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Old Oct 21, 2001 | 12:52 PM
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website up for anyone interested in 4th gen swap

hi, guy's as promissed i finally got around to putting up a little website with some pic's on the swap, dont expect anything great,and its not a how to do , site, just a site to help someone who might be interested in doing something like this, the hosting site i used is not great so eventually all the pics will load, depending you connection speed, and i will be uploading more pics, as i find time, http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/clutch/63/
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Old Oct 21, 2001 | 01:13 PM
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Car: 1992 Chevy Camaro RS
Engine: 305 TBI
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Looks good man....definetly like it...but not something I would want to take on...though I will be doing the center console switch (if it works on a camaro) and a roll bar (4 pt). Was that cage a custom cage...or what?

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1992 Teal Camaro RS
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Dynomax High Flow Cats Coming
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Old Oct 21, 2001 | 08:37 PM
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Sweet I like it how long did it take you to do that dash must have ben a sob to change out and get working.
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Old Oct 22, 2001 | 12:24 AM
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Looks good.

Changing over the handles was easy, I just removed the pin and put the new handle in it's place. The old and new mount look almost identical and I was surprised that it worked. I'll have pics up soon.

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Old Oct 22, 2001 | 08:34 AM
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From: Doghouse ······································ Car: 1989 Formula 350 Vert Engine: 350 L98 Transmission: 700R4 Axle/Gears: B&W 3.27
Car: 87 Formula T-Top, 87 Formula HT
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72BuickGSX, or anyone else that has done the swap.
Got a few questions;
--Do the Heater controls work on your swap?
--Which dash wireing harness did you use, your original one, or the one that came with the new dash?
--I see you pretty much eliminated the heating ducts, are you planning on not using the heater controls at all?

John
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Old Oct 22, 2001 | 05:53 PM
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well as far as heat like i said im only going to be useing my car for summer and track car, yes if you want heat like factory, you need to get the 4th gen heater box, i didnt for one i didnt realize i needed it untill the car was allready in the crusher, and two i dont really need it, im just using my old heater box with a vavle i can turn on and off for defoster and thats bascially it,

as far as everything lining up, i havent really nocticed it to tell the thruth, door panels might be alittle off, but dash seemed fine to me no different then factory dash, and both the door panels and dash are very secure, i cant pull off the panels or mode the dash once its boled down,

as far as gauges im useing a combo 3rd gen harness and gauges with 4th housing, i had a pic and i thought i uploaded it, but realized i didnt now the hosting site is messing up ,

anyhow i have now pulled the passenger side door panel back off, so i can fix my roll cage so i can fit the door panel back on like it should be ,
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Old Oct 22, 2001 | 08:06 PM
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SO you were saying it bolted right up with no bolt modifications or cutting of that sort? I know about the cluster thats no big deal but man that looks sweet I would love to do that!!!
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Old Oct 22, 2001 | 09:13 PM
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WOW!!...Awesome guy!!..That is sooo freakin sweet!!..Congrats on a job well done..heres another WOW for ya!!..will continue to re-visit your site for updates!!
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Old Oct 23, 2001 | 05:36 PM
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thanks guys, um well yes there is cutting involled to make it fit, but not much, or atleast i didnt have to do much, i got a 95 firehawk dash, so if other models or years are the same i dont know
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