Awesome car man. Had a friend bring this one by a month or so ago to play.
Love seeing one of these done right.
Love seeing one of these done right.
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BUILD "Barn Find" '71 Z28
- Thread starter Squeaky192
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I've always liked the RS front end, but I do hate when people do the split bumpers on the standard front end.
yup me also they Only made so many split bumper ones BUT Just like SS Chevelles there are more on roads today then was produced and I get its how the owners want but still
The hints of warmer weather coming have given me some motivation, at least to order stuff to bolt on the car. I ordered up a Holley mid-mount accessory drive today, they fit so nice and tight to the engine and I've been chasing getting my brackets aligned over and over, I decided to just pull the trigger and run their setup. I also went ahead and ordered their LS to SBC valve cover adapters that hide the coils under the valve cover - I'm not going to pretend it's a SBC and will keep my LS6 intake manifold, I just want to run the original finned LT1 valve covers as a homage to it's original matching number engine that will never go back in it.
I also have a new clutch pedal assembly on the way from American Powertrain that mounts the master cylinder to the pedal assembly which will be nice - I've fought getting the angle of the rod to the master on the firewall just right and this will solve that.
I also have a new clutch pedal assembly on the way from American Powertrain that mounts the master cylinder to the pedal assembly which will be nice - I've fought getting the angle of the rod to the master on the firewall just right and this will solve that.
Got my new Malwood clutch pedal assembly installed with their billet reservoir, thing fits great and works around the larger Painless fuse block, etc. No pics of it installed under the dash as I didn't want to crawl under there again, but here's the unit via their website.
The OG SBC valve covers aren't going to clear the 11" brake booster, so I'm gonna put that on the back burner for now. I think I could do an 8" booster setup and clear, but at that point I might just want to go to a Baer 7/8" bore master and go manual brakes.
Got the original front drive pulled off, going to spend some time cleaning stuff up then I'll get the new Holley mid-mount installed.
The OG SBC valve covers aren't going to clear the 11" brake booster, so I'm gonna put that on the back burner for now. I think I could do an 8" booster setup and clear, but at that point I might just want to go to a Baer 7/8" bore master and go manual brakes.
Got the original front drive pulled off, going to spend some time cleaning stuff up then I'll get the new Holley mid-mount installed.
Front drive mostly installed, pretty much just need to redo my AC and P/S lines and my radiator hoses as the outlet differs on the new water pump and I'll be good to go. My radiator had a pinhole leak at the top of it, so I dropped it off to radiator shop this morning, hopefully they can seal it as it's a nice Afco 3-core and I don't really want to buy a new one lol.
It's a Kwik Performance setup, but I've already offered it up to a buddy.
All wrapped up - new fender braces showed up today and I tossed them on after work.
The previous LS radiator I had had a pinhole leak that I had fixed previously, but it was starting to leak worse and worse. Ended up swapping in a Summit radiator and just adapting my fan shroud over, should be good to go for this season at least now before I dive into more stuff.
I am likely going to have one of our fab guys repair the rockers on it when he has time. Mouse nests held moisture and they're only getting worse, so that will be the next phase.
I am likely going to have one of our fab guys repair the rockers on it when he has time. Mouse nests held moisture and they're only getting worse, so that will be the next phase.