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Originally Posted by Leadfoot1 (Post 366649)

Tell us more on how you like the manual vs before swap!

Really, do you like it, is it more fun in the same car?

Lead.

No comparison! For 22 years I despised the TH350, now I want to drive it every day. A major limitting factor of the TH350 was cruise RPM, now 60-65 is 5th at 1900-2100 and 70-75 in 6th at 1900-2100 vs. 3000-3600 rpm.

The close ratio T56 Magnum's gear ratio are spot on for the 355 ci with 3:50-3:73 gearing. 1st gear is actually usable.

I have always felt the Camaro platform was design for a manual trans first, the auto option more for convenience. :thumbsup:

We've got some Damn nice cars on the "Home-boys" thread, lets keep posting them, tell your friends, Put up the pic's, don't let this thread die, keep it at the top so others can see-um,,RJ

All but the paint. :thumbsup:

67' fastback

TCI front and rear end
custom steel headliner
smoothed firewall
full floor pan, cowl, subframe supports and toe boards
mini-tub
smoothed doors and no vents
shelby glass
08' GT dash with dakota digital VHX gauges

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Nice job on all the cars :thumbsup:

Really like the mustang ideas!!! Great job on the gauges

Looks like us Home Boys are finally hitting the stride on this thread!!! Damn nice cars, I know we can't budgit the $$$$ that the upper crust has but ,we can at least answer a question without saying " I'll have to ask my builder", Or giving a line of Bull****, that we know is crap !!! Have at It !!

Ssable,

what is the coil rack/ valve cover set up? Brand?

Looks very nice!...Well...like the rest of the car, :thumbsup:

Lead.

No new updates on any of our cars ?? Any newbie's ??

Well, i finally ended starting up my 'Vert project!!! I'm just finishing a few electrical connection and i need to put my seat in and i'm ready for the first drive down the driveway!!! I planned on taking it out last Friday but i now aim for Friday of this week.

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Sorry its so short, we did not have any battery left and i ran it just to show the wife as the rad ad no water and my gauges we're not plugged in yet but you get the idea...MAN ITS LOUD!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!

At the exhaust...
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5 years in the making, 2 back surgeries in the middle of the build, redid the WHOLE exterior of the house in the mix as well as some of the interior and not the least my third little Princess (getting ready for a drive) got here in the project's timing as well...Sometimes i have a hard time beleiving i hung in there and finished it.....But i did!!!!

Lead.

Oh, and here is the other project i just got a few weeks ago (with my Old Pro Touring stuff (actually still bran new never ran but still been at friends house for few years now lol!!!) (Wheels, 6.0L and T56, C6 Z-06 Brake set up and a lot more misc parts) He did put a lot in it, body is almost 100% new, suspension is awesome, but i have the body for sale locally, i wanted to get my parts back to re-PT my convertible bu i dont know, i like it how it is...I'll see. This is such a nice and easy project i'm starting to like it more and more every time i go in the garage i see it finished so i don't know...I have a guy that showed serious intrerest in the 'vert so who knows. I just dont know if i'm ready to get into another build right away tough....The only motivation would be i would have a pretty good budget from the sale to fund the Hard top right away and no waiting...Could be fun.

We'll see!!!

Here are some pics;

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Its a nice base to start off of.

Lead.

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Originally Posted by Leadfoot1 (Post 372194)

rear seat still fits...

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front clip w/sway bar
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:-)))

Lead.

Lead,, who built the subframe for the HD-top ?? Was it a Wayne Due ? Hate to see you sold it,, but I sold the last 2 i completed,Paid house off !! Slower $$ as you spend and go,,

Its built off a mix of WD and Morrison but was done at a local Nascar shop. Why sad? its still there but i'm selling the whole car, i'M just keeping my brakes, t56, 6.0L and wheel tires at this point.... If i sell the vert, i might build this one, but now i have buyers for both of them so i might change the whole thing. I have a buddy that has an ultra sano 62 Bubbletop 409 4speed that would be nice with the 3 kids or i looked at some 911, my wife likes em too. We'll see.

Lead.

....Money on the house is not out of the question either...We grow up don't we!!! :cheers:

lead, that vert is looking good! im more the drag race kinda guy myself so i really dig that look, although the stance on the hardtop is absolutely killer!

Updates ?? Anyone ?? No new cars ??

We hit a stride on this thread for a while !!! All right, hit it again with updates on some of these cars ??? Don't let this Homey- Boyz thread die !! { i would update mine, but the patio project from hell is ongoing},I at least finished all the sheet metal, gas tank , in the trunk area, and got the Fhat-mat down,, in my Nova,,

Just a list of parts a half-mile long waiting to go in...

Working on the ls1 harness, havn't learned yet how yo post pics from my iphone

My car will be all built at home by me. I plan on doing the paint myself also, but probably will rent a paint booth to do it, the wife will kill my ass for stinking up the house... AGAIN. ha ha... I have some pics on the project updates forum.

