1st gen F body

[Squid4life]

Ha ha, love the HG's on the "wall of shame" too... I have a few of those kind of parts.

 

[charlief1]

Ha ha, love the HG's on the "wall of shame" too... I have a few of those kind of parts.

I believe it's "more than a few" James.

 

[Squid4life]

I believe it's "more than a few" James.

True. Good title for a new thread... hmmm...

 

[highboostgn]

Getting anxious to get started on this thing. Engine is pretty much ready (at least for mock up). Clutch and flywheel are in hand. Transmission delivery date is Oct 10th. View attachment 170054

thats awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Scott Atk]

Here's a few updated pics. Still no motor mounts, It's proving to be precarious balancing between ground clearance, hood clearance, and fitting the rack and pinion under the oil pan. Still not sure where an intercooler is going to go either with the factory lower valance holes filled in. Don't get too attached to the grill pictured. I have the billet grill with turn signal delete on hand and new headlights with hidden LED turn signals.

 

[Squid4life]

What a beautiful car Scott.

 

[Phoneguy]

Getting close Scott...good to see

Bryan

 

[Scott Atk]

Happy to report some progress. The motor mounts are pretty much done. I may still add some reinforcement to the passenger side where it hangs off the crossmember. Not sure quite yet (opinions welcome). The big issue was the steering shaft connection to the rack and pinion which was directly below the mount on the drivers side. I took the same approach as the LS engine into muscle car adapters. Basically a plate that moves the mount forward. The LS plates are flat but since our motor mounts are angled at 45 degrees, the plate needed the same angle. I used 1/4" plate which I'm sure is going to be plenty strong. The front hole became the rear hole and the rear hole is through the plate only. The forward mount looks funky on the bare motor but with the aluminum mount for the accessories installed it disappears nicely. Pictures to follow.

 

[Scott Atk]

 

[gnpoweredrail]

Awesome Scott..those look very nice.

 

[85typet]

this car just transformed from camaro super sport to camaro turbo sport!

 

[slamming 6]

Any pic's of the under body.

 

[Scott Atk]

Mostly finished with the grill and headlights. I went with the billet grill that deletes the factory turn signals. They just looked too old school, I'm attempting to go with a more modern look. The headlights use an H4 bulb and have hidden LED turn signals at the bottom. I powered them with a 9V battery so I could see what they looked like.

 

[Scott Atk]

Almost forgot the Marquez Designs billet SS badge.

 

[Squid4life]

Looks beautiful Scott!

 

[Scott Atk]

Next up is the oil pan mods. As is it won't clear the Unisteer rack and pinion that I'm dead set on using. So I clearanced it as needed , then topped it with two coats of VHT wrinkle black. The sump is pretty much intact, so I don't think I modified it's capacity at all.

 

[Scott Atk]

Here's the oil pan, rack and pinion and motor mount all living together in harmony. Next up is the steering shaft.

 

[OhioC5]

Wow, looks great!

 

[turbokinetic]

What a beautiful car! Can't wait to see more proress on this one.

 

[Scott Atk]

Thanks!! I'm trying not to cut corners, even if it takes me years. LOL. I want it to be completely garage built, by me, whenever possible. Hopefully the interior will be the only exception.