Well lately I've been getting a lot of "where did you go?" "whats new with the car?" PMs and emails. I'm still around, just haven't been posting much lately.

Thought i'd give an update to those who were wondering and just share that my car has become a pretty big project. Its been off the road and torn apart since august. Started out to "just be" a motor swap...but then i decided while the motors out....(you can figure out the rest).

Haven't been doing that much work on it lately just gathering parts...now assembling the motor. But anyway here are some current shots of what everything looks like. Just got the brakes yesterday, hopefully those will be on the car soon.

Pretty much changing out the whole drivetrain, new brakes, new wheels, new hood.

 

That is one wild project. What are the specs on that motor? Looks like a Vic Jr. intake and possibly some Vic Jr. heads. I love those caster plates. Where did you get those, how much they run you? Great adj.?

Can't wait to see the final pics!

 

Looks really good Steve! I really love the look of a shaved firewall, and can't wait to do mine. You are gonna love the new brakes. Upgrading brakes was one of the best moves I have made for overall driver fun. You can go SOOO much deeper into a corner now. Keep the progress pics coming!

 

Way Cool!

 

whoa...wondered what happened to you, cause last time we talked...you were JUST doing an engine swap, lol!

 

Very nice stuff going on there Stevo! I know what you mean when you start something and say "while Im there, might as well..." Thats the story of my life. But you know, in the end, it will aaaaalll be worth it! Keep us posted dude!

 

looking sweet, what new hood you getting?, and are those cadlilac brakes?

 

Looking good!...keep up the good work

 

Looks great, what strut mounts did you go with? Car looks great, I like the shaved firewall too.

 

a carburetor??? WHAT!? sell out!

 

Carb's own.

 

So what hood are you going with?

 

thats quite the project you've got going.. looks good

 

lookin good

 

Its a 355 solid roller, all forged, 13:1 compression, .577/.602 lift 242/262 duration cam, edelbrock performer rpm heads, super vic manifold, and ill be running a holley 750dp. Lot of compression...but it should put down over 400hp to the wheels N/A. Haven't decided if i'm going to spray it just yet.

The camber/caster plates are made by J&M they are the new design, look a lot better then the older ones. Ran me somewhere around $200 shipped they have them for sale new on ebay. I like the fit/finish so far, haven't had the car on the road to adjust them yet.

Most likely a cervini's 3" cowl or looking at the champion fiberglass 3" cowls.

They are Cadillac CTS-V Calipers...4 piston Brembos with a stock 13.5" C6 Z51 corvette rotors. Thanks to Ed Miller for setting me up with this kit .


I have just about finished assembling the motor, picked up the carb the other day. Its about ready to go into the car. Haven't got the brakes/a-arms/springs in the car yet as its just too damn cold and they are callin for some nasty weather tonight/tomorrow. I am contemplating painting the calipers red at this point so people will actually notice them, and i like the way they look thats how my car was before. With the spacers they tuck pretty far back into the wheel. I want people to see them

Just working out the march pulley setup then i will have pics up of the complete motor hopefully by sunday.

Thanks for the compliments everyone it means a lot.

 

Come on now you sold your damn car! Still thinking about a vette?

Sell out!

 

haha yeah, life's a bitch. no more nice cars for me, at least for a few years. spending all my money for college.

so is a cowl hood mandatory? are you going to put stripes on the hood?

 

Yup i gotta run a cowl. I just hope i can make it fit with the 3" as i refuse to run any taller.

Stripes will come...not sure how soon.

The hood will come gel coated white so i hope its a close match to the color of my car. So it'll be a little ghetto looking with stripes on the back half of the car but not on the front lol.

 

thats why i like EFI

 

double post

 

So what's the bill up to as of right now?

Looks like you're doing everything that I want to do to my car, but I want a T56 and EFI.

 

Ya...but the car doesn't get driven everyday only when its nice outside and its off the road for the cold months. No need for EFI. Oh and mpg...HAH whos calculating it.

Ive always liked the looks of cowl hoods, but they are just too common thats my only "dislike" about them.

Thats for me and my bank account to know only lol. A LOT. More then i paid for the car lol. Also more then the cars ever going to be worth LOL. It hurts and i better stop before i make myself cry.

No more T56 for me, i'm going to be running a tremec tko 5 spd now.

 

Fully Assembled:






The headers are only for the mock up pics...can't use the y pipe with this oil pan so i'm going to long tubes.