My Car (project Plain Jane/1sickT8) was built completely at home purchased for 100 dollars, built in my 2 car garage, in 14 months time

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I built the motor myself

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transmission

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body panels

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electrical

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interior

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rented a both for the Paint and did the stripes at home

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Car Name

Plain Jane / 1sickT8

Suspension & Brakes;

Hotchkis 2" Front coils
Hotchkis 1.5" Rear Leafs
Hellwig Hollow rear adjustable sway bar
Hotchkis 1-1/8", Hollow Sway bar (front)
Hotchkis Machined Tie Rod Sleeves
Hotchkis Sub Frame Connectors
Hotchkis Rear Shock Tower Brace
Hotchkis Chassis Max Handle Bars
Hotchkis Premium Steering Rebuild Kit
Complete welding of all seams on the factory sub-frame (for strength) and then Glass shot peened to reduce torsional chassis stresses (Peen-Rite)
Global West aluminum body mounts and stainless sub frame bolts
Global West 6 degree Upper tube arms
Proforged Tall upper ball joint
DSE lower Arms
QA1 single adjust shocks Front and Rear
AGR 12.7:1 gear ratio Billet power steering box
ARG high volume steering pump
Derale Power Steering Fluid Cooler
Magnefine Inline power steering Filter
Corvette front brakes, caddy rear brakes
Coys C55 wheels 17x8” front 17x9” rear

Engine;

Seasoned, GM 350 engine Bored 30 over and surface Decked (010 4 bolt block) and stroked to 383
Cast Flat Top pistons(2 Valve Reliefs 10.7:1 w/64cc heads)
ARP Main Bolts
ARP 134-7901 Oil Pump Driveshaft
Melling M55HV (high volume) pump with matching pick up tube for oil pan
Patriot Racing Heads 64cc CNC ported
Comp Cams Roller rockers and Comp Cams Hardened Push Rods
Holley Street Dominator intake
Edelbrock 1406 carb jetted (.098", .101", .071"x.047 orange middle hole) or for race events a Holley HP
wilson Carburetor Spacer 1”
Holley Red Electric Fuel Pump
3/8" Stainless Steel Front to rear fuel line
1 5/8 in. Holley Headers
Safety wired header bolts
2.5” Mandrel bent Aluminized Exhaust Front to rear with H Crossover
HITACHI Mini Starter (high torque)
MSD pro-billet dizzy
MSD 6AL box
Accell 8.5 Ceramic plug wire set
Prothane's poly urethane engine mounts and ARP engine mount bolts
ARP stainless engine complete bolt kit
Made 4 You spark plug wire holders
Be Cool Radiator
Aluminum over flow bottle
16” Electric cooling fan and aluminum fan shroud
Spectre Air Intake box
Spectre aluminum pulleys

Transmission

Richmond Super T-10 is a four speed (1st gear is 3.42, 2nd is 2.28, 3rd is 1.46, and 4th is 1 )
T-Rex no jump second gear slider
Prothane 7-1604 transmission mount
621 bell housing
Zoom clutch
Centerforce aluminum Flywheel 158 tooth
ARP Flywheel Bolts
Hurst/Indy 4-Speed Shifter (7 1/2” tall shift arm)
Lakewood shift fork
Lakewood pilot bearing
Stock balanced Drive shaft with Currie Enterprises U-Joints
Factory 8.2 10bolt (3.08 ratio)
Trunk Mounted Optima Battery

Interior and exterior

Corbeau Forza seats
Morris Classic Concepts 3 point seat belt
Talbot Vintage racing mirrors
Detroit Speed and Engineering 7 speed wiper kit
Detroit Speed and Engineering 68 RS electric headlight Door update kit
Billet RS grill kit
Tri-Bar Halogen headlights
LED Tail lights and front turn signals
Ride Tech/Air Rides billet fuel cap
American Autowire Classic update kit full car harness
Auto Meter instruments
Covans Classic dash panel
Cool IT thermo tec insulation
Southern rods hot rod heater (smoothed firewall) with custom single switch control
Grant GT steering wheel

and then Daily driven and Tracked (below Plain Jain Hanging with Jenny Craig and Sucker Punch)

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Do you have any more pictures of your beautiful 68? love the hockey stick stripes. In one picture you show an orange dash and another a black dash. Which way did you go?

I went with a black dash, thanks for the complements, this was a good shake down year and most of the bugs are out of the motor and suspension

here's the car again at Marina

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here's Plain Jane at RTTC2

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Plain Jane Hanging with Bad Penny

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as seen in camaro performers

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Rod – Seeing all the pictures really puts your car in better perspective. That’s an amazing transformation! And all done in 14 months in your garage. Nice laundry list of suspension too! ;)

Bram's 68 pro-touring Camaro build in the Netherlands

AWESOME! Nice job! When I saw the first pic I was like --- man that thing sits a bit high - but well - what the heck he's in the Netherlands... Then I got to the end and dropped my jaw! :cheers:

7 years went by in a hurray -- and you will enjoy every minute now!

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Originally Posted by Moabdude (Post 385945)

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WOW, that stance is perfect

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Originally Posted by Moabdude (Post 385945)

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Beautiful!

Thread lost ??????

:question: :question: Has this thread finally seen the end ?? seems there are no new HOME-Boys posting their rides,, Not even a single update on any of the projects ,, What -up ??

Here's a little youtube link:

http://youtu.be/blAuclYw9BA

Just got the exhaust done the other day....waiting for the Pinion Yoke to show its pretty face...a little buttoning up here and there and I will be driving this thang in a few weeks. :thumbsup:

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Not a high end build by any means, but this is where I am on my 68 firebird. I didnt paint it, but have done most of everything else in my garage.

As soon as my 72 Camaro sell's.I will be starting another garage build.

Got mine on the ground, still ALOT of work to go... But I like where I'm at.
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Ours is a garage build as well. The build thread is in my sig. below. :thumbsup:

Mine is a garage build, I need to post some updates but things are crazy at work right now.
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Build thread is here:
https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=34997

I don't get a lot of feedback though so I'm either making a lot of mistakes or my car doesn't fit with the community. Either way I love seeing the builds here and get a lot of great ideas from what others are posting.
Love this place! :D

For the most part mine is garage built, save for the paint/body and a couple other items.Next time it will be entirely garage built from ground up. It's been a learning curve over the last 8 years or so. If I could do it over again I'd do things way different but hey, you live and learn. It's not pro-touring, back when I started it I was young and wanted to go fast in a straight line. However, I do plan on driving it all the time when it is "finished."