Wilson makes a nice manifold also!

 

drool

 

Yeah, that is very nice; however, when I talked to Wilson a while back they said 1) that manifold is recommended for high rpm race applications (it will make most of it's power north of 6,000 rpm) and it will definitely hurt low end torque because of it's design...definetely hurting driveability and 2) they don't custom make manifolds like Hogan does at least they did not inform me if they do.

Basically, Hogan will design the intake to allow for peak torque and HP with the design I like. So that is what I will do. The Marcella manifold is sweet no doubt, but I will most likely go with Hogan.

 

DROOL...DROOL...(wipes mouth) and more DROOL. keep up the good work.

 

are you planning on keep the intake finish normal, or possibly powdercoating to spruce it up even more?

 

I will probably polish it and leave it at that, but you never know, lol.

 

Cant wait to see this baby finished.

 

Neil - Package sent..........call me when it hits your mailbox.

 

I definitely vote for polished... a hand fabbed sheet metal intake is functional beauty.... those perfect tig welds should be exposed for all to appreciate. Powdercoating would be a crime IMO.

 

Oh my, how did I miss this thread??? I went through some of the pages until I caught up with this (the 49th) page. dang man, you're going all out on this resto job. Keep up the great work.

 

This Camaro beats it all, I must say! This setup is beyond most peoples dreams, congratulations.

I have one question though, is there a slight chance you have a picture of the removable roll cage crossbar in place? I´m trying do decide which road to take in my 89RS. Thank you,

 

Aren't you going to be afraid to have this beautiful machine in a parking lot? If I saw it I'd be tempted to run over and start dry humping the hood. I won't even comment on that nice big slot in the hood. Awesome Car! Can't wait to see some videos and pics of the 4th phase... Rubber burning, corner carving, Small Children and Elderly scaring terror on 4 wheels... Ohhh yeaaa.

 

lol ..



whats new neil? how are the pillars coming out?

 

that a pillar looks awesome

 

If you want to go with the polished manifold, why not go and get a clear powdercoat put on after u polish it, then it won't need to be polished again and will stay looking good. A few of my friends have done that with motorcycle frames and wheels

 

Now, that was funny!!! LMAO
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What brand of clear should I use? I like that idea, though I am worried the clear will start yellowing and flaking off.
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Thanks, still have the other to do! I am just starting the other one and will probably get back on it in a day or two....takin' a little break from the car since it's at the fab shop i'll tell you about that in a bit.

 

You could always consider using a clear powder coat, once you get it polished out.

 

I don't think a clear powder coat will flake off or yellow, I'm not sure on the different brands of powders but im not sure it would make a difference, im sure whatever shop u get to do the coating will be able to help u pick a good one. Shouldn't cost you to much either, i was going to get the wheels powdercoated on my bike and i think it was something like $75 per wheel.

EDIT: make sure they know not to powder coat the sealing surfaces of the intake lol, i would think it would cause it not to seal as good.

 

So, here is what's new......I couldn't stand the thought of looking at the headlight/fuse-block power harness in the engine compartment so I banged my head on everything I could find in order to try and hide it. Here is what I came up with......I pulled the driver side fender and cut a hole in the under side of the fenderwell in order to route the harness. I knew it was going to be a tight fit (that's what she said ) when getting the harness mount (firewall side) through but it finally went with a little pushing, tilting and swearing. Then I routed the harness under the inner fender support and positioned the fuse boxes under the driver side battery tray or purge canister tray (see pics). Right now, I consider this a temporary fit since I used L-brackets and tie straps to mount everything, but it works and it's enough to get this thing running. I think I am starting to run out of patience and I can always go back and finalize this stuff later, I just want to drive it!!! To water proof the fuse/power distribution blocks, i'll seal it in with a plastic barrier and the plast inner fenderwell liner.

 

More pics, fuse blocks mounted upside down under battery tray (drivers side).

 

My bad, I didn't see "powdercoat"! I never thought of that, clear powdercoat, hmmmm. Sounds like a good idea!

