Project Chaos: 1973 TA and 1969 Camaro [Archive]

chichirone

12-01-2013, 09:50 AM

I'm relatively new to the site and love it. Great info and ideas with plenty of support when needed. Our projects are a 69 Camaro and 1973 Trans Am. The 69 Camaro has an LSX454 going in w/TKO600. We chose Ridetech's suspension pieces and Rushforth Livewire wheels. A lot has gone into the car the last few years and we are a couple months away from getting it back on the road. The pic is at the GoodGuys Lonestar Spring Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway. 43412

Our 1973 Trans Am is a new project and brand new to us. It is an original white on white car w/55k miles that received the total pro touring treatment by the team at Carbon Kustoms. The car is currently at West Bend Dyno in Wisconsin getting the finishing touches before we take delivery. We are looking forward to getting this car out on the track and to a number of events in 2014. I need to get some pics loaded up.

Glad to be a part of Lateral-g!:newbie:

camcojb

12-01-2013, 10:04 AM

Great pair of cars. Welcome to the site!

chichirone

12-01-2013, 10:07 AM

Thanks Jody! We look forward to being a part of the site.

chichirone

12-01-2013, 10:48 AM

Here is a pic of the 69 Camaro project progress.
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Pulled the 383 and removed the subframe. Found a crack in the shock mount weld. Decided to remove the subframe, fix the weld, clean it up and send it out for powder coating. Smoothing the firewall begins this week.

chichirone

12-01-2013, 10:58 AM

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The LSX454 fresh out of the crate. Using LS7 intake, coils, ECM and throttle assembly. Installing a Street & Performance front drive assembly. Dynatech headers. Waiting on the intake assembly. The one I ordered from GMPP was mis boxed and did not have the fuels rails and throttle body. They are replacing it but costing me a week on engine assembly. Good news is there is plenty to do so not too worried about it.

chichirone

12-01-2013, 11:02 AM

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Brian at Carr's Corvettes and Customs inverted the DSE wiper motor and mounted it under the front fender, totally hidden off the firewall.

chichirone

12-01-2013, 11:10 AM

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The latest addition to our garage. We have quite a list of changes, mostly cosmetic, a few safety items and small mechanical stuff but this car is simply bad a$$! Thanks Albert! We are honored to be the new owners of you Project Warhorse.

chichirone

12-01-2013, 11:23 AM

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The 1973 TA, aka Warhorse, without the Tire Bird wrap.

Ron Sutton

12-01-2013, 12:24 PM

The 1973 TA, aka Warhorse, without the Tire Bird wrap.

That blue car was a "wrap"? How cool.

I love wraps because you can change the look of the car DRAMATICALLY for modest money, compared to a paint job. Plus they are easy to make repairs from "off road excursions" on track days.

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tubbed69

12-01-2013, 01:24 PM

You sure have 2 very nice cars,really like both of them,good luck and keep pics coming:thumbsup:

chichirone

12-01-2013, 02:10 PM

Ron, we contemplated keeping the wrap and finally decided to remove it. Check out the carbon fiber bird on the hood.

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Tubbed69...appreciate the comment. Your 69 is pretty damn awesome. I've looked through the thread a few times. I tip my hat to you for the level of skill and craftsmanship in your build.

fleetus macmullitz

12-01-2013, 02:42 PM

Welcome Jay. :thumbsup:

Congrats on the purchase... I think a lot of us would couple a '69 Camaro with a '70-'73 TA. :cool:

chichirone

12-01-2013, 02:56 PM

Thanks Skip! Need to get them done and then drive em.

chichirone

12-01-2013, 04:01 PM

Here is a pic of the Trans Am's engine. West Bend Dyno is tuning for around 500-525rwhp.
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tubbed69

12-01-2013, 06:08 PM

thanks Jay,I like the T/A unwrapped better,nice ride:thumbsup:

Ron in SoCal

12-01-2013, 06:19 PM

Welcome Jay. :thumbsup:

Congrats on the purchase... I think a lot of us would couple a '69 Camaro with a '70-'73 TA. :cool:

Welcome to the site Jay! I like your taste in cars :cheers:

chichirone

12-01-2013, 07:18 PM

Thanks Ron. Your Dead Pool build is killer.

Vince@Meanstreets

12-01-2013, 08:37 PM

So your the guus that got Alberts Bird. Great catch and great Camaro build. Welcome to the site.

You already have the picture thing down and your off to a great start.

chichirone

12-01-2013, 09:04 PM

Vince, we did purchase Albert's bird. It has been a real pleasure getting to know him and more people in the Lateral-g community. Look for more updates. We have some great plans for the car.

chichirone

12-02-2013, 01:31 PM

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This is a bada$$ picture from 2012 SEMA. Albert and his team built a killer car. We are hoping to get some project pics up soon of the interior refresh. Adding a roll bar. Reconditioning the leather and painted surfaces.

214Chevy

12-02-2013, 01:50 PM

Welcome to the board sir. Love both cars. I'm right up the road from you here in southeast Dallas.

chichirone

12-02-2013, 08:22 PM

Thanks for the welcome 214chevelle. You have a really nice Chevelle. Hope to see you at an event or two.

chichirone

12-03-2013, 12:34 PM

Early Christmas gift today. Rushforth Livewires came today for our 69 Camaro. They look fantastic. Thanks to Jason and his team at Rushforth. We can't wait to get them mounted up.

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BMR Sales

12-04-2013, 09:56 AM

Some Sweet Rides!

T.C.

chichirone

12-04-2013, 12:56 PM

Thanks TC! :thankyou:

chichirone

12-08-2013, 04:02 PM

The Camaro is progressing along nicely. The firewall is coming together. Rookie mistake...I can't get multiple pics to load from my phone when replying to a post.
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chichirone

12-08-2013, 04:12 PM

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chichirone

12-08-2013, 04:54 PM

The subframe out of the 69 has been repaired and is back from powder coater.
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chichirone

12-08-2013, 05:08 PM

The interior is out of the 73.
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chichirone

12-08-2013, 05:14 PM

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Seats and panels are either being redone or replaced.

chichirone

12-17-2013, 01:13 PM

Received some updates from the team at West Bend Dyno today. The project is going slower than I wish but the holidays and PRI have been priorities. Hard to argue with that. :gitrdun:

Brad and team have been hard at work fabricating the roll bar for the 73 TA. Check out the updated pics...

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chichirone

12-17-2013, 01:22 PM

I ordered new tires for the Camaro today. I went with the Dunlop Direzza Zii's! I wish the Rivals came in 19" diameter. My wheel diameter choice left me with few options for a 200 treadwear tire.

They are supposed to be in this week.

255/35r18 fronts
275/35r19 rears

streetbird

12-17-2013, 03:45 PM

love the carbon bird contrast. superb

chichirone

12-17-2013, 04:02 PM

Thnks man! It is freakin sweet...and real carbon fiber. All the credit goes to Albert Melchior of Carbon Kustoms. This 73 was his creation. This car, Project Warhorse, was his test bed for the companies products.

He had the hood decal cut out so the inside of the image would have the CF hood show through. Brilliant idea. There are so many small details on this car. We cannot wait to get further along in the project, post more pics, and see it come together. :headspin:

fleetus macmullitz

12-17-2013, 08:13 PM

love the carbon bird contrast. superb

X2. :thumbsup:

Good to see some progress too.

Not easy being a big kid around Christmas sometimes, huh Jay? :D

chichirone

12-17-2013, 09:35 PM

you are not kidding Skip. Special shout out to you for suggesting and assisting in moving the thread to the Project Updates section. I appreciate the help.

chichirone

12-18-2013, 01:19 PM

I received a few updates on the 69 Camaro project. The LSX454 with the Dynatech headers installed.

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Got the Autokraft oil pan. This is a really nice piece. Thanks to the guys at Texas Speed for the recommendation.
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The firewall is in epoxy primer. Mocking up the brakes, clutch, steering, ac bulkhead, wiring, etc. Getting ready to move it into the body shop to fix the welds and seams before paint. Will all be hot rod black.
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WSSix

12-20-2013, 04:34 PM

Sounds great! Just wish to hell I could see the pictures. grrrrr

tmadden

12-21-2013, 08:45 AM

outstanding builds. Well done sir. Hope to see you around

chichirone

12-24-2013, 09:23 AM

Thanks tmadden! Always nice to see another Texan on the forum. Will you be making it to the Spring GoodGuys event in March?

fleetus macmullitz

12-24-2013, 11:07 AM

Jay,

What a beast it will be with that 454. Looks great too.

Heard good things for years regarding those Autocraft pans.

GrabberGT

12-24-2013, 01:08 PM

Was not aware you were local to me. Im up the road in Roanoke. You'll have to hit some of the local Autocross events with me some time.

Thats awesome that the Warbird is here. Killer car!

chichirone

01-02-2014, 02:42 PM

Chris, we will definitely be out at the events with you in 2014. I missed the GG's fall event this past year. We did get to see the Maverick at SEMA but you were not at the car. The car looked badass. I'm looking forward to getting a ride in a few months at te GG's Spring event at TMS. Are you planning to register for the USCA event on March 21-23rd at TMS? Hope to connect soon!

