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Old 10-16-2017, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by blackbyrd
I had those ground effects on my bird until I converted to a TA sideskirts. I know what you are getting at. I always thought the fbody benefited from having a bit more ...body on the rocker panel rather than that gentle roll back underneath the car. Id be curious to see how that pans out on the camaro body. did you get the section that goes on the door as well or just the rocker extension?
Here is that firebird ground effect. Hard to see in the pic, but you can tell the fender in the front don't work with it. I couldn't make it stay against the fender in the front without the back coming loose unless someone was holding it since it is just sitting on there and the fender was not fastened on, but if you look at the corner front top of the ground effect you should be able to see what I'm talking about. also you can see the red camaro ground effect on the floor on the right. you might can see how it is rounded.

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I guess I haven't posted pics of the front lip yet:


Old 10-20-2017, 07:30 PM
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Ah those are the trans am rockers. More angled away, I though you were modding the w68 side skirts. Front lip looks killer though
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Car is coming out amazing man! Love the color choice you went with on the motor.
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Originally Posted by brandonppr
Finally getting some work done on this thing again. I have my engine in and I am working on wiring it up temporary until I figure out where I want all the wires at. I just need to get it started right now first.

Also I am working on designing my own gauges from scratch. I plan on using a bunch of OLED screens driven by a micro-controller that I am programming. I was able to build a micro-controller on a breadboard and drive the single OLED display. Next plan is to learn how to drive multiple screens with the one chip.





Got the engine in



Working on designing my own gauges from scratch



This is the concept I drew up. It will probably change before its done



Learned how to build a micro-controller on a breadboard to control the OLED
Holy Baby J... I WOULD LOVE to learn how to do this for my car, can I ask where did you learned? Thanks!! Btw beautiful car congratulations
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With the battery mounted under the battery cover. Do you still have to use a cutoff switch to be nhra
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With the battery mounted under the battery cover. Do you still have to use a cutoff switch to be nhra
I think so.
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Originally Posted by SesiomSummers
Holy Baby J... I WOULD LOVE to learn how to do this for my car, can I ask where did you learned? Thanks!! Btw beautiful car congratulations
If you are talking about the guages.

I started by getting an Arduino starter kit and doing lessons. Tons of info on the web and youtube.
Here is a link to the book I started with:
https://www.esc19.net/cms/lib011/TX0...3rdedition.pdf

Go to ebay and search Arduino starter kit and get one that is at least $50+ so you get lots of stuff to start.
Most car sensors are 5v reference so it can work with most all sensors on the car and you can add what ever you want.

Thanks for the compliment.
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Originally Posted by Mr.z/28
Car is coming out amazing man! Love the color choice you went with on the motor.
Thank you
Old 03-25-2018, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by brandonppr
I guess I haven't posted pics of the front lip yet:


Did you mount the lip with 3m tape ? I’ve been looking at them on eBay
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Originally Posted by Kcutty85
Did you mount the lip with 3m tape ? I’ve been looking at them on eBay
It comes with screws and brackets. I don't think I used the brackets. I think I just screwed it directly to the bumper.

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thanks for the link on the open source stuff! ive been curious about that for a while now
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Dude you are insane! Love the attention to detail, nice work.
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Originally Posted by blackbyrd
thanks for the link on the open source stuff! ive been curious about that for a while now
No problem, glad to help

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Dude you are insane! Love the attention to detail, nice work.
Thank you
Old 04-24-2018, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by fastlt1
With the battery mounted under the battery cover. Do you still have to use a cutoff switch to be nhra
The cutoff switch is to cut all power to the vehicle in case of a crash, so fire hazard is minimized ASAP. It needs to be in an obvious place and clearly marked so anybody that tries to find it, can.

Brandon, awesome work man! Can't wait to see it finished!
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this build is great, Keep it coming
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Update?
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Update?
Well I ended up stripping this car to the bare frame end I used all the parts to build another car. I moved a few times in the process and now I'm finally getting back to this project again. Here are some videos
Old 06-23-2022, 12:28 PM
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I got a little more cutting done on the back:

Here is some cruising in the 94 LS1 Camaro

Here is the cutting:
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Here is a little more progress:


Some cruising in the 94 LS1:


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