This is my 87 Sport Coupe

not too shabby... what happened to your ac lines bro? Need some replacements... got a set sitting here on my self already polished...

Well, I just finished switching to a serpentine setup. I have them, I just need to pick them up from the guy I bought the setup from. I also have to rewire the A/C harness. Thanks anyway.

bro that's an easy adaption... did it once before on my old 82...

hey question to both of you! Are you guys going to the meet in Georgetown? i know its off topic but i noticed you guys live in TX..

I might

nope... ride isn't worthy to hit the road yet bro...

anyone got some pictures of a strut tower installation? Also need to ask where i can get some holders for the throttle cable and cruise control cable and what they look like ... pics help...

Got her running today and thought i would snap up some pictures for you guys to judge me on how she's looking now that i'm so close to being done... lol



you only get this one

Here is a new one of mine. Just got the rims and tires on. I'll be lowering the rear next weekend.

well if you got it running today then you have no excuse to not make it to the meet. hell ill come by and drag it out there for you.

like the colors and good to see you got it running man.

Looks good Drew. I like the red touch here and there.

same here

is there a check valve off the brake booster for a tpi intake.....?

Hey Drew, at least you got yours started already. Am getting closer though.
Here is a shot with the brackets mocked up while i ran the accessory wires.
The headers are in and with brackets in place i can now start designing my
heater valve location and plumbing rout. Am hoping to get the heater valve,
a/c plumbing and air box installed this week. Then i'll start on the dual electric
fan conversion.

hey jupiter did you paint the brackets or are they new. if you painted them i need to know what color that is.

I sandblasted some used brackets/bolts then painted them with VHT Silver
'the header paint', VHT clear and, VHT Black on the bolts. The smog delete
pulley is new but i painted it also and, the rest of the accessories are new and
i did not paint them.

P.S. I forgot to mention the water pump is new and painted with the same VHT
black while it's bolts are ARP. All the other pulleys have been sandblasted and
painted with the same except a/c. I have a WS6 steering box also so, i will paint
that as well before i install it.

i love that color silver. mine turned out bright.

Yours may be bright but it looks GREAT...
The black water neck is a nice touch.

that waterneck is for a 1969 camaro. i am going to repaint my brackets that color hopefully soon.

what happened to the flames Lance or is that an older picture? I'm waiting on some exhaust pipe and strut tower brace as well as new spark plug wires...

hey can you sandblast some more brackets?

you mean these?? man i love that silver color on those brackets. looks more natural. gonna have to take here apart again.

Probably. I'll run it by my friend tomorrow and let you know something.

cool thanks.

HOORAY... You are the 1,000 caller.
You have just won a free serpentine bracket sandblasting job.

P.S. Nothing is free, pass the word about the work Byron and I are doing
and this prize is yours. PM me and we can make arrangements on scheduling.

Ok guys. We got the heater hose/valve plumbing done.
A/C hose looks like it cooperated PERFECTLY. We put a
90 degree heater outlet on the manifold facing forward
with a 90 degree heater hose routed behind the a/c
compressor. You can see it in the bottom left side of this
pic. In between the a/c hose. OOOH... and notice the
shiny new Barry Grant 750 Demon. hehe

that is great looking man. makes me want to redo mine altogether.

Almost ready to run. Am waiting on a heater core and some black
J&M CC plates. While cleaning up today i kept getting a feeling i missed a bolt
somewhere. Then after most of the tools where put away and i looked down
on the nose i felt lucky. If i missed a bolt somewhere i figured i got one handy! hahaha

lol... i looked under my car yesterday and saw that my panhard bar was bent out of shape bad... good thing i already had the new one so i swapped that puppy out and started installing my tpi strut tower brace, serpentine belt, and the rear cargo floor pan... sorry no pics but the only thing you would see would be the floor through the big stinking hole where the floor was... starting to think i may not make it to the meet cuz still no exhaust, windshield, stickers, plates, and don't know if the tranny works.... lol list is getting shorter though...

BTW... for those of you wanting to build a 3" mandrel exhaust system like i have been wanting to do... you don't have to find a shop that does mandrel bents on 3" pipe... SUMMIT has the entire intermediate pipe (from cat to muffler) for about 180 bucks shipped to you... I'll get mine in the mail tomorrow so i'll drop up some pictures for you all to see... thinking i'm gunna clamp the whole thing together except for the ypipe rather than weld it incase i need to pull something which will have to exhaust in the way...

i hear its better to clamp then weld !

this mother****er should git his *** beat

i'm gunna have to agree with you cuz mine isn't even running yet... however.. looks like the value of mine just went up with one less being on the road....lol

just a quick update... thanks to the help of mike i got the car set for timing and fuel pressure so that i could have the exhaust i bought installed... i'm heading out this week to take her to the shop and have this done... couple more things and i'll be ready for the meet... problem i did come across though is that my tranny doesn't wanna shift ... could be because of not enough tranny fluid or shifter issues... or lol bad tranny... which would be no damn good...

...and I resolved your throttle position sensor issue...

GIT-R-DONE!

lol totally forgot about that one .... thanks

Glad to hear your making progress. I am still waiting on strut bushings
and i have not been able to button up the a/c yet. I need to swap
my a/c wiring harness this weekend and finally get that baby charged.
Anyhow here is a little peak at one of my mods...

Nice and Clean..Good Job !

hey jupiter.. you got all the tools and stuff to charge up a/c? I've got my last line coming in the mail and need to preform a leak check and vacuum and charge...

I sure don't. Am looking into a friend of a friend to hook me up!

i may be able to help you out with that... i've been thinking about buying a vacuum pump and i have the gauges already...

you can make a vacume pump from the bottom of an old refidgeiter
a Cold Box just use the pump

nice cars guys... heres mine no pics of the engine bay its got a collapsed lifter and i suspect my cam is ground down so its at my aunts i limped it there after i messed it up didnt wanna drive it all the way home

@zachkuby87
Very nice car dude.

@DrewsCam & gen 1
Byron may have a vacuum pump at the shop 'hope we can find it'.
If i can get this a/c-heater wiring harness run this weekend and
the dash back in i will see about recharging the a/c next week.
I'll let you know if we find the vac pump so we can help ya out.

P.S. it's the weekend and i got invited to beta test NFS World
again. For those of you with no clue, check it out. Game is due
out this summer and it is a BLAST....
http://world.needforspeed.com/

just finished wet setting my rocker arms today... yeah me... letting her cool off before i put the covers completely back on. She sounds a whole lot better with the new exhaust on her and the rockers set. Looks like mostly everything is coming together... still not sure whether or not she will make it to the meet on the 20th but if not there is always otto's to look forward too. or some other car show... she's still not exactly where i want her to be. Audio hasn't even been started on except for new speakers and stereo. The ac is still needing a line and minor work plus the recharge. I also have to get the smog bypass pulley and a high side power steering hose.. Although i think we can all agree i'm further ahead then i would normally be on this two year project. Only about 8 months into her and atleast now i can say that i have driven her! lol in and out of the garage...

I just bought her a week ago for 200 bucks. Yes she does run and everything works too. 1984 Berlinetta

ttt

Drew - pics of new exhaust....

That is all...

yeah i was told they would be posted that evening. where the heck are they. holding out on us arent ya.