Jay

chichirone

01-02-2014, 02:50 PM

The Trans Am was featured as a tech article in Popular Hot Rodding and Car Craft after SEMA. The car was wrapped in a Jerry Titus early 70's Trans Am Tire Bird design replica "paint" job. It showed very well and highlighted a number of sponsors parts. MSD, West Bend Dyno, BF Goodrich, Dynatech, Wegner and many others contributed to the effort.

Check out the link to read the article and see some more pics of the TA...

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/hotnews/1311_1973_pontiac_firebird_trans_am_at_sema_2013/#.UoKcl0p_GG8.email

chichirone

01-02-2014, 04:11 PM

We received some updates on the progress of the TA today. The guys at West Bend Dyno in West Bend, WI have been hard at work to tidy up the trunk. They relocated and loomed a bunch of wiring for the fuel system and battery. Removed the cool box. Fixed the holes in the trunk floor where the ridetech coil over cannister lines go through to the shocks. The trunk was sprayed with black and aqua splatter paint. Lookin good! :D

Here is the trunk prior to relocating the wires, installing the roll bar and fixing the holes in the floor.
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Here is the after.
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The Vintage Air system is on the way. The radiator close out panel is under construction. I'll post some pics of that soon. Dynamat has been installed in the interior. Quite a bit of progress has been made. Brad and the guys from WBD are on it. :captain1:

fleetus macmullitz

01-02-2014, 04:31 PM

Nice way to ring in 2014 Jay. :thumbsup:

chichirone

01-02-2014, 04:33 PM

The link below is a short video off a cell phone of the 1973 TA Tire Bird idling at the MSD Booth in Vegas at SEMA 2013.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqBlsZWXBnk

We will be getting more dyno videos from West Bend Dyno in the coming weeks after the interior and paint work is completed.

zz430droptop67rs

01-02-2014, 04:36 PM

Outstanding work Jay!

Gotta love the 454!

GrabberGT

01-03-2014, 09:20 AM

chichirone

01-03-2014, 06:32 PM

GrabberGT

01-04-2014, 07:32 AM

I forgot you had engine issues on the trip home. Drop a Coyote in the Mavy! That would definitely be different. :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea:

What are you thinking for the engine? Replacing with another 347 or something different? I'll be watching on that for sure. :goggles:

Coyote would be cool but thats an entire new front suspension to make room for it. Id rather slap an LS in there and save myself the headache. But for now, I've got another 347 Im going to be installing. Just have to find the time to go pick it up.

chichirone

01-09-2014, 08:36 PM

The guys at WBD are moving from the trunk to the engine bay. We decided to pull the engine on the TA to smooth the firewall, install a new wiring harness from American Autowire, relocate the wiper motor and add Vintage Air. I have to admit that Brad and his team are on it. We are overly impressed with their responsiveness and ability/willingness to keep us up to date on the progress of the TA.

This was yesterday...

They began by pulling the engine...
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chichirone

01-09-2014, 09:00 PM

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and this is the progress after tacking in the patch panels and eliminating the wiper motor off the firewall to under the driver side fender.

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chichirone

01-09-2014, 09:07 PM

I had to show a couple pics of the engine...it's just bada$$!!
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chichirone

01-09-2014, 09:13 PM

Check out the pics of what the car's wiring harness currently looks like...

Interior...
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the solenoid on the firewall...

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The whole car will be re-wired.

tmadden

01-11-2014, 06:56 AM

Thanks tmadden! Always nice to see another Texan on the forum. Will you be making it to the Spring GoodGuys event in March?

Yes I should be there. Looking forward to it very much.

chichirone

01-24-2014, 09:32 PM

Yes I should be there. Looking forward to it very much.

Lookin forward to seeing you out there. I really am pushing for the TA and Camaro to be completed for the event.

Got a few pics today of the Camaro progress. It's out of the paint booth and ready for reassembly.
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chichirone

01-24-2014, 09:34 PM

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chichirone

01-24-2014, 10:03 PM

The guys at West Bend Dyno have been preparing the Tire Bird for paint. They smoothed the firewall, cleaned up the cowl and have sent it off to the painter.

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chichirone

01-24-2014, 10:04 PM

The tire bird is heading off to paint...

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frankv11

01-27-2014, 12:22 AM

welcome to the site
wow!!!!
got some nice projects going on jay.

what size front tire on the TA?

chichirone

01-27-2014, 01:55 PM

welcome to the site
wow!!!!
got some nice projects going on jay.

what size front tire on the TA?

Thanks Frank. The TA has 335's all the way around.

chichirone

01-27-2014, 02:35 PM

A new coat of Cameo White is being applied to the TA.
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chichirone

01-28-2014, 02:49 PM

The paint project continues. Prepping the valance.

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chichirone

01-29-2014, 01:27 PM

Received an update from the guys at Carr's Corvettes and Customs in Plano, Texas regarding the Camaro. Check out the pics...

Brake lines look awesome
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chichirone

01-29-2014, 04:00 PM

Pics of the LSX being installed...

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chichirone

02-03-2014, 08:13 AM

Received some updates this weekend from the paint booth...getting closer to re-assembly: :stirthepot:

Primered...
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Painted...
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Shot of the roof and rear quarter paint work
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waynieZ

02-03-2014, 08:32 AM

They both look great. Nice to see the TA in paint, and the brake lines came out slick.

fleetus macmullitz

02-03-2014, 09:28 AM

Enjoying the progress pics Jay. :thumbsup:

chichirone

02-03-2014, 12:27 PM

They both look great. Nice to see the TA in paint, and the brake lines came out slick.

Thanks Wayne!

Enjoying the progress pics Jay. :thumbsup:

Appreciate the note Skip!

chichirone

02-05-2014, 03:05 PM

Progress continues on the 69 Camaro. Compared to many threads on Lateral-g these are not all that exciting. Nonetheless, getting the Camaro back on the road is in the cross hairs. We are supposed to hear the LSX454 come to life for the first time next week. STOKED!

A couple of items got knocked off the punch list in the last few days.

Battery re-located and mounted in the trunk. Will still be able to use my trunk close out panels with no modification.
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This was a good find. Look at the picture of the main power wire for the stereo. Needless to say this was fixed.
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The headers were installed and the exhaust was trimmed and being measured for fittment of new collectors.
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The oil cooler adapter was machined for clearance to fix this.
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The motor mount has been notched to fix this.
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The ECM is installed and wiring is underway.
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Re-assembled the headlights on the new core support. Hope to get the front
clip back on next week.
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We are getting closer! I am heading out to the shop tomorrow.
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Ricochet

02-05-2014, 04:31 PM

First off - Welcome to the site!! Both of those projects look great! Most of us have a problem doing just one....& you're doing two? :bow:

chichirone

02-05-2014, 10:25 PM

First off - Welcome to the site!! Both of those projects look great! Most of us have a problem doing just one....& you're doing two? :bow:

Thanks Brent! Appreciate the welcome and kind words regarding the projects.

Exactly the reasoning behind the project name "Chaos". :lostmarbles:

Ron in SoCal

02-05-2014, 10:26 PM

You are killin it Jay! Keep going Sir :cheers:

chichirone

02-06-2014, 12:43 PM

Thanks Ron! We are hoping to get both cars finished for the GG's Lonestar Spring Nationals and USCA event at Texas Motor Speedway mid-March.

tubbed69

02-06-2014, 12:55 PM

Very nice work on both cars,I want to hear that 454 when fired up:thumbsup:

chichirone

02-06-2014, 12:56 PM

Nothing too exciting but the interior paint is underway. The door panels, rear sails, seats, dash, rear quarters, trim and headliner are being re-done as well. Hope to get some pics posted of that work soon.

The roll bar is being color matched to the interior surfaces. Pretty close to Pontiac factory deluxe white. The car is an original white on white car so trying to maintain some originality.
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The steering wheel was sanded down and painted black for a factory fresh look.
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chichirone

02-08-2014, 10:22 PM

The TA is getting closer. :tv_happy:

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chichirone

02-08-2014, 10:28 PM

Lookin good...:popcorn2:

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garickman

02-08-2014, 10:30 PM

Very nice job...on both cars.

Ricochet

02-08-2014, 10:32 PM

Factory style wheels in today's diameters is money on a car like a T/A! They look period correct matched with better handling!

chichirone

02-08-2014, 10:34 PM

Very nice job...on both cars.

Thanks man! Much appreciated.

chichirone

02-08-2014, 10:38 PM

Factory style wheels in today's diameters is money on a car like a T/A! They look period correct matched with better handling!

Agreed. :cheers:

fleetus macmullitz

02-09-2014, 12:15 AM

I grew up with these cars, and from day one white worked on them IMO. :cool:

Can't be said for most cars.

waynieZ

02-09-2014, 01:19 PM

Jay these are a couple of great project. I love what your doing.

chichirone

02-09-2014, 03:26 PM

I grew up with these cars, and from day one white worked on them IMO. :cool:

Can't be said for most cars.

Skip, we agree completely. Never been a fan of white until we started looking at TA's more seriously. It just works as you mentioned.

chichirone

02-09-2014, 03:29 PM

Jay these are a couple of great project. I love what your doing.

