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View Poll Results: Will Bill's GTA make it to Volo?
Thirdgen89GTA is a BSMFR and the curse wont' be broken!
if those are the rims you're putting on the car it'll look sweet!
__________________ my car thats never done
"I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6"
First Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '05, Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '06, Best Modified Camaro Thirdgenfest '07 , Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '08
MFBA March 2008 Featured Calendar Vehicle
if those are the rims you're putting on the car it'll look sweet!
They were silver ZR1's, but they had a few gouges and needed lip repair. The metal putty is a dull gray and easily noticible. So I need a color to paint them. Could have gone with the traditional silver, or black. I even considered a Gold like the one on my stock GTA wheels, or a metallic blue like on the 30th anniversary TA.
But in the end I decided on white because they look damned sexy on 30th anniversary Camaros.
The wheel in the picture doesn't have a clear coat yet, but it will soon. 2 of the 4 are about ready for clear, the other two are still in the lip repair stages.
__________________ my car thats never done
"I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6"
First Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '05, Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '06, Best Modified Camaro Thirdgenfest '07 , Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '08
MFBA March 2008 Featured Calendar Vehicle
__________________ 1989 IROC-Z Hardtop
2nd Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2007 -- 2nd Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2008 -- 1st Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2009 -- 3rd Place Best Modified Thirdgen Fest 2009
*Just a little Vortec set up*
I say yes. It's making it there, otherwise Bill has to drive the Kia and that's just embarassing. Haha.
You doubt the power of the Korean squirrels?! They are mighty squirrels indeed, all 128 of them! Though my cars CV joints have recently aqquired a taste for the song Clickity, Clack, Don't come back Jack.
I say yes. It's making it there, otherwise Bill has to drive the Kia and that's just embarassing. Haha.
ohh good god.. not the Kia again!!!!!!! lol good luck bill... my plan was this summer on mine hopefully but had shoulder surgery about 2 months ago so that def slowed my timeframe down
ohh good god.. not the Kia again!!!!!!! lol good luck bill... my plan was this summer on mine hopefully but had shoulder surgery about 2 months ago so that def slowed my timeframe down
Time frame? Limbo is a timeframe?
My car has been in limbo for close to 4 years now. Time for it to leave limbo.
But white it will be. Tossing the interior out tool. Keeping the seats for now and thats about it until I can drop black interior into it. I'd like to do a 4th gen interior swap, but I'm not even going to try and put a time table on that one.
I'd like to do a 4th gen interior swap, but I'm not even going to try and put a time table on that one.
I really want to do that, but it looks like a lot of work for the whole thing, so Im gonna hold off on it for a while.
__________________ 1989 IROC-Z Hardtop
2nd Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2007 -- 2nd Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2008 -- 1st Place Best Restoration Thirdgen Fest 2009 -- 3rd Place Best Modified Thirdgen Fest 2009
*Just a little Vortec set up*
Fuel pump wires go hot for 5 or so seconds when the key is put to run. During cranking it goes hot as well.
Sparks are sparking. Runs on starter fluid for now.
Essentials to do:
Fuel lines are being a pita. The AN fittings don't want to go on the braided hoses well. Supposedly my dad's friend as a tool thats supposed to compress the hose and make it slide on easier. Ran out of daylight and time today.
Verify that fuel injectors are pulsing, but I need a test light for that, or just the fuel lines hooked up to see if it will stay running.
Driveshaft balanced + u-joints, trans mount, trans cable bracket for the shift cable. Also need trans cooling lines. Need to find them but they are in poor shape from what I remember.
Need the throttle cable bracket off a 94+ LT1
Pickup the radiator from Denny. Buy hoses and coolant. Bleed system. Install fans and wire them (wires already labeled)
Swap axel for LS1 axle, do brake lines for new axel. Pads and get rotors turned. During this swap the chromoloy panhard bar, and spohn LCA's are going on as well. Need to finish painting the wheels, have the tires mounted (already have tires).
Extras:
Wipers, wiper fluid pump, blower motor. vacuum line for HVAC controls. sand the hood down and prime it. Painting can wait for a bit but the hood looks HORRID.
Bonus: hog out the aluminum LT1 heads, install LT4 hot-cam, get ECM tuned. Vigi 9.5" converter and trans go shift kit.
Supercalafragilistic bonus: run 12's at MFBA track rental.
Those parts I bought from you ages ago may finally go on the car!
Mmnmm....Fuel Lines *drools*
Click on the pic for a larger version
Thanks be to Steve (Xpndble) These lines were being a PITA for me, many punctured thumbs later I handed them off to Steve, who handed me back fuel lines.
I didn't even cut myself or get a scratch or swear once.
I think after doing them a few thousand times it gets easier.
__________________ my car thats never done
"I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6"
First Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '05, Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '06, Best Modified Camaro Thirdgenfest '07 , Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '08
MFBA March 2008 Featured Calendar Vehicle
So, we put the fuel lines on the car primed it, heard the pump go, and checked for leaks. no Leaks. Good right?
