Wow it looks like the prevoius owner never gave it a vacumm to your car (dont want to sound bad)
and it is a good thing that the floor pan are not in a bad shape. Make sure to spray something so no rust can form in there. it will save you some trouble in the future.
Keep me posted
Also are you gonna put the fins that go on the side to complete the 3 piece spoiler

 

Yeah i'm going to spray some rust stuff down there while its out. I just stuck the easy stuff back down.

And yeah, i just ran out of daylight on the spoiler i'm going to finish it out.

 

Well i got the holes on the back wetsanded, and some of the area around the little dings on the spoiler. I got the passenger side part on yesterday. i didnt fit like i wanted, but its on, and loos alright. Is not a perfect car anyway. im gonna try and finish the bondo work on the tail end and prime all the goodies back there, then move on to another project.

I've been back and forth with the transmissions, and now i think were back to the 350. I've located one for 100 bucks, with a stock converter.
No progress on the motor build since i've been called into work every day i've off for the last 2 weeks so i never get a second hardly.

Hopefully something'll happen soon.

 

ive got a 1984 z-28 camaro that had no moter it had a 700r transmission and a 3 inch cowl hood body and interor in exellent shape i put a 454 big block punched 60 over with port and polish heads taking offers im in nc

 

No new updates guys. Nothing really done. I've been messing with my other cars and whatnot. I'm starting to mosey on back to the camaro now and have basically dropped back to square one on the motor. Its not getting any progress so now im looking for a 350...

 

Looks like your making progress!

 

not as much as i want, but yes.. progresss.

 

Well tonight, my dad and i talked, and we decided, well, why not. Lets strip it. put it on blocks, rip that crap out, and put in a 350, transmission and slap an alternator on it and be done with it. No A/C nothing for extra weight and its a streetable drag car. strip the unnessasary crap, and let it ride

 

Now i'm between a rock and a hard place..
84 z28...
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Said it needs bottom end bearings. 350 motor complete and ready to go in the car, with new torque converter, and hoods with it. I can get the whole car for the same price as the motor.... Its cheep, but i wont say how cheep but just know its 3 digits..
If i get it, then i'll probally just part the v6 camaro to make some money back out of it.

 

well not getting the other camaro. Got mine up on blocks, and the fan shroud out. Tomorrow i'm going to try and get some of the stuff out of the engine bay. and prep to pull the motor. Then the wheels come off and start working on those one by one to get them prepped and painted.

 

think it was time for a new belt?

 

now my only dilemma is im not sure where to start.

 

motors out

Got a motor. a 74 350 out a Cheyenne. Basically a core 4 bolt main. He said he thought it was a canadian version with the steel crank/rods.
Paid 100 for the whole motor minus water pump, timing cover, and q-jet(which i'm going back to get if he can find it)

decent core i guess.. something i can work with..

 

thats cool that you were able to find that motor. I myself found a 350 to my surprise was heavly modify before i got to work on it.
Good luck on your project and check me posted.
Like they say once you start working on something who knows what will be left in the end to do

 

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The only thing we didnt take pictures of were how bad the cylinders were before we cleaned them up.. but the only thing i can tell you, is look the heads, and thats what the walls looked like. The 4 chambers that dont have any rust in them, were full of water.

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I'll get a better picture of that today, my lil brother took these while i was at work. casting 3832442

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Then, after the pressure wash and the little wirewheel/flap disk to get the rust off

 

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The only thing we didnt take pictures of were how bad the cylinders were before we cleaned them up.. but the only thing i can tell you, is look the heads, and thats what the walls looked like. The 4 chambers that dont have any rust in them, were full of water.

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I'll get a better picture of that today, my lil brother took these while i was at work. casting 3832442

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Then, after the pressure wash and the little wirewheel/flap disk to get the rust off:

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Are you planning on sending some thing to be hot tub, usually that helps out to make it look cleaner.
I was surprise to see how the heads look and the crank.
Hope everything goes in your favor on your build.
I would like to see how everything turns out in the end

 

yeah it'll be all posted here,,

and its going to be hot tanked, and bored .030 over

 

nothing new on the motor. grandmas in the hospital, so the major stuff is set back, so in my little bit of time around the house, i painted a wheel today, and it looks awesome.
still got some touching up, and sanding the alum. thinking about clearing the wheel, but i doubt it.

Also, got one motor mount painted the other day, paint another one tomorrow. its not going to be perfect, but it looks good.

Also kinda mock painted the k-member to see what colors i like it, my dad dosent









engine bay is going black, k-member silver, mounts black, clamshells silver, block black, orange oil pan, water pump and valve covers

 

Got another wheel done today. I've still gotta polish up the lip, but i can do that later. Still determining if i should clear these or not. i'm thinking not.

Also got another motor mount, and started on the K-member drop

 

Nice job you did on ur k memeber.
Also like the rims on how painted them I wish I painted my old ones like that
Also I hope ur grandma will be okay

 

well thats just a temp spray on it, i'm in the process of taking it off now, but we got like 4 inches of rain the last 2 days, so its gotta dry up.

