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Old 04-10-2013, 07:32 PM   #57
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The passion that the Moreno G5R project exhibits is simply unparalleled! We ourselves are truly honored to be involved in such a project and could not be happier with how it is proceeding. These build threads are a must-subscribe to!

Thanks Nathan and Justin!

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Old 04-10-2013, 11:10 PM   #58
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Cool!!! This is moving faster than any other major project on C5 has ever moved. If you ask me. Maybe its just that we get an actual update, with pictures, on something new almost every day. I read C5 threads instead of watching the news haha.

Thanks Vroom! Thats because my brothers and I are working on it daily to get her DONE!

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The passion that the Moreno G5R project exhibits is simply unparalleled! We ourselves are truly honored to be involved in such a project and could not be happier with how it is proceeding. These build threads are a must-subscribe to!

Thanks Nathan and Justin!
Thanks guys! Can't wait to have Aaron drive the car at couple of tracking events and help us fine tune it!


Quick Update:


Rear Upper Control Arms


These guys were in desperate need of some love.

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THese next two pics will give you an idea of how bad the splatter was.

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You can see how jagged the edges are.


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So with some tools on hand the works begins.

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So with a little bit of this.......

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And a little bit of that.......

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And some more of this.......

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And a dash of this.......

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And a dash of that.......

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And finally, completely cleaned and awaiting the silver powder coating. We will pick up the finished product tomorrow.

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I got some more parts in today but they are not for the engine bay or suspension side of the project, so I don't know where to post them and I'm certainly not going to create another thread, LOL. I will see what I figure out. Stay tuned for tomorrows update.

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Old 04-11-2013, 11:39 AM   #59
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Are you beating that chisel with a framing hammer? LOL this isn't woodshop!
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Old 04-11-2013, 07:01 PM   #60
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Old 04-11-2013, 11:53 PM   #61
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Are you beating that chisel with a framing hammer? LOL this isn't woodshop!
LOL, I like to speak softly and carry a big Hammer, LOL.

Kyle, I'm not sure if you heard but I hear there is a KILLER 5 Gen Camaro being built in your neck of the woods. It's currently being kept hooch hooch but will be competing in the One Lap in the next few weeks.

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I feel like my car is a complete hack job special now.
LOL Jordan.

Quick Update
The continuation of Rear Upper Control Arms


Quick disclosure: The color is very nice on its own merits but I'm not feeling it for this project, to much bling. It's hard to pick color from a brochure with 1' square color sample. I will probably use it as an expensive base to paint them the same Alumi Blast color I used on the spindles.

Here are a few before and afters.

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I had the housing ultrasonically cleaned today and drop off at the powder coater. Stay tuned for tomorrows update.

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Old 04-13-2013, 10:28 PM   #62
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Quick Update:

Refinishing Rear Spindles:



Well, here is what I started with........



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The red circles represent all the little lumps, bumps and insignia that were removed.


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Next came the removal of the bushing that will re replaced with a Pfadt Racing poly. I rented a three prung puller from AZ and removed one of the prungs.

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Next I cut of the rubber around the edge of the bushing to make it easier to pull out.

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Wala, they're out!

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Lastly, here are a few pics from every angle of the final results. For more details on the rest of the steps, see the pics on the front spindles.

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Stay Tuned for more updates tomorrow.

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Old 04-14-2013, 11:37 PM   #63
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Quick Update:

Removing Rear Sub Bushings and control arm bushings.

Here are a few pictures of the process my brother and I took to remove the rear bushings. This is by no means is the only way to do it or the easiest but being that my rear sub was out of the car, this is the way I did it.

To keep the upper control arm bracket from moving around while trying to cut out the bushing, Justin made a fixture to bolt it to.

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Next we used a saw to cut the center section out.

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Here is the center section from one of the sub frame bushings for reference. Similar to the control arm bushings.

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These bushings have an outer steel sleeve that has adhesive from the factory. We gave it some heat to loosen up the adhesive. The last step was to cut the steel outer ring very carefully as to not cut the housing (Picture not shown.) Next I hammer a screw driver to create a wedge between the sleeve and housing and worked it till the steel ring collapse on it self. I will say this was a PITA to do.