Pump made bad noise, like it was dying. Pressed the schrader valve, no fuel. Should be PLENTY. I'll say why later.
None
Nada.
So we yanked the rear (needed to, because of the 10bolt LS1 rear thats going in the car for the 4th gen ZR1 wheels).
Yanked the tank, half way out, the tank starts spilling fuel. Turns out I finally figured out why I alway smelled gas on left turns with a full tank. Previous dumbass owners had drilled two holes into the hatch area and used REALLY long screws, they punctured the tank! Easy fix. Will be replacing the fuel pump next time I'm up there. And the fuel filter, which is probably clogged like a mofo.
Any ways, so we pull the tank because we think the pump is dying. While disconnecting the high pressure fuel line it started spraying like freaking CRAZY. So we figure my fuel filter is clogged like mad. Well replace that, and at least the tank won't leak, and I'll have a new pump too.
haha oh man it's always something with these cars. finding hidden treasures like this sure makes you want to work on them more doesn't it?
__________________ my car thats never done
"I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6"
First Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '05, Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '06, Best Modified Camaro Thirdgenfest '07 , Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '08
MFBA March 2008 Featured Calendar Vehicle
haha oh man it's always something with these cars. finding hidden treasures like this sure makes you want to work on them more doesn't it?
The pump is most likely okay. But since the tank is already out, I can't see any reason why NOT to change it. I'm on the lookout for a walbro 255 if anyone has one used for a decent price. However, I'm not holding out for one. The stock pump when brand new should provide plenty of fuel for my current needs.
The good sides and down sides of a California car.
Good sides, no real rust. I have SOME surface rust setting in, but nothing a wire brush, and a quick shot of POR15 won't fix permanently. Every bolt on my car SUPER easy. Even the lower control arm bolts were easy. There was some rust on the ends of the bolt beyond the nut. I used a small wire brush and cleaned the threads up before i started loosening the nut on the control arm. Came loose like butter once i broke the initial seal.
Going back on the car, is the 10bolt rear from an LS1, brakes are pretty much the same as the 11.75" PBRs that came off the car so no proportioning difference really. Along with the new axle is a spherical rod end panhard bar from Nape, and spohn LCA's. I might at a later date replace the spherical rod ended bar with a bushed one if the harshness and squeaks annoy me. A torque arm should round that out nicely in a few months. Also have poly end-links for the sway bar, along with new poly sway bar bushings front and rear.
I'm pretty sure my car is going to make it to volo. And later Speed Inc's open house and the MFBA track rental.
The only real snag was the clogged fuel filter, and suspect pump, along with the brake bolt fitting that attaches to the flex line twisted so I'll need to cut and do that one. But thats not a big deal at all.
I really can't wait to here it fire up again. 3 years is along time to go without some V8.
Just thought I'd add a pic of what the wheels looked like before paint, and after paint.
The nick on the white wheel is my fault. All that careful painting, and in the process of putting in my car to take it home I nick it on the trunk hunge.
__________________ my car thats never done
"I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6"
First Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '05, Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '06, Best Modified Camaro Thirdgenfest '07 , Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '08
MFBA March 2008 Featured Calendar Vehicle
This is tim at deans.....you have to call me, no number for you in my phone since i had to restore it again.
__________________ 1997 Corvette LS1/A4, slammed with Bilstein Sports 1998 Trans Am LS1/A4, GMPP hot cam, 3500 stall, LS6 intake, LTs/ORY, lid/muffler/3.73s (wife's)
1988 Trans Am, 355ci with LT1 head/intake conversion slammed on C5's. SOLD
nikki doesn't even come over and finish my car for me
haha.
__________________ my car thats never done
"I'd rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6"
First Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '05, Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '06, Best Modified Camaro Thirdgenfest '07 , Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '08
MFBA March 2008 Featured Calendar Vehicle
The injectors were shot. 7 of the 8, wouldn't even click. Ended up testing them by using two alligator clips on the injector terminals and giving them 12v and ground to see if they'd even click. 7 had no noise from the solenoid, and only 1 clicked, but was clogged.
But its all good now. So I can work on the other stuff like the charging system, fans, wipers, etc....
Should get the rear end in tomorrow, we had vehicle trouble so i couldn't bring the rear up.
Now the rear is in the car, torque arm/driveshaft bolted up, vacuum ports are capped off, engine wiring is connected to the point we don't have to hold anything together with our hands anymore. It starts up and idles every turn of the key!
Its just trans lines, trans mount, and radiator away from being at least being movable. Then it needs a brake line flared, rear caliper abutment brackets, and brakes bled for the ability to actually stop then.
A little exhaust work, and it can be driven!
__________________ 1997 Corvette LS1/A4, slammed with Bilstein Sports 1998 Trans Am LS1/A4, GMPP hot cam, 3500 stall, LS6 intake, LTs/ORY, lid/muffler/3.73s (wife's)
1988 Trans Am, 355ci with LT1 head/intake conversion slammed on C5's. SOLD
, Second Place Camaro Modified Thirdgenfest '08
