kmcn47

really torn between gettting my car all together and keeping it as a dd or saving and buying this http://showroom.auction123.com/super...135813.html#lg for the time being, i have always had a soft spot for japanese hatchbacks

kmcn47

nothing lately, times are tough for me financially speaking, hell i havent even gotten my valve covers on it yet

Bounty Hunter

iTrader: (2)

But they're so shiny and new! Get those bad boys on there.

kmcn47

thats the thing though, there shiny and beautiful and nice, but with the oil leaks it has and the stock air cleaner and snorkels and the greasy dirty block, i just cant, waiting till i have something else to drive so i can park her and pull the l69 and get her all rebuilt like new again and painted and then i will get a new manifold (non egr) and a nice shiny edlebrock carb and put my new valve covers on it, along with some of the other dress up stuff in my previous posts and have a great looking good running "show" car, i kinda dig the ratty paint look of it but would love it to look showroom stock rather then 80s ratrod wannabe lol

kmcn47

more bad news everyone car got hit today, was driving up the hill out of my backyard and my neighbor was backing down the alley at the top and it was too late when i saw him, i gunned it and tried to get away but it wasn't enough on the gravel i got tagged in the quarter and went to town beating the dent out as best i could, as i've said before the car needs painted anyway just a little more body work now......anyone ever changed a quarter anyway? cant be much worse then they are on anything else mines mostly bondo on the wheel well anyway so atleast it wasn't the good side

kmcn47

cant beleive the weather staying dry for a couple days, and i got challenged twice to race first time was a punk *** kid in a 4 banger eclipse, blew him away second time was my buddy's buddy coreys rsx he whooped my ***, most of this car is carbon fiber and hes got about 20 grand in his motor nice for rice but i love my old camaro wayyyy more

kmcn47

i thought i updated this when i got backed into by my neighbor, anyways been doing a little detailing and alot of bodywork heres after 7 hours in the blazing ohio sun

be warned, it isn't perfect but its better (to me)

kmcn47

unfortunately i did have to use alot of the B word even after beating the panel out for HOURS just after the accident, on the plus i'm pretty much gonna get a free blazer form him come winter time

kmcn47

been looking at upgrading to 1le calipers as i can get em cheep at work, but what all is needed to upgrade? calipers/pads? or is there more to i then that?

kmcn47

nevermind, decided that when its time to do brakes, i'm gonna get the front and rear 1le kits from hawks

Skyset

Clean car!!

kmcn47

the front atleast, the rear still needs done, trying to finish the passenger side, quarter, and theres more chips and dings on the drivers side i havent even started on yet, shoulda followed mcneal's law on this one, its gonna take longer, be more costly and more hell then i originally thought

kmcn47

had to put on even more bondo in the pursuit of a straight perfect panel, damn its taking a LONG time what with having to drive my car and the damn weather

kmcn47

which of these would be the better kit i cant seem to distinguish it myself

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FE...-000/?rtype=10

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/FE...-000/?rtype=10

kmcn47

well its done, it looks okay for now i guess

evilemokid94

iTrader: (6)

Looks a lot better than it was, good job

kmcn47

thankx, it looks pretty good from more then a foot away if ya get up close though its rough, hard to stay motivated to keep taking the little steps when theres so much i want to do to it, i'm still not even sure what direction i'm ultimately going with the car,i want it to look very period correct but also like its going 100mph standing still and have decent power (300 is incredibly optimistic for the l69 but i'm not above swapping engines) and handle like an f1 car on steroids

evilemokid94

iTrader: (6)

just keep on it, it all falls together sooner or later, hell look at mine and where I started. It takes time and patience

kmcn47

yeah hardest part is saving money, i'm a part time student, part time autozoner, half my paycheck goes to mom and dad and the other half goes to gas, that and a steady girlfriend and i never have time to work on the car with the parts i cant afford lol

evilemokid94

iTrader: (6)

trust me I know lol, my girl keeps complaining that I spend too much time and money on my car now because just about every penny I get I shove into my car and it's been lil that for 3 years now lol. And I don't even have a job yet lol. But trust me I know about the money thing, it's hard when you want to upgrade and need to save but like I said it all gets there eventually.

