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Old 10-23-2013, 06:13 PM   #26
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Ok, feedback for the site... I would not do this hood again. It is mounted and after many hours there are no waves. But when I open it and close it there is way too much flex. I think it will be fine but I am not sure I want to put the struts on. I know they make light weight ones for glass hoods, I may need to find some. I am kind of scared to leave it open as flexes at the struts and makes me a little worried. Time will tell but I'd rather not be worried.

Looks wise I think it's great. I bet it lifts at 119 mph, which is of course where it will trap
I will be sure to report back. If it durable, doesn't present a problem at speed and none of the flexing causes paint issues, it's worth $167.

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Old 10-23-2013, 08:24 PM   #27
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Solid color! Car is coming along nicely, always good to see someone think outside the box!
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Old 10-28-2013, 07:34 AM   #28
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Last piece. Not a big fan of the "grill" thing so I filled the holes.
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Old 10-28-2013, 07:04 PM   #29
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Teaser pic.

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Old 10-28-2013, 09:16 PM   #30
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I love it man, that color is sick!
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Old 10-28-2013, 10:43 PM   #31
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the more I see it the more I like it ! looks great man
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Old 11-07-2013, 05:28 PM   #32
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Ok majority is done. Registered and driving around. Working out a trans bug but otherwise not bad for a basket case car. I've got a few more things I would like to do. Lol I get a lot of crap about the color as expected but I get more positives. If you are going to save a car ya might as well make it wierd! Ass has settled and I'm very happy with the stance and the $400 wheels and tires look, well better than $400 wheels and tires. It has Sportlines, again cheap internet find, and I do not experience any bottoming out and it is pretty decent. The hood does not lift at speed although every "crackling" open and close has me cringe waiting for something bad to happen. So far its held fine. Total cost? $5k give or take. New motor, suspension etc, lots of things I didn't need like the SS parts. Worth it? I dunno, it was kind of fun showing what an idiot can do in a garage.

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Old 11-07-2013, 06:32 PM   #33
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The little tyke by the drivers' door looks happy with it!
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Old 11-07-2013, 07:08 PM   #34
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I think it came out great. Definitely commend you for the transformation and 2nd chance. Great job, AintQik.
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Old 11-08-2013, 09:06 AM   #35
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came out awesome, love the color choice
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Old 11-08-2013, 07:20 PM   #36
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I thought at first it looked like this color



Great job, its amazing what one can do in a garage..
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Old 11-08-2013, 07:49 PM   #37
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Thats real close Kat, tad more green. When i mixed it up I just pointed at a random color in the chip book lol. If i put more thought in it I probably would have chosen that, or Mexico blue. I thought it would be a little too much but this sprayed out almost as "obnouxious".
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Old 12-02-2013, 07:28 PM   #38
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Well, not that I haven't done this a bunch, but there is something about saving a pos that brings you closer. I decided to keep the dang thing. Sold my SRT8 Jeep and this is staying. Crazy yes, but hell its good fun fixing stuff. The Jeep was done.



So new built trans, billet FTI converter, poly bushings, slp struts and shocks, BMR springs, steering rack, ball joints and tons more crap. No turning back I just passed what I could reasonably get for it so its now staying around. Sad thing is now I have to go back and build the motor lol.
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Old 12-02-2013, 08:19 PM   #39
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I kinda thought you would keep it, its a unique car that will definitely catch eyes!
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Old 12-03-2013, 01:25 AM   #40
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Yeah, you will notice my lift isn't in yet. Been spending all my time rescuing Z28s and stray dogs lol.

As for why I changed springs, I actually put the k member into the pavement a few times and one time on a hard corner something hit pretty hard. That is just stupid. The Koni STrTs aren't out so I went with ole reliable Bilstien.

Trans was junk. I think 4 was slipping. I would not have sold it that way. I can't do that to someone.

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Old 12-12-2013, 02:34 PM   #41
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look awesome and i know this might not bother you but the black roof cars had the mirrors black too and considering how bright that blue is, im willing to guess that the mirrors being in black would look sick otherwise this is a nice piece of work here
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Old 12-12-2013, 05:23 PM   #42
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Wasn't it a separate option in the later years?
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Old 12-12-2013, 06:54 PM   #43
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my 01 ss had black roof and pewter mirrors. i bought the car new. up to 98 they were black i think.
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Old 12-13-2013, 07:05 AM   #44
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I actually had black ones and blue ones. I liked the blue better. That car had the black roof and mirrors stock. It was Sebring silver. I too thought the mirrors would help break it up a bit, but it looked goofy. Like some big ole ears sticking out. Oh, also had the door handles black. But again, I experimented and the blue looked better to me.

