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AWESOME! I really want to do that to mine! :up:
That last pic is funny...
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Haven't made any progress this week other than ordering more parts. Some fresh bumper trim, an IS spoiler, fog light blanks, window lock trim and gaskets, a bunch of clips, basically everything to button up the outside minus paint. Haven't decided if I like the aftermarket mirrors or not. I thought they were fine on my racecar but I'm not really feeling them on this one. Ordered a Lukebox and a few components to get rolling on some tunes as well.
Stopped by the shop today to drop off some parts and at least pay a visit. There has been word of some potential vandalism so I wanted to make certain everything was okay. No sign of vandalism on my car:
But it looks like someone was messing with the Corvair a bit! Hopefully that will buff out...
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Nah, just a little race... ;-)
Made a little more progress. Hooked up enough to get it running. The exhaust is almost done. Still have a few things to get sorted before it can make any shake down runs, and a lot of things left to get looking half way decent.
Biggest issue I've run into is between the harness being partially removed at some point (everything was unplugged) and the ABS parts being removed there are a few things I'm not quite sure about. I tore all this "crap" out of my racecar so I have no immediate reference, and I haven't had the time to start really going through the rew remaining "dangling" wires.
Basically the windows still don't work but that's not related to the underloader relays as those are grounded and all else works appears to work. Trying to figure out the brake light wiring but my brake light switch has yet to arrive from Pelican, so it will probably be a little more clear when that arrives.
Anyway, I've been looking for a good pic to see what is wrong or missing on this plug: (no luck yet)
Not sure what the heck this is!
I assume that's the brake light switch?
A few pics of the exhaust in progress. I used the initial 3" transition from my racecar but stepped it down to 2.5" a few inches back. Keep in mind the drivers side from the header to the muffler will change as soon as I get time to make a permanent transmission mount. I let someone have my trans mount and just made that one up quick to hold it in the car, but it's right in the freggin way of where the exhaust needs to go.
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Got some time in the shop tonight and made some decent progress. Got the brakes totally done!
Tilton reservoir mounted to new plastic trim (with reinforcement brackets hidden behind):
This reminds me of Predator for some reason:
...and installed:
Got everything bled after fixing a couple leaks (I could have sworn everything was tight :-P ) and it's good to go.
Finished the steering shaft. Had one of the joints from the Vorshlag kit I purchased years ago. Sourced the other end from a friend who we put a woodward column like in my racecar, so he didn't need one of the ujoints either. Cut up the DD shafts to fit, and Bob's your uncle. Anyway, it's done, and it clears the header - barely...
And just for shits and giggles:
I had not planned on keeping these on the street car but they are so pretty...Leave a comment:
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Made a little more progress tonight. Made the last of the brake hard lines so all that is left with the brakes is to mount the reservoir, run those 3 lines to the master cylinders, and hook up the pressure brake switch.
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wow cant believe Nobody is watching this thread, i love what you did with the fuel lines, nice and clean install!
Thats the thing with most of these American V8 swaps. It seems like most of them are done really half assed. not this one! good job man!Leave a comment:
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Fuel system is now checked off the list of to-do items!
Ran new hard lines under the car, and used a vette FPR/Filter. The FPR/filter nestles nicely in the recess at the front of the seat. It's barely visible (hangs below the rocker about 1/4"), but it's not the lowest point of the car so I'm not worried about scraping it.
Ran -6 braided hoses from the topside pump/return across and down where the hardlines meet up:
Used some "firesleeve" on the fuel and brake lines going up the footwell past the headers:
Driveline is all done, ready to start on the exhaust:
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