Thanks Wayne! Really appreciate the note.

chichirone

02-11-2014, 03:50 PM

Stopped by the shop yesterday afternoon to check the progress on the Camaro. Here is some updated pics. The guys were putting the inner fender wells back on as I was leaving and getting ready to reinstall the radiator core support, radiator, gas tank, fuel line, coils, fuel regulator and then plumb the engine for the initial fire up. The exhaust looks great and those Dynatech headers are just money. :captain1:

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chichirone

02-11-2014, 03:59 PM

The truturn drag link bracket was contacting the oil pan. Anybody experienced this and have a suggested "fix"? I didn't take a picture of it hitting the oil pan (brain fart!) but if you look at the above pic you can see the clearance that is available with the tie rods and OEM drag link.

chichirone

02-17-2014, 12:57 AM

Our TA project is heading back to West Bend Dyno from the painter to begin reassembly. The flares are back on and the Trans Am graphics add just the right touch of color.

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fleetus macmullitz

02-17-2014, 07:01 AM

:wow:

:cool:

:thumbsup:

chichirone

02-17-2014, 01:14 PM

:wow:

:cool:

:thumbsup:

Skip, based upon the avatar pic you have selected, I'd say you have to agree. Ha! :thumbsup:

fleetus macmullitz

02-17-2014, 02:43 PM

Skip, based upon the avatar pic you have selected, I'd say you have to agree. Ha! :thumbsup:

Jay,

Yes, many Tran-Am owners are comitted...

:ohsnap:

lol

GregWeld

02-18-2014, 06:17 PM

Looks like you're going to end up with a far nicer car than you bought!!

I didn't go back to the beginning to read what brought all of this work on. It was a "done" car....

tmadden

02-18-2014, 07:51 PM

Looking good

chichirone

02-19-2014, 05:14 PM

Looks like you're going to end up with a far nicer car than you bought!!

I didn't go back to the beginning to read what brought all of this work on. It was a "done" car....

The paint and interior was a bit tired and worn from past shows and driving events. A lot of what is expected for a car that is driven hard and used as a track car. WBD and MSD needed to do a little more tuning research on the ATOMIC EFI set up for drivability. For the most part, the car is very well sorted. We added some additional levels of safety based upon how we plan to use the car. The roll bar, new harnesses, wiring improvements, and fire bottle would better match the intended purpose and some changes to event requirements. Plus these items give us peace of mind, or at least more peace of mind knowing that if we encounter an incident while driving the car, we improve our chances of avoiding injury. The last item we were interested in was making the car ours, but maintaining the legacy of the car Albert built. The paint scheme and graphics combined with some finishing touches to enhance the overall appearance, but not radically change it is the goal we are shooting for. I can't wait to see how you feel it turns out.

Looking good

Thanks man! Appreciate the note.

tubbed69

02-19-2014, 06:14 PM

Awesome cars Jay,love them both,great job:king:

chichirone

02-19-2014, 06:18 PM

Awesome cars Jay,love them both,great job:king:

Thanks man. Appreciate the comments.

chichirone

02-19-2014, 06:20 PM

Jay,

Yes, many Tran-Am owners are comitted...

:ohsnap:

lol

Agreed. We are a bunch of crazy guys and gals. LOL! I think my buddy with a 77 TA needs to be committed some times. :hairpullout:

chichirone

02-21-2014, 01:28 AM

I received some updated pics of the progress on the install of the LSX454 in our 69 Camaro project. We ran into a header clearance issue with the Ridetech TruTurn bump steer bracket. We are modifying the Dynatech headers to clear the steering linkage so hopefully we will hear it for the first time next week.
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WSSix

02-21-2014, 09:48 AM

The paint and interior was a bit tired and worn from past shows and driving events. A lot of what is expected for a car that is driven hard and used as a track car. WBD and MSD needed to do a little more tuning research on the ATOMIC EFI set up for drivability. For the most part, the car is very well sorted. We added some additional levels of safety based upon how we plan to use the car. The roll bar, new harnesses, wiring improvements, and fire bottle would better match the intended purpose and some changes to event requirements. Plus these items give us peace of mind, or at least more peace of mind knowing that if we encounter an incident while driving the car, we improve our chances of avoiding injury. The last item we were interested in was making the car ours, but maintaining the legacy of the car Albert built. The paint scheme and graphics combined with some finishing touches to enhance the overall appearance, but not radically change it is the goal we are shooting for. I can't wait to see how you feel it turns out.

Great goal, and I think it's great that you have the means to accomplish this goal. I've been enjoying watching the TA come together now that I can actually see the pictures. Good luck.

jlwdvm

02-21-2014, 11:03 AM

Who makes the wheels you are using on the TA?

chichirone

02-21-2014, 02:14 PM

Great goal, and I think it's great that you have the means to accomplish this goal. I've been enjoying watching the TA come together now that I can actually see the pictures. Good luck.

Thanks Trey. I've enjoyed the comments and appreciate the feedback from members. This truly is a great forum. Far exceeding expectations.

chichirone

02-21-2014, 02:15 PM

Who makes the wheels you are using on the TA?

EVOD made the wheels.

chichirone

02-25-2014, 12:51 PM

The carbon fiber hood looks terrific with a fresh coat of cameo white and new decals. The OEM decal is black in the center however the center of the bird was cut out for a unique carbon look on the trans am hood. The shaker is also carbon fiber.

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The rear decklid decal is installed. The 73 decals and cameo white paint give the car an original look however, this car is far from original. :secret:

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chichirone

03-05-2014, 06:26 PM

I posted this in the WTB/Wanted section as well...

I'm in a bit of a bind. The company that was supposed to transport our 1973 Trans Am from West Bend Dyno in West Bend, WI to us in Keller, TX is no longer available. It was set up a couple months ago and now no response when I try to contact him (privateer) but a note from a mutual friend that he "flaked out" and to find an alternative. So I am turning to Lateral-g for some help.

Our goal was to have the car for the USCA event at Texas Motor Speedway on March 21-23rd. The plan was the shipper was to pick the car up on March 17th at the shop in West Bend and head south to deliver the car to us on the 20th.

First off, Is anyone on the forum going to the event and have room for another car? (Slim chance is my guess but figured what the hell, doesn't hurt to ask)

Or are there any members that are in the business of shipping cars that would be interested in making a run down south to deliver the car? Please PM me as I am searching all kinds of alternatives but would prefer to "keep it in the family".

-Enclosed trailer
-Bonded/insured
-References preferred
-shipping zip codes: pick up 53090, drop off 76248

Thanks for your help and I appreciate any feedback that can be offered.

chichirone

03-07-2014, 07:29 PM

Check out the updated pics. The engine bay is super clean. Standing in front of the car you barely see hoses, wires and lines.

The best part is it was started for the first time this week...:) Let me know what you think!
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The Camaro is beginning to look like a car again.
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Overhead view of the engine.
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Intake is mocked up. We decided to weld it up and paint it the body color.
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Ron in SoCal

03-07-2014, 08:40 PM

Looks awesome Jay! You're gonna love that motor :cheers:

NvrDun71

03-07-2014, 08:40 PM

Lookin good! What parts were used for the intake? Looking for a similar setup currently.

chichirone

03-07-2014, 09:07 PM

Looks awesome Jay! You're gonna love that motor :cheers:

Thanks Ron! I get to pick it up next week and then GoodGuy's Auto-x at Texas Motor Speedway begins friday. I am stoked to get it back on the road. :cheers:

Lookin good! What parts were used for the intake? Looking for a similar setup currently.
Thanks man. Appreciate the comment. It is an LS7 intake assembly and throttle body. Straight out of the GM performance parts catalog. Ordered it from Hudiburg Chevrolet in Oklahoma when I bought the engine. Call Zack in parts if you need a source. The intake tube is custom made out of 4" pipe and a K&N filter. In the pic, Brian the fabricator at the shop, mocked it up with clamps for measurements and fittment angles. I'll add pics once its done.

carbuff

03-14-2014, 04:59 PM

Jay,

Good to meet you today! I was able to look over the Camaro, and it looks great! Very nice job. Sorry I won't get to see the T/A, but maybe it will be here for the fall GG.

I hate to admit this, but I didn't realize when we were talking today that the T/A was originally Albert's. Now I understand your 'lighter' comment. :) I can't wait to see the finished car, looks like it's going to be great (I just re-read this thread for the pictures. :) ).

See you tomorrow...

chichirone

03-15-2014, 09:32 PM

Bryan, it was great meeting you as well. Really enjoyed getting to see you run TOW the past couple days. Its an awesome car. Thanks for the comments on the Camaro.

It was fun to compare notes on how to approach the track. 1st gear with a shift to 2nd on the straights made a huge difference.

I sure hope you didn't get too badly rained on. We packed up and headed out just in time as it began to rain as we exited the track.

See you tomorrow.

carbuff

03-16-2014, 09:52 PM

GrabberGT

03-17-2014, 07:49 AM

Hey Jay. Thanks for the ride yesterday. That 454 is a beast. I look forward to seeing the Firebird next weekend.

chichirone

03-17-2014, 07:09 PM

Jay,

As you know by now, I didn't make it back out to the track today. I discovered a problem with the car after I left yesterday (dead O2 sensor it seems), so I decided to hit the road early this morning to make sure I made it back to Austin in one piece.

