Always improving..Progress on the new build
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After having my car apart so many times, There were a lot of things that I didn't like about it. This past winter I decided I was going to tear the under carriage apart and paint the bottom side, powdercoat all the suspension and modify the radiator support.
One thing led to the next and I decided to paint the engine bay, go 24x, lower the radiator support for the lid setup, go with a ford 9", run all new fuel and brake lines. Here is the progress i've made. Its far from done but I'm hoping in another month or two.
Bottom painted
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/306198_10150775623018854_501968853_11739930_251786476_n.jpg)
Powder coated intake and rails
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/554409_10150798568653854_501968853_11820795_389562365_n.jpg)
![](https://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/532690_10150798577298854_501968853_11820890_13182234_n.jpg)
Stripped and ready for some more work
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/524144_10150812065823854_501968853_11876506_1922992540_n.jpg)
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/575724_10150812065773854_501968853_11876505_1282570378_n.jpg)
Engine bay paint prep
![](https://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/548501_10150812066758854_501968853_11876509_417925034_n.jpg)
New quick performance 9"
![](https://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/292135_10150813402083854_501968853_11881253_1881082075_n.jpg)
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/577926_10150820026243854_501968853_11911119_1084021561_n.jpg)
Painted gunmetal
![](https://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/562493_10150822867038854_501968853_11921048_556629248_n.jpg)
Moser 35 spline axles
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/523198_10150834606158854_501968853_11933383_141291847_n.jpg)
Suspension put together. I rolled it outside for a bath and some garage cleaning to prepare everything for paint.
![](https://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/542917_10150843332343854_501968853_11961777_1065493378_n.jpg)
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The engine is very easy to remove now. As soon as the engine bay is painted the engine will go back in.
One thing led to the next and I decided to paint the engine bay, go 24x, lower the radiator support for the lid setup, go with a ford 9", run all new fuel and brake lines. Here is the progress i've made. Its far from done but I'm hoping in another month or two.
Bottom painted
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/s720x720/306198_10150775623018854_501968853_11739930_251786476_n.jpg)
Powder coated intake and rails
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/554409_10150798568653854_501968853_11820795_389562365_n.jpg)
![](https://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/532690_10150798577298854_501968853_11820890_13182234_n.jpg)
Stripped and ready for some more work
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/524144_10150812065823854_501968853_11876506_1922992540_n.jpg)
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/575724_10150812065773854_501968853_11876505_1282570378_n.jpg)
Engine bay paint prep
![](https://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/548501_10150812066758854_501968853_11876509_417925034_n.jpg)
New quick performance 9"
![](https://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/292135_10150813402083854_501968853_11881253_1881082075_n.jpg)
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/577926_10150820026243854_501968853_11911119_1084021561_n.jpg)
Painted gunmetal
![](https://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/562493_10150822867038854_501968853_11921048_556629248_n.jpg)
Moser 35 spline axles
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/523198_10150834606158854_501968853_11933383_141291847_n.jpg)
Suspension put together. I rolled it outside for a bath and some garage cleaning to prepare everything for paint.
![](https://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/542917_10150843332343854_501968853_11961777_1065493378_n.jpg)
![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/543243_10150843332513854_501968853_11961780_521015301_n.jpg)
The engine is very easy to remove now. As soon as the engine bay is painted the engine will go back in.
![](https://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/536369_10150843332593854_501968853_11961781_690604652_n.jpg)
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I see some cans of hammertone in my near future. Well...was getting some for the rearend anyway, but now my intake will get the treatment too. lol I bet mine will still look like crap compared to this one.
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I've been fighting with myself over whether or not to butcher my radiator support the last few months. Not just the usual cut-out for the LS1 lid, but something more drastic like you did. I saw pics of a "big mouth" mod in a Chris13 ram air thread and haven't been able to forget it.
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Thanks, I started powder coating to do this stuff. As much as I wanted to do it made sense to buy the equipment lol. I did bolt heads, the water pump, every spindle and control arms, thermostat housing accessory brackets etc. I'll have more pictures of the work as I go. Its just starting to come back together. Individual pieces just wont do justice...The complete engine will lol
But for now here are a few more pictures of the intake!
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Belt tensioner
But for now here are a few more pictures of the intake!
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![](https://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/559371_10150798577423854_501968853_11820892_1012105517_n.jpg)
Belt tensioner
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No sense in keeping track of hours for something like this lol I mainly work on it from 9am to 8 at night every Sunday. Ive been doing that for the last 3 months with the occasional Saturday thrown in. It will be worth it in the end.
Last edited by 355z28; 04-23-2012 at 11:14 PM.