I bought my old 93 Z28 back, now it needs some TLC
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I was feeling the lean times about a year ago, the ecomomy is looking up for sure. This year I will personally top out somewhere in the 30 million mark in sales.
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over the years i listened to a lot of "oh i kick myself in the ***" for selling or totaling that
rare car . its good you got your "first love back " that bikini model is HOT.
rare car . its good you got your "first love back " that bikini model is HOT.
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Your stripping process looks exactly the same as my 93.
Please don't... I don't think you are going to be running quick enough once the car is done to be needing it. If you are you don't want a mild steel bar anyways.
My first car got totalled about 3 months after I bought it. Some woman ran a stop sign and I T boned her.
My first car got totalled about 3 months after I bought it. Some woman ran a stop sign and I T boned her.
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That is why I could never sell anything of mine to a friend or someone close by! It would kill me to see it slowly torn up like that. I would have bought it back too, cant blame you for that. I wish I could find my old Nova again, I would buy it no matter how messed up it was.
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Well I dont really want to spend the money on the roll cage either but I already have my interior out.
Whats wrong with mild steel bar? Just curious cause I am not very knowledgeable about roll bars....Thanks!
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Got some more done on it Friday night.
Back seat brackets out
Got the holes where the brackets were, filled in. (fiberglass bondo). Hopeufully prevent the water from entering or dust. Even though this wont be driven in the rain, you never know.
Removed the spare tire bracket and the antenna. Probably wont be listing to radio, more or less cd's if anything.
WHOOPS! Glad im repainting it!
All of the brackets I have removed
Took out the headliner, i am SOOOOOO sick of this falling down on me! When I owned the car I went out and bought headliner material, well I used all different types of spray glue, even 3M! Its sagging, yet again. I think I am gong to sew it up. (any suggestions?)
Back seat brackets out
Got the holes where the brackets were, filled in. (fiberglass bondo). Hopeufully prevent the water from entering or dust. Even though this wont be driven in the rain, you never know.
Removed the spare tire bracket and the antenna. Probably wont be listing to radio, more or less cd's if anything.
WHOOPS! Glad im repainting it!
All of the brackets I have removed
Took out the headliner, i am SOOOOOO sick of this falling down on me! When I owned the car I went out and bought headliner material, well I used all different types of spray glue, even 3M! Its sagging, yet again. I think I am gong to sew it up. (any suggestions?)
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Yeah I got a lot of the ideas from your project thread. I think i posted in it a couple times too. Thanks for the ideas
Well I dont really want to spend the money on the roll cage either but I already have my interior out.
Whats wrong with mild steel bar? Just curious cause I am not very knowledgeable about roll bars....Thanks!
Well I dont really want to spend the money on the roll cage either but I already have my interior out.
Whats wrong with mild steel bar? Just curious cause I am not very knowledgeable about roll bars....Thanks!
I would honestly think out your goals for the car. What do you want to do with it? Are you going to be taking it to the track a whole lot? Are you going to drive it around? Cruises? Street Race? I'd keep a cage / roll bar out of any car if you can avoid it. The 5/6 point harnesses are a nice added safety feature, but the bar itself isn't.
If you are going to do it I say do it right and add a moly cage to the car. A 6 point mild steel bar is about 35lbs heavier than a Moly 6 point. The weight only goes up from there as you add more bars to the car. It'll cost more, but be worth it in the long run.
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I am looking to make it a track car. I am looking to do cam only and maybe some porting of the heads and intake. I still want to take the car on the street every now and then but for the most part it is going to be straight up track car.
Decided to clean the carpet last night.
This is what I started with!
This is what it looked like when I was all done, i wish it came out better, this is powerwashing and pretreating it and scrubbing it. I might end up dying it. We will see. At least it doesn't smell like smoke and i know its clean.
I decided to rip off the sound dampening stuff
Decided to clean the carpet last night.
This is what I started with!
This is what it looked like when I was all done, i wish it came out better, this is powerwashing and pretreating it and scrubbing it. I might end up dying it. We will see. At least it doesn't smell like smoke and i know its clean.
I decided to rip off the sound dampening stuff
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Your stripping process looks exactly the same as my 93.
Please don't... I don't think you are going to be running quick enough once the car is done to be needing it. If you are you don't want a mild steel bar anyways.
My first car got totalled about 3 months after I bought it. Some woman ran a stop sign and I T boned her.
Please don't... I don't think you are going to be running quick enough once the car is done to be needing it. If you are you don't want a mild steel bar anyways.
My first car got totalled about 3 months after I bought it. Some woman ran a stop sign and I T boned her.
lol, color blind folks like ourselves do not belong in this thread it seems.
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Thats really cool you got your old car back. I love seeing threads like this, keep up the work. I wish I could get my old 93 Z28 back but, that won't happen because the dumbass that owned it last was driving drunk and totaled it. So now whats left of it sits in a salvage yard.
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My headliner has started to sag again also. Before I thought being in the sun would loosen the glue and cause it to sag but this time the car has been garaged every single day so I dont now. They're a pain in the ***.
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Talked to the boss man. Everything is good to go. So i didn't give him any time to change his mind
Ripped into it. Took off the front bumper, the plastic dampening stuff behind it. (i dont need this correct)?
Pulled off the intake
Took off the top radiator cover
Disconnected all coolant hoses
Removed trans lines
Removed a/c lines
Removed a/c condenser, radiator, trans cooler
Removed all electrical (injectors, maf, random sensors that idk what they go to)
Removed grounds
Removed exhaust (thank you cut off wheel and sawsall)
Removed belt
Removed air
Now for my questions, I dont need air and egr do I? I can just remove them like an ls1? All i will need is the race headers correct? What do I do with the connections since I wont be plugging anything back in?
I plan on removing the A/C, do I just need a smaller belt? Do you guys have a part number?
I am sure I forgot a few questions.
I believe all I have left is the gas lines, brake lines, strut tower bolts, random abs connections and I believe that is it.
Things I came across that I am going to need for sure:
-the plastic "frame" the headlights go in to, not sure what its called
-intake elbow
Didn't really hit any problems, the trans fluid was very dark and dirty!, coolant was very watered down, which i already knew, the pullys are pretty grovved and rusted.
Ripped into it. Took off the front bumper, the plastic dampening stuff behind it. (i dont need this correct)?
Pulled off the intake
Took off the top radiator cover
Disconnected all coolant hoses
Removed trans lines
Removed a/c lines
Removed a/c condenser, radiator, trans cooler
Removed all electrical (injectors, maf, random sensors that idk what they go to)
Removed grounds
Removed exhaust (thank you cut off wheel and sawsall)
Removed belt
Removed air
Now for my questions, I dont need air and egr do I? I can just remove them like an ls1? All i will need is the race headers correct? What do I do with the connections since I wont be plugging anything back in?
I plan on removing the A/C, do I just need a smaller belt? Do you guys have a part number?
I am sure I forgot a few questions.
I believe all I have left is the gas lines, brake lines, strut tower bolts, random abs connections and I believe that is it.
Things I came across that I am going to need for sure:
-the plastic "frame" the headlights go in to, not sure what its called
-intake elbow
Didn't really hit any problems, the trans fluid was very dark and dirty!, coolant was very watered down, which i already knew, the pullys are pretty grovved and rusted.
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Now for my questions, I dont need air and egr do I? I can just remove them like an ls1? All i will need is the race headers correct? What do I do with the connections since I wont be plugging anything back in?
I plan on removing the A/C, do I just need a smaller belt? Do you guys have a part number?
I plan on removing the A/C, do I just need a smaller belt? Do you guys have a part number?