 

Since the harness is now routed, I then began hookin stuff up....headlights, parking lights, windows, door locks, power mirrors, door poppers and interior lights....and they all work . Brake light harness is next.

 

Moving right along, now the car is at the fab shop..... complete ss exhaust system, headers to tail pipe. 2" primaries to Burns 3" collectors, dual 3" pipe with x-pipe to Magnaflow 3"in/3"out mufflers. Here are a few pics.

 

and more....

 

more....

 

WARNING!!! This car reroutes it trips to avoid speed bumps.....

 

Neil:

Just a thought, you may have done this already.... But i hope you put some kind of padding or protection around that harness coming out of the frame horn. The sharp edge will wear into those thin wires quite quickly otherwise.

Looking really sharp though. Almost done!

 

So Neil, is this car going to have a fully working OBDII system? As in have O2 sensors and the whole bit?

 

I used 1/4" rubber tubing sliced down the side to protect the harness from those sharp edges. I forgot to take pics, i'll take some when I get the car back.
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Yes, will have a fully functional OBDII system. At startup I plan to use the stock computer to make sure everything works, then I will go with a FAST or Big Stuff 3.

 

holy big pipes batman...
2" primaries?!?!?!


i guess backpressure is not one of your worries
lol
sweet.

then again, i think i remember you saying you are planning on 800 hp, so i guess 2" is justified then.

still...
thats huge.

 

Neil, keep up the good work...I can almost smell the exhaust!

 

We wanna smell tires, not exhaust!

 

Nice build, subscribing for pics.

 

The ground clearance doesn't look too bad, at least compared to others I've seen with long tubes. Can't wait to see this bad-boy done!!

 

Yeah, the ground clearance is a little better than the clearance I had with the Hooker long tubes, well at least it appears that way.

More pics from the fab shop (American Race Components) http://www.americanracecomponents.com/
Not sure if I gave you his website so here it is. He is doing some fantastic work IMO, watching these headers come together from scratch is pretty cool. Anyway, here are the pics.

 

More of the headers and X-pipe.

 

From here, the dual 3" will run along either side of the driveshaft and the current BMR transmission cross member will not work, so John will fabricate a new one which will tie into the subframe connectors as well as the factory cross member mount location. When he gets to that point i'll post more pics and also pics of how he's the exhaust pipes will go over the left and right axle housings!

 

looks good. hows the interior coming along?

 

dumb question, but are they going to be able to duplicate the headers, or could they? i know with computers and machines these days that save specs and digitize images.
if they made a set of 2" primaries, then 1 3/4 or 1 7/8 would be a no brainer.
not sure who many people would buy a set, but its a thought.

 

Ditto on what TPI TERR said...any new pics of the interior?

 

Well, I don't have a new pics of the interior but i'll give you an update. Just before I took the car to the fab shop, I cleaned up the interior and put both seats in. After getting the seats in, I noticed the T/A door panels are a little too wide....the door shuts with the seats in; however there is not enough room to even slide your hand down the side of the seat to adjust height and seat back angle. So, I will probably end up cutting off the bottom half of the panel and making my own with speaker pod, then covering with suede and leather.

The passenger side a-pillar is about 25% done, so have much more work to do on that.

Since the car hasn't been here i've been a little lazy and it's kinda nice. But, when I get to the shop next i'll see if I can shoot a few shots of the interior.

 

Exhaust fabrication update.....shots of the x-pipe and the pieces to the new transmission crossmember which will clear both 3" pipes.

 

Transmission crossmember coming together. The new cross member is tied into the Hotchkis sfc on both sides.

 

More pics. Also, a shot of the new adjustable panhard bar which will be relocated to the pictured horizontal position to provide more clearance for the exhaust.

 

more of the panhard bar...

By the way, Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

 

Dang Neil!!That exhaust fitment looks awful tight!
Also,I hope the visegrips aren't going to be part of the final rear assm.

 

Sweet thats what i did to mine, its a great place to run everything

 

everything is looking awesome. hope you dont ever plan to go with an automatic.

what panhard bar is that?

 

Neil, I talked to Jim about ordering your Tru-trac....... call me.

 

Update on the exhaust, check out the pics.