kmcn47

yeah, start college back up on monday so its gonna be alot of highway miles for the oil burning l69 again, hopefully i have a blazer or something by winter, cant run my baby in the snow again

kmcn47

cars been running good back and forth to school and work the mileage is iffy but what the hell so are almost all the gauges and my math so maybe maybe it isn't, got some small stuff for it, putting the grant wheel back on and got some clear headlight covers they should set the look of it off even more

kmcn47

kmcn47

well sure enough those are the wrong ones, funny how this is wrong and has been for so long https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...vers-help.html they sure as hell dont fit my 84 camaro, the z28s (82-84) need gto104c not 102, dammit sorry to rant, just pissed is all

kmcn47

sent the covers back and got a full refund, been looking for a 1:8 model of my car but not having much luck oh well, anyways blower motor died on my i replaced it, newone from autozone was 19.99, my discount made it 15 something, lifetime warrantied, hmm still not working, did realize the little vacuum hose on the bottom side i had forgot to put on, still doubt that thats why though, also cracked the damn fiberglass housing cant catch a break tonight, should be fine its only cracked and can i just say i respect anyone who can easily swap a blower motor, its a ****ing bitch to get the bottom two screws out wish me luck getting everything working again guys

kmcn47

anyone reading this (yeah right) know if the hawks ZL-1 hood is fiberglass or made of something else?

Dakota W.

poly bushings, poly bushings EVERYWHERE, except for on the rear of the car, you'll also want adjustable camber caster plates, strut tower brace, adjustable panhard bar, LCARBS, Adjustable LCAs, GOOD shocks and struts, lowering springs, and finally some nice wide tires. I'm going to be doing all of this to my car eventually, I'm planning on it being an autox car.

kmcn47

yeah, more focused right now on making the car last long enough for me to be able to actually do all the things i want to it

Dakota W.

It runs and drives good doesn't it? Just tackle each problem as they come up. Meanwhile, I'm focusing on trying to keep my rear end from blowing up lol.

kmcn47

the engine is fine, still a bit oily but hey its an 80s v8 lol, my rear end whines, need to get some synchromesh in there heard good things about it, my trans no longer does the funny cold weather high rev shifting thing it did when i first got the car, my heater and ac are now ****ed, slowly working on that one as its been COLD the past few days it also rained and my ttops still leak but hey they probably always will, uhhh the magnaflow i was told was on the car looks pretty much like a stock exhaust some dick put on with clamps and didn't weld other then that i fixed my quarter and the car looks okay, finally worked out the ground on my passenger foglight so now those both work all the time, uhhh am i forgetting anything, i still think the alt is on its way out car has awful funny voltage dips, oh and it now wont idle at a steady rpm but kinda surges but hey makin progress

Dakota W.

My rear end sounds like a jet when I back up, if I can even get the transmission into reverse lol, it's really sloppy as well and I don't like the 3.08 gear ratio, I'm going to be putting in a 4th gen rear soon with 3.42s or 3.73s, whichever I can find, I'd also like to get c-clip eliminators, but beggars can't be choosers! I think it's safe to say than any third gen that hasn't had engine work done to it is going to smoke, mine just puffs a bit of smoke when I really get on it. Check your connections on your alternator, sometimes bad/corroded connections can cause weird issues with power.

