we kinda thought about it.. probably could of done it, but would of been tight fit, plus alot of heat from the manifold on the alt..

I returned that pump, and am just going to go to a remote setup, and do the plates on the block for the 4 -12's...

Thank you though. Chris

 

Ok that is what I was thinking. Is that the black you have or the graphite grey? they are out of black at the moment.

Ive heard 4 yards should work perfect for these cars. what do you think?

 

Mine is the black. I got 5 yards.. If you are just going the the flat spot in truck, and not doing the trunk i bet 4 yrds is more then enough. I have alot left over. I can try to meausre it maybe end of the week, or weekend, and let you know what i have left.

Chris


Ps... Use scottkeen as the coupon code. Its good for 15% off.

 

Sweet, Ill def. you use that. Yea im only gonna go to the end of the flat spot and then you the light tweedish stuff in the well part still.

Might try that grey if they dont get black soon, if not Ill find some crappy stuff local and just use it.

 

Eric thats looking good, may have to give you a call.
Can you work up a price on the complete front end with out motor mounts? Including the brakes.

 

Nice build!!! You have a killer looking T/A with a very nice collection of parts. That's going to be a very nice turbo car when completed.

-Dave

 

I would suggest you pm eric, or give him a call. I dont know his exact pricing for the front end stuff yet.

Thanks, Chris

 

Thank you. I cannot wait to get this damn thing done! way to much going on with it, the family and work!

Thanks, Chris

 

looks great so far...

how fast do you plan on going? IIRC, that 42-76 turbo ran out of steam pretty quickly on Kyle's old setup and they had to switch to an S88 for that reason...

 

i would like to see mid 9s on this turbo, maybe a low 9, there are already plans of building my own manifolds and redoing the turbo kit with a 91 or so

 

OK it has been a few weeks now, may as well have an update! We took one weekend off, and had some slow weekends in there, but we got after it full force yesterday and knocked out a lot of work. We will start with 5-14, all we really got accomplished was measuring for push rods, and mocking up the turbo.




I made a new Oil feel line for the turbo, and got started on a new drain for it as well. That was really all we got done that entire weekend

Next up was the weekend of the 28th, where we got some parts in but not a ton of work done again.

Here are the axles back from being shortened 3" each by Moser
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We plugged the holes for the knock sensors (we won’t be running them anymore) and installed the valley cover. Also (no pics) installed the push rods and buttoned up the motor. You can also see the -12 adapters for running the remote water pump installed on the front of the motor.


Quick shot of the motor all ready to go, rockers, valve covers, intake manifold, fuel rails, etc. are all torqued for the final time.


Just a quick shot of the garage before we burned all the boxes.


I also whipped up a mount for the line lock which you can see on the master cylinder in this pic along with most of the parts needed for the brake lines (from Jerry Bickle race cars)


Modified the stock throttle cable bracket


Here are a few pics of the Aluminum trans cross member that Eric at Midwest Chassis made for us.






We also got the rear end back in the car with the axles in and the brakes mounted, I didn’t bother taking any pics though.

Now we are up to yesterday where we knocked out some major work. We will start with running the new fuel lines. I spent a while making up some lines, then dove under the car and had at it. Here is the start of it all.


Nothing to exciting to say here, so I will just throw up some pics






Left a little loop so that we can get the fuel filter on and off without too much hassle.


This is where we stopped with the fuel lines for now, until we get the motor in


Chris was inside the car working on the wiring when he wasn’t busy under the car helping me run the lines. Once we both finished up we put the dash back in for the first time.


We did not realize how close the dash was going to be to the shifter, but we lucked out and it clears just fine. Another 1/2 of an inch though and we would not be so happy.

Played with how to lay out the gauges


Here is the adapter plate for the manual master


We ended up taking the dash back out so that we could get the shifter all wrapped up. Had to install and wire the neutral safety switch and the reverse light switch. We also had to install and route the shifter cable while we were at it, then reinstall the cover and the grip. After that we put the dash back in for the last time, also trimmed and installed the passenger a-pillar cover. After that we fixed the broken driver side window and re-installed the driver door panel. I didn’t get pictures of any of this, because it was 3am by this time and I wanted to take a shower and pass out. So as you can see progress is being made, but it hasn’t been to interesting to post. We are closing in on finishing the car though, so the next few weekends should be busy. As always thanks for looking!

Sean

 

Looks great! I might have to modify my throttle cable bracket too

I should give Eric a call to see what he can do for a 4L80e cross member w/ torque arm mount

 

Got my new rear wheels in. They are 15x10 4.5 backspace champions. They look great, and are super light.

 

I recently did my brothers front struts,I noticed that the top upper control arm mounts were pretty rusty as well as the rubber things in them.It kind of concerned me a little.I didn't know if they could crack so I went ahead and replaced them.I saw a little rust on your upper control mount.It concerned me a little?man hope Im not being to picky.

 

RobZ Where did you get the new upper a arm mounts? I've been looking to get new ones for my 93Z28. I figured if I'm putting all new front end components on why not get new mounts also. I just ordered the strut mounts and I just need the upper a arm mount.

thanks Jeff

 

I will have new ones out soon that will be lighter than the stock ones, but they are initially designed to be used with an integrated double shear shock mount like the setup is in these pics. I may do more of a stock replacement option later if there is enough interest. these were the original shocks on this car and were converted from stock stud upper mount style to the bearing style.

 

When eric did my front end, he told me about having new ones out down the line. I will end up having a set of those as soon as there ready.

Thanks, Eric

 

TAHOE5.3 The front mounts were just some I had of my old car,The were used but better condition.

 

Thats a hell of a build But I also wanna know about the front end. How much for the whole thing with brakes and motor mounts.

 

You will need to contact Eric from Midwest Chassis for that info. His screen name on here is ssvert99

Thanks,
Sean