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Yep!!!..............See you there!!!

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yep!!!..............See you there!!! </div></div>

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Canuck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ken
Are you taking some time away from your build to attend MCACN?

Paul </div></div>

Paul,

Ken will be wearing a shirt that reads....I Love Nu Yawk [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Canuck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ken
Are you taking some time away from your build to attend MCACN?

Paul </div></div>

Paul,

Ken will be wearing a shirt that reads....I Love Nu Yawk [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan </div></div>

Yep!!.........Rust colored.......

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Got the rear A/C lines made and installed today.......Had to take the A/C unit out for the last time and had to feed the lines thru the cowl ......got everything buttoned up and re-installed.......I was going to start installing the front sheetmetal, but then I decided to wait until after I got the headers installed......they should be here early next week..........I also got a call from Steve at Vintage Auto Radio that the stock AM radio is finished with it's solid state AM/FM/Satelite conversion and will be shipped out tomorrow........ http://www.vintageautoradio.com/


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Also.......For anybody that is doing &quot;Garage Restorations&quot;......LOL.......It was recommended by Charley to use this SEM paint for the underhood painting and touch-ups that I was doing.....I was using a Rustoleum paint.....but it took forever to dry and sometimes wasn't really compatible with the existing paint.......This paint is the Bomb.......Dries in minutes, perfect sheen........and no Fisheyes........Great stuff!!!........Just thought I would pass it along

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Wow . . . . just last weekend I saw several cans of that SEM Trim Black on a buddy's workbench that he's using on a vintage Corvette. I asked him about it and he was very impressed by the product.

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Ken: where are you putting the sat radio antennae?

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chevy454</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ken: where are you putting the sat radio antennae? </div></div>


That varies from car to car........I use the little magnetic ones and play around till I find a spot that gives consistent signal.........Probably on the rear package tray or Front dash area.....the best spot I found was running the wires back thru the trunk and mounting the antenna at the front edge of the trunk lid by the rear window........But.....I don't like having it outside and on the paint.....

Ken

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The Fan assembly showed up today..........so.....Time to start dealing with getting the A/C condenser, supercharger intercooler, and radiator figured out and mounted.....also John at Speartech called and the harness is finished and ready to ship.......and......the headers will be here on Friday...........

So.....I originally was going to mount the intercooler on the front side of the core support, then the condenser, then the radiator and fans.......and that got a little complicated......so....I took the Vintage Air brackets and mounted the condenser per their instructions............Hummm!!!!.......then I took the intercooler and placed it in the middle position.......Hummm!!!.......the intercooler is only about an 1 1/2&quot; thick.....Hummm!!...........Perfect.......So...I'l l make some mounting brackets and get everything mounted in that order........Condenser, Intercooler, Radiator.......The fans pull a little over 3000 fpm.........and if the A/C is on I won't be using any boost and vice versa........Maybe not the factory way to do it but that's what I'm gonna do..........Too Simple and there will be plenty of room for everything to fit......


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&quot;Cool&quot;! Radiator guy...!

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I'd rather be a 71 Grill Guy like the painter guy!!!

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LOL!! (Inside joke for the rest of you) [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'd rather be a 71 Grill Guy like the painter guy!!! </div></div>

I WISH I could still be 71 Grille Guy. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] But that's a whole 'nuther subject.

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My K-D brake line Flaring tool that I bought at the time I needed to make some brake lines......didn't make it thru this project......did maybe 15 flares before it died........It's now in brake line flaring tool heaven with all the other Chinese Crap that I tried to save some money on........Never again..........All that Chinese crap just looks like a Tool..........That's all.......Junk!!! .....Junk!!!!!!.......Junk!!!..................

So......I have to rework some of the lines already installed and at SEMA I ended up buying one of the real Flaring Tools.......No more bitching or complaining............LOL


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I also got the intercooler mounted to the core support today and with the supplied Camaro cooler lines I should have enough to piece this system back together........I'll get the Radiator and Fans mounted tomorrow.....


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I also got my new driveshaft today and got it installed........


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Little bit everyday.........The wiring harness and Headers should be here tomorrow.......I also ordered a Vaporworx fuel pump controller system so it will work as a stock ZL1 does without a return line to the tank.......Not using the 6L90E trans made a significant difference in not being able to use the Factory fuel pressure control system.......

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Getting closer Ken.... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

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flare tool is the cats azz I don't mind doing rusty brake line repairs anymore

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Chinese Tool Pitching Guy! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]

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Looking good Mr. Tibor! I threw away my KD (NAPA) tool years ago. I bought this Mastercool flaring tool and have not looked back. Worth every red cent!