Loved the Camaro, and definitely look forward to seeing the T/A once it's done! Perhaps we'll have them both there for the fall event. I'll do some work to both the car AND the driver before then. :)

Next time you make it to Austin, let me know. We'll go out and eat some REAL BBQ. :)

Bryan, thats a deal! I appreciate the comments on the Camaro. We are pretty anxious to get the TA. It will definitely be at the fall event. I too will be working on the car AND especially the driver.

Hey Jay. Thanks for the ride yesterday. That 454 is a beast. I look forward to seeing the Firebird next weekend.

Absolutely man! Anytime. I need to get some more seat time to keep up with you. :RunninDog: I hope you get the Maverick back on the road soon. That car is a blast to watch on the track and ride in with ya! Unfortunately the TA will not be at this weekends event. A few parts did not make it in time so we could get it transported to us for the event this weekend from Wisconsin. Probably gonna miss it by a couple weeks now. Oh well...we will get it out soon! Definitely this fall!!

BTW, we are planning an auto-x day for us North Texan's soon. There are a few of us in the North Texas Camaro Club that want to go work on our skills and the boys at Equipe Rapide will put on an event for us if we can get enough cars out there and pick a date. We are inviting all cars and makes so no need to be a Camaro guy to participate.

In addition, we are looking to get out to Eagles Canyon soon. Plano Ford is sponsoring a track day there in May and March 29th is an open session on the Eagles Canyon website a group of us are considering.

Let me know if you are interested and I'll send you the details once we get it all figured out. Hell, if any Lateral-g members in the DFW area are interested, let me know if you want to participate (targeting $100-200 for the registration fee). If we get more cars, a few of us may sponsor the event.

Hope to see you out amongst the cones soon Chris!

GrabberGT

03-17-2014, 10:59 PM

BTW, we are planning an auto-x day for us North Texan's soon. There are a few of us in the North Texas Camaro Club that want to go work on our skills and the boys at Equipe Rapide will put on an event for us if we can get enough cars out there and pick a date. We are inviting all cars and makes so no need to be a Camaro guy to participate.

In addition, we are looking to get out to Eagles Canyon soon. Plano Ford is sponsoring a track day there in May and March 29th is an open session on the Eagles Canyon website a group of us are considering.

Let me know if you are interested and I'll send you the details once we get it all figured out. Hell, if any Lateral-g members in the DFW area are interested, let me know if you want to participate (targeting $100-200 for the registration fee). If we get more cars, a few of us may sponsor the event.

Hope to see you out amongst the cones soon Chris!

Sounds like fun. Count me in. Im trying to get the Mav back on the road by the 2nd weekend of May. I still have to diagnose the problem, collect parts, reset the garage (its a mess after this last thrash) and find time to get some of my honey-do's scratched off the list. :BlahBlah:

chichirone

03-17-2014, 11:16 PM

It was a great weekend out at Texas Motor Speedway. The weather was a bit of a bummer at times with the rain Saturday and cold arse weather Sunday.

Here is a video of Brian Hobaugh's Camaro:
watch?v=4RTckaQKBFs

Bret Voekel driving the 48hr Camaro
watch?v=qNPFizr5pH0

Chris Smith running his awesome C10. Best sounding exhaust of the weekend!
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Mike Dusold running his twin turboed Camaro. This dude has really improved his driving skills the past year with a bunch of seat time. Last falls Street Machine class winner.
watch?v=Fb0PJzeC4cQ

The Jet Hot Nova looked great out on the auto-x.
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Kyle Tucker running his 2nd gen hard on the course.
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Gary Lackore running his awesome C3 Vette. One of the baddest sounding cars on the course. This car was recently in Popular Hot Rodding. He was top 5 almost the whole weekend.
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And finally my 69 Camaro. I finished up 9th in the street machine class.
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I really enjoyed meeting lateral-g members. Hope to see more members out at TMS this weekend for the USCA event.

chichirone

03-19-2014, 06:29 PM

Well we are not going to get the TA completed in time for the Texas USCA event. It's not for lack of trying. The West Bend Dyno guys have been working their arse's off on the car to get it finished. Hopefully we can get it out to another event soon. I'm trying to talk the wife into Daytona. Brad sent me some pretty cool updates to share.

The splitter was designed by WBD and came out great. Here's a couple pics prior to install and the finished product installed on the car.
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We asked for a radiator close out panel and fender braces. The guys at WBD over delivered! They designed a great compliment to the carbon fiber inner fender wells, paying homage to the origins of the car and Albert's work from Carbon Kustoms.
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We got the exhaust back from Jet Hot. They ceramic coated it in a high polished finish and it turned out terrific. The car actually fired Monday for the 1st time since being disassembled upon returning to West Bend after SEMA. Hope to have it on the rollers for a tune on Friday.
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GregWeld

03-20-2014, 07:37 AM

It's looking really good Jay!

Sorry I won't get to see it this weekend though.

tmadden

03-20-2014, 06:08 PM

Dude both are looking great. The Camaro sounds really nice. I know you are stoked!!!

chichirone

03-24-2014, 07:14 AM

It's looking really good Jay!

Sorry I won't get to see it this weekend though.

Greg, it was great seeing you this weekend at the USCA event. Enjoyed hang in from the spectator box and talking cars...and tranny's!

Dude both are looking great. The Camaro sounds really nice. I know you are stoked!!!

Thanks man! The car ran great these past two weekends between GoodGuys and the USCA event at Texas Motor Speedway.

Check out these stats for the 37 registered cars at the USCA event...on the speed/stop challenge the event logged 740 laps. Heck I think I ran around 40 myself. On the auto-x there was 1264 laps run or 33 laps per participant. Today we ran 2100 laps on the road course and a few of us had mechanicals or just flat got wore out. There was only one car, Cheryl Herrick in her Jet Hot Nova in the final Advanced class that ran for a 12 minute session all alone. She had an instructor and was hitting the rev limiter going faster and faster. For me, this was an event like none other as far as testing car and driver ability. I give the sponsors (Optima, BFG, DSE, Ridetech, Jet Hot, Snap-On, etc.) and Jimi Day and his team/partners a major round of applause. It was safe, educational and very fun.

Here is a pretty cool pic of my Camaro on the road course. My day did end early when I lost a rear axle seal but I had a blast. Limped it home without incident and now am thinking what to do next. I'd love to install a 9" full floater. Hmm...Daytona is not far off on the schedule!
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tubbed69

03-24-2014, 07:58 AM

Greg, it was great seeing you this weekend at the USCA event. Enjoyed hang in from the spectator box and talking cars...and tranny's!

Thanks man! The car ran great these past two weekends between GoodGuys and the USCA event at Texas Motor Speedway.

Check out these stats for the 37 registered cars at the USCA event...on the speed/stop challenge the event logged 740 laps. Heck I think I ran around 40 myself. On the auto-x there was 1264 laps run or 33 laps per participant. Today we ran 2100 laps on the road course and a few of us had mechanicals or just flat got wore out. There was only one car, Cheryl Herrick in her Jet Hot Nova in the final Advanced class that ran for a 12 minute session all alone. She had an instructor and was hitting the rev limiter going faster and faster. For me, this was an event like none other as far as testing car and driver ability. I give the sponsors (Optima, BFG, DSE, Ridetech, Jet Hot, Snap-On, etc.) and Jimi Day and his team/partners a major round of applause. It was safe, educational and very fun.

Here is a pretty cool pic of my Camaro on the road course. My day did end early when I lost a rear axle seal but I had a blast. Limped it home without incident and now am thinking what to do next. I'd love to install a 9" full floater. Hmm...Daytona is not far off on the schedule!
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very cool pic Jay,car looks awesome

chichirone

03-25-2014, 08:31 PM

very cool pic Jay,car looks awesome

Thanks man!

Check out the latest on the TA! We are getting close...the boys from Yard Racing were at the shop today setting up the suspension and weight balance.
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gerno

03-25-2014, 10:17 PM

Rod P

03-26-2014, 12:04 AM

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awesome :confused59:

GrabberGT

03-26-2014, 05:27 AM

Thanks man!

Check out the latest on the TA! We are getting close...the boys from Yard Racing were at the shop today setting up the suspension and weight balance.

So what are the numbers for this beast.

Streetking

03-26-2014, 06:11 AM

Both cars look great, but I am a bit partial to the Trans AM..:) Great job on the T/A, you have taken it to another level.

SW

chichirone

03-26-2014, 07:41 AM

The Camaro looked and sounded awesome out there. It was certainly a true performer.

Thanks man! Appreciate the note.

awesome :confused59:

Thanks Rodney. I have been all over the Gulstrand mod you suggested. Need to get some free time to make it happen.

So what are the numbers for this beast.
The car has not been dyno'ed yet. It is supposed to go on the rollers thursday or friday.

The TA is 50/50 weight balanced and 3500lbs with driver and full tank of gas.

Both cars look great, but I am a bit partial to the Trans AM..:) Great job on the T/A, you have taken it to another level.

SW

Thanks SW. Really appreciate the feedback.

chichirone

03-26-2014, 01:29 PM

very cool pic Jay,car looks awesome

Thanks Jeff! It was a hoot. First time I had the Camaro on a road course. I've driven a few auto crosses over the past 3-4 years but the USCA event just took the whole experience to another level. My wife and I are thinking of doing the USCA event at Gateway Motorsports Park in July with both cars.

johnzSS

03-26-2014, 06:31 PM

Sweet build!

