What did you do to your "other" car (aka musclecar) today

[astepup]

1 hour ago, Jsdirt said:

What are you running for fuel delivery? Carb, FI? I usually tie into the non-timed carb vacuum port (usually the lowest one on the body).

 

BEAUTIFUL ride!! 

I recently swapped out an anemic 305 TBI for a built 355 out of a 69 vette. The vac port on the carb is what the booster line runs to. Can't find a tee fitting for that so a splice into the existing line should work. 

[SnakeEyeSS]

New Sill plates are installed. 

[Jsdirt]

3 hours ago, astepup said:

I recently swapped out an anemic 305 TBI for a built 355 out of a 69 vette. The vac port on the carb is what the booster line runs to. Can't find a tee fitting for that so a splice into the existing line should work. 

Ahh, gotcha - I realized that after I posted - that's where the booster normally goes, since it's the biggest port on the carb.

 

I wouldn't feel comfortable tee'ing into that, since I believe it will take power away from the brake booster, especially at idle ... but gotta do what you gotta do if there aren't any more vacuum ports available..

[Mikebtte]

Swapped out the chip on my 283 TBI set up for what I believe to be the correct chip. So far, so good.

Additionally, I got my condenser from Vintage Air. Not thrilled. To be honest I would think it would be of better quality. I have gotten condenser's from Napa with cleaner looking fins and better packaging.

Edited January 18, 2019 by Mikebtte

[Jsdirt]

Yep - welcome to the 21st Century. If it was under $200, it was made in china.

 

It's a sad state of affairs in every aspect of the automotive world today ... 

[Mikebtte]

13 hours ago, Jsdirt said:

Yep - welcome to the 21st Century. If it was under $200, it was made in china.

 

It's a sad state of affairs in every aspect of the automotive world today ... 

Worse than that, it was $250. Lucky enough I went through Speedwaymotors and they are stand up folks. They will make it right.

[CadillacLuke24]

Going to Idaho Falls on Monday to look at a parts car. Body looks good, and they hardly use any salt (if at all out there). Less than SD and from what I recall my parent's cars held up well underneath. 

[kxdan01]

SVT COBRA Wheel/Tire/Brake Upgrades:

I’ve always hated the stock Cobra wheels because they’re not so great to look at but mainly because they’re not very wide and the factory offset makes them appear to “tuck” under the Fenderwell and the pitiful little 245/45/17 Tires all around are just too weak looking. 

So, I got a set of “Black Chrome” Cobra R Wheels which are 9” Wide Up Front & 11” Wide in the Rear. I went with Mickey Thompson ET Street Drag Radials In size 335/35/ZR18 in the back to control this little toy’s bad habit of spinning and breaking loose on me at all speeds plus I like to hit the track on the weekends to Drag Race the LS Powered Guys & the Hemi Crowd Too. These ET Street Drag Radials bite like Gorilla Glue on the street and at the track. I switched to 4.30 Gears a while back and that didn’t help my traction issues to say the least but I knew the wheels & tires would be next and my how they helped! I launch it at 5800-6000 RPM at the track and my 60’ times are now down a few tenths to 1.48-1.56 on average but if I don’t do my part my 60’ times aren’t great at around 1.90-2.10 but that doesn’t happen as long as my air pressure is right and the tires are hot/clean. I went ahead and added drilled/slotted rotors from EBay which were cheap but honestly lookas good as the Brembo/Baer Rotors I used on my Truck and on the front of the 93 Mustang LX Coupe(“Notch”/“Trunk”). These are Zinc Plated/Coated so they never get the rusty look even if they sit for a while. I went ahead and painted the calipers red and the “COBRA” lettering on the calipers white so everything stands out now and it makes the car  look much better. Not to mention, it handles 10X Better with the much wider tires which are about 11.5” on the back compared to about 8.5”, the front tires were 245/45/17 which were about 8”-8.5” Wide and now are 275/40/17’s which are about 9.5”-10” Wide on the new 9.5”. It’s like driving a track day car now, to me anyway.  I went with Hawk Brake Pads on all 4 Corners and upgraded the stock brake hoses from the main lines to the calipers with stainless steel lines and red line fully synthetic/high temp brake fluid. This was so worth it and I did it on the cheap, the wheels and tires were used, and I picked up all but the caliper paint on eBay for a fraction of their cost elsewhere- so it changed the looks for the better, improved handling dramatically, and improved braking performance some but not so much considering The fact that the car already had the big 13” inch front rotors and 11.65” inch rear rotors, now they’re just slotted and the fluid didn’t make any difference and I can fill of coarse as I didn’t really expect you to but I could tell a slight difference that was actually worth the effort of installing the stainless steel brake lines. I really enjoyed being able to dump the clutch and actually take off and go, it’s so violent at the track if feels like it’s going to rip your guts out and even does that on the street when the tires are hot and the pavement is fairly new or at least not old is hell! I do believe this little and Deavor cost be about 850 bucks but that includes the tires wheels brake lines fluid and drilled/slotted rotors- This would’ve been so much more but I got the tires and wheels barely used and traded my stock cobra wheels with new tires and $500 for the black chrome wheels and the huge m/t 335/35/17 drag radials along with the new front tires Was your Nitto NT555 Extremes. I just got incredibly lucky when I ran across a friend of a friend who needed a little bit of cash and just happened to want a set of stock wheels and I was in the right place at the right time. Now there’s nothing left to do to the car as it had has had damn near everything upgraded that can be upgraded and all performance modifications that can be done without spending really insane money are in place. If I do anything else it will have to be the four comp cams Required as it is a DOHC engine with two camshaft in each cylinder head plus the valve springs and the rest of the valve train which will cost about $2000 minimum. That’s a joke as I just don’t see myself doing that when I coullf just go for the Gold and install a single turbo kit which can be done for around the same price and I’ll get my friend to adjust the tune accordingly and that’ll be it but I’m not too concerned about that right now. Damn gas, you have to forgive me for the links of this post because I am just talking to the phone and letting it type the word for me so it went a little overboard ?

Edited January 19, 2019 by kxdan01
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[RyanbabZ71]

Year ago today my Camaro showed up




Ryan B.

[silverWS6]

On 1/19/2019 at 7:51 PM, RyanbabZ71 said:

Year ago today my Camaro showed up




Ryan B.

It it broken in yet? ?

[RyanbabZ71]

Define broken in. Two track events (roadcourse) on the schedule for 2019.


Ryan B.

[SnakeEyeSS]

Crap, my garage is full. I miss my 4th, it was just too used for me to keep around. Probably still have it if it was in this condition, but it was a money pit, would have dumped 10-15k in it to get where I wanted to be after realizing I likeed it more than a track rat. 

 

https://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/d/spiro-2000-chevrolet-camaro-ss/6793710358.html

 

Auto convertible, my wife is even interested. 

 

These 6th's come " broken"  in from the factory. 2700 miles and I have had four cosmetic items fail and had to adjust the nav screen.

Edited January 21, 2019 by SnakeEyeSS

[Colossus]

those were so fun... Got to drive for a week an ex- Colorado State Patrol B4C Z-28.  They retired this one at 70,000 miles but she still ran well.  The 2 troopers it was assigned to in the mountains took good care of it. It looked similar to this when it was in service. 

 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2019 by Colossus

[CadillacLuke24]

Idaho car didn't pan out. Was in great shape, but the price was too high. Oh well, there's more out there, just gotta find one

[RyanbabZ71]

Drilled some holes in my rear spoiler












Ryan B.