ahhhh i was looking it it for some parts, but i wasnt sure how it would have held uo compared to engine enamel and such

 

Another day filled with wire brushing and painting

Spent a few hours trying to get the control arm bushings out with a ball joint press before giving up. I decided to take it to a shop when my energy suspension bushings arrive.





Painted the sway bar to match the rear one


Stock wonderbar


Painted my brand new front calipers as well


Re-assembly will start as soon as my control arm bushings arrive.

 

Ended up getting some help from a friend and used the ball joint press to remove and install my new energy suspension control arm bushings. Took 3 hours and destroyed the fresh coat of paint on them but it's done, ball joints and all. Unfortunately i'm traveling for the holidays and wont get to work on my baby till after christmas.

I will never try to remove factory control arm bushings again.... I will pay a shop with the correct press.

 

Today's update:

Full front suspension and steering done

All new:
KYB Struts w/boots
Moog springs
Moog sway bar bushings
Energy suspension control arm bushings
Moog strut mounts
Dorman brake hoses
Ball joint and steering kit from 1A Auto
(idler arm, lower ball joint, tie rods, center link, sway bar linkage)












Tomorrow i finish up with brake and rotors.

 

Installed new brakes, hoses, and new calipers today
The old owner actually did an upgrade and had slotted drilled rotors that are in perfect shape!! Not one grove.

The rotor isnt spinning very well, the brake pads are rubbing... is this normal?
Do they fix themselves when i bleed the brakes and start pumping the caliper?

 

Does anyone know of a good company to send a caliper into for a rebuild?

 

Well i sent in my rear left caliper to get rebuilt in Chicago.
Here my vendor review i started:
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/afte...aliper-co.html

When I get it back ill bleed the brakes then get the car to the driveway so i can pressure wash the engine bay before i paint.

 

Ok guys i need some advice with what color to paint these wheels.
The gold is in good shape, so i was thinking about leaving the gold as is. Then painting the raw aluminum satin black.
The car is going to be repainted when i finally get her running and she'll be victory red and have gloss black racing stripes.

Any pictures of this done or any ideas are welcome. Please and thank you.








The wheels are already prepped just waiting on a final decision.

 

Maybe just paint the gold black or something I think it'll just clash to much with that paint job too many colors

 

Well the interior is the same gold color thats why i was thinking of leaving the gold.

edit: i agree though that i should replace the gold with black but i dont want to destroy the factory gold color... you know what i mean?

ps: how about i just leave the stripes on the spokes gold and the rest black?

 

Yea I think it'll look great with gold strips instead to compliment the wheels and interior just my opinion. Were you thinking full length strips or hood to trunk?

 

hood to trunk, nothing on the nose...

 

Yea that's a better look have you considered gold strips? If u have to have them at all. My iroc is blue with gold decals interior and wheels also I love the gold ascents it seems like every one I see has grey or black. I plan on keeping the color scheme just updating the wheels (something gold) and engine (ls hopefully this summer)

 

All i see in my head is a mcdonalds car if i did gold racing stripes. It would look more like a ***** than a muscle car to me. Or did you mean gold molding/pinstripe?

 

Lol ok you have a point there, didn't even cross my mind but the gold decals wouldn't be bad either I like the look of the louvers, vents, what ever on the hood so I think strips would just make them look out of place and bad

 

Well im going to paint them tomorrow hopefully and ill post pictures!!

 

3m painters tape. Take your time masking and it should turn out fine.

Just my opinion, I'd leave them aluminum/gold and clear them.

 

Took me a couple hours. Used two coats of satin black then two clear coats.

 

One more

 

Car needs to be black with gold ground effects and gold stripes and those would fit perfect

 

Those wheels and your entire project is killer man. I love it!

 

Thanks man, its been a fun build

 

I think I finally decided on my engine. 350 vortec from herb. 325hp roller long block for 2k. Can't wait for that tax refund.