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Some good things happened today.................Good stuff.....The wiring harness arrived from Speartech......and....as usual ....John did a beautiful job......Plug and Play.......Then the headers showed up.......got one side installed before it got to be Nap time......The headers are full length Flowmasters and I got the passenger side in with just a few minor issues....I'll work on the Drivers side tomorrow.........



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On the downside.......The Griffin Radiator I ordered (it was originally ordered to replace the unit in my 66 Impala LS powered car) was of a stock radiator hose configuration which worked in the Impala.........But......after getting the radiator roughly located and positioned in the car for the first time.......It was obvious that the angled air inlet of the LSA engine and the upper hose were fighting for the same space.........Darn!!!..........So I ordered another Radiator from Griffin.......except this one is designed for the LS with both hose fittings on the passenger side and is of a crossflow design...........Oh well......Back to plan &quot;A&quot; and it will go in the Impala and the new one for the Chevelle......


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Ken

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Shiny Header Guy

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them to pretty to put on the car hang on wall for wall art LOL

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I got the driver side Flowmaster header installed.........It wasn't as simple as the passenger side........Seems Flowmaster forgot about the lower control arm mounting bracket on the Drivers side.........Had to remove a good sized chunk of the bracket to clear the pipe......structurally is won't matter.....But!!!.......for what they charge for them , they should fit without any mod's.......and .....my engine is about 3/8 higher than using stock adaptor plates.......So.....it would have been much worse with the header if the engine was lower.......I also have to rework the trans crossmember as the collectors run right into it.........

On the good side........installing the Speartech harness on the engine took about 5 minutes.......Great Job Speartech.......everything marked and labeled perfectly.........


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Rework guy! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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I made some new brake lines today as the Headers were right against the lines in the front.......That Eastwood flaring tool paid for itself today.......

Brakeline and Voltmeter Guy!!

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[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

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After getting the Headers installed the other day.......another little issue popped up........LOL.......The collectors went right thru the trans crossmember..........Always something...........As long as I had to modify it .....I added some reinforcement plates to the areas welded previously.........It is now in to stay....(I hope).......Also I put the coil pac's back on and realized the factory spark plug boots aren't going to work.....so I ordered some new ones........always something......


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Not much left of the original crossmember!!! Its all original except fot the right part, the left part and some of the middle!

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[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

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Good job &quot;Fabrication Guy&quot; [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Canuck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Not much left of the original crossmember!!! Its all original except fot the right part, the left part and some of the middle! </div></div>

What Paul said! Wow!!!

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Trick Cross-Member Guy!

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Nice looking brake lines Ken as well as everything else on the car. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Expect the unexpected..........LOL..........By not being able to use the stock Camaro exhaust manifolds......I had to buy Headers.......The Headers didn't fit as advertised.......so we had to make things fit to the Headers.....then the Headers ran into the trans cross member........fix that........then I go to install the spark plug wires......the Boots hit the tubes.....new spark plug wires.........(two sets.....the first set I ordered didn't fit either)......The MSD wires had a bendable Boot and worked perfectly............

I also ordered a Vaporworx fuel pump control unit....instead of the pump running full speed all the time and having to use a Corvette Filter regulator.......this system monitors the fuel pressure and only feeds enough Voltage to the pump to satisfy the demand that the engine requires......hence.....no return line to the tank......I have been waiting for this unit to show up so I could install the wiring harness to the pump on the tank for installation........so......I also got some 1&quot; dia electrical shrink tubing and installed it on the gas tank straps and then heated them up and shrunk them on.......Pretty Neat .......almost &quot;Spiffy&quot;.......LOL..........Got the tank ready to go in but it was time for a Nap..........I'll get the tank in tomorrow after all the kids leave.............Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!!


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you know the saying for every action there is a reaction especially when working and modifying stuff on a car LOL

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I finally got the Gas tank installed.........would have been a lot simpler if they would have supplied bolts for the straps that were 1/2&quot; longer........Just couldn't get the nuts started........went and got some longer ones today and 5 minutes later it was in.....I also have the fuel line installed and completed........I also got the drive by wire gas pedal installed.......As long as I have the room while waiting for the new radiator to show up I'm going to get the intercooler pump and lines all run..........need to find a reservoir for the system........


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good job &quot;gas tank guy&quot;

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The new radiator showed up today.......Designed for LS engines.....Both hoses on the passenger side, cross flow and a fitting for the steam lines welded to the top tank.......Too easy....Got it installed and dug out the fan mounting brackets I made a while back and test fit everything........I love it when a plan finally comes together and works out........Ding!!!.....Ding!!!!!


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NICE!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]