STREETDEMON

i'm aware, it was just a joke. just some friendly banter, nothing more. i've been following your thread and enjoying your work.

86_irocz-28

Super lucky found all the air ducting plastics in great shape cleaned em up and threw the front together also bought a bumper

Lmancha96

lookin good man. Excited to finally see it finished!

86_irocz-28

So am I man I pulled the harness from the basement and wired up the motor, trans got sent off a few days ago should be back tomorrow then get it put in sat then will get my headers and hopefully be able to fire it up im impatient and stoked after 3 years its almost done

86_irocz-28

Got the trans back cant wait to put it behind this clean motor tomorrow had the guy clean it up and resprayed it when i got it back like it better than black

86_irocz-28

Trans is in!!! Need to order headers then get my fuel pump issue figured out should be able to fire it up super anxious for that

paulieet

Been a long time for the build, but very inspirational. Can't wait for the engine start up video

86_irocz-28

Pretty quite in here lol threw the driveshaft in bolted the converter to the flywheel put the pushrods and rockers in now finishing up the amber delete on the taillights really dont have much left to get it running long way from where I want the car to be however

86_irocz-28

I can't either!

paulieet

I'm just starting on my build on my '83. Plans are for a new interior, paint, either a supercharged 350 or a bolt on 5.3, looking at a TK0 5 speed or a T56 swap, and a build Moser or Strange rear. Love your build thread, it's cool to watch someone's progress

86_irocz-28

thanks man, pretty s***** set back so when i was putting the trans in i never fully had it bolted on long story short cant get it to bolt up without binding and cant turn the assem well solved the issue trans is from a v6 truck so its a 298mm input shaft and bellhousing is to short.....fml back to the shop it goes

mjd334

iTrader: (2)

You sir, are an artist

Lmancha96

Damn that sucks!

So can that tranny still be used or do you need one from a v8?

BTW the engine bay looks awesome

86_irocz-28

Had basically 3 options sell it after just having a fresh rebuild then buying a fbody 4l60, have it taken apart and pay to have a new input shaft/drum/bellhousing put in, or run a lt1 converter and a $40 crank spacer I'm going with the 3rd option already have a 2500 stall converter and ordered the spacer from circled

On to somewhat better news got my ecu back from my tuner after finding out it was for a 01 silverado had him flash a fbody tune on my fuel pump now primes so basically need my spacer and headers and should be able to start it

RTGTA

I'm excited for it to run after reading all 12 pages, I can't imagine how excited you are. Well done!

86_irocz-28

Been a long time coming between finding everything I need having a kid deciding to do something then wind up not liking it and changing it over thinking other things still cant legally drive it since I have no windshield or header panel for the headlights but that's just little stuff at this point

paulieet

Can run her up and down the driveway until then, lol

PAFORM350

looking good

jharrison5

Did you have the tune done locally or did you send it off somewhere?

86_irocz-28

sent it off to a guy in California

jharrison5

Cool just wasn't sure if Chad at the shop was doing and of them.

86_irocz-28

chad does but for more than I can have it done elsewhere hopefully this is done by dyno day so I can take it there

86_irocz-28

SO THIS WEEKEND HAS BEEN GREAT!!!!! Got a call from a buddy letting me know upullit had a full set of iroc wheels come in on a blazer drove up to Omaha to get em got back to Lincoln started hammering away at the car and I'm stoked to say it starts and runs awesome loud as hell open header but oh man just awesome I'll get the video I took loaded up here's a pic of before and after on the wheels all I've done so far is use some stripper

86_irocz-28

Had to shut it down noticed I have a fuel leak in the back one of the -an lines were loose but I'm extremely happy

RTGTA

As great as it feels to achieve a goal, I thoroughly enjoy seeing someone else conquer their own mountain. Congrats man!

paulieet

Sounds pretty healthy!!

86_irocz-28

Yea it did..... literally all I needed was the correct extension housing for the trans so I could keep the torque arm in place then i could finally drive it for the first time well motor decided to drop the oil pickup tube and seize the motor f****** great already have old motor out tore everything I put on it off and buying a new motor hopefully in time for the i29 drag event next month

86_irocz-28

Well since I have the motor out figured id notch the kmember for the ac compressor pulled the old motor apart main bearings spun and being that its a stock 5.3 just going to scrap it and find a viable 5.3 or 6.0 once I do that ill be able to drive it for the first time since I finally found an extension housing for the trans

86_irocz-28

been working away on getting all the other odds an ends so when i get the motor i can drive it got my tail housing finally and got it swapped out, still working on notching the kmember for a/c kinda been dragging on doing much as ive been working alot. Stumbled upon a nice mod for my gauge cluster which is nice and much cheaper than going through 6le for which is colored gauge needles found a vehicle that has compatible needles for ls1 clusters pulled em off painted them translucent blue pretty happy how they turned out pics dont do it justice

Also hears the gauge overlay ive been working on keeping it true to the cars origin lol, need to send it to 6le and have it made biggest reason I need one made is since the car doesnt have airbags or abs the lights are continuously on so ill have them make the overlay without them.