I contemplated leaving the roof halo black and painting the cetner section blue. Kind of like an 80s 911. I think it would have looked bad ass, but masking that would not be clean. I tried and that little u channel was too hard to get straight. I honestly just got tired.

Since I'm in here, I got my new trans all together. It came without a bellhousing and let me tell you, trying to remove the old bell housing was pretty rough. I have the proper tools, torx plus, and I was breaking the centers out of the bolts with a breaker bar. I wound up having to weld a head bolt to the head of the bolt and remove it with an impact gun. The heat from the heavy weld helped break the bolt loose and all but one came right out. I had to reweld one bolt 3 times. I never broke my weld, I was actually breaking the head of the bolt off.

I got a 9" billet converter form FTI. Its a nice piece. 3200 stall. I don't know what cam I am going with, so I had to kind of guess. It will be a street car so I think that will work out.

I found a torn o ring on the input shaft. I believe that is what was causing my lock up issues. I don't remember it being that way the first time but who knows.

I swapped out the front springs for 550# BMRs. The nose was way too soft. I also put SLP Bilstiens in there. Cheap yes, but better than the Monroe that were in there lol.

The control arm bushings were just gone. I could move the wheel about .5" back and forth. The arms are all done but if I had to do it over I would get tubular ones. These control arms are ****. I can put it in a vise and twist it probably 30 degrees by hand. Does not make me feel good. I could launch the ones on my 67 through a brick wall. The 98's my girley ass self can twist in half by hand.

Note for the masses: Don't buy Moog ball joints, unless of course your lower control arm is a bit sloppy. I guess mine is not and the 2 thousandths they are over size does not fit. These are not "oversize" ball joints, they just come a lil bigger assuming you have stretched the arm taking them out. I guess I am too good as mine is fine and I can't get the damn things seated. I have a clamp ball joint press, I've used heat and beat the shizola out of them with max pressure on the clamp and they will not seat. They do not of course fit in my hydruallic press. So, I dunno what I am going to do. They are in there, they might have a 1/32" to go, but I hate shoddy work. I could spend more money and buy GM, but I bet these dman things have now made the hole too big. I took a break, and will maybe remove them and try and clean the holes up a bit with a hone. Not really feeling buying $450 arms when I already blew the money on poly bushings and the joints. Unless one of you guys wants a killer deal on some lower control arms with poly bushings and almost seated ball joints.

For the record the stock joint is 2.06" Moog is 2.09". In Moog's defense all the quality joints I could get my hands on locally were 2.08, or 2.09. The cheap crappy ones were 2.08 or 2.07.

I own/have owned every generation of Camaro. 4th gens are by far, the biggest pain in the ass to work on. I'm going to build a 3rd gen after this, so we'll see if my opinion changes. I didn't get too far into my Iroc. Lol, I love even saying Iroc. Brings back so many memories. I'm doing a 90ish RS next. Tubbed pro-tourer.

Anyways, I hope to be on the road in the snow this weekend but I doubt it.

If any of you need a 4l60E core let me know. Its taking up space and I will let it go for scrap price.

By the way I've been calling this car "baby blue". Lol not really a butt kicking, name taking kind of feeling, but it is what it is. My 67 is slate blue and he is the big brother.

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Old 12-13-2013, 09:51 AM   #45
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That 67 is completely badass looking.
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Old 12-13-2013, 12:12 PM   #46
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Yea...whats the deal w/the '67.
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Old 12-13-2013, 02:09 PM   #47
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why is there only one vent window? all cars should have vented windows! i love 67s for that
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Old 12-13-2013, 09:15 PM   #48
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Lol that was during construction. I can assure you its done.

Ole school big block in front of a built T56. 4 link narrowed and tubbed. Big Wilwood brakes, tubular front end with Nascar bar. Ridetech air ride. Its a bad lil bitch. Motor is hurt so I'm having D@F build me a 496. Lots of neat one off stuff. I sold my 800 horse C6 to build it so it had big shoes to fill lol. No real pics handy at the moment.

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Old 12-13-2013, 09:44 PM   #49
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Neat cars!
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The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.

Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.

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Old 12-28-2013, 05:31 AM   #50
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Well my brand new trans has no 1st or 4th. I threw a few things and took a break to celebrate Christmas without being pissed off. I also picked up an Audi TT as a daily. Yes I did turn in my man card. But turbo AWD is good to have around. I actually stopped to buy a Subaru but this had 8k miles on it and it was just beautiful. Go ahead and call me a girl.

Anyway, I'm going to look at solenoid a today and see what I see. Somehow I have a feeling it's not going to be that easy.
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