1973 Camaro Z/28 Build - by 91gti20v

5 minute(s) of a 50 minute read

And now for a small update.

The new reproduction dash is installed. Had to take two pics. The iphone camera didn't go wide enough. National Parts Depot has retooled this piece and I have to say, it looks great.





With the help of a buddy and some brainstorming, we picked this spot for the ECU. It is right above the Vintage Air unit on a small flat section of the body.



If you look closely at this pic, you will see a sharpie mark next to the vintage air bulkhead and on the dynamat. That is where the wiring bulkhead will go.





Nut inserts / Rivnuts / Nutserts were used for mounting the ECU. I still need to drill the upper two mount holes out a touch. I need a right angle drill to do so... Hoping to snag that tonight.

3/16/2016

Random dribblings

My new job is pretty consuming and I don't really have a ton of free time. Been paring down the EFI harness in preparation of soldering the bulkhead. Since HP EFI is meant to be used on a multitude of applications and with different distributors, extra sensors, blah blah blah, there is a bunch of isht I don't need.

Before pic - Two blue arrows on left were for sensors I will not be using. There is a third not in the pic as well. Blue arrow on the right is excessive length.



Post pic showing the same harness with all of the extra isht removed:



Here it is back off the car with split loom back on most of it:



And last but not least. Some shock smut arrived today. Front JRi Shocks to match the rear JRi's that came with the DSE Quadralink.

5/26/2016

Anti-climactic teaser.

Received the shocks a while ago. The springs were then ordered about a month ago.

I spent two weeks out of town for business trips and my sisters wedding. First focus when I got home was to get the 911 to paint for the decklid.

Last night I started putting together the front shock assemblies so I can set this beast back down on the ground. Ran into a stumbling block when I noticed I didn't have cotter pins for the lower ball joint castle nuts.

So... To be continued. I did get the one side together and torqued. See below. The car will be down on all fours Saturday.

5/27/2016

Ok, couldn't wait til Saturday.

I clearly guessed wrong on the ride height, but hey, thats why they are adjustable. I will let them settle for a bit before I start making adjustments.

Also, please forgive the poor focus on a couple of these. I think my Nikon has some issues.

5/30/2016

Gave her an altitude adjustment today. Once the car is all together, I am sure it will need some tweaking. I will also corner weigh it eventually.

Anyhow, at least for the time being, she looks much better.