replaced my u-joints today on my driveshaft.



well got my cheap dash pad that was supposed to have very slight damage but due to sorta crappy packaging and UPS it um well yeah. box was slightly bent. took the pad out of the box and it looks like someone stepped right in the center of the dash. also one of the corners cracked. its better than the previous one i bought. either way im going to repair it and flock it. i like the look and wont be any glare on the windshield.




this is how it looked in the listing

 

That thing got beat to hell. Not sure whether you should be upset at the poor packing job or the poor handling. Maybe a little of both.

 

Wow, would be filing a claim on that for sure

 

Those seats look very nice!

 

Figured out why my fan's not running.

 

got a few more parts. fuel filters, fuel lines and fittings, 2awg welding cable, dash speakers, lowering springs,

 

mounted filters, routed lines, installed driveshaft. tried to install my control arms but holes wouldnt line up. also realized my control arms have 2 different type of ball joints. oh and my cat likes to help.

 

Changed my diff fluid today. It was leaking and I am not sure how many miles since the posi was installed. It looks like a year on the gear and it looks like 1987? I used a Fel-Pro gasket and no sealer. Fel-Pro does not recommend using sealer with their gaskets so we will see how it goes.

 

driving home I saw a car so terrible that I went back and took a pic for my brother. think you guys will love it as well.

yeeeeeeee haaaaawww!!

 

And by the looks of the front end - that car did at least 1 Dukes of Hazzard jump!

 

It's so fun. I started to chuckle as I looked at it. So many memories of that show and such a trashy elco

 

did some more wiring. ordered some more parts. sold my intake and found a new one but waiting for the dang guy to pay me.

 

What intake was it?

 

Patted the hood and said "soon baby,soon" when I was out in the back shed hunting for snowmobile parts I misplaced.

 

ls1 vic jr with elbow, rails and injectors. had it for sale in here but no bites so put it on ebay

 

got my fancy ebay radiator today. just gotta have my buddy convert it to a dual pass and then itll go in the car.

 

Just thought I could help everyone out that had a bad day today.
. Before today.............

After today..........

 

Um................ fire extinguisher residue???

 

Yes that is what it is or was. Today I fixed it.

 

WOW, she cleaned up nice. I can hardly believe it.

 

With that beat up fender I wonder if this is one of the original show cars?!

 

took a bunch of useless wiring out of the dash harness. think i found out how im goin to mount my holley screen. buddy pick up a headliner for me while he was at the junkyard. such a pain to find these lately. its got some damage but at least i have one now.

 

I spent $10 replacing seven feet of missing or decayed vacuum hose, and a tee. And, presto! My A/C selector works! And, presto! My cruise control works!


The remains of an aftermarket radiator-fan temperature sensor, and a rotten vacuum line.


Why, yes, you can in fact see through it.

 

Fixed my a little too low hanging exhaust and a cracked weld on the manifold.


Finished my master cylinder brace.


And upgraded to brighter LEDs on my Rr view, since i have no dome light.
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Installed new 4.11 motive gears in the Ford 9"
Then added a Spohn Anti-roll bar



Then put in a new Cameron's converter. 3600 stall on motor, higher on nitrous

 

tryin to figure out how to mount up my holley screens. the 7" will be mounted as shown and then i think the little 3.5" will mount under the center vents. goin to cut out a plate at work to mount everything. dont mind the missing vent. im looking for that one and the passenger side one.

i wish the gauge cluster in these was an actual rectangle. and not this odd shape.

 

made a plate and mounted it. also made a little bracket for the 3.5" screen too but havent mounted it.

 

installed the new engine

 

engine bat looks really nice. no a/c?

 

thanks man. Nah, no A/c and no heat either. street, strip, show, autoX car

I live in NJ so weather is never TOO bad really, and removed the heat and ac about 11 years ago, emissions pump etc alll gone. never looked back


406 cubic inches. Dart SHP block. Callies Compsstar crank and rods, mahle pistons, rigns gapped for nitrous, Dart Pro1 215 heads, comp hyd roller cam, crane roller rockers, double row timing, melling pump, victor jr single plane intake, holley sniper efi, sfi flexplate and sfi balancer, etc etc

hope to have it up and running in a few weeks. plumbing, wiring, accessories still need to get done

 

My tired hatch supports won't hold up my chunker cat.

 

yeah shes a funny one. she adopted me pretty much. no idea where she came from but one day she showed up in my house and hasnt left. she is always climbing around when im workin on the car.

side note got my new intake today. this one should fit better for the hood i wanna make. just tryin to decie if i wanna blast it and have it painted/powder coated silver or leave it black. to me its kinda too much black. or maybe blast it and clear over the raw aluminum? i dunno.

 

Smog check day and not sure if I posted the installed grid lights on my car from the stock single stripe.

 

ran some more wiring behind the dash. installed some dash speakers. threw the dash in. finally figured out where to mount my holley ecu. need to hook up some more wiring. hate wiring. no matter how much i try to run everything ahead of time i always forget something.

 

How hard is it to pass?

I fixed my washer tank, it was rubbing a bit on the latch brace.

Finished installing my proforged steering parts.

 

sanded, primed, painted then assembled the new intake.

 

Put on a set of Taylor cut to length plug wires to replace my mismatched AutoZone set. Also installed some looms and really cleaned it up. Then I installed a new mech fuel pump, and reset my FPR. And lastly dropped in a heavier step up spring on the edlebrock 1406. Changed out stock springs for 8 in/hg springs. My vac at idle is 21 in hg.

 

haven't done much of late except drive. im prepping my 4th gen rear end to go in but that's still a few weeks away.

 

Finished adding the silicone heater hose (to match the radiator hoses).

 

more and more wiring. finally mounted my intake. installed throttle cable, mounted my coil packs. threw my a/c box back in to check clearance. still got soo much to do.

 

i stole my radiator back from my buddies shop yesterday since he kept just pushing it further back in his shop and covering it with stuff and decided to cut things and make block off plats to make it a dual pass.

 

Nice welds. TIG or spool gun?

 

he tigs.

 

New hatch struts because it only stays up when it wants to. Sick of It hitting me in the head!

 

Picked up some ls1 front and rear brakes for my Trans Am. I got the rear backing plates and mounting brackets blasted and powdercoated. Going to start the calipers soon!

 

WOW. Incredible transformation.

 

picked up a brand new super cheap a/c compressor yesterday. installed it today. dont mind the duct tape on the radiator hose. i pieced two together so i can go to the autozone tomorrow and try to find one.

 

Thanks to Koni today my old Trans Am got its nicest part in 34 years.. Hopefully the rest of the car will come together soon.

 

I forgot about this thread so I have to start adding what I did.

2/28/2020 Bought a 1985 Z28
02/29/2020 Started buying replacement parts to get him (Yes, I said him) running.
Purchased Parts list

1. Fuel Injectors
2. Fuel Pressure Regulator
3. Ignition Control Module
4. Complete Lock Set including Ignition
5. Intake Gasket Set (Upper/Lower)
6. Hatch Hydraulic Arms
7. Aluminum Blue Anodized "Z28" TPI Throttle Body Plate
8. Throttle Body Gasket Set
9. Transmission Filter Kit

Out of money to buy more for 2 weeks, which is when I have my next 3 day off work weekend to replace everything.

 

Havent finished yet, but gonna (try) to do this, horseshoe shifter mod.