Those TA are getting harder to find these days!

chichirone

03-27-2014, 05:09 PM

Sweet build!

Those TA are getting harder to find these days!

Thanks John!

chichirone

03-27-2014, 05:20 PM

Sweet build!

Those TA are getting harder to find these days!

Thanks John!

Got some pics of the TA today...

Ride height is set:
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Interior going back together. Sparco 505 seats are recovered and back in. Rollbar blends in as we hoped.
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The dash, gauges, steering wheel and console are back in. All the lighting and stereo works.
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New shifter boot looks awesome.
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tubbed69

03-27-2014, 07:10 PM

That's nice Jay,very nice.:trophy-1302:

Evan Iroc-Z

03-28-2014, 07:23 AM

Car looks beautiful. Great job on putting it together.

fleetus macmullitz

03-28-2014, 07:36 AM

White makes right. :unibrow:

A++ on all of it Jay. :thumbsup:

GrabberGT

03-28-2014, 07:50 AM

White makes right. :unibrow:

A++ on all of it Jay. :thumbsup:

Just make sure you keep something to cover your seats up with for those times when your at the track and have to work on it.

chichirone

04-02-2014, 08:47 PM

That's nice Jay,very nice.:trophy-1302:\

Car looks beautiful. Great job on putting it together.

White makes right. :unibrow:

A++ on all of it Jay. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the comments and feedback guys. Much appreciated!

Just make sure you keep something to cover your seats up with for those times when your at the track and have to work on it.

You are not kidding Chris! Between the black paint on the Camaro and the killer white interior in the TA, we have plenty of cleaning ahead of us.

chichirone

04-02-2014, 09:07 PM

The TA has been on the rollers the past couple days at West Bend Dyno. Jesse, Brian and the WBD team are exceeding all expectations with the MSD Atomic EFI Wegner built 416ci LS3 stroker motor. The car made over 550rwhp and 500wtq! :warning:

Here is a pic of it on the dyno:
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Here is a link to the dyno video from the West Bend Dyno Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=713909211964894&set=vb.200534477046&type=2&theater

GregWeld

04-02-2014, 09:34 PM

Awesome Jay!

Albert should be jealous of what you've done with the car!!

carbuff

04-02-2014, 09:43 PM

That sounded good! Congrats on the setup! You are going to love that car... Now aren't you glad you didn't rush it home for the GG show? :)

GrabberGT

04-02-2014, 09:55 PM

Woohoo! Its going to be fun chasing that thing around.

chichirone

04-03-2014, 02:12 PM

Awesome Jay!

Albert should be jealous of what you've done with the car!!

Thanks Greg. :thumbsup:

That sounded good! Congrats on the setup! You are going to love that car... Now aren't you glad you didn't rush it home for the GG show? :)

Thanks Bryan. You are spot on. :poke:

Woohoo! Its going to be fun chasing that thing around.

Chris, I can't wait to get the TA and the Mavy on the track together. You get the 347 rebuilt and back together yet? Or did you finally decide to convert to the dark side and put an LS in it?

chichirone

04-03-2014, 04:27 PM

My wife is trying to decide on a license plate for the TA. Check out her favorite and let me know your thoughts, ideas, suggestions, alternatives...
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fleetus macmullitz

04-03-2014, 05:01 PM

Jay,

That's a good one.

My suggestion (if it's available) would be:

LITE BRD

Or

LITE TA

WSSix

04-04-2014, 06:49 PM

I like your wife's suggestion for a name.

tmadden

04-05-2014, 11:46 AM

Genius. Let the wife have that one!!!

chichirone

04-06-2014, 03:06 PM

Jay,

That's a good one.

My suggestion (if it's available) would be:

LITE BRD

Or

LITE TA

I like your wife's suggestion for a name.

Genius. Let the wife have that one!!!

Thanks for the feedback and ideas. Amy has selected the KLRBRD for the TA. The boys at WBD claim it should be on the truck heading south to Texas at the end of next week. :excited: :excited:

chichirone

04-08-2014, 04:16 PM

Progress continues on the TA. Got outside for the first time since October. The WBD team is to do some road testing this week.
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tmadden

04-08-2014, 04:49 PM

We gotta hook up soon.

fleetus macmullitz

04-09-2014, 09:03 AM

Wanna see this one in person. :thumbsup:

chichirone

04-22-2014, 06:06 PM

We got to see the Trans Am "KLRBRD" in West Bend today. We were speechless. The guys at West Bend Dyno have done a terrific job. They have invested quite a bit of blood, sweat and tears into this car. They and Albert have made us a part of their family throughout the entire build. We have a few punch list items for them to address. (brake pedal reach, rear seat modification, shifter reach and fixing some rattles in the packaging tray area). All in all it looks great and we can't wait to get it out on the road for some driving events.

Check out the updated pics...
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GregWeld

04-22-2014, 06:14 PM

That's badass Jay!!!

Nicely done..... Nicely done!!

EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

tazzz2_ca

04-22-2014, 07:38 PM

Congrats to both of you,,, enjoy the Hell out of it... To the boys at West Bend, top shelf guys,, Amy's smile says it all....

tubbed69

04-22-2014, 08:21 PM

the license plate says it perfect Jay " KLRBRD.":trophy-1302:

fleetus macmullitz

04-22-2014, 08:46 PM

:waveflag:

That is all. ;)

WSSix

04-22-2014, 09:40 PM

Fantastic! Love the car. The stance is spot on.

glassman

04-22-2014, 11:01 PM

That is one of my favorite 'birds so far. Love the color, stance....engine, etc etc....Enjoy!!!! and drive that sh$t....

chichirone

04-23-2014, 09:28 PM

That's badass Jay!!!

Nicely done..... Nicely done!!

EEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Thanks Greg! When my wife saw it she was speechless. Albert is not kidding, that smile tells it all.

Ricochet

04-23-2014, 09:31 PM

Great job! You guys nailed it!

chichirone

04-23-2014, 10:14 PM

Congrats to both of you,,, enjoy the Hell out of it... To the boys at West Bend, top shelf guys,, Amy's smile says it all....

Thanks Albert! You are the man and spot on. Amy's smile does say it all. Brad and the guys at WBD have killed it. We can't wait for the USCA event at Gateway this July.

the license plate says it perfect Jay " KLRBRD.":trophy-1302:

Thanks man! Appreciate the comments. No kidding. Amy sure did pick the perfect license plate for this one.

:waveflag:

That is all. ;)

You crack me up Skip!

Fantastic! Love the car. The stance is spot on.

Really appreciate the kind words.

That is one of my favorite 'birds so far. Love the color, stance....engine, etc etc....Enjoy!!!! and drive that sh$t....

WOW! That's pretty awesome. Means a lot to get that kind of feedback from you and the lateral-g community. :thankyou:

And yes, we will be driving the sh$t out of it. :military:

chichirone

04-23-2014, 10:15 PM

Great job! You guys nailed it!

Thanks Brent!

Sieg

04-24-2014, 12:01 AM

And yes, we will be driving the sh$t out of it. :military:
Perfect - Enjoy it! :thumbsup:

carbuff

04-24-2014, 01:08 PM

I love TOW, I really do. But there's something about that splitter and stance that looks really awesome! I'd love to see some shots of the bottom to get a feel for the clearance you have. I don't remember, but were the rear floors raised to better fit the mufflers? Those are my low spot now, but thankfully I haven't scraped those yet!

Can't wait to get these two side by side... :)

chichirone

04-25-2014, 07:48 AM

Perfect - Enjoy it! :thumbsup:
Thanks Sieg!

I love TOW, I really do. But there's something about that splitter and stance that looks really awesome! I'd love to see some shots of the bottom to get a feel for the clearance you have. I don't remember, but were the rear floors raised to better fit the mufflers? Those are my low spot now, but thankfully I haven't scraped those yet!

Can't wait to get these two side by side... :)

Thanks man! It sits very low but love that stance is right! No mods were made to the rear floors. It was mini-tubbed but no other modifications. I will take some pics for when we get the car back to TX.

Getting TOW and KLRBRD together side by side will be awesome!

chichirone

05-01-2014, 09:42 PM

I received some great photos of my car taken by Ken Jarvis from JetHot while at the USCA event at TMS in March. Thanks for sharing Ken!!! Hope to see you at Gateway in July.
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05-01-2014, 09:46 PM

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Ron in SoCal

05-01-2014, 10:02 PM

Great pics Jay! Glad to see you enjoying the car. :thumbsup: back at ya

fleetus macmullitz

05-02-2014, 08:52 AM

Wow, that is one lean, mean and very clean Camaro Jay.

WSSix

05-02-2014, 03:54 PM

Nice action shots!

chichirone

05-05-2014, 02:00 PM

Great pics Jay! Glad to see you enjoying the car. :thumbsup: back at ya

Wow, that is one lean, mean and very clean Camaro Jay.

Nice action shots!

