Project Cleaning the Clutter in Our Engine Bay

[cterry]

Originally Posted by Justin Moreno

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to introduce myself.. some of you may know me from the pictures, I am Justin, Nathan's brother. Nathan suggested that I make an account here to post along in the project threads, so I did

I will try to help Nathan out a little bit by helping with the project updates, asking/answering questions, and just joining in on the fun here!

I have followed this thread as everyone has been posting so I'm familiar with all of you regular addicts LOL. It will be fun hanging out with you all.



Justin

I have been following for a long time now. You guys are doing an amazing job.
Welcome to the site.

[The Blue Ox]

Welcome Justin! I suspect when you and Nathan get done with his car, then you two will start on yours! Be a little easier the second time around!!

[572HP]

Welcome Justin!

Originally Posted by The Blue Ox

Welcome Justin! I suspect when you and Nathan get done with his car, then you two will start on yours! Be a little easier the second time around!!

Yeah...like starting with just the shell and adding just the parts needed. Forget the "cleaning the clutter" part...just start with the clean canvas.

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by The Blue Ox

Welcome Justin! I suspect when you and Nathan get done with his car, then you two will start on yours! Be a little easier the second time around!!

could just get a rolling chasis when you start your project Justin

[OVRKILL]

This thing isnt done yet? When I get back from HRPT, you better be a whole lot closer MR.

Still looks incredible man....cant wait to see this wreck if it ever makes out here in the Midwest.

[PAUL SS]

Originally Posted by Justin Moreno

Hi everyone!

Just wanted to introduce myself.. some of you may know me from the pictures, I am Justin, Nathan's brother. Nathan suggested that I make an account here to post along in the project threads, so I did

I will try to help Nathan out a little bit by helping with the project updates, asking/answering questions, and just joining in on the fun here!

I have followed this thread as everyone has been posting so I'm familiar with all of you regular addicts LOL. It will be fun hanging out with you all.



Justin

Hey Justin, Welcome to Camaro5!

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by Doc

Welcome Justin! It's good to know somebody is there with Nathan in case he goes overboard and does something extreme.

Originally Posted by cterry

I have been following for a long time now. You guys are doing an amazing job.
Welcome to the site.

Originally Posted by The Blue Ox

Welcome Justin! I suspect when you and Nathan get done with his car, then you two will start on yours! Be a little easier the second time around!!

Originally Posted by 572HP

Welcome Justin!

Yeah...like starting with just the shell and adding just the parts needed. Forget the "cleaning the clutter" part...just start with the clean canvas.

Originally Posted by The Stig

could just get a rolling chasis when you start your project Justin

Originally Posted by PAUL SS

Hey Justin, Welcome to Camaro5!

Thanks all for the very warm welcome!

Yes, after project G5.R is finished, we will definitely start a new project down the road. I'm sure Nathan will agree that we are going to need a break though, LOL!

I'm thinking either a '69 Camaro or a 70-73' Firebird. Either choice will be built for track duty from the ground up. I say ground up, because i don't want to start by relocating heater hoses! It will be tough to keep it up with G5.R though, that is for dang sure!

[SS4PK]

Welcome Justin. Are you a contributor to Nathan derailing or are you helping him stay on track?

[BLACK10]

Originally Posted by Nathan Moreno

RJ, I'm sure there is another solution for FM radio.

BTW Guys, I wanted to post this exert from an e-mail Larry at TechAFX sent me. Some folks had recommended using these QD fittings earlier on this thread.

I looked over the earlier stuff in that thread & I would warn ANYBODY about using this piece of sh*t:





It's an unsafe, under-engineered, cheap, Chinese made, piece of junk. The U-shaped bit doesn't secure well & can vibrate loose.

One of the principals at SDPC had it loosen up on his Corvette & only by the grace of God did he avoid an engine fire when the fuel sprayed out.
Finch wasn't as lucky as his old Camaro burned to the ground because of one of these run between the trans. It leaked when he was out track racing. He now runs a 71 Camaro.

Tales of these things failing are all over the place. That's why we make these QD Jumpers, so our customers can SAFELY upgrade their cars.

I have the U fitting on my car. Ill keep checking them. As of now they are ok. I haven't had issues with this type but i have had issues with the plastic clip type. After time the plastic weakens and the line can also pop off. We had a customer that got lucky twice after the plastic clip failed:(

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by SS4PK

Welcome Justin. Are you a contributor to Nathan derailing or are you helping him stay on track?

Thank you . I don't think I am much help in keeping nathan on track Let's just say we've decided NO MORE IDEAS until the car is done LOL.... we'll see how long before that rule is.... vetoed.

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UPDATE

Its been a bit since the engine bay has had an update. Here is a little something I worked on today.

The Panel that holds the master cylinder has some ugly studs poking out into the engine bay. In a regular engine bay you can't see them because they are covered by the insulation and tucked under the overhang. but with both of those removed, they are easily visable.



To make it look a bit nicer, we removed all of the studs...



The studs are welded onto the banel, so to remove them we had to drill them out. The drill hole will also be used for the bolt and nut that will replace the stud, so it needs to be a nice and accurate hole. We used a drill press.



Some of the stud holes had a second layer of metal covering it, so to be able to access the nut/bolt, a bigger hole had to be drilled into the second layer, big enough for a socket wrench.






Here is the bolt/washer that we will use to replace the studs. From the Ringbrothers.



Here is the panel mocked up. we used ARP bolts for the mock up because that is all we have at the time. need to order more bolts from RB.



Much better!

[Moreno1]

Man I don't know what I would do without Justin's HELP!!! This higher education stuff and finals are... Thanks Bro

Posted a small update on the suspension thread.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...=1#post6605533

[LC]

Originally Posted by Nathan Moreno

Man I don't know what I would do without Justin's HELP!!! This higher education stuff and finals are. Thanks Bro

Posted a small update on the suspension thread.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...=1#post6605533

You should me ashamed of that update.. go Justin!

[Moreno1]

Originally Posted by LC

You should me ashamed of that update.. go Justin!

LC I can always count on you for a good laugh!

[willhe64]

I have developed an honest to goodness Pavlovian response to this thread. I start to drool before I even click on it.