Originally Posted by karl's-92'-z28

What did you use to paint the engine bay & where did you get the plenum cover from?

Originally Posted by Bob88GTA

Swageloc is awesome! We use them on alot of our rocket engine assembly's.

AN is fine, are those aluminum, right?

Originally Posted by Ozz1967

Ok, I feel dumb. I read through the entire thread and missed that.

I have basically his exact rear-end, welded axle tubes, 28 spline moser axles, 3.73's and the 'Ultimate" diff cover, but a zexel torsen instead of an auburn unit. If a solid pinon spacer makes that much difference, I'm going to kick myself because I had one that I couldn't find when I needed to rebuild the rear end so it didn't get installed and the guy at the shop swore up and down I wouldn't need it.

Originally Posted by pwdbychevy

IMHO I think a solid spacer is easier to setup because you don't have a crush sleeve to preload and if you preload a crush sleeve too much then it's ruined and you have to get another. With a solid spacer kit all you do is torque it and go. Solid spacer setup prevents the pinion gear from riding up the ring gear which causes wear and tear and eventual gear failure.

Originally Posted by Ozz1967

Thanks for info on that. I may swap out the 3.73 for a 3.42 the next time it needs a rebuild and even if I don't swap gears, I'm going to put that solid spacer in, especially seeing how it's helped your rear end hold up to 700HP for so long. That's really all any of us with a 10-bolt can hope for.

Originally Posted by pwdbychevy

Xxr531's





The entire car will be wrapped in black brushed aluminum vinyl by yours truly :-D

Originally Posted by Zach/90\irocZ

I'm digging the wheels nice to see them and good use damn the look good

Originally Posted by Zach/90\irocZ

Engine looks gorgeous i would eat off it lol decided on vinyl yet Im on my way to pick up badass set of wheel right now that I'm settle for finally lol

Keep it up glad you like them can't wait to see final product looks 10 times nicer then my milk bucket

Are they bolt on answer is no but doesn't take much to fit they do offer a 19" that will fit better

Originally Posted by Zach/90\irocZ

Yea that's what I was going to do but never came around to it , I'm sure there's some place in Florida that can do it

Excuse the dirty car trans pump went south had to rebuild and put back in myself def not no easy task my body still aches lol but I'm wrapping up my LSX swap I'm tuning her now

Originally Posted by pwdbychevy

Most of the drive train is being swapped over to the other car so yeah she'll live on in spirit definitely :-)

Originally Posted by pwdbychevy

Well it's been a while since ive been on here so i figured I'd post up on what's happened. A couple months ago I was to start a 406ci Dart SHP with a T76 turbo build. I figured I'd go for a cruise with my friends for one last weekend before I started tearing down the car. On my way back home some a-hole pulls out in front of me like I wasnt even there. I slam on the brakes and the car spun out of control into a guardrail doing 75mph. This was the end result. A Camaro that I've had for 22 years original owner purchased in Germany is totaled. Here is the carnage.






Engine still ran believe it or not



I even drove it onto the trailer but had to put the front left wheel on a dolly to do so.

Originally Posted by Ozz1967

I just looked back through this thread and great job on getting the new car to where it is today. It looks fantastic.

Just a question though, about the original car, what spoiler is that? I really dig it.

Originally Posted by 82IMSA

I didn't read the entire thread, so sorry if I missed this, but I love that wing on your wrecked car (looks just like the one I had on my old '82 Firebird) and would love to have it for the '86 Camaro project I'm starting. Is it available?

Also, saw you make top notch clear light covers that won't fly off. Are you still doing that? Need some for an '86 Camaro IROC Z28.

BTW, very nice build on the new car. Can't wait to see how it comes out.

Originally Posted by -=Z28=-

Sweet build. Sorry about the other. R.I.P thought, you should pull off your plenum cover and have a shop machine something cool in it. Seems like a great spot for something. maybe a memorial for your other z.... or maybe you just want to plain forget that happened. The saying is true, When one door closes....2 more open. What kind of H.p you planning to get out of the new car? Keep them posts coming!!!

Originally Posted by pwdbychevy

Thanks, I still have that wing hanging in my garage. I think I want to keep it as a memento of the first modification I ever did to that car the 22 years Ive owned it. If I decide to sell i'll let you know. I don't make those covers anymore. Too time consuming and I have alot going on with this current car.

Originally Posted by 82IMSA

Thanks for the response. I understand. If you change your mind, I really, really want it ($$$)

After I posted I noticed some posts where you said you had plans/instructions for the light covers, could you PM them to me?

Originally Posted by 82IMSA

Thanks for the response. I understand. If you change your mind, I really, really want it ($$$)

After I posted I noticed some posts where you said you had plans/instructions for the light covers, could you PM them to me?

Originally Posted by Ozz1967

How would it look on a TA I wonder? I just love how it looks.

Originally Posted by 82IMSA

This is how it looked on my '82 Firebird with the Product Guild IMSA Kelly kit.

Anybody know where I can find the all aluminum louvers like I had on the old car?

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Originally Posted by Ozz1967

That's a good looking car.

Originally Posted by UltRoadWarrior9

Inspirational!

If a pic is worth a thousand words, that vid is worth a million words. Nice work.

Originally Posted by customblackbird

Sounds and looks good!

Just me nit picking but I would have liked to see the front wheel pushed out a 1/2" or so, so it protruded as much as the rears do. Other than that is a beautiful car. Get some shots of the inside.

Originally Posted by bigdavesiroc

so, so sorry for you. what a sad day...makes me want to go hug my car.