Thanks guys. :thankyou:

It's been a work in progress for a little over 5 years. Hind sight being 20/20, I should have done the LS swap and Ridetech suspension a long time ago. Heck, I probably could have had a third PT car or auto-x truck (really wanted the No Limits 55 F100 that was for sale last summer but wifey said "NO") and a garage built for them all with all the money spent on iterations of this car! HA! Now as Ron says, I need to enjoy it. Oh and by the way, work on the driver! More seat time. More learning and more events.

chichirone

05-05-2014, 02:04 PM

KLRBRD was picked up Saturday and is on its way to Texas. Here is a short video of it going onto the truck from West Bend Dyno's Facebook page. Love the note of that exhaust.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152028711582047&set=vb.200534477046&type=2&theater

We are supposed to see it Wednesday morning!! Best smiley I could find to describe how fired up my wife is to be getting the car. :ups:

tmadden

05-17-2014, 03:34 PM

We gotta get together now we both are rolling. Although i have had a temp set back. Should be ready in a week.

fleetus macmullitz

06-11-2014, 05:33 PM

KLRBRD was picked up Saturday and is on its way to Texas. Here is a short video of it going onto the truck from West Bend Dyno's Facebook page. Love the note of that exhaust.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152028711582047&set=vb.200534477046&type=2&theater

Jay,

Anything new with the 'Bird?

Very healthy sounding exhaust btw. :thumbsup:

chichirone

06-23-2014, 08:49 AM

Been off the grid a bit and appreciate the "nudge" Skip.

The TA has been going through shakedown runs and we have encountered a couple issues and making a few more changes. Clutch is being changed from mechanical to hydraulic. We had to re-route some oil lines and fittings that worked loose and were sitting against the headers. The old DSE steering rack started leaking all over out of just about every line. We just replaced it instead of rebuilding. We are adding a parking brake to pass safety inspection in order to get the car registered. The power window motors had to be pulled, cleaned and re-assembled to get the windows to go up and down. Nuisance stuff for the most part.

Now the two bigger issues we are dealing with.
The Atomic EFI has a tuning issue at low RPM so working with MSD for an update to resolve the stumble off the line and low RPM's. Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this when running a 4 barrel throttle body on an LS. MSD told us a fix is coming next month and it could be a good tech article for the system. Until then we are driving through it.

The Dynatech headers are no longer. They were way too low and scraped on everything. We chose to go with Ultimate Headers swept short/mid length headers. We are tucking the exhaust way up to get more ground clearance. They over-promised on delivery so what was supposed to be less than a week has turned into 3 weeks.

The good news is my wife Amy auto-crossed the car at her first event and took third in her class out of 17cars. I will post some pics.

fleetus macmullitz

06-24-2014, 08:33 PM

Sounds like that TA is keeping you busy in your spare time Jay. :)

Nice results though for your wife already. :thumbsup:

chichirone

07-09-2014, 10:51 PM

My wife and I have decided to move on from our 1969 Camaro and 1973 Trans Am. We want to go in a different direction. Looking at a Z06 or Z28 and want to invest in expanding my consulting business.

I simply don't have the time necessary to manage the car projects anymore. We are going to be putting our cars up for sale, buy a newer car to stay connected to the PT community that will require less time committment while we build out the business. It's bittersweet but we believe there will always be an opportunity to jump back in for us down the road.

I'll be putting the cars in the for sale section soon once we get all the appropriate spec information and pics to post on the site but I wanted to raise the flag to the lateral-g community we are moving on from our 1973 Trans Am and 1969 Camaro. If you have interest and want t learn more, please connect with me but I'll have them on the for sale page before long.

Vince@Meanstreets

07-10-2014, 12:17 AM

I for one understand that sacrifices must be made to better your position in life but man it's tough.

I enjoyed watching your builds and wish you luck with your business.

tubbed69

07-10-2014, 04:10 AM

Jay you sure built 2 super nice cars and quality cars like these should sell pretty quick,GLWS.

fleetus macmullitz

07-10-2014, 04:32 AM

This one cuts deep Jay...plus we didn't even get a full year of fawning over a 'done' TA yet!

:waveflag:

Seriously...are you leaning one way or the other Z06 vs. Z28? :)

syborg tt

07-10-2014, 08:23 AM

Jay,

It's a tough decision but it's a smart one. I love both of the cars you built and it was fun watching you build them. Good luck with the sales on both of these which shouldn't be a problem.

As for picking between the z06 and the z28 you might want to consider a 2014 or 2014 Camaro with the 1le track package. Incredible car for the money and you still have the creature comforts that the z28 does not have since it's more of a race car.

With the 1le you can drive it everyday and still have a beast at the track. Jump on over to the Camaro5.com forum and you will be impressed with what the guys at GM have done with the car.

I've converted my 2010 using some of the 1le parts and what a difference. It was comfortable enough to drive 1300 miles on the power tour and even drive both my girls to school. Best bang for the buck is the 1le for $40 grand brand new.

Stock 1LE puts down a blistering 1:54.628 at Fontana.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=356954&highlight=1le+blistering

My wife and I have decided to move on from our 1969 Camaro and 1973 Trans Am. We want to go in a different direction. Looking at a Z06 or Z28 and want to invest in expanding my consulting business.

I simply don't have the time necessary to manage the car projects anymore. We are going to be putting our cars up for sale, buy a newer car to stay connected to the PT community that will require less time committment while we build out the business. It's bittersweet but we believe there will always be an opportunity to jump back in for us down the road.

I'll be putting the cars in the for sale section soon once we get all the appropriate spec information and pics to post on the site but I wanted to raise the flag to the lateral-g community we are moving on from our 1973 Trans Am and 1969 Camaro. If you have interest and want t learn more, please connect with me but I'll have them on the for sale page before long.

chichirone

07-14-2014, 04:57 PM

Guys, appreciate the feedback. It's a tough decision as we LOVE our cars. Marty, your suggestion of a 1LE is a good one. In fact, the more I look, a 2014 Z51 2LT is leading the list for us at this time. We drove it at Bondurant in March and got hooked. It has become the comparison car for everything we look at, including the TA and Camaro.

We don't see the cars going anywhere soon so we will continue to enjoy them until the right buyer comes along.

chichirone

07-14-2014, 04:59 PM

Seriously...are you leaning one way or the other Z06 vs. Z28? :)[/QUOTE]

I lean towards the Z28. My wife the Z51. Wonder how that's gonna turn out? Ha!

chichirone

07-14-2014, 07:30 PM

A while back I mentioned I would post some pics of the Dynatech to Ultimate Header swap.

Here is a before...we had roughly 2.25" of clearance. Not good. They lasted less than a month of driving once we got it off the transporter.
49210

The replacements: Ultimate headers

In the box:
49211

Installation was great on the passenger side:
49212

The driver side did not fit and needed modified:
49213
49214

Once modified and installed we picked up all kinds of ground clearance:
49215
49216

fleetus macmullitz

07-14-2014, 08:36 PM

Good stuff Jay. :thumbsup:

syborg tt

07-15-2014, 08:25 AM

Hi Jay,

Thanks for sharing the info on the headers. I ended up doing shorty's on the 70 for just this reason. I am going to consider these for the new Scott Mock Subframe that is for sure.

A while back I mentioned I would post some pics of the Dynatech to Ultimate Header swap.

Here is a before...we had roughly 2.25" of clearance. Not good. They lasted less than a month of driving once we got it off the transporter.
49210

The replacements: Ultimate headers

In the box:
49211

Installation was great on the passenger side:
49212

The driver side did not fit and needed modified:
49213
49214

Once modified and installed we picked up all kinds of ground clearance:
49215
49216

rickpaw

07-15-2014, 11:50 AM

A while back I mentioned I would post some pics of the Dynatech to Ultimate Header swap.

Here is a before...we had roughly 2.25" of clearance. Not good. They lasted less than a month of driving once we got it off the transporter.
49210

The replacements: Ultimate headers

In the box:
49211

49216

Jay, is it me or does the O2 sensor bung got installed wrong? Looks to me the bung is at the bottom of the header.

I had the same issue with the Dynatech headers as well, until I flipped the mounts 180*.

Tu

syborg tt

07-15-2014, 12:02 PM

Jay, is it me or does the O2 sensor bung got installed wrong? Looks to me the bung is at the bottom of the header.

I had the same issue with the Dynatech headers as well, until I flipped the mounts 180*.

Tu

Pictures are deceiving. The bung is on the part that is parallel with the firewall not the floor pan.

chichirone

10-10-2014, 04:04 PM

Pictures are deceiving. The bung is on the part that is parallel with the firewall not the floor pan.

The pics are deceiving. The header and exhaust runs parallel to the firewall and the bung is tucked up in the engine bay. You barely see it if looking at it from above.

We have been having a great time with the cars the past couple weeks. I will post some pics from the North Texas Camaro Club auto cross and Good-Guy's Lonestar Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway soon. We closed the classified thread. We were able to complete our business deal without selling either car and so now we just get to enjoy them!

chichirone

10-11-2014, 11:36 AM

50758

chichirone

10-11-2014, 11:42 AM

50760

grendel

10-11-2014, 06:40 PM

You said the wiper motor was moved on the 73? Do you have pics of this?

May want to do that on my 73 Camaro.

Also, may be interested in buying the 73. I've wanted one for a while now.

chichirone

10-11-2014, 09:38 PM

You said the wiper motor was moved on the 73? Do you have pics of this?

May want to do that on my 73 Camaro.

Also, may be interested in buying the 73. I've wanted one for a while now.

I'll look for the pics. We did the same mod to my 69 Camaro in this thread as well. It was relocated inside the drivers side fender on the firewall.

