Mopedmark Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Great project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Nice build project, I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 This is going to be a very interesting build I'm sure. Good luck with it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Update o'clock! So on Thursday last week I made more templates to fix rust and then on Saturday I degunked the engine bay as it was thick with mud, grease, trans fluid etc. there's so much room with neither of my toys in here Whilst I was waiting for it to dry I had nothing to do, so gave the camaro a send off before I started to strip it down for the bits I need.... (Sorry for the failbook video link) Last night I carried on disconnecting the engine/gearbox and managed to strip the thread on the alternator bracket, so went home as I don't have an imperial tap and die set and don't want a mix of imperial and metric bolts on the truck if I can avoid it. Unfortunately it's a steel bolt going into the aluminium head of the block, so I need to be careful when I fix it as the heads are edelbrock ones which are super mega expensive Hopefully I can save some of the thread! you can see the damage I stupidly did below The engine should be in mock up by the end of this week I hope. I've taken the decision to get the engine in and wired up etc, then pull it back out to paint the bay as then I know I won't scratch any paint etc as I work and scrabble around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT4 Zed Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 WowðŸ‘. This would be ace when it's done. I agree with you the truck will be cool than tge fugly camaro! I'll follow this with avid interest. I've been watching Bitchin' rides on Duscovery turbo and truck can be amazing if done well with the right take and stance and a simple but cosy interior and top paint job. It should be easy to get parts from states cheap. Good luck with everything dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Thanks Bennet bearing in mind how cheap parts are, I've just spent £1650+/- on the front end, totally wiped me out financially for a bit The camaro will be up for sale soon as a rolling chassis if anyone wants a bargain! The paint will be satin black for the foreseeable certainly, I haven't got the budget for a proper high quality gloss paint job at the moment, so I'm going to use a proper satin paint, there's one called "hot rod flatz" paint which is apparently very good. I'll be having lots of chrome trim on the truck to contrast with the satin, hopefully the vision in my head comes out well. the only thing I'm nervous about is how light the rear end will be, it's not unheard of for people to put lead inside the chassis rails on high power trucks! I know 500 isn't ridiculously high, but I like to have solutions before I come to the problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Chuck a few bags of sand in the back and it will be fine! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Shoot, once you done got y'self a coupla big ole steers in the truck there boy, you gawn have plenty o' that good old time rear wheel grip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsexr Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Grind a couple of grooves down the right bolt for the thread and screw it in carefully working it backwards and forwards and it will clean that thread up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doris Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Great project 👠1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Last night was the heavy lifting! At around 3pm on Saturday, the engine bay looked like this: as of 10:30pm last night it looks like this: It's not the fastest engine out job in the world, but it's home brewed and labelling wires etc does take a fair amount of time So I'm now left with this beautiful thing: the truck's engine mounts have been put on the block already, I have the gearbox mount for the truck too, so now is just for a test fit on Saturday (if time allows) then it will be a case of moving the shifter position, cutting a hole in the floor and working out all of the plumbing and wiring! the difficult bit starts now! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 That's a clean looking lump that's come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock_Steady Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 O.M.G! you must be so excited. I know i'd be. It's going to be epic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Awesome matey, will be watching with interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Excellent progress, beautiful looking lump and box as you say, then they put that ugly body around it. It's new home will do it proudðŸ‘😄 Sent from my Zed using Nangkang tyres front, RE040's rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsexr Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Nice bit of V8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) So! Over the weekend I got the engine and gearbox in and securely mounted up which is so cool! tomorrow evening I'll be taking it back out though The cam covers touch the firewall a TINY bit and the exhaust headers need to be put on the block before it's put in place I'll be "persuading" the firewall in a touch on each side for clearance and then the fabrication starts. It's very exciting! Off the top of my head, the list of jobs is: weld in patch panels new power steering system mounts mount clutch pedal mount clutch master cylinder respray engine bay gearbox modifications engine in drill shifter hole in floor mount clutch line engine wiring re wire behind dash and add new digi dash new fuel lines (including making a fuel return system) wheel tubs; modify for clearance and spray front end conversion re wire all lights front and back strip truck down mask truck up fill problem areas, sand, scuff paint respray rebuild wheels on burnouts... LOOOONG list which I'm sure will only get longer! edit: forgot full brake upgrade Edited December 1, 2015 by AliveBoy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davectr Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 So we can expect to see it up and running next weekend then 😄. Great project which im enjoying following, well done 👠Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 What engine mounts are you using? Tempted by solid ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 What engine mounts are you using? Tempted by solid ones? a hybrid of the truck and camaro ones, they're in really good nick so I'll leave them. It's a small amount of rubber, probably half an inch thick, so they'll do just fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 That engine looks so tiny sitting in there, ....and that's a V8!! Crazy how big that truck must be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 That engine looks so tiny sitting in there, ....and that's a V8!! Crazy how big that truck must be. That's a 6.2 litre v8 too for a comparison, that's a Ford capri behind it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRF4N Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 More pics of the Capri! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Please end up like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliveBoy Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 More pics of the Capri! It belongs to my friend Dan. He did all the work himself on his parents driveway at home up to and including the primer; the spraying of the paint after primer was done by a professional. He did an engine swap for an SR20DET which puts out around 350bhp. It was the first SR20 conversion into a capri in the UK for a while, but a couple more have been done since. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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