1967 Camaro with Katech Street Attack 427
09-11-2008, 12:31 PM
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Pretty cool car, Should have made your exhaust tips come out a little more, exhaust will blacken the paint around them. And to the comments like 10 pages back about the headers....yes they look nice....and its pretty easy to make a weld look like that by hand if you have experience tig welding.
09-11-2008, 12:48 PM
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confused at to the reason of putting the coils so low? would it have been just as easy to mount them low like either frame rail? Id just be worried of hitting something and boom car wont run.
Other than that this is an amazing project and very beautiful.
Other than that this is an amazing project and very beautiful.
09-19-2008, 11:27 PM
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If we hit something hard enough to jeoprodize the coils the front shocks are probably toast as well, as is the radiator and probably the dry sump tank...
09-19-2008, 11:27 PM
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Well we are working hard on getting the car together and are making more and more headway every day.
On Monday we were fortunate enough to borrow some awesome new scales from the guys at Tunerworks in Calgary, AB. We used the wireless Longacre scales to corner weight the car for a baseline to get the Penske shocks blueprinted next week:
On Monday we were fortunate enough to borrow some awesome new scales from the guys at Tunerworks in Calgary, AB. We used the wireless Longacre scales to corner weight the car for a baseline to get the Penske shocks blueprinted next week:
09-19-2008, 11:28 PM
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Once we were done with the scales, we sent the car to the upholstry shop to get the carpet, headliner, and trunk finished up while we wait for the rest of the interior to come together. He finished up with the car this morning and did a nice, clean job.
The trunk was simple and efficient, I wanted to maintain a (modern) factory like finish and think that it hit the mark:
The trunk was simple and efficient, I wanted to maintain a (modern) factory like finish and think that it hit the mark:
09-19-2008, 11:30 PM
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The headliner is obviously a little more difficult to show but here it is. We started with a seriously flawed piece from TopShop that needed to be extensively reworked. Although the entire process was more hassle than we had hoped, the finished product came out well.
09-19-2008, 11:31 PM
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With the first round of interior work done it was back in the shop and back up in the air to continue the assembly. Lots of small stuff going on all the same time but our focus for the weekend will be on the wiring and getting the car ready to fire next week.
09-19-2008, 11:32 PM
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Littlefuse and I-Squared have provided one of their increadible new ISIS power distribution/management systems for the car. The kit is increadibly complete and represents the absolute state of the art for wiring and control. I will be posting the step by step install of the system on the forums and with more detail on our wbsite as the installation goes forward over the next week. For now here are a couple of sneak peaks at the ISIS kit:
The heart of the ISIS System is the Mastercell which acts as a control hub for all of the downstream functions in the car. The programmablity of the Mastercell gives the entire system increadible power as it allows for multiple switches to control individual loads (like electric fans) and car incorporate soft starts for loads like Halogen or projector lights.
A single Mastercell can control up to five "Powercell" modules which is the muscle behind the Mastercell brain. CAN bus technology connects the Powercells to the Mastercell and reduces both the quantity of wiring required as well as the time needed for the installation.
The heart of the ISIS System is the Mastercell which acts as a control hub for all of the downstream functions in the car. The programmablity of the Mastercell gives the entire system increadible power as it allows for multiple switches to control individual loads (like electric fans) and car incorporate soft starts for loads like Halogen or projector lights.
A single Mastercell can control up to five "Powercell" modules which is the muscle behind the Mastercell brain. CAN bus technology connects the Powercells to the Mastercell and reduces both the quantity of wiring required as well as the time needed for the installation.
09-21-2008, 10:09 PM
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We did a little bit of a cleanup in the engine compartment yesterday, replacing the factory fuel rails with a pair of billet rails. Like most of their parts, they came anodized bright red which was a little too bright for my taste so we had the rails sent to Pacific Coast Anodizing in Fresno, CA to be stripped and recoated in Black Hardcoat. Rodger from Ironworks was kind enough to check on them while they were there (or something like that) and they came out great...
in addition to tidying things up a bit, they will alllow us to ... try some different intake combinations ... not that I would be tempted to do something like that...
in addition to tidying things up a bit, they will alllow us to ... try some different intake combinations ... not that I would be tempted to do something like that...
09-21-2008, 10:11 PM
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Chris also got done polishing the hood. The carbon fiber proved to be really challenging to get to paint quality but, as with everything else on the car, Chris put in an awesome effort and got it as smooth and straight as the rest of the car...
The underside will get one more coat of clear - most likely a semigloss - on the natural carbon tomorrow.
The underside will get one more coat of clear - most likely a semigloss - on the natural carbon tomorrow.
09-22-2008, 11:29 PM
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Ok... so it wasn't "one more" coat of clear... it was four more coats. Coupled with the previous six coats of clear that Chris laid down earlier there are a total of ten coat on the natural carbon fiber underside of the hood. The four today are have a semigloss finish similar to all of the grey used on the rest of the car. The first six coats were needed to clean up some irregulaties in the cowl assembly.
We'll finish up some details underneath tonight and then set the hood aside until it goes on in a couple of weeks.
We'll finish up some details underneath tonight and then set the hood aside until it goes on in a couple of weeks.
09-22-2008, 11:30 PM
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We also made some great headway on the wiring... we built the rear wiring harness and spotted the ISIS power fuses and rear Powercell...
Tomorrow we'll be working toward locating the Powercell for the front harness and the Mastercell which provides the control for the two Powercells. I hope to have an update on the webpage documenting the install up in a couple of days. The more I explore the potential of the ISIS System the more impressed I am with it's capabilities. We'll also be programming the Push Button Start "personality" once we have everything together.
Tomorrow we'll be working toward locating the Powercell for the front harness and the Mastercell which provides the control for the two Powercells. I hope to have an update on the webpage documenting the install up in a couple of days. The more I explore the potential of the ISIS System the more impressed I am with it's capabilities. We'll also be programming the Push Button Start "personality" once we have everything together.
09-24-2008, 10:23 AM
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that car is one of the sickest cars i have ever seen, when the magazine groups see it, they will be beating down your door to do a feature on it. congrats and keep posting!
