Cursed 92 Camaro is back...

[Punisher Bass]

Very nice job on the repairs.

[nouseferaname90]

lowering the car in the works?
That white one in the previous page with the rims you liked looks clean. probably the only time I have ever said that about that generation of the camaro.

nice progress on yours.

[InfernalVortex]

I'm gonna get the exhaust redone to go over the axle... after that I'll probably drop it an inch.

[Ezbok58a]

Not bad, not a fan of the 4 hood pins though. Too much of a dirt track car look IMO...

[InfernalVortex]

Originally Posted by Ezbok58a

Not bad, not a fan of the 4 hood pins though. Too much of a dirt track car look IMO...

Unfortunately, part of the original damage to the hood was that the lower laminate that the hood hinges bolt to was utterly destroyed on one side. It had to be converted into a lift-off hood.

Part of our repair was reinforcing that rear corner (that's the one that had all the holes drilled through it to fix the cracks) and we did a lot of work on the underside to stiffen it up and make it as strong as it was.

I considered trying to rebuild the lump of fiberglass there that would be where the hood mounted to the hinges.... but it'd be rather difficult to do. We'd have to kind of eyeball it, lump it on, sand it, shape it, test fit, remove, repeat, etc, for quite a while.

It could be done but it would probably add another 30 hours of work to the hood. And it would also involve filling the back holes so that they can be smoothed over and repaired.

I decided I didnt mind so much, and this way I get to pull off my hood hinges and that saves a bit more weight. Probably around 10 lbs.

[Ezbok58a]

Its a small thing anyway, and it really doesn't detract from the looks of the car...

[JipJopJones]

Looks good. There are only certain cars that can pull off black hoods, yours is definetly one of them.

[tigger]

Looks good man, looks real good. And nice work with the fiberglass hood. If I ever build a 3rd gen it's going to be a complete rip-off of your car.

[InfernalVortex]

Nothing since September? Wow...

Well here's the deal. The motor's been acting funny, I think the carb is worn out. I'm still messing with it. BUt I think I figured out why it sounded so weird - I was missing TWO header collector bolts, leaving just 1 holdign the exhaust pipe to the header on the driver's side. It made a horrible rattling bleating loud bludgeoning racket and I was pretty concerned about what it could be. I reached down adn i could clank the pipes around by hand. Hopefully that's all it was, because it pulls great still. Hopefully that's all it is, because I've been doing a lot of work for her.

First I found a 34 mm (compared to my stock which is 30) sway bar from an 80's IROC which I thought was a big deal since my rear sway bar is absolutely MASSIVE compared to the front. I've got the biggest sway bar they ever made for these cars in the back, and one of the smallest in the front. It was oversteer city on the limit. So hopefully this will help balance it out a bit. If not I'll probably try to find a smaller bar for the rear, but the stock 18mm bar is just way too small. It's got a 24mm bar on it now. The goal is to balance the car more than anything.

Pictures:


(Painted to match the rear sway bar and panhard bar I havent yet installed)

Not sure if I mentioned it, but I found an aluminum driveshaft from an LS1 car also and its now installed. I shaved 4 lbs off the drivetrain with that.

I'm also making good progress on those wheels:



I bondo'd the curb rash...



Sanded down to 220 grit...



And will get back to work tomorrow (hopefully) and sand to 320 grit and paint (since I have to cover the bondo, otherwise I'd polish them). After a lot of deliberation between white, silver, black, and bronze/gold, this is the color I've decided to paint them, looks way better than I thought it would, and I think it gets real close to the "hyper black" color that I was originally after (that stuff is $120 a pint).



It looks black at an angle, but almost like a metal flake dull chrome straight on. Very cool, and pretty close to hyper black. Close enough for me anyway.

Also, I've got fresh ball joints and front lower control arm bushings waiting to go in the car. Will probably do it sometime next week. While I'm replacing that, I will be cutting the springs to get the car an inch lower. It should look VERY nice when we get done. Im pretty excited!

Also, in order to pay for rubber on the 17's, I'm planning to polish 2 more of my wheels to get a full polished set with fresh (My tires are only 6 months old) BFG G-Force Sports on them to sell. This is how my first polished pair of wheels turned out:





Compare to stock:



And I restored the parking light lenses:





Piece by piece the car is still coming together.

I also have a gear swap in the pipeline but that's a big undertaking... Need to get some tools I dont have to get it done. Will be an interesting, and likely frustrating job. But it needs to be done.

[JipJopJones]

Looking good man!

I had all but two of my header bolts back out on me on my CJ and they fell off. (probably when I was duning) but it eventually burnt out my header gasket and my truck all of a sudden got REALLY loud and clangy. I was quite worried at first (my mind always goes to the worst possible situation first)

Defently going to pick up some locking bolts when I put the new exaust system on.

[InfernalVortex]

I got them finished up. I'm trying to decide whether or not I should clearcoat them.

The color came out much, much darker than I was hoping, but I'm warming up to it. Reminds me of the wheels on this car which was kind of what I was hoping for.



A medium charcoal gray. As long as it wasn't black. For me it's anything but black, hahaha. But now I wish it were slightly lighter. They'll definitely make the car look unique though.

Before paint:



They look either real bright or real dark depending on the angle. Hard to capture in pictures but compare:





And up against the red. I'm a bit lukewarm about them, but it's definitely unique.

[JipJopJones]

Ahh, I see. I misread the origonal posts. But still, locking bolts are a must (for me atleast)

I think they look nice. It's hard to really tell untill they are on the car.

Edit: Got your rep. Haha, no worries. I didn't think you were being an ass. I have crappy eyesight so I honestly thought I just misread your post.

I tried to rep you for the rep, but spreading it around and such....