The TA is no longer for sale.

glassman

10-11-2014, 10:07 PM

grendel

10-12-2014, 07:15 AM

I'll look for the pics. We did the same mod to my 69 Camaro in this thread as well. It was relocated inside the drivers side fender on the firewall.

The TA is no longer for sale.

Awesome, on both accounts :)

chichirone

10-13-2014, 09:13 PM

Hey Jay, i drove my 2nd gen from CA to texas with the goodguys last week and met your wife but not you (i was with Bryan). I was asking her about having to sell/not sell it, i'm glad you were able to keep them both. Can you imagine trying to replace them in a couple of years if you did have to sell?

My headers wore thru while i was there in Ft Worth and if effed my car up bad (they were only 1 3/4 off the ground) and put me in a full rich mode on my LS, mileage went from 24 at 90 to 16 at 80/85. Headers and a few other things are on my list.

Was hopin to meet you and see the 69, but maybe next time....

Mike

Mike, sorry I missed the opportunity to meet you. Amy mentioned you stopped bye with Bryan. No kidding! I CAN'T imagine trying to replace them. Too bad you were not there Friday when I got pulled off the auto-x by Trent on the 4-wheeler. I think I heard the announcer say it was my fastest time of the day. Funny guy. The alternator housing gave up. I need to post a pic. I was able to get a replacement but it did not have enough amps to keep the electrical system charged. It spent Saturday on the charger at the event.

Sorry to hear about the headers. That sucks. You did not have much clearance for these Texas roads built for pickup trucks.

glassman

10-13-2014, 09:47 PM

Mike, sorry I missed the opportunity to meet you. Amy mentioned you stopped bye with Bryan. No kidding! I CAN'T imagine trying to replace them. Too bad you were not there Friday when I got pulled off the auto-x by Trent on the 4-wheeler. I think I heard the announcer say it was my fastest time of the day. Funny guy. The alternator housing gave up. I need to post a pic. I was able to get a replacement but it did not have enough amps to keep the electrical system charged. It spent Saturday on the charger at the event.

Sorry to hear about the headers. That sucks. You did not have much clearance for these Texas roads built for pickup trucks.

I was on the autocross friday, and i remember Bryan sayin that you had to go to "Autozone?" to replace it. I wanted to say, "drove 2400 miles, autocrossed it, then drove 1600 home". Well I did, but she limped home. I hope to do the trip again next year....I had to leave the autocross early cause the Goodguys wanted to get a cover shot of all of us "tour" people on the Gazette, they did it on the banks of the speedway, it was pretty cool.

chichirone

10-18-2014, 02:19 PM

Mike, I can't believe I missed you both days. Glad you made it back home tho. I'm still waiting on the new alternator.

What have you decided to go with for the headers?

glassman

10-18-2014, 05:34 PM

Unfortunatly Hooker middies. I am not happy AT ALL with Hooker, and this problem has led to bigger issues. The reason i am stuck using the Hooker's is when i bought the LS kit, it moved the engine over 1/2". Plus Keith at Custom Works is stepping up for Hooker and kickin me down a set. Hooker sent me a better fitting set, but just painted and i need coated.....I did make the show saturday, thats when i hung with Bryan and met Amy....took off on Sun. Made it to Kingsman AZ even with the two hour tow....

chichirone

10-27-2014, 03:46 PM

You said the wiper motor was moved on the 73? Do you have pics of this?

May want to do that on my 73 Camaro.

Also, may be interested in buying the 73. I've wanted one for a while now.

I finally found the pics.

Relocated the DSE wiper motor to the firewall under the driver side front fender.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/Firewallsmoothing1_zps40ade019.jpeg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/Firewallsmoothing1_zps40ade019.jpeg.html)

A hole was cut into the shell to gain access to the wiper arms, brackets and wiper motor.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/FirewallDSEwipermotorsideview_zps906341bc.jpeg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/FirewallDSEwipermotorsideview_zps906341bc.jpeg.htm l)

Its a little hard to see but the wiper arm has been extended across the cowl to reach the wiper motor.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/Cowlbodywork_zpsa22b6383.jpeg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/Cowlbodywork_zpsa22b6383.jpeg.html)

Smoothed firewall after relocated wiper motor. You can see it covered up for paint work.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/paintedfirewalllcoat1_zpsce425784.jpeg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/paintedfirewalllcoat1_zpsce425784.jpeg.html)

tubbed69

10-27-2014, 05:50 PM

Jay I was glad to see you get to keep both cars,it would have been hard to replace them,because you made them both super nice:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

waynieZ

10-27-2014, 06:00 PM

Nice job. I wanted to move my wipers to that spot but it never happened. It looks so much cleaner.

grendel

10-27-2014, 07:13 PM

I finally found the pics.

Relocated the DSE wiper motor to the firewall under the driver side front fender.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/Firewallsmoothing1_zps40ade019.jpeg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/Firewallsmoothing1_zps40ade019.jpeg.html)

A hole was cut into the shell to gain access to the wiper arms, brackets and wiper motor.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/FirewallDSEwipermotorsideview_zps906341bc.jpeg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/FirewallDSEwipermotorsideview_zps906341bc.jpeg.htm l)

Its a little hard to see but the wiper arm has been extended across the cowl to reach the wiper motor.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/Cowlbodywork_zpsa22b6383.jpeg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/Cowlbodywork_zpsa22b6383.jpeg.html)

Smoothed firewall after relocated wiper motor. You can see it covered up for paint work.
http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/paintedfirewalllcoat1_zpsce425784.jpeg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/paintedfirewalllcoat1_zpsce425784.jpeg.html)

Awesome, thank you. I think I will do the same thing.

chichirone

11-03-2014, 11:44 AM

Our buddy Brad Reikkoff from West Bend Dyno just sent me this picture of the KLRBRD engine in MSD's catalog for the Atomic EFI. Pretty cool.

51168

chichirone

11-14-2014, 12:29 PM

THIS IS NOT MY CAR (looks like it) but it sure pains me to imagine what the owner is going through right now.

A friend in our local North Texas Camaro club sent this picture out from his shop. Apparently a driver pulled out in front of this 69 Camaro and it was totaled. The car was only on the road for 3 days since being finished. It was a sweet build. LSA, DSE goodies custom interior. It was immaculate. The driver was injured with broken bones and bruises but is recovering. Really crappy story for a guy that put a bunch of time and money into this car.

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/20B0A465-32ED-4BAF-BA5E-D6A7341889E3_zpsoguwyokw.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/20B0A465-32ED-4BAF-BA5E-D6A7341889E3_zpsoguwyokw.jpg.html)

I do give credit to the owner. He is looking to start over with another 69 so if you have a lead on a good 69 Camaro body, DSE or Roadster Shop chassis, let me know and I can connect you with the owner/builder.

omiotek

11-14-2014, 12:57 PM

That's so unfortunate. Looks like the roll car did it's job some what. Luckily no one was ridingpassenger and hope for a speedy recovery to the owner

Vince@Meanstreets

11-14-2014, 01:06 PM

yikes!!! what hit him? a boat?

GrabberGT

11-14-2014, 01:50 PM

Looks like he may have tried to miss the car that pulled out in front of him and ended up going sideways into a large pole of some kind. Traffic light maybe.

Just another one of those times where no matter how careful of a driver you are, you cant account for the other idiots out there. Hope he has a quick recovery.

carbuff

11-14-2014, 01:56 PM

Really sorry to see this. Was it someone I met while I was there?

I sure hope he has good insurance coverage, as starting over is going to be a big bill, and the other driver may not have sufficient coverage!

chichirone

11-14-2014, 03:34 PM

It does kind of look like a boat hit it now that you mention it. He ended up hitting a pole. Not sure how it all went down, losing control, swerving to avoid a head on, not exactly sure but makes my stomach hurt just looking at the pics. I totally agree with your comment Chris.

Bryan, it was not anyone you would have met. The car was not done yet. It took 6 months to build. They installed an LSA, had a full frame with some DSE parts, brand new paint job, new interior and a bunch of other updates. It was only on the road 3 days! I would be in jail if this would have happened to one of my cars. I too hope he and the guy that caused it have good insurance coverages. Not going to be cheap to repair.

waynieZ

11-14-2014, 10:40 PM

When I scrolled down it gave me chills ! Glad he's going to be OK.

WSSix

11-15-2014, 09:15 AM

Glad your friend is ok, Jay.

chichirone

01-21-2015, 02:15 PM

Been a while since we have given an update. Besides driving the Trans Am and now deciding to sell the Camaro, we sent the TA back to Dusold Designs for more aesthetic work.

We decided to redo the wheel flares and fix a few small dents on the lower part of the passenger door. The dents resulted from hitting the timing gear at a local autocross during a spin out at an event last May. We have not been happy with the fit of the flares since we got the car back together so we decided to have brackets fabricated to mount the carbon fiber flares, eliminate the welting and form fit them to the fenders. They will retain a seam as original but we are going to modify the flare to fit snug to the fender. We are respraying them cameo white and adding 3m protective film. We are excited to have this done. It has been a sore subject for Amy aesthetically. I will post some pics once we get the updates from the shop.

In addition, we are having the window trim removed, restored, new clips and them polished for a cleaner look.

