rich, i had my distributor and a set of plug wires that i got used....should just not used them, but i thought maybe it'd be a good idea. they were made by Scott Wires and had the cool heat sheild on them...i actually paid for them which is the crappy part...so i put my dad's cap/coil/plug wires on it yesterday morning and a fresh set of ACDelco R45TS's and the car runs like a champ now....didn't like the autolite 25's too much. i really need a serious ignition system but can't afford it right now.

finally all back together. i'll try to get some good daylight pictures later:

looks good i'm going to be putting stock door panels and arm rests in my car this winter and a 10 point cage, the jegs 8 point bar is driving me nuts. beautiful work. where did that console/radio pod come from?

the radio pod is from an 85-92? firebird and the console is a modded lt1 camaro console. i was a little dissapointed that i wouldn't be able to run the arm rests, but the door panels are still there and look good non-the-less.

I keep meaning to make a door pull strap..just things never seem to work out lol, I might copy what ed (sdr) did on his camaro, to have some thing to close door with.

daytime pictures...hehe, sorry guys, i'm just a little excited about this deal coming together finally.

Hey man dont be sorry I dont know about other people but I love see the updates and all the pics. Car is looking ridiculous man! Im trying to button my car up right now as well and I feel the same way. Great work as usual man. Keep it up.

I cut a slot in my 4th gen camaro seats in the middle with a razor blade, then used a hacksaw blade to cut through all the foam to run the shoulder harnesses through the center of the seat because you can't run them over the seats like that.

looks great man! very very nice, you made some quick work of that

I see 10`s in it`s future, starting to resemble a race car a little Looks really good.

The belts need some work as said above but to add, the crotch strap is ineffective also in the position it`s in, race seats are the easiest way to solve those issues

and stop reving the thing to 10k....jk, I just had to say it

Now to find a piston and wrist pin.....before the 28th lol

thanks guys! i hope you're right scott, i'd love to hit an upper 10 with this combo...i think it might have it in it too...

i'm gonna see about modding my current seats, i like these much better than race seats, and i don't have $400+ to drop in a nice set of kirkey's or the like. i'll post up when i get that all done too.

i'm interested to see what it looks like on the scale now as well. it was right at 2970lbs with the other hood and no back seat. i'm thinking that i'll be just under 3100lbs with this hood, the bar, and the back seat...plus me...another 280lbs

So tell me, is it a real pain in the arse to get in and out now? lol Sure is for me with mine

Bit more finished looking than this now, just haven't taken pics.

not really any more than expected honestly. i'm very pleased with the ability to get in and out of the car actually.

has anybody tried the Spohn rollcage yet? They sell a chromoly kit for $299 and have doorbars that fit stock doorpanels for another $80. i'll be caging mine this winter and want the nicest fitting kit possible.

spohn's kit is the S&W kit

Not NHRA legal? I ask because I don't plan on changing the seats in my 2000 and will be installing a Wolfe 5 point this winter.

Hey GTA Matt I have the Spohn cage. I like the way it fits and I still have the pull handles.

what happens if you crash with an extra 8" of slack harness run over the top of the seat.....it needs to be tight and ran through the seat to be safe.

so what do you do with the door handles? what can you put in place to shut the door?

That makes sense, hadn't thought about it like that before. Now I see why guy swap to TA seats, they can run the belts under the headrests.

i have not come up with a clean solution yet. all i did was paint the bracketry black and put the door panel back on for now. i just grab the top of the door sill to close the door for now. i'll come up with a good clean solution eventually.

safety harness solution:


passenger seat will get done when it's not raining outside, lol

Ok where did you get them from??

thats nice, real nice.....G`tr done

www.hawksthirdgenparts.com is the only place i've found that has these.

How did you mount the seat back to the crossbar????

you don't have to with stock seats.

great work as always man. that looks frigin awesome!!!!

Looks great, but I don't think I can bring myself to cut my seats, they're brand new looking. Not a rip, cig burn, or stain on them. I'm seriously starting to rethink things with this car... like I need to build a stockish engine/trans for the car and put this engine/trans. in the 91'. I won't feel as bad wlding a bar in it and the belts will route under the stock headrests w/o cutting anything. ::sigh:: I dunno man... descisions to make.

you could just pick up some ta seats or something...seems like an awful lot of money just to save the interior of the 2000...either way, the car will be badass with that motor, no matter what car you decide to put it in...just remember that the swap stuff alone for a 3rdgen ls1 swap is nearly 2grand for headers, y-pipe, and mounts...

looks awesome matty.... much nicer than my free mod.

interior is now 99% done...all i got left to do is to come up with a classy way to close the door since i can't use the door handles with this rollbar kit.

the shootout going to be the first time it makes it to the track?

yup...you bringing yours?

I am really thinking about it, got the new clutch/flywheel set up in mail today