🔧 BUILD LAME Turbo V6 Camaro

[sktchy]

??? party at the work shop anyway. We'll just have to save the beers for the garage after.

 

[GTPpower]

I'm totally in.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

I'd have to upgrade from a 65 to an 80e just to make sure it could survive the drive out there

 

[sktchy]

I'd have to upgrade from a 65 to an 80e just to make sure it could survive the drive out there

Somebody's gotta make the rest of us look bad.

 

[bs009]

If there's shenanigans going on I need dates and I'll bring my car depending on when it is. I'm hoping to have my cam swap and Holley EFI swap done before Power Tour this year so it might be out for GS nationals but count me in on whatever you're all planning

 

[sktchy]

It'd be an absolutely blast to have all these things together and running at the same time.

 

[v6buicks]

GS Nats is next week yo! That's why I'm thrashing!

By the way, floor mat mod happened. Don't worry, I bought my wife a new nicer mat BEFORE I cut up the old one. ?

Damn this is dumb, but if it actually works I'll scratch that and call it genius. ? It can't be worse than the crap I pulled out.

 

[sktchy]

??? man it's gotta be better than mine at least it looks better anyway. I've got some duck tape and about three layers of insulated heat shield down there to get the job done.

 

[bs009]

I'm really tempted to take a day off for GS nationals. The car is still in one piece at the moment but I am chomping at the bit right now to start pulling things apart to rewire the thing and swap in the spare motor I'm doing the cam swap on.
There's a cars and coffee in Nashville on Saturday that I'm waiting to do before I disassemble the thing but another week might not break the schedule...
Bowling Green is very close to me too so it wouldn't even be a big deal to get there.

I've never been myself but are there days I should try and attend either way? Saturday is easily a possibility with/without the GP

 

[v6buicks]

I'm really tempted to take a day off for GS nationals. The car is still in one piece at the moment but I am chomping at the bit right now to start pulling things apart to rewire the thing and swap in the spare motor I'm doing the cam swap on.
There's a cars and coffee in Nashville on Saturday that I'm waiting to do before I disassemble the thing but another week might not break the schedule...
Bowling Green is very close to me too so it wouldn't even be a big deal to get there.

I've never been myself but are there days I should try and attend either way? Saturday is easily a possibility with/without the GP

This is is definitely the year for you to go. This is rumored to be the last year of having the Nats in BG. ? I think it has to do with the cost of track rentals going up.

If I could only go for one day, I'd pick Friday. The car show is judged early that morning, and attendance will be the highest. Saturday is exciting because that's the eliminations day for racing, but a lot of the car show cars have already left by that time.

 

[v6buicks]

The shitty welcome mat thing checks out. It's time to get the console back in, but first I need to repair it. You know 2000s GM and their plastics.
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There's a split hear from the factory. The factory bond just let go. I tried to rig this together a year or two ago, but I tried doing it with a zip tie as filler which is not the same material as the console. I also never tried to add any extra support. At that time, I was pretty new to plastic repair and scared of making a visible boo boo, so cut me some slack! I don't have any before pictures, but here's the after. This time we have two hog rings buried in there perpendicular from each other. I also cut some unnecessary material from another part of the console as filler. This sucker is solid and not breaking in the same spot again. It's really not hard. I don't know why more people don't try this.

You have to be a dingus to make a visible oopsie in most cases too. Attention 4th gen people! Save your money. Don't buy a new console. A $10 soldering iron is much cheaper. This only took a half hour.

She's back together! I found a way to clamp the boot into the knob so that no handle is showing without limiting the throw. I think it looks so much better although I would really like to try a handle that's an inch shorter. In other news, I decided much too late that I wanted a new console lid for the Nats. I can't get any to show up before Wednesday. Oh well. It's going to be a long, hot, uncomfortable, AC-less trip to in Bowling Green in my tint-less aquarium, but it will feel so glorious to finally do something cool with the car.

I then vacuumed the car for the first time in probably two years because A) I'm super happy with this car right now, and B) a local custom car shop and Indy Race team in the same complex are hosting a C&C! l'll do a good wash some time this weekend and get packing!

 

[sktchy]

Dude, I'm pretty sure I have a nice console in my pile of junk. I bought a nice whole one used because it was cheaper than a new lid and never used the bottom of it...

 

[v6buicks]

Dude, I'm pretty sure I have a nice console in my pile of junk. I bought a nice whole one used because it was cheaper than a new lid and never used the bottom of it...

Lucky! Of course you can get one from a yard if you can find a nice one there, but I see meh grey ones going for $180 online before shipping. I ended up paying full price for a lid because I'm a chump, but the "updated" aluminum ones seem like a good idea for my car. I don't care if it looks exactly correct. I just want it to look decent and stay comfy without breaking. My old one was so trashed that it wouldn't stay closed and the plastic was cutting my elbow.