 

interesting valve cover bolts. ive never seen those before

i thought ur car was a daily driver. i thought remembered u saying that a long time ago

 

Its been over a year and half since this was my daily and ya the valve cover studs make it very easy to pull off the covers for adjustments.

 

Looks great Steve cant wait till we all get to the track.

 

Woooah.

Nice stuff!

Wish I had that kinda green.

 

I thought thats what the extension was for in my socket set!

That project is really coming along nicely, and the engine looks great. What valve covers are you running on there?

 

who's water pump are you using there? i'm debating putting an aluminum mechanical water pump with an electric drive (so's i can put a pulley/belt on when i'm street driving) or running an electric water pump all together (but then i gotta figure out an alternate mounting point for the alt.)

 

Thanks, they are just some chrome tall covers for perimeter bolt pattern. Not sure who makes them.

As far as i know its a Summit brand high flow water pump, it is aluminum.

Alum mechanical water pump with an electric drive? Never heard of those but it sounds pretty sweet. I was contemplating running an electric water pump but i got a good deal on this pulley setup so i went with it.


Just got done placing the new Brembo Decals on the freshly painted red calipers:

 

you never seen those electric waterpump drive kits that you can get through mr. gasket or anything? here's what i'm talking about:
it's a universal kit and can be positioned pretty much anyway you want it to be.

 

damn dude. gotta bring that thing back up to my place sometime when its nice out. what are you doing with the snypers?

 

Probably sell them for the right price or just hold onto them.

How are ya doing adam? Haven't talked to ya in a bit. Anything new on the car?

 

Did u put auto body caulk around ur fire wall plate…?!?!?! if not u should, so water doesn’t leak in and start to rust things… plus it makes it look ten times better…


P.s. if u have the snipers in about 2 months I may b interested… Pm me and let me kno how much u would sell them 4….

 

Did you not see these pics, it's welded up if you can't see it in the pics

 

it looked spot welded, so i thought i would ask...

 

Its not welded at all. Riveted, then used autobody caulk that really thick **** they put in all the seams of our cars. I just smoothed the seams well it actually does look welded and painted over. The plate is actually "removable" if i ever become sane again and decide i want heat or a/c.

That big chunk on the driver side is factory caulk...you can see how nice of a job they did!

 

Great minds think alike i guess... but i spot welded mine first and then added autobody caulk...

 

Drool!

If my car ends up looking half as nice as yours ill be happy!

Nice Car!!

 

I like the Brembo decals on the calipers. What's the story behind that? Looks great!

 

My bad, I thought he told me it was welded

 

sweet

 

Looks like you have a nice project going there yourself! Thanks.

After i repainted them i wanted the decals, just did a search on ebay for "brembo decals" and i found them.

UPDATE: Springs/A-arms/Brakes/front wheels are on. Motor is going in next week. New 3" Cervini cowl should also be here early next week! Will have updated pics soon.

Thanks for comments guys.

 

Not trying to bash you at all, but how come you're selling the Snypers for Z06 wheels when from the pictures it looks like the one wheel has a bent lip and some curb rash? Your Snypers were beautiful

 

Few reasons:

I have always loved c5 z06 rims its what i originally wanted but i just couldn't afford them at the time. I got these for a STEAL of a price. With 2 good tires on the rears.

I wanted wider tires on the front and rear. These are 17x9.5" front 18x10.5" rear as opposed to the 17x9 all around snypers.

That is a terrible pic of the wheel, it hasn't been cleaned/polished and yes that is a small bent lip only noticeable in that pic. They do have some minor curb rash but its not much.

The snypers actually clear these big *** brakes so i may hold onto them and mount them when i want to change the look

Last reason the snypers were not clearcoated, i had to constantly keep them polished and it was just a lot of work.

 

Oh well those look a lot better now. How much did the Snypers cost brand new anyways?

Someday I'll have me a set of chrome TTII's on my car. Someday

 

Not sure if you can even get them new anymore. I think ROH was going out of business or something like that? Pretty sure snypers are discontinued. I paid $600 for the snypers with no tires, with peeling clearcoat. I paid $400 or $425 for the z06s, with 2 good rear tires(tires alone for 295/35/18s are like $150-200). So i thought i got a good deal.

Your car looks better with ZR1s compared to tt2s i think. More modern of a look.

 

lookin good man i run those snyper rims as well and i love em, cant wait to see your finished project . here is a few pics of mine 1 when it was blue and now i painted it silver and dropped a different engine in it.

 

Nice work fellas, I wish I had the time do commit to that kind of an overhaul job.



Ed

 

Very Nice Stevo, excellent work my friend...welcome to the Carbed family