 

Wow 4 in of rain. I remember those days when it rain here in Cali. I couldnt drive my camaro during those days since where I live it would really get flooded and I would be force to drive my dads truck to get around. Since my camaro would have problem driving through the big floods
But hey at least everything is going ur way. I am gonna have to take some notes on what u are doing to do to my camaro when I do my engine swap.

 

Go ahead man, its what its here for.

I'm a 17 year old doing it my by myself. i'm actually going out now to look at it and get some thoughts for what i need to do.

 

cool project! I got my 91 Trans Am 'vert when I was 17, now I'm 18. I wish I was able to dig into it as deep as you did. Good luck!

 

wel i am getting some monitary help and overseeing so its not all done by me

But love mine!

 

well the motor is at the machinist, and when i pick it back up i'll have a clean, 355!

 

I admire your work ethics!! Keep it up!! Yea it may take awhile, but when you're done, you & Dad can enjoy the ride with pride!!!

 

eh, ima try and leave my dad out of some of it if i can. He's becoming a nuisance at times

 

i fully understand the nuisance dad thing, but if he's got any hotrod experience at all, you may want to listen closely to his thoughts. i'm 25 now and built my first hotrod at 17, and wished that i had listened to him closer. i'd probably still have that car if i'd taken the time to listen to what he had to say about the car.

 

i basically have the exact same car as you. 2.8L v6, 1984 sport coupe... 431000 kms, so nearly 300,000 mi. im doing bodywork on it right now, i decided to go with the iroc bumper covers and the rocker covers... still completely stock engine/tranny though... i have 17" Replika R35 wheels on it with 225s. i plan on lowering it with the dropzone 1.75" drop kit within the next week or so, then im getting hte windows tinted. car is midnight sand grey. once im done most of that stuff i plan on looking into an enigne/tranny swap, its an auto and i wanna throw a 5 speed into it. ill take some pictures next week when the body is done and post them up on here. i like ur project, it reminds me of mine. aha

 

Thanks man. I love mine. its getting neglected right now body wise, but im working so much, im trying to get some cash buildup. But, hopefully soon i can find a tranny for it, and we'll be back on the band wagon

 

located a doug herbert cam locally, and some .30 over, speedpro pistons cheep. I love collecting parts.

 

nogo on the cam, and the pistons are getting picked up tomorrow.
I'm still i need of a 700r4, so if anyone has one close, pleaseeee let me know

 

I've got pistons!

 

Got the cam bearings and freeze plugs today, and the block was in the boring bar when he left the shop. ready to start poppin holes in the morning. i'm hoping when i get up, i can get some pictures of it in the shop for you guys.

I've got Speed Pro Pistons, Sealed power cam bearings and freeze plugs, so might as well stick with the Sealed Power mains/rods and rings huh?


My dads in his off week of pay, so im getting slapped with the bill this week, hopefully he'll hold to his word and give me his half back. If not, he'll be ordering a few more things
We're still un decided on Carb and a cam. it'll probally be a summit el cheepo cam for now. Its a budget motor, so why not.

 

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cool beans dude, im getting all my stuff painted up, no real progress, just making it look good.

 

Well I'm pretty sure I've got my car traded on a 80 rs, with a 600 hp built motor in it. Its got a cracked ring, so it'll have to be tore down too, but its the car I really wanted anyway, so I'll love it. The guy I'm trading with, wants a 3rd gen, and wants a car he can do a big build on, so we've got opposite projects. But, all in all we'll both be happy.

 

 

if that's a 600hp engine, then mine makes 1000...to the tires!

you traded one broken project for another...and the second gen is easily 400lbs heavier. sorry buddy, but if you traded that thinking it made 600hp, you got douped bad..

 

well, either way i at least have a decent car,heads, intake, headers, exhaust, block, pistons and a crank and a carb with this one, vs

a half a car, a block, rods, crank and pistons.

Plus, i wanted the second gen to begin with, and couldnt find one, so i got a third gen. but nothings set in stone yet, and either way, that cars not going far, and i know where a couple more are if i wanna get another.

And i know its not making 600, maybe even 450, but its the car i want..

 

Looks like a talon/eclipse spoiler

 

im pretty sure it was a grand prix spoiler

 

 

i was also looking for a 2nd gen, but couldnt find any in decent shape for under 2000, plus i dont really like the front of a 2nd gen, unless its the earlier ones, and i found the iroc and got attached to it, lol, you have a thread on a different site for your 2nd gen? id like to see the progress you make on it, sweet looking project

 

I think you did the right thing trade wise. I would trade mine off for a nice 2nd gen if I could.

 

Well i dont have anything finalized yet, but thanks guys. Im really, really hating that i've got to get rid of my motor with the car.. The motor thats in it, is more than i would have been able to build with this one, but im gonna miss this one. I've taken it from a pile of rust and grease, and now its a nice and pretty block, and new pistons, bored to .030. But, i guess you gotta give something up. I've got alot of money tied up into it, and now ima have to track right back down the same road..

 

Well, if any of you are keeping up with this.. Probally buying bearings and rings next week Keeping the 3rd gen!

 

Cool good to hear