Project Cleaning the Clutter in Our Engine Bay

[376LS3]

Hey Nathan, what type of sanding/polishing bits for your grinder did you get? It just seems like bits are going to get used up real quick, so just wondering what you had the best luck with. Thanks!

[LC]

Originally Posted by 376LS3

Hey Nathan, what type of sanding/polishing bits for your grinder did you get? It just seems like bits are going to get used up real quick, so just wondering what you had the best luck with. Thanks!

he made a guide about it...

wait a minute...

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by 376LS3

Hey Nathan, what type of sanding/polishing bits for your grinder did you get? It just seems like bits are going to get used up real quick, so just wondering what you had the best luck with. Thanks!

WE made our own. I promise to post a video for LC over a year ago and still haven't done it. I did do the video clip but I'm not sure where it went. I'm so busy right now that I can't make any promises.

Originally Posted by LC

he made a guide about it...

wait a minute...

LOL, I hear ya, I suck!

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by 376LS3

Hey Nathan, what type of sanding/polishing bits for your grinder did you get? It just seems like bits are going to get used up real quick, so just wondering what you had the best luck with. Thanks!

Originally Posted by LC

he made a guide about it...

wait a minute...

Some of you might know Justin took it upon himself to design and bring to market camber plates for the Camaro community now that Pfadt and Pedders are no longer in business.



This is solely Justin's baby. My only contribution has been suggestion on the finishes, LOL. We are trying different finishes before settling on one. This particular set we had polishes before going of to the anodized next week. Stay tunes next week for the final product.



For those that might be interest in the camber plates, Here is the link to the thread: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=377990

While i was at my buddy's polishing shop to pick up the camber plates, I figured it would be a good time to make the video I have been promising to post for over a year on how to make sanding cartridges.


So now without any further ado, it brings me great pleasure to debut the long awaited, over a year in the makings, much anticipated video backed by popular demand...............Drum roll please............ how to make sanding cartridges




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[LC]

holly... I should gather my stuff and jump into the bunker. The END is coming!

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by LC

holly... I should gather my stuff and jump into the bunker. The END is coming!

LOL, cant say I have never done anything for you.

In a effort to keep everything in line with the theme of racy and industrial instead of bling, Justin found a place about 90 minutes away that had a water blasting (Supposedly these water blasted are really expensive.... like $30,000 ) machine. It gives a really fine finish vs sand blasting, almost like the finish on an Apple I pad. The owner was nice enough to let us use it for $65 an hour. Justin spent 3.5 hours doing these parts. We still need to do a few more parts to everything done.

Here are the obligatory pics, LOL



Before and after

[TXM62SS]

Beautiful pieces!

[2012InfernoSS]

That's pretty sick.. was going to upload some pics of my progress but not after that

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by TXM62SS

Beautiful pieces!

Originally Posted by ZL575BumbleBee

Looks really nice - will you have to put a top coat on them to retain the finish ?

Thanks guys. Even though the shinning stuff looks nice, it justy doesnt work with our goal. So the goals keeps guiding our decisions. Today they go to the anodizer for a coat of clear.

Originally Posted by 2012InfernoSS

That's pretty sick.. was going to upload some pics of my progress but not after that

Well..... then posted them today, LOL. Seriously though, we are almost done with our project so it will be up to you guys to keep this thread going with ideas and your own projects.

I going to work on the OP to make hyper of everybody's contributions to make easier for members to find info on what they are interest in doing as the thread has gotten to big.

Also anybody that has updated pictures of their engine bay, please post them as I will be updating the picture gallery on the OP also. I will probably move the gallery to the top of the OP so it's the first thing you see when you click on the thread.

[2012InfernoSS]

I'll post some pics later today when I get home from work

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[2012InfernoSS]

Alright so here is my progress.. I still have some stuff to do like tucking the wires alittle better, lengthening the drivers side injector and coil plugs along with the starter wires.. I also need to mount the computer so its not banging around

Any recommendations are encouraged this being my first time doing this


The beginning








I need to tighten this up a little bit more and tuck it better but I hate wiring and can only take so much a day before I need to stop.. Also I am thinking about moving the abs but I don't know if I want to deal with bending lines and stuff.. would look really good gone though.

Reason I am moving the fuse box and computer is because here in the near future I will need the room for one of the twins to set



also the un covered wires in this picture are the ones I needed to lengthen for the injectors and coil packs

[TX_ED_SS]

Man, Rich, you are going all out. Can't wait to see the finished product!


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[BLACKVORTECHSS]

Finished routing the brake lines for ABS removal. Mounted prop block. Waiting on my master to be finished at the machine shop.

[2012InfernoSS]

I may tackle the abs.. I'll just get a line bender and that should make it easier

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