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Old 09-08-2015, 11:59 AM
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Wow ... moving along nicely! The firewall panel looks good, as does the DSE installed stuff
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Old 09-08-2015, 08:52 PM
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Wow ... moving along nicely! The firewall panel looks good, as does the DSE installed stuff
Thanks I just got to started the thread. But I got the car in July of 2014 so I've had a little over a year but it was in the body shop 7 months for the sheet metal replacement.
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Old 09-08-2015, 09:07 PM
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Thanks I just got to started the thread. But I got the car in July of 2014 so I've had a little over a year but it was in the body shop 7 months for the sheet metal replacement.
With that time frame you are still doing well ... I wished a body elf would come over to my house and finish my quarters, lol.

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I never really liked the shape of the 2nd gens inner fenderwells with all of the recesses for the wiring and structure ribs, but I did like the anvil carbon fiber ones, I just couldn't bring my self to spending the 2500 for them. So i hammered out all of the ribs and structures and English wheeled and planishing hammered all of them out here is a picture of a stock one for reference



Here is the one after I beat out the ribs and channels, still have to engish wheel and planish them out.




Here is a stock engine compartment vs what mine look like with the inner fenderwells modified i think they look pretty close to the anvil ones at a fraction of the cost.





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Old 09-09-2015, 12:53 PM
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nice work on the tubs.
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That great so far, how long did it take you to do that?
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I never really liked the shape of the 2nd gens inner fenderwells with all of the recesses for the wiring and structure ribs, but I did like the anvil carbon fiber ones, I just couldn't bring my self to spending the 2500 for them. So i hammered out all of the ribs and structures and English wheeled and planishing hammered all of them out here is a picture of a stock one for reference



Here is the one after I beat out the ribs and channels, still have to engish wheel and planish them out.




Here is a stock engine compartment vs what mine look like with the inner fenderwells modified i think they look pretty close to the anvil ones at a fraction of the cost.





that looks fantastic.
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Old 09-09-2015, 02:40 PM
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That great so far, how long did it take you to do that?
Thanks I didn't really keep track of the time but id say with hammering them all out and English wheeling and planishing them out for both id say about 8-10 hours for them both.
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Well I got the motor in but it wasnt an easy task.



I know many people have had no trouble swapping them in but I decided to go a whole different way than just buying a direct swap kit. I purchased the cpp fit rite mounts, they are quality pieces but when the motor got put in and started to set it down the bolt holes for the motor mount were off by about a 1/4 inch. But with the help of my dad who knows quite a bit said that there are two different types of mounts for a 70 camaro one for a 307 and 350 and one for a big block and z/28 car for added hood clearance so once I got those the motor fit perfectly.





Now for the cross member a buddy told me that if you turn a turbo 350 cross member around that it works perfectly well I should have known that didn't work but I had hoped for the best. But what did work is to take the mount and turn it upside down and put it on the other side which worked perfect I have great tunnel clearance and with the adjustable slide motor mounts I was able to make the cross member work with just a little bit of modification and not have to spend a ton of money on another one.













I have great pan clearance and firewall clearance and these are with the sliders slid all the way back.











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looking good. which pan did you end up with?
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