Oh i also finally did the title transfer on the camaro its finally mine haha.
Would have sucked if it came back stolen since i did get the title from someone who never had it transferred to them....

ps. if anyone sees a good deal on a used vortec tpi manifold pls lmk.

 

Ok update time:

I'll have the money needed for my motor at the end of March
But.... I think im going to use that money on this 89 Toyota pickup...

http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/lee/cto/4301855904.html

I still havent decided but I think im going to get the truck instead.
I negotiated the owner down to a much more fair price.

 

Bad news I was about to buy my new engine and then my tranny on my truck went out. Rebuild cost all the money i saved up...

Good news i finally painted my engine bay.
Here's some before and after pics including prep work.

 

well im picking up a used 305 from a 92 camaro tomorrow. Not the motor i wanted but ill use it for now. Prepare for plenty of pics tomorrow.

 

Looks great, man!
j

 

Alright picked up a 92 305 tbi today with a 305 tpi base
cleaned it
painted it
installed it!!!!!!

 

look at all that room when nothing else in in there lol. drop your headers in now LOL

 

Haha yup first things im adding are headers, plugs, and timing chain.

 

Alright tranny is installed and now im getting my engine harness all figured out.
I dropped my engine harness off at tpi parts's shop
http://www.ebay.com/usr/tpi_parts
He is in cape coral FL which was only 45 minutes from me.
I will write up a vendor review.

 

Finished up all the tranny mounts today.
Every bushing or mount is now polyurethane




Can anyone tell me if i should put the torque arm or driveshaft in first?

 

looking great!

 

Thanks man hopefully ill actually get to drive a thirdgen for the first time soon haha.

 

What brand/part # trans/torque arm mounts are those? Also what part # are the 2 round trans mount/crossmember pieces?

 

looks good. I forgot what the factory trans crossmember looked like i've had the Spohn one so long

 

Really enjoyed reading this. Looking good!

 

Everytime I watch one of these threads it makes me want to build another one! But.. then I think about all the $$ I sank into my thirdgens over the years and I come back to my senses

 

All energy suspension
Torque arm mount 3.1111r
http://www.ebay.com/itm/310897729737...84.m1497.l2649

Round trans mount
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191143928550...84.m1497.l2649

Thanks everyone for the compliments helps me keep on progressing.

 

Fantastic job!

P.S. I'm drooling and think I just had one...

 

Toque arm is in.
Drive shaft is also in.
PITA lots of hammer motivation even with a nicely sanded slip yoke and greasing.
Replaced the u joint to the rear end. Had no idea how to do the ujoint to the tranny so left the 30 year old stock one in...

Tomorrow im going to work on replacing the door hinge bushings.
Should be tons of fun. Wish me luck or post some advise on the best way to go about this. Doors are off already.

 

Try a torch. I can't remember who used them, but some u-joints were retained by an injected plastic. I believe that the replacement ones are retained by a clip.

 

yea thats what it looks like thanks for the tip.

 

I got my harness back from tpi parts yesterday. He's a miracle worker, it came out perfect.

 

Spent about an hour today painting and trying to install my intake manifold and then i realized the bolts just would not fit. Found out the 10066013 manifold i have is for a corvette and will not work...



Came out nice but its on ebay now. Ill be keeping my eye out for a new manifold....

 

Did my driver side replacement doors's bushing kit... wow what a pain to do the upper hinge.

I'm working on getting the proper tpi manifold right now.

Also ill be ordering the 2460 hooker headers http://www.ebay.com/itm/111059712073

While i have your attention does anyone know of a good cap, rotor, coil, wire, and module to get? I'm thinking red everything and getting the coil in cap combo. Ive been searching but im not sure what is computer friendly and what is for carb motors.

Thanks guys.

 

as far as the cap, rotor, and coil goes I am running a MSD Cap & rotor and a MSD coil with Taylor wires with good luck

As far as the module goes I am running the stock one. Even if you got a MSD 6AL it would still run through the factory style module

 

Did you get the coil in cap msd version?

 

This is a great build! Keep up the good work

 

keep working, you'll get there!!