The Camaro Club (UK)

Got quite a lot of fabrication done today.

Was never happy with the g-braces I made the first time around, it was a rush job and they clashed with the hood hinges. So I cut them up and remade them - this time I didn't have the brake booster to worry about as I now have hydroboost. I'll get them powder coated this week I expect.

A also made myself a stainless steel tank for the power steering fluid, just need to polish it up.

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Done a few little jobs today.

Re-dyed the seat backs - I ran out of dye when I did them the first time so the red was still showing through.

Fixed the retractor on the passenger seat belt - was full of fluff and a bit tight. Cleaned it all up and rewound the spring, works really well now...

Fixed the door pulls/handles, cleaned the sticky old dye off them from the previous owner with cellulose thinners. Fixed the handles and then re-dyed them.

Finished the wiring of the front lights, also sorted out the washer pump and reservoir. Forgot to take a pic, it's all hidden up. Determined to make it clean and neat under the hood this time around.

Last job was giving it a quick clean. It had got a bit green having sat in the yard for 18 months, surprisingly still shiny underneath. Desperately needs a polish though.

I'm filling the time until my headers arrive now. Still have quite a lot of little jobs to do though, many that I should have done the first time around but never got around to.

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Great !!, itching to see her with the nose back in place.

Thanks, leaving it off just in case of disaster when I try getting the engine running. It's easy to pull the core support right now and have the engine back out in a couple of hours if it comes to it.

Hoping my headers arrive this week, but I'm not holding my breath...

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

No tracking number on the order ?

Most stuff reaches me on time unless it´s sent USPS and picked up here in Spain by our post office.
It reaches Madrid customs.
They MAIL me a form to fill out.
Fill it out, scan it and email it back.
They MAIL me the amount to pay.
I pay at the bank, scan the receipt, email it back.
They sent the part.
It can take five days to cross the Atlantic, up to two weeks to cross half of Spain.

Got the tracking number - they are with the ebay global shipping thing. They are in the UK. Trouble is they use the cheapest possible route, so it's normally at least a week from the point the delivery company have it before it gets to me.

I still have plenty of other jobs to do, but I'd love to know if everything actually works or not!

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

Crikey, you're flying through that to do list! Firing it up this weekend?

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It depends if my exhaust headers arrive or not - if they do then yes, I have everything else I need to get it running this weekend. Still need to finish the coolant system plumbing and a couple of short fuel lines at the back of the car. Then I'm good to go!

You have to love a friendly powder coater. Dropped the g-braces off at lunch time and got them back at 3pm

Refitted them this evening before the rain set in again

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My '80 progress thread - hugger orange! Now with LQ9 power - forged pistons, LS2 rods, 236/242, .621/.612, flowed and milled 317 heads. MS3X

4L80e, 12 bolt, 4.11, Moroso brute strength posi, steel shafts.

Subframe connectors, g-braces, solid body bushes, carbon hood and front bumper, custom door cards, Autometer gauges.

3 hours turnaround... Blimey... I had a wheel done special fast once.. took 3 days, and paid extra for that !!!

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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”

They look great! Took me a few days to put mine together!! Much better space in the engine bay without the brake booster, looks more accessible too!

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How to post youtube vids: Click on the 'youtubeHD' button at the top of the message box and in the middle of the ][ brackets that just appeared, copy and paste everything from the youtube web address that appears after the = sign i.e if this is the url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cNqaPSHv0 just copy "K2cNqaPSHv0").