xpndbl3

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lookin good so far

badjuju342

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Okay , today , I installed the 4th gen gas tank. I wanted to keep use of the charcoal cannister and evap solenoid so I drilled out the rivets that held the fuel pump /fuel level sender harness , made a template and cut a larger hole . Afterwards , touched up the screw holes and bare metal of the cut with POR-15 then installed new harness. Here's the result:



There are 3 seperate plug in this connector you only use two. 3rd is for ABS which I won't be using.

Then I installed the 4th gen tank , it fit perfect . You will need to trim the rubber filler neck down a bit as it is too long.




And finally installed the aluminum 4th gen driveshaft , also fit perfect .

GXPPOWER

i wish i knew enough about cars to work on 1/3 of the stuff you know how to do lol.

and what do you do job wise to afford all this. win lotteries?

Genesis_26317

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Camaro 3.9.5

Higher gen than 3rd, not a 4th though, yet more tech slapped onto it than the 4th gen so it gets the additional .5 !

I am debating if it gets the beta moniker. Maybe it gets it until you take it out to have it dyno tuned...

badjuju342

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Not a lot to it, just gotta get in there , read up on what you're doing , save your pennies and have at it.If you're mechanically inclined at at all , you CAN do this swap after a little research. I started this thread not to brag but to give other folks a decent guide on how to do this swap. May not be right down to the exact details but it should give you a fair idea.

Genesis_26317

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No you COULD do this swap after research and a lot shop parts. No way in hell I can get that stock 305 out with my bare hands.

badjuju342

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Installed Spohn rear swaybar & e-brake cables today:

Shooter_Jay

man, that's gotta be getting close. dash back together, front brakes, wheels and tires, and detail it right? right?

badjuju342

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I've got to install brake lines, fuel lines , wire the car, exhaust and finish the cooling &A/C , so we are getting fairly close.

Genesis_26317

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Can we get a read-out on your suspension mods? Like sway-bar diameters, etc?

Shooter_Jay

I'm sure he'd rather spend his time measuring rusty old suspension parts and writing up a comparo, rather than finishing putting his car together...

badjuju342

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Look at most of the Spohn catalog for 3rd gens, Eibach Pro kit , BMR adjustable panhard and that's my suspension . I also have a Hawk's tubular K-member.

badjuju342

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Measured , cut mounts and bolted in BeCool A/C condenser today:

penguin

That's looking absolutely stunning. Any idea on the total cost so far?

badjuju342

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Somewhere around 40 grand and I've done all the labor at this point.

Genesis_26317

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How's the tubular K-member? I haven't heard anything but problems with cracking welds from the drag racers to a sloppy front-end by the street/track drivers.

That was before they upgraded the K-members to address the problem, I noticed that a lot of them also list it as semi-streetable/race.

badjuju342

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It bolted on pretty solid and seems fairly sturdy to me. I bought on of the first ones. I haven't had a chance to test it because we're still at the build point. I was told by other people using the stock A-arms are really difficult to bolt on to the K member . The Spohn tubular A-arms fit really good and they are vastly more stout than the stockers.

Genesis_26317

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I heard good stuff about the A-Arms being tough and nicely made.

I just couldn't afford them at the time!

badjuju342

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They are super nice quality , look great, and the powdercoating looks really good , well worth the duckies

91RS

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How hard is it to get the old k-member out? What kind of tools do you need? When I have money to do this I already plan on getting the k-member and a-arms from Spohn.