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good to know. thanks for the appreciated advice, ill have to reconsider the wiring harness. i did know that the pcm would need to be reprogrammed, and budged in 300$ for that. am i understanding this correct, if i sent my wiring harness in and specified what all sensors im running, ill get it back with all the wires labelled and extra lenght if need?

IOwnCalculus

Yeah, the harness I got back from Speartech was ready to go - labelled everywhere it needed to be, with plenty of length.

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what about the fuses and relays? does it come with that also? BTW i started reworking my orignal harness last night, and that brings up alot of questions. almost to much to list, so if anyone wanna help me out i can PM that would be great.so far its goin good, but need a schymatic of the firewall to inside connection with what wire does what?

68shortstep

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well got a little new progress......
took it down to the frame





after it got to the frame i took it to get sandblasted,




and the frame back from sandblasting.

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and the frame back from sandblasting





and here are a few pics of it primed and painted









and here are a little assembleing of the rear end pics


and some pics of the custom made aluminum fuel cell





im currently working on the front suspension and brakes, i plan on haveing those done beginning april, ill start posting more progress and pics as i get there

67RSCamaroVette

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Damn, trucks are easy to do a frame-off.. Everything comes apart in small pieces!. That looks great, especially engine! very clean the way you did it. What are your plans for brakes/gears/front susp, etc? Decided on a color? Any power adders?

Olly

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brakes are gonna be 12" front drill/slotted and the rear is also gonna be 12"drill/slotted. drop spindles, 1" drop spring, tubular upper and lower control arms, power steering (not really a power adder, but good for driveing), rear is a 12 bolt with 411 gears ( currently, may change to 373 or 342 when i see how it drives), the engine has a texas speed 224 224 @ .050 and 581 581 lift. and comp 918s springs with headers.......... color of truck is gonna be black with some custom true fire grafix by my brother..

the tranny is a 4l60e thats has a tci 3000-3500 stall.

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and pics of the brake lines

Monza355

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Looks great! How'd you get the block so clean? I love the way it looks like AL but is CI.

Bill

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i clean most everything with oven cleaner.
cheap and works awsome!!!!

IOwnCalculus

What headers are those?

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the headers are for a 00 camaro/ta
i havent checked to see what is required to make em fit, yet. but when i get it rolling again ( with in a week or two) ill post fitment pics and mods ( if required)

blazerboy72

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What motor mounts are you using? I tried the S&P's in my 71 Blazer they dont work at all for me.

G-Body

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You can easily mount the truck switch on the camaro trans. Just get a truck switch (cost me around 35 new I think, local GM parts place) and you need to change the shifter shaft in the trans. (about 15 new at GM Dealer) All you need to do is drop the trans pan, take one nut off, slide the old shaft out, slide the new one in tighten the nut back up and put the pan back on. It was really easy to do.

68shortstep

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that sounds like a easy cheap thing to do...... what i thought about was putting the switch actually on the steering columb, where the factory one was, but that would be just as nice and easy to do...
the mounts are from ebay ( i think they cost me 38 shipped) and im using tubular engine stands from performanceonline.com
it mounts up perfect..... ill post a pic if i can find one.

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engine stands

and the engine mounting plates and mounts

and test fitment

juiced_z28

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All I can say is WOW!

NassyVette

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Looks like a lot of hard work! I can't wait to see it completed...keep posting up pics as you get 'em.

Good Luck with the remainder of the project

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added front suspension and brakes
and engine/trans

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and more