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studderin · 10 second zone

Changing a few things on the car, figure id post about it. Some stuff is already done, and older pics. Some still working on, some parts are still on the way. Taking the 6point mild steel wolfe rollbar out, and going with a better 4130 chromoly cage stuff. Also upgrading some suspension parts, brakes, rearend. Removing some stuff I dont use, cleaning up other systems, harness, making the car easier to work on. Making the car lighter too, getting ride of a easy to install steel bolt in rollbar, maybe the dana 60 rearend with a truetrac (truetrac with ring gear weights 56#, rearend minus brakes was just under 200#s 50 more then a 10bolt). Looking at getting a midwest 9, if I can afford it. With selling the s60 setup, and RT TA, BMR reloc trans mount. And maybe a spool. But I drive the car a lot of the street.
Pulling the passanger airbag, the Hvac stuff. But keeping the heater for the fall racing.

getting the car ready for the new stuff

lots of stuff behind the dash

:fry:

studderin · 10 second zone

End of last week I bought a not installed new/used pin on sunoco from SouthernTP on here. And recived it yesterday, looks good so far. It weighed less then the box, Laughing

I put the hood on the nitrous scale. 14.802 pounds exact.
A stock Z28 hood is 45-48 I see listed.

And ordered the bad ass rails that come fitted for Dzeus fasteners from racecrafters. You cam also get them from Madman.
http://www.racecraft.com/proddetail.php?prod=704070
http://www.racecraft.com/proddetail.php?prod=704071

The tubing for the 6point rollbar, showed up. Car has to get to new era to get that stuff welding in soon. I never got a weight on the bolt in mild steel one I had. I see people listing that at 75-85#s. I bought this one the last day of the wolfe sale. And made some on selling the steel one. It worked out good. Its a 4130 cromoly 6point, low doorbar, jig notched, this is with the thu rear speaker bars. But later exchanged them with the over the seat ones that I can run to over the frame rails. Thanks for wolfe doing that. The wheel wells didn't look that strong, after I removed the the brakets off them, and if you min tub they are in the way. I liked the thu speaker holes, it gave me more room in the hatch to put the 28 Etdrags, and stuff back there. And the looked a little more hidden form the rear of the car. I'll see how the over seat ones are.

Made a alum HVAC panel, and a lightweight heater. Using a used ford probe heater core I had around. That was in a GTP's w/a intercooler then went pretty fast already. And the stock blower motor, thats nice and quite but moves a ton of air. Still might get a extra harness to cut out some AC, ABS, traction control, airbag wires. There a lot of extras not being used.

repainted were the stock battery had leaked.

Glued some lightweight foam on the firewall for noise, and some heat shield mat were the passenger header collector is close to the floor. And you can see the top holes for the heater to mount to

this is how it looks blowing thu the defrost to the windshield. painter it black to hide it under the front dash panel that covers with the stock defrost gill openings.

I hooked it up with part of the stock heat hose lines in the ending bay, bent them to fit under the PCM. Lot of room to work on the car. Or later get a IC pipes to fit:snky:

BMR tubular K-member. I got from NewEra $445 in stock. Great price. Stock with the cast iron engine stands was 57#'s The BMR is 25. But the best part is all the room it gives, and alot easier to work on the car.

Repainted all the front suspension parts with POR-15

I'll post some more later of the new brake lines I made. No ABS, SLP linelock.

I bought a streering wheel, form somone on here I fwe weeks ago. http://www.shopatron.com/product/part_number=COM35BK0B/482.0.19258.19258.0.0.0

In a Trans Am
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc16/drewgermann/TA/1051_1.jpg

studderin · 10 second zone

Brake lines came out mint, fit the BMR Kmeber great. I hate when people just zip tie the stock front line that fits like shit, and looks all hack. Removed the ABS stuff, ran the rear line around the brake booster a little more work the the easy way. But I wasted to leave it all open to get the master cylinder out,that way under behind the the power booster. Its really nice to get to now. Same thing with the line lock solenoid, wanted it out of the way for the headers, header bolts, head bolts. Basically anywere on the side hidden on the wheel well. Or on the firewall, back side of the wheel well, blocking the master.
Did the wire tuck of the harness that runs off the passanger side wheel well. The air pump and the air pump tubes, have already been gone. Hood latch cable got tucked, but probably going to a pin on hood. Hid and redid the 5-7 grounds that go to random visable holes in the wheel wells and suck.

So much easier to work on then a stock Fbody, only pics I had for a reminder off all the stuff, the car used to have.

joelster ain't got shit

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jeeves744 · 11 second zone

how much you save removing the random brackets in the last pic?

studderin · 10 second zone

I have them in a bucket, its probally only like 12-15. But the stock carpet will fit better. That "H" cut for the lower seat custions, folds back down, I might tape it from the back or somthing if it stays up still. And thouse side hooks the pop thu the carpet will be gone.
With a rollbar It's not gona have a back seat anyway. so I took off the rear brakets, and the seatbelts. Plus now with the arm rear brakets gone the BFH mintub is way easy. That was the spot there was really strong, on the car.

studderin · 10 second zone

I put some more time in fitting the wolfe 6point, agian and that sucks. I stoped work on that last week end I noticed how bad it was. As I'm getting everything to fit great, and it shows of off everything else is. I'm getting sick of having to rebend most of it. Its the worst one I've seen, the bottem of the hoop was 51 wide, thats over 1 1/2 half bigger then whats fits in the car. Plus its twisted, and not sqare. The door bars are bend diffrent, but can't fit them till I finish fixing the hoop :bang:

I got the racecraft brackets today, there look really good. I can't fit them with the hood hinges on. They shipped great in a nice tube. Great stainless button heads, and nylon nuts.

studderin · 10 second zone

JeremyNYR · **Co Founder**

I know this post is dirt old, but I just have to say that you do some great work! You make it look easy! I know how much work you put in though and I commend you. Also, is that blue foam underlayment for laminate flooring? hehe

studderin · 10 second zone

thanks jeremy Cool

this was just the start, I keep it updated all year on LS1tech
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-tech/1068545-cam-only-winter-upgrades-bitch-diet.html

Ran some 10.8s then 10.70s and back to back. To 3 10.66s last day at NYI, getting #11 on the cam only list.

Its going to be alot faster this year, got parts already, stuff on the way. And alot of testing like normal Very Happy

joelster · new sheriff in town....

studderin · 10 second zone

ya me too. Laughing

studderin · 10 second zone

Sure is, that whats fun about it. Cool