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For the sub bushing the process was basically the same. After cutting out the center section, I broke off the edges of the bushing and the made two cuts with the saw-zall and pried it with the screw driver.

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Finally got them all out.

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If anybody has some tips for others on an easier way to remove these bushing, please post them as this seemed pretty barbaric way of doing them, LOL.

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Old 04-15-2013, 11:02 AM   #64
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looking good guys....



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LOL, I like to speak softly and carry a big Hammer, LOL.

Kyle, I'm not sure if you heard but I hear there is a KILLER 5 Gen Camaro being built in your neck of the woods. It's currently being kept hooch hooch but will be competing in the One Lap in the next few weeks.



LOL Jordan.

Quick Update
The continuation of Rear Upper Control Arms



Quick disclosure: The color is very nice on its own merits but I'm not feeling it for this project, to much bling. It's hard to pick color from a brochure with 1' square color sample. I will probably use it as an expensive base to paint them the same Alumi Blast color I used on the spindles.



Here are a few before and afters.




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I had the housing ultrasonically cleaned today and drop off at the powder coater. Stay tuned for tomorrows update.

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Old 04-15-2013, 11:49 AM   #65
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[QUOTE=Nathan Moreno;6414167]LOL, I like to speak softly and carry a big Hammer, LOL.

Kyle, I'm not sure if you heard but I hear there is a KILLER 5 Gen Camaro being built in your neck of the woods. It's currently being kept hooch hooch but will be competing in the One Lap in the next few weeks.



Oh come on! you can't say that and not give me anything else to go off of! HMM I wonder if the place down the road from my house is finally doing some more development with a 5th gen.

Looking good as always Nathan!
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Old 04-15-2013, 10:07 PM   #66
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looking good guys....
Than ks Frank, I will be shipping it back to you as soon as I get it back from the powder coating.

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LOL, I like to speak softly and carry a big Hammer, LOL.

Kyle, I'm not sure if you heard but I hear there is a KILLER 5 Gen Camaro being built in your neck of the woods. It's currently being kept hooch hooch but will be competing in the One Lap in the next few weeks.



Oh come on! you can't say that and not give me anything else to go off of! HMM I wonder if the place down the road from my house is finally doing some more development with a 5th gen.

Looking good as always Nathan!

Bingo! Supposedly it's all gutted out, be interesting to see how we do in comparison. I will need Aaron to drive the car because those guys can drive, LOL

Quick Update:

Giving the hubs a little love!


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And after much scotch brite and some paint.


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Quick Update:


If anybody has some tips for others on an easier way to remove these bushing, please post them as this seemed pretty barbaric way of doing them, LOL.

I used PVC pipe, threaded rod and some heat took about 3-5 minutes per bushing

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[QUOTE=Nathan Moreno;6427952]Than ks Frank, I will be shipping it back to you as soon as I get it back from the powder coating.

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Bingo! Supposedly it's all gutted out, be interesting to see how we do in comparison. I will need Aaron to drive the car because those guys can drive, LOL

Quick Update:

Giving the hubs a little love!


here what I started with

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And after much scotch brite and some paint.


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question Nathan - aren't the hubs covered by the rotors/rotor hats?
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Than ks Frank, I will be shipping it back to you as soon as I get it back from the powder coating.



question Nathan - aren't the hubs covered by the rotors/rotor hats?
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I used PVC pipe, threaded rod and some heat took about 3-5 minutes per bushing

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=289431
That was a great write up! Thanks for posting. I wish I had seen it before, LOL.

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Than ks Frank, I will be shipping it back to you as soon as I get it back from the powder coating.

question Nathan - aren't the hubs covered by the rotors/rotor hats?
RJ you know I'm OCD like that.

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Cleaning Rear Sub


Here are a few before shots of the sub. All the edges were radius, debured and cleaned up.

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Some of this and some of that and......

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After 15 hours of work, she is now pretty clean. All the splatter has been removed, etc......


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After blasting and before powder coating.

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