As it relates to suspension, we are going to change the spring rate on the rear shocks from 225's to 400's. This will make the rear end more predictable and reduce the loading from side to side we experience. We have never liked the "feel" of the rear of the car. Always felt loose and wallowy when driven aggressively. It will require some dial in time with the triple adjustables but we have a number of events coming up starting in March to get it sorted.

Look for pics soon.

GrabberGT

01-21-2015, 03:03 PM

chichirone

01-21-2015, 06:13 PM

I take it both of you will be driving this one after the sale of the 69? Or will you be upgrading to a Maverick? LOL

The Trans Am will be doing double duty. I talked Amy into letting me drive. We will see how long that lasts! HA!

chichirone

01-30-2015, 09:52 AM

Updating the flares on the TA. I got a couple pics. I cannot wait to share a before and after when it is done.

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/77F85D0E-A27B-49AF-987A-6CF3A13F2614_zpsquspk9rt.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/77F85D0E-A27B-49AF-987A-6CF3A13F2614_zpsquspk9rt.jpg.html)

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/56A6E89E-E19C-4E04-A59E-06E517FE89A4_zpskljlwx61.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/56A6E89E-E19C-4E04-A59E-06E517FE89A4_zpskljlwx61.jpg.html)

GregWeld

01-30-2015, 09:54 AM

What Mil is that plastic sheeting??

LOL

Looks like a nice addition/mod Jay!

chichirone

01-30-2015, 09:54 AM

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/D3FC8656-B51C-47A2-B54D-F167F8B19BF1_zpsynmmnzpq.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/D3FC8656-B51C-47A2-B54D-F167F8B19BF1_zpsynmmnzpq.jpg.html)

grendel

01-30-2015, 07:17 PM

What flares are those?

chichirone

01-30-2015, 08:23 PM

grendel

01-30-2015, 08:26 PM

Greg, no kidding. Not sure the "3M protect-o-bag" will pass inspection tho at the USCA event to keep the rocks off the new paint during the road rally segment.

The flares are from Carbon Kustoms. We are modifying them to follow the contour of the fenders.

Ah, I am hoping to find something that matches already... starting to look like I need to make my own. :lostmarbles:

chichirone

01-31-2015, 07:50 AM

Ah, I am hoping to find something that matches already... starting to look like I need to make my own. :lostmarbles:

The flares needed to be modified because the fenders are carbon fiber wide body to accommodate the 335 tires. They just never fit "right".

glassman

01-31-2015, 08:17 AM

What are you guys running up front? not 335's? yeah? If so, i will bow down to the "grip master" lol

grendel

01-31-2015, 12:09 PM

The flares needed to be modified because the fenders are carbon fiber wide body to accommodate the 335 tires. They just never fit "right".

That is my plan as well - going square front and rear. Looks like I won't find something. I've started building a prototype now - will probably use a 67-72 C10 front inner fender grafted to a Camaro outer with a wide lip flare.

My IRS is 64" WMS to WMS so we're plenty wide, with 12" from the front of the hub to the inner tub wall.

Did Carbon Kustoms make the wide body fenders too? My front is currently 61" but I think I can go out a bit more.

It would be nice to not have to make my own. I'd prefer to put those 100+ hours some where else.

chichirone

01-31-2015, 06:24 PM

Yes, Albert from Carbon Kustoms has the fenders available. We purchased the car from him last year. Give him a call. He is a plethora of knowledge on the 2nd Gen f-body's and will definitely help you out. His white 2nd gen camaro has wide body rear fenders as well. Dude really knows his cars.

chichirone

01-31-2015, 06:33 PM

What are you guys running up front? not 335's? yeah? If so, i will bow down to the "grip master" lol

Yes, 335's on all four corners.

grendel

01-31-2015, 06:50 PM

chichirone

02-11-2015, 02:03 PM

Fender flares are coming along. Getting closer to a before and after shot.

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/AD7759FC-BCE9-4A62-9E79-DAB4219B2F76_zpsakeuulry.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/AD7759FC-BCE9-4A62-9E79-DAB4219B2F76_zpsakeuulry.jpg.html)

Justin@EntropyRad

02-12-2015, 12:27 PM

Super jealous of 335's all around. Love the carbon work on the TA as well:flashie:

chichirone

02-14-2015, 08:03 PM

Justin, it is like riding around in a big go kart.

We did get some bad news from Dusold yesterday.
The Ridetech airbar and driver side frame rail broke. Looks like we will be rebuilding the rear suspension...any ideas?

syborg tt

02-14-2015, 08:45 PM

chichirone

02-14-2015, 09:07 PM

Yes...on one side the frame rail split where bracket mounts (welded not bolted in) and on the other side the Airbar separated from the UCA mount plate.

syborg tt

02-14-2015, 09:14 PM

Yes...on one side the frame rail split where bracket mounts (welded not bolted in) and on the other side the Airbar separated from the UCA mount plate.

Similar to this I assume.

Before we installed mine I spoke with my chassis guy and he suggested a few stitch welds. He felt the full weld was the cause of the failure.

And also the obvious fact that the rail was never designed to carry such a load.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/14/ade2648f088c95a2c0854336c931720b.jpg

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/14/f87ba091f351dc0cc15955bef3ab478a.jpg

Marty-MJ
www.garagescene.net

chichirone

02-14-2015, 09:27 PM

Similar to this I assume.

Before we installed mine I spoke with my chassis guy and he suggested a few stitch welds. He felt the full weld was the cause of the failure.

And also the obvious fact that the rail was never designed to carry such a load.

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/14/ade2648f088c95a2c0854336c931720b.jpg

http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/14/f87ba091f351dc0cc15955bef3ab478a.jpg

Marty-MJ
www.garagescene.net

Looks very familiar. What did you decide to do as a remedy?

Vince@Meanstreets

02-15-2015, 09:02 PM

yeah, when welding them in you want to avoid the corner of the frame rail. I use the bolts and then run a few 1" beads on the flats only.

chichirone

06-11-2015, 01:21 PM

Been a few months since an update. KLRBRD is a completely different vehicle with the new suspension. The guys at Dusold Designs did an incredible job. I drove it for the first time on Sunday since Mike delivered it to Amy at the Optima Search for the Ultimate Streetcar event at Texas Motor Speedway at the end of March. Thanks to Kaleb Kelley for taking some kicka$$ pics of the car during the event and for the guys at ProTouring Magazine for putting a pic of the car in the Premiere issue.

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/KLRBRD%20at%20TMS%20in%20ProTouring%20Magazine_zps nru3bmkn.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/KLRBRD%20at%20TMS%20in%20ProTouring%20Magazine_zps nru3bmkn.jpg.html)

chichirone

07-11-2016, 09:23 PM

Damn! It has been over a year since my last post. We moved from Dallas, Texas to Columbus, Ohio. My wife quit her job and started/built a bakery...Nothing Bundt Cakes Columbus-Gahanna. My consulting business was relocated to Columbus. We built a house. (STOOPID!!) And through it all we remained married and look back on the transition and laugh as we drink some wine for sanity sake.

This past weekend we attended the Columbus GoodGuys event. I grew up in Columbus and use to go to the show as a kid. This was the first time I had taken a car to "The Big One" and man was it a BLAST. We ran some autocross, saw some awesome builds and reconnected with a bunch of old friends, making some new ones in the process. Here are some pics and videos of KLRBRD from the weekend.

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/D4F0E279-D52A-405C-9008-C6EB4C3F8FD0_zps2lvsyxyu.jpeg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/D4F0E279-D52A-405C-9008-C6EB4C3F8FD0_zps2lvsyxyu.jpeg.html)

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/84B2898A-7E39-4BD5-B6A2-1E27CEBA017E_zpshfukbuao.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/84B2898A-7E39-4BD5-B6A2-1E27CEBA017E_zpshfukbuao.jpg.html)

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/DA140FD4-396C-45E7-8696-86C72BA9D453_zpsjs0ea5zd.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/DA140FD4-396C-45E7-8696-86C72BA9D453_zpsjs0ea5zd.jpg.html)

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/230874FE-AAF0-4E8E-A435-FBEE29973C19_zpsknxkyvm4.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/230874FE-AAF0-4E8E-A435-FBEE29973C19_zpsknxkyvm4.jpg.html)

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/8F2C1B2A-F4C6-4564-881D-FEC2F9242B1B_zpsqmpttp5j.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/8F2C1B2A-F4C6-4564-881D-FEC2F9242B1B_zpsqmpttp5j.jpg.html)

http://i1372.photobucket.com/albums/ag340/Jdeluca/C8A96AC9-7AB5-4A1E-A6F0-42E229461055_zps2vg5xzkg.jpg (http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/Jdeluca/media/C8A96AC9-7AB5-4A1E-A6F0-42E229461055_zps2vg5xzkg.jpg.html)

chichirone

07-11-2016, 09:28 PM

A few videos from the Columbus GoodGuys autocross this past weekend.

This is the first time we had the car on any type of track since last March and the first time I have drive the Trans Am at an event. I finished up 16th out of 52 Street Machine participants. Not bad and not good but the fun factor was a 200 on a a scale of 0 to 100. Amy and I had a blast! Special thanks to Mike Dusold from Dusold Designs for helping me knock the rust off my driving skills and encouraging me to "Go Faster!".

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