the450r

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are you not a fan of the johnny joint arms C3 Fab makes?

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I didn't see them till after I bought these. I emailed them last night because the lowers are advertised as 100% boxed in but mine aren't they are open on either end and around the zirk fittings they asked for my number so they can call me so we will see what happens today. If I have to send them back maybe I'll upgrade

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Well they called me first thing this morning. Great customer service. He explained that they were having some issues with moisture getting in the arm amd then rusting from the inside out so they changed their design a little. ( not sure why they haven't changed the eBay listing though) all in all I'm happy

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update time... the rear end is up in the car with the new control arms and Wolfe spherical bushings. We pressed in the new longer studs in the axles and will be putting in new bearings and seals then putting the axles in tomorrow.
got the front upper and lowers in the mail today and they look like really good quality so we will see hey they hold up.
the 13" brake kit should be here this week
The fuel system is all done
we have to wire the fans and then the harness is all done except hooking up some wires under the dash
I worked on the GTO covers today... they will work for now but i'll probably get another set and trim them up a little better

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It Runs!

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that sounds GOOD. i cant believe how much space you still have under the hood even with a turbo setup

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thanks! its a little tight on the turbo side with all the exhaust stuff and the oil drain line and tranny cooler lines but we got it all in and it looks clean and should be safe too

I have a list of stuff to get done tomorrow so that Tuesday I can take it to get the exhaust all done.
right now there is no cross over pipe going from the drivers manifold to the pass side log so there is a shop close to John's house that we are going to take it to.
after that we'll need to put the front nose, the hood and stuff like that back on.

since its been apart I also bought carpet so I need to finish "dyno-matting" the floor and lay in the new carpet and bolt the seats back down.

I went ahead and bought a new set of stock springs for the front and gota set of 2" lowered spindles so it will still be lowered... but done right instead of cut springs.

the 13" brake kit should be here this week so we are going to hold off on the front suspension and brakes until after the car is drving.. that way I can bring it home and finish up the detail stuff here instead of being gone all night every night (need to keep the family happy too)

i'm VERY pleased with it so far.. CAN NOT WAIT to drive it

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got some more done tonight but not as much as I had planned because I bought 8' of fuel line for the return line that rusted out last night because that is what the guy had left on the spool. I figured that was plenty..... I was wrong.. I needed about 10 ft! So John is going to pick up more tomorrow when he is exchanging the master cyl thatI picked up today but it was the wrong one so I could do the brake stuff that I wanted tonight

then the U-Joint bolts the I picked up today are the wrong ones... again... so we have to get that worked out tomorrow too (If anyone knows what I need that would be a HUGE help its 8.2 rear end)

I was able to get the axles in and fluid in the rear end, all the cold side is mounted hopefully for the last time, boost gauge is hooked up, BOV is hooked up... a few other little things

I was going to try to get it to the exhaust shop tomorrow but the guy I'm going to take it to closes at 6 and I just can't get there in time so I scheduled it for 9am on Saturday

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First time on the road. Headed to the exhaust shop to have the cross over pipe built and the cutout stuff installed
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pmgm

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I like your build.. Do you have any videos of it running? Also when you get the exhaust done can you post some under the car pics of the downpipe and cutout..

Thanks

David21

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Do you live in Carrollton, tx? I have seen a gto that looks exactly like yours driving in my neighborhood a couple times

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Ya I live near Josey and GB

David21

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I think you live in my neighborhood. I'm off McCoy and sutters mill

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Yup I'm on Bennington

David21

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Nice, I have the orange 455 71 olds

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I bought some LED's to put in the dash so the lights would be brighter but I"m not happy with the results. I wanted WHITE lights.. not blue(ish)

unclebens

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i'm curious as to how you like that cam, let us know when you fire it up

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It's finally done. ( except the front control arms, spindles , springs and 13" disc brakes That stuff will be done before the cruise in Feb

Put the new carpet in today too and notice the shifter display. Looks like Ot came factory with a 4 speed auto