Buryingthesun

Here are some more pictures of everything mocked up for the engine. Im working on building a custom radiator support now for the C&R NASCAR radiator and carbon duct.

Bob@BruteSpeed

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Awesome build! My first car was a 68 Firebird 400 4 speed that has 40,000 miles on it and I got it for $450.00. You don't see too many around anymore. Bob

tuske427

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Very cool!

Buryingthesun

HA! I have a hot wheels replica of your car

tuske427

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Awesome! I designed it, too. I hope you like it.

Buryingthesun

tuske427

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Sweet, and thank you There'll be another recolor of that this year

Bringing this thread back to your car- When do you expect to be driving it?

Buryingthesun

Buryingthesun

This past weekend I made a trip out to NY to visit my engine builder and to drop off a lot of parts for him. My block is almost ready for assembly, just needs a final hone and a dip in the tank to wash it out completely and then its time to install the Callie's 408ci stroker kit. I forgot how nice the Stage 2.5 243's I had Texas Speed & Performance do for me came out!

Buryingthesun

Another side project I'm working on for the Firebird is the steering column. I know that doesn't sound overly exciting or complicated but I wanted to have power assisted steering without all the fuss of hydraulics (lines, pump, reservoir) Introducing The Vauxhaull Corsa C electronic power steering column and spares I picked up over the weekend. This column has been used in motorsports for a while on kit cars and rally cars alike. The nice part about it is you can variably adjust resistance of a **** I will mount on the dash! A lot of information on this was discovered from reading up on MkII Escorts in the UK used for rally racing, Then I met a guy locally to me that does Time Attack and he was swapping out his set up for some even more wild KYB system.

I fitted my Sabelt steering wheel to the Woodward racing quick release (zero play in this unit) and added some carbon fiber brackets I will be using to secure the column to the chassis.

JosephIV

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You have a beautiful ride. I like the "old school" touches like the vintage valve covers and white headers. I see so many '67-69 Camaros at car shows and the drag strip that I actually prefer the 'birds now. Keep up the good work!

Buryingthesun

Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words from everyone in here. I’m happy I’m building this car in my vision, not everything is unique but I’m doing all the work.

JohnR

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You can feel proud that your new Firebird will have been "Built, not Bought".

John

tuske427

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Now that's really cool! I dig these seemingly subtle upgrades, but there's nothing subtle about re-engineering everything to get something like this to work

Buryingthesun

tuske427

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I totally get it- my vision for my build wasn't that much different. I look forward to your updates!

LLLosingit

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Is that the reason you went carb and distributor setup rather than efi?

Buryingthesun

Buryingthesun

I decided to go with a more traditional look for my car. My new brakes will be based off the 1967-1969 SCCA Trans-Am series Camaro. I wanted to buy OEM calipers but it was almost $1200 a side and they are heavy as F**K so I decided to run everything period specific except for that. Wilwood D8-4 calipers will work and are much lighter. So im running factory 1969 Z/28 spindles, 1967 drum hubs, and 1969 Z/28 rotors. I will need to make a custom caliper bracket I am amusing. I think a 15" wheel and meaty tire will do the car more justice than the modern trend of 18" wheels.










I also got my cor support mocked up with the NASCAR spec C&R radiator and NASCAR carbon fiber duct.

JohnR

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I used to have a '67 400 Firebird. I'm enjoying watching your progress with the build.
Thanks for sharing!
John