 

[sktchy]

You cover shipping you can have this one. It's not like I don't have another in the parts car. The lids are definitely the prize piece.

 

[v6buicks]

You cover shipping you can have this one. It's not like I don't have another in the parts car. The lids are definitely the prize piece.

Lol fuck. I already bought one a couple hours ago. You by chance have a black passenger side air vent? Mines grey and it looks really stupid on my black dash.

 

[sktchy]

I don't but I might if I decide to rip the dash out of the bird and put it in because it's nicer ?

 

[v6buicks]

The weather this weekend just couldn't have been better. I went to to the C&C and it has to be one of the coolest out there. Most of the industrial park it's held at is filled with auto related businesses. Custom car shops, Indy race teams, a shop that specializes in Porches Carrera GTs, window tinters, and a Simpson outlet were all basically open houses.

I can't say I've seen that many in one place. I probably never will again.

Carbed Ford 2.3 in an Indy car? Lol. The prior pics were at least Mazdas.

LSA in a Wrangler

DeSoto on a Crown Vic frame. 4.6 5-speed.

2CV on a trip from LA to Paris. At 29hp, it must be a very long trip.

 

[v6buicks]

The day was still young, so my wife and I went to another cruise in the afternoon. We saw some neat stuff. The first one is my favorite though.

3.5L Ecoboost 10-speed swap on E85. Lol

Today I decided to start sprucing the car up a bit for Nats. She was incredibly dirty. This is the most effort I've ever put into the paint because it's trashed, but damn. It sure looks pretty awesome at the moment though! My whole body hurts. I think I spent 4 hours waxing it by hand. I have a lot to go too.

Of course you would never know about all the blemishes anyway since they don't really show up on camera. ? After work tomorrow I'll finish the wax, detail the wheels, and pack my bags!

 

[sktchy]

At least yours is shiny ? hell mine seems to be about three colors of red with a saggy front bumper and half the clear bubbled off of the hood. Looks like you had a blast though that's awesome!

 

[v6buicks]

At least yours is shiny ? hell mine seems to be about three colors of red with a saggy front bumper and half the clear bubbled off of the hood. Looks like you had a blast though that's awesome!

Mines trying to to that. It's doing it in such an odd way too.

All these little bubbles are the clear coat separating from the base. It's super weird. I can take a plastic scraper and knock them off which actually looks a lot better than the bubble. They're big enough that they actually hold junk and then make lines like rust would as it oozes out on the road. That was the most satisfying shit to buff out because a wash doesn't cut it and the the lines look terrible.

As for the bumper, do you have a Midwest chassis support bar?

 

[sktchy]

I don't I've just kinda tried to do some messing with factory supports and could probably still do better. My sail panel still looks awesome but the victory red parts haven't fared as well. At some point I'd like to sand it down and respray it as I don't have much rust other than a couple spots in the rear floor pans but that'll be somewhere down the line after I can make sure it's somewhat reliable to drive

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Fuck man those car shows had like fucking everything.

 

[v6buicks]

I don't I've just kinda tried to do some messing with factory supports and could probably still do better. My sail panel still looks awesome but the victory red parts haven't fared as well. At some point I'd like to sand it down and respray it as I don't have much rust other than a couple spots in the rear floor pans but that'll be somewhere down the line after I can make sure it's somewhat reliable to drive

The worst part about having a factory black Camaro is that I can't get away with trying to spray bomb the roof sail panel. I like seeing them black anyway, but matching it to a factory black car would be horrible. Lol

 

[v6buicks]

Fuck man those car shows had like fucking everything.

It was really awesome. There were a lot firsts for me there and I couldn't get pictures of all of them due to crowds. I think I stopped and stared at that Lamborghini Miura for about 5 minutes. There was nobody to talk to about it. It was so beautiful and perfect that I couldn't stop looking. Lol

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

Mines trying to to that. It's doing it in such an odd way too.
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All these little bubbles are the clear coat separating from the base. It's super weird. I can take a plastic scraper and knock them off which actually looks a lot better than the bubble. They're big enough that they actually hold junk and then make lines like rust would as it oozes out on the road. That was the most satisfying shit to buff out because a wash doesn't cut it and the the lines look terrible.

As for the bumper, do you have a Midwest chassis support bar?

My Camaro had that as well. I was told by the body shop the glue they used for the sail panel is eating through the panel and causing the bubbles. Painting it won’t help much because once the glue gets hot again it will push through the paint. Only fix that I know that works is to remove and replace it with a new one.