cant wait to stat working on it im also in sa

steveo346

Thanks, I got some more little things here and there.






some distributor cover bolts

steveo346

Im having a hard time find the thread where it is discussed which is the best transmission for a 350/700r4 car. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

92synthetikrs

not sure on that been doing a lot of reading also on the camaro. keep updates coming i just bought a bowtie grille like yours was still in box and found the ash tray for the backseat i was missing.

steveo346

Got some more little nick knacks for the car.


New emblems from Hawks Third Gen as well as some Billet washers



New hood adjusters..



New throttle body late...





Newer model z/28 license plate bracket.

Lmancha96

Looking good man.

That TB plate looks badass.

Will you be making it to the Thirdgen-Roundup in May?

https://www.facebook.com/events/951170021574908/

79bluebird

Nice, the tail pipes look great

Javier87z28

iTrader: (1)

Sweet car!!

steveo346

I wanted to, but not wanting to drive 5hrs for a show/meet. I will be at the Texas Camaro Revolution this weekend though here in San Antonio

steveo346

A little update, I got the car back from getting the 700r4 rebuilt. She is shifting nice and strong, but had a mild issue with the car reving itself up while in park. So I ordered a new IAC valve to see if it would take care of the issue, and low and behold it did, thank baby jesus.


While I took the TB off, I decided to polish the original thermostat housing as well as the throttle body. Heres a few pics.







Once the tstat housing was off, you could see how ugly it was.







heres a pic or two of it in the process of being sanded down.




and the final product of the tstat housing.









And one of it installed.

Psychoz28

Good work! This car needed some love and you are on a really good way to help her shinning like a new beast!

MeenZ28

God that thing is clean! Love those exhaust tips too. I had a set very similar on my old 96' but i think yours pulls it off better. Nice work.

DynoDave43

iTrader: (11)

That housing polished up nice!

steveo346

Here's some before and after one the throttle body








TA DA!





Click on this last little photo for a short video of a 360 view of the TB polished up.



The TB took a lot of elbow grease to get done.

steveo346

Thanks man, the car was a good platform, just needed some TLC. Little by little she'll get to where I want her to be.

steveo346

Thanks man, check out my FB page. (Bad Monkey Polishing)

69 Six Pack

Did you install the Z28 emblems yet? What is the manufacturing quality of them like?
Keep up the great work with the car.

Dave

steveo346

Dave,

I will be installing them tomorrow, crazy bipolar south texas weather permitting. From what I saw when I opened the package, they are very nice quality pieces. I paid $50 shipped for all three from Hawks ebay page. I'll post pics of them installed.

steveo346

On a side note, I will be taking the wheels off pretty soon, stripping the clear and painting them semi-flat black. I had previously done a set like that and liked how they came out on my old 91 z28 I had back in 2008.





And since its throw back Thursday, here a pic from my house back in 2008, when I owned 5 fbodies all at once, ha.

69 Six Pack

Thank you, I will look forward to it. BTW my emblems are the same as yours...Grey rocker Z28's and red rear bumper Z28. My car is also bright red. Do you have any thoughts on. The emblem colours?

Dave

steveo346

So I got tired of not seeing the flat black eye shadow so decided to do something.






lost track of time and was only able to get one done for now.

onefreakz

What paint did u use i got to do mine soon , and did u use clear

58mark

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I would LOVE to see you and that beautiful car at the third gen roundup

http://thirdgenroundup.com

steveo346

Regular semi-flat automotive paint I had laying around. Wasn't anything fancy. I just used a scuff pad to scuff the clear down, wiped it off and sprayed about 3 light coats. I should have the other eye shadow done by fri. I just personally did not like the way the car looked without it.

steveo346

I really wanted to go, but that place is way too far. Maybe next yr once I have the LS swap done and the car is a bit more reliable.

steveo346

I also decided to clean up the headlights while they were off. Sanded and resprayed both high and low beam brackets and trim rings.



Before.




After.

DynoDave43

iTrader: (11)

I always liked those blacked out. Nice work.

steveo346

Here ya go Dave.

69 Six Pack

Thank you, are you happy with them on the car? They look to be a bit different than the originals. I found a set of originals but they are expensive.


Your car is coming along nicely.


Dave

steveo346

Yea, the factory one is like a tri-color red, this one is a solid red, and I prefer that way.

steveo346

Few pics of the Camaro at the Texas Camaro Revolution.

MeenZ28

God that's a good looking car.

1983Chimaera

Word of warning; Bexar County Sherrifs and some of the small cities WILL ticket for having the license plate in the window. I know the state statute only says "must be displayed to the front of the vehicle", but they interpret that as "physically bolted to the front of the car". Last time I barely got out of a $200 ticket for the same because the deputy pulled me over in Converse, but tried to send me to court on the South side (flagrant jurisdiction violation). The magistrate ~grudgingly~ dismissed it, but still had to go through the hassle. Considering my car is tagged, inspected, fully functional, and I obey traffic laws, all it served to do was give them an excuse to pull me over where otherwise they had none.

MeenZ28

Have you given any concideration to painting the headlight buckets black? I think it would look just that much better that way.