kmcn47

well new relay on the way, 8.99 for a damn relay no doubt because of the copper in it too, (sigh) hopefully have the defroster/heater working again soon

kmcn47

well had a melted plug that was the main ground for most of my electrics, so thats why the blower motor wouldn't work, got that problem fixed,





also got my new headlight covers on "the right ones this time" and have made some progress in fighting with the antenna and my bad reception, i'm thinking a shorty antenna in the hole in the roof that was once for a cb noone ever installed,



and changed out my dirty old oily pcv filter while i was feeling energetic, had been a pain doing anything as while working on one of my model cars i managed to slice pretty deep into my finger, it bled for about an hour and my whole hand still hurts a day later, thinking i got the nerve pretty good.

anyways, here are some glamor shots

Richboll

Looks good. What's next?

kmcn47

idk, running out of cheap (relatively) things i can actually do to it right now, might paint the calipers red but why when i plan to swap to c5 brakes someday, might clean up my wheels but why when i want centerlines, the 305 could use a valve job and maybe some headwork but why when i wanna swap a 6.0 lsx in it? these are alot of the things i keep asking myself lol i guess i could save up and try and do a higher quality paintjob on it but it'd be real expensive what i actually want to do to it, and everyone would laugh at me

kmcn47

oh almost forgot, changed my nasty old pcv filter, car likes to idle now, weird

1o80b

Look when I buyed my car.



2300$ lol

kmcn47

cool, its 85+ but hey there nice too

kmcn47

well didn't want to do this as soon as i'm having to but looks like tomorrow i'll be doing new headlights, anyone know a way to rewire the lights so that all 4 are on when my high beams are on?

kmcn47

well got a new alternator on the car yesterday, solved alot of my problems, the deiseling when it shut off, the lack of an idle, the dim lights, even the radio seems to get better reception now, its a 94 amp which is what the G code 305 calls for, strangely enough the last one that was on it only put out 74 amps which is standard for the H code engine lg4/l03 so theres some advice if you have an lg4 and you want a little more reliability and life out of your alternator tell them you have the H.O. 305 instead and get yourself a 94 amp one, also its shiny and new and comes with a new bolt to go into the bracket (the top sliding tensioner part) changed my headlight but the trim ring is broken at the bottom so now one lights up the sky gonna se what i can do about that, also still trying to get my highs right, and plan to soon swap the interior bulbs and marker lights (all the 194s) to L.E.D bulbs because i can cheaply domelight too. just been driving and keeping it clean really not much to report

kmcn47

sure enough give an all is well post ^ and something goes wrong, headlight covers both blew off today on my way to school, i only got one of em back looks like i'll be in the made my own club as soon as i get some money up again, side not think i'm gonna sell my valvecovers and hold down tabs check the thread for pics comes with newgaskets asking like 70-75 bucks shipped

kmcn47

got paid again, hooray, not much but what can i say, anyways figured i'd pop in and update for you guys if anyones reading lol, took the seats out front and back and pulled the carpet up, could not believe the floors were still as nice as they were, no rust on the rear at all minimal as possible surface rust on the passenger side where the ttop leaks, needless to say i can wait to give that attention atleast until this winter, did some undercoating on the bottom side of them sorry no pics of that too messy for my nice camera, but pics of the floors to come, also fixed my twisted seatbelt, as easy as unbolting it and untwisting it, then bolting it back up lol, cars looking good now, and i may be dumb but i never knew that the headrest were adjustable, there up now it actually supports my head now, vacuumed the hell out of the car, really happy right at the moment, oh yeah next really expensive thing on the list is some champ 500s and bfg radials, gonna be awhile though

kmcn47

kmcn47

the now fixed seatbelt,

kmcn47

my clean insides

kmcn47

and the 140 speedo i love, and tach which i thought was different in 84

kmcn47

haha last but not least is my other projects that have been keeping me busy lol

mmadden55

Looking good you will get there.

kmcn47

yeah, been looking for a cheap set of champ 500s for it but the 16" ones are pretty much unicorns haha, guess 15s would do fine but they aren't around either

kmcn47

some more shots of the car, forgive me for no progress but hey nothings needed fixed (knocks on wood)

anyways........ sorry again but more pictures