Also I have about 6 sets of these needles so if anyone is interested pm me I can do them in any color or leave them clear for a white needle

86_irocz-28

Well got a new motor unknown mileage upullit motor but damn its clean on the inside looks like it had a oil pan leak as the outside was covered in oil build up had ls7 lifters in it only bad news i broke off the oil pickup tube bolt but upgrading to a melling high pressure pump anyways should have the car back up and running/driving in the next 2 weeks at most will post a video of first maiden voyage

86_irocz-28

So life has blessed my wife and I with our second child today born healthy but only at 36 weeks and with some respiratory issues as a result he's been placed in the nicu my only wish is that he would of waited to come so I could have the camaro running to bring him home in

Goodolboy0404

Congrats man! I'm having my first one in a couple weeks, wife is 33 weeks tomorrow. I'm being told shop time reduces exponentially, lol.

DynoDave43

iTrader: (11)

Congrats to both of you!

mmadden55

Man I have been following this thread for years and two kids now! Can't wait to see it done. The work you have done so far is awesome.

86_irocz-28

Two kids, a wife, our first place, new car, and a new job time fly's enjoy the little things my first kiddo is 11 months old seems like just a few months ago I held him for the first time

86_irocz-28

Been slowly getting there motors done ready to go back in Once I get the kmember welded up where I notched it for the a/c compressor once it's back in just need exhaust y pipe made and tires and since I haven't updated with pics in awhile here's a few

86_irocz-28

Everything's back together almost ready to fire up once I get a new power steering pump since I broke my old one when I took out the old motor. Also bolted on the bumper, put in my new fog lights anyways on to pics

86_irocz-28

Well here's her first video of being driven running open manifold until I get the headers then I'll get an exhaust fabbed up otherwise car had a great first run

jharrison5

Ha ha I bet your neighbors love you right now! Sounds great!

rb85TA

Congrats! It's been a long time coming & very glad to see it working out for you

86_irocz-28

Oh they looked annoyed especially the second time I went out to take the wife for a ride had people outside looking at me annoyed plus some of the neighbors a few houses down came out to see what it was


Thank you its all working really well, second ride I beat on it pretty hard she just took it no complaints or issues once the headers and exhaust are on plan on filling the bottle for the first time and spraying a small shot

rb85TA

HAHA! RIGHT ON! have a blast bro

Lmancha96

Congrats bro happy for ya, Its Been a long *** journey ... a little jealous too lol cant wait to get my lsx swap goin....

looking forward to more updates.

86_irocz-28

Been driving it around some here and there testing out the line lock and suspension wound up snapping the torque arm got a new one on seems to be holding up tach and fuel gauge are working no speedometer have a check engine light for it says low input signal need to get front turn signals in need to get exhaust on it definitely needs an adj panhard bar axle sits a little far towards driver side got my power steering all hooked up so much easier to drive have a pulley that's squealing pretty bad other than that nothing new

86_irocz-28

Cars headed to the exhaust shop beginning of next month also finally got it all put back together been buying a few odds and ends for it since she's running perfectly figured I'd change a few things that have been bothering me one of those being the blue gauge needles factory lighting just isn't sufficient a call to superbrightleds got me what I needed half way done with it now also seeing as how nothing is stockfish inside the car the a/c ***** just don't blend in already ordered the replacements they'll need customized but hell shouldn't be to far out ta my skill level anyways on to pics!!!!



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AmpleUnicorn88

Not to steal his thunder but my seats are out of a 4th gen. They were a direct fit. They were out of a 95 camaro and are cloth seats. The holes for the brackets are exactly the same and the brackets I believe are exactly the same. I just cleaned the seats I got and bolted them right in.

Oops I didn't realize that was years ago you asked that. Sorry man, my phone said it was the last page but turns out it wasn't.

AmpleUnicorn88

Great build man. I actually just started reading about people swapping in that gauge cluster. I went with the intellitronix blue digital gauge cluster but I think yours looks awesome too. It sounds really amazing too.

86_irocz-28

So here is the finished product of the gauge cluster very happy with how it came out just need to order the overlays for the cluster,HVAC,headlight switch also have been busy with another small interior project ordered these ***** off eBay already got the headlight **** installed working on making the a/c ***** fit then time to wire in LEDs behind the ***** to math the cluster so much work but I feel it'll be worth it so here's pics

86_irocz-28

Well good news bad news car is back from exhaust shop sounds great bad news had the hood fly up and when it came back down dented the drivers fender real bad so those will need replaced, a/c ***** are done here's a video

86_irocz-28

Seem to be having a bad streak of luck not only with the issue of the hood flying up and destroying a new fender noticed my brand new windshield is also cracked in the pass corner as if that's not bad enough I have a weird noise what sounds like converter bolts loose pulled starter and looked through inspection hole there tight then there's the issue of my o2 sensors drivers side was reading .1 voltage at .8 fuel trim while pass side read 1.1 volts and -43.8 fuel trim almost at my wits end and ready to give up its two steps forward and let's see 5 steps back........ What to do now.....