I sold my ls1 swapped 91 z28 for a down payment on a new house and after 3 years of searching I finally found another z28 that was unmolested and a clean canidate to build. I bought the car off of the second owner who bought the car in 1994. The fuel pump had gone out and there the car sat in a field for 5 years before i bought it. It was completely original with nothing ever messed with. The only rust on the whole car was on one of the wheel wells. This winter I will do a ls t56 swap on this one. So it has a long way to go but has come a long way also already. It feels good to have another z28.















Picture from the ad when it was for sale.

 

nice I recently purchased the same car except red interior one owner 44000 mi for my son

 

 

Awesome looking car... I love the all black late model z28's, real clean looking.

 

Really nice looking car! Great job fixing it up!

 

Indeed! Nice to see another one being saved.

 

Nice! Love the look with the wheels and all black!

 

Beautiful!

 

Looks good! What wheels are those?

 

they are 18" black chrome z06 spyder wheels.

 

why not keep the TPI?

 

because the z28 I had to sell I did a ls1 swap in and I loved it. Since selling it I have been on a hard hunt for another clean swap canidate. My 91 z28 was a ls1 4l60e and this one is going to be a ls2 t56.

 

A little update. I ripped out the entire interior which was gray and replaced everything going to black interior. I put in dynomat, new carpet, new door panels, and newly leather covered 02 camaro seats. I dyed all the plastics black. Also switched to 02 camaro seat belts. Here are some progress shots. I will update when it's finished.

 

Door panel

 

New black interior!

 

BEAUTIFUL!

 

Nice looking ride. Hope you have a lot of fun with it.

 

Out with the old in with the new! While the drivetrain was out i completely degreased the underneath and coated it with POR 15. I also notched a coated the k member.

 

You move fast. Was the engine and trans sitting and waiting?

 

I had the motor and trans pulled and removed and prepped the k member before i had the ls1. I bought it about a month after pulling the old motor.

 

A few updated pics. Got the magnuson tvs 1900 installed and tuned.








2014 cts-v 6 piston brembos!

 

Jesus, man. I'm almost mad at you. Sick car.

 

Amazing job! Great looking Z28!

 

Not much of an update but i got new emblems made bt emblem pros. They are onyx black stainless wi

th black acrylic insets.

 

A nice touch.

 

Wow this car is in another league than most! Great job.

 

Thanks guys! Im just trying to figure out if i should smoke the taillights. What do you all think?

 

I would. Have the hawks painted tail lights on my black 85 trans am and it looks real nice.

 

I vote no on smoking them. I smoked mine several years ago (10 years ?) and after a year I noticed that the paint was fading and small areas were flaking off when washing them. It could be because I didn't properly prep them like when I paint a body panel. Scuff with 600 grit and spray. I was afraid that the scuffing would make the tailights opaque. So I wound up sanding the paint off and polishing them. I ended up liking the polished look more than the smoked look after that. If you really want dark tailights I would just use the tailight covers. I have a pair if want them.

EDIT: BadNBlk might be a good person to PM, I think he has smoked a fair amount and he might have a suggestion.

 

I would do some black tail-lite covers. Bad A$$ car man!

 

The smoked lights don't appeal to me personally, but I love when people change the amber to solid red to match the brake lights.

Your car is one of my favorite third gens! Too clean!

 

Ok so my best friend owns a body shop and i am going to have him paint them with clear with black mixed in it. Im also going to change the amber lense to red. I also forgot to mention i just got these gauges installed! They are Dakota Digital VHX withwhite lights. They are expensive but worth every penny. The install was straight forward but time consuming.

 

Those gauges look good, haven't seen those before. How will he go about changing the amber lens to red?

 

I wondered the same so i searched and saw people were disassembling the housing and spraying the inside with testers opaque red. I will have to read up on this some more before i attempt it. I also have another set of taillights I can practice on first.

 

I'll follow your lead on this then. I have an extra set and am interested in this.

 

Sounds good i will post my results once i takle this project.

 

This is basically the look im going to try and achieve. I just searched for "red tail light mod." I also just purchased this paint.

 

Looking good for sure!
Whats going on with the old tpi motor??

 

Its long gone. I sold it shortly after I pulled it.

 

Anything new done to this car?

 

Very sweet Z!

 

Bump for a good looking car. Quick question on these gauges... Are the turn signals and high beam indicator still in the factory location? I seem to remember reading another thread about the indicators being in the Tach, but I could be mistaken.

 

The turn signal indicators are the 2 arrows and the high beam is in the square directly above them. So yes they are in the factory location.

 

That is a very mean looking car!

Love the wheels and the all black look..

Great job and tastefully done!

 

The car hadnt ran in awhile now so i finally had to take it somewhere to get it fixed. The wiring from the crank sensor was broke so it wouldnt start but all is good now and its back on the road. Here is the most recent pic on its way to the shop.

 

Looks great! What size tires are you running front and rear?

 

Slick car!

 

Deadly! Nice work.

 

Here are some pics from this last friday. I had a buddy buff the car before i went up to the local cruise in. I also got the taillights done except clearing them.