looks and sounds like youre cooking along pretty good. Gonna be a killer ride when done.
Also a side note when I tore my old 82 Z/28 down for a rebuild I found a small sack of coins from 82 burried in the dash. I took a few out and added some 10’s and put sack back in the dash. I guess even the guys at the assembly line have a sense of humor too
He is still around?
Ok, Got the camera to work last night.
Not bad welds for someone just starting out! (Or tell me otherwise)
Just doing the Passenger side at the moment, haven’t started on the Drivers side.
My Welding Setup (Pro-Mig 180, and 200cu Tank, still need to build a cart)
The “other tools” for this project. Gotta get some other sanding rolls though for some tight spots and post-weld grinding/shaping.
And the yellow hose below is what blew… I put this section on after the first one blew; need to get a 3’ piece of actual compressor hose (This stuff is rated to 300psi, but gets “soft” when it gets warm… IE: after 30 mins of the compressor running non-stop.
Stopped for a few days on this; have to get some other materials and such. Got more wire; but need to grab a bag of tips (welder came with .025 & .035; but .030 is the typical wire, which I got; but don’t have a tip for; fuck). And some more 2" 24-Grit discs, and some sandpaper Rolls for getting into some spots that aren’t so easy to get into.
When you get tips, buy some anti-spatter spray. It will help.
Thanks.
Any suggestions for the fucking seam-sealer/adhesive in the spot-weld seams?
Burn it out with a torch beforehand.
That’s that I figured.
:tup: Looks great!
Your welds look really nice so far.
+1.
Are you going to continue welding the seams into the interior? If so and it’s anything like a 3rd gen they globbed sealer everywhere
Nope, just the Firewall forward. Interior is getting a Wolfe 6/8 pt bar or a custom built bar.
I’ve had the interior apart too many times to count, and there’s not a lot of seam sealer, or there wasn’t at least. But at this point there’s quite a layer of Spray Sound-Deadening material on the interior, not worth it to remove/scrape/swear/bitch/etc to remove it all to seam weld in there. Getting it off to weld the mounting plates for the bar is going to be fun enough.
You could probably use your Multi-tool…just thinking about that now and it I bet it would work really well.
I’ve been using it for the really tight spots in the engine bay for paint/primer/sealer removal. But there’s still some areas with the tips/bits that I have that I can’t access. Need to get some tapered sanding rolls (like what’s used for porting/polishing heads) to get good access to some of the spots. They way they made the shock towers kick into the engine bay; the lower weld to the frame is a nightmare to get access to with tools.
From the looks of your work so far I doubt you’ll have too much of an issue getting it done, definitely good work
Quick update… Haven’t gotten much if anything else done on the bird… Life is chaos.
But… Did source an engine and k-member today. Complete 98 ls1 (125k) all accessories, PCM, air box, etc. ready to drop in hookup the power/grounds and fire up; plus a new BMR KM019 k-member (ultra high clearance turbo style. Uses pedestal style mounts like their sbc/bbc k-members. Allows tons of room for turbo down pipes.) for just over 2k delivered.
I know the 99+ is preferred but for this price, with a new BMR k-member and ready to drop in, I couldn’t pass it up. Plus this motor is to get the car running, and the ls swap debugged, not be the final motor in the car.
Going to do a once over on the motor, not a build, but tear apart, inspect, new rings, bearings, and gasket kid. Prob a ls6 manifold and maybe a cam if I have the budget/find a deal. Prob swap to a 99+ PCM as well.
:tup:
Nice!
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You will drive this back to Buffalo this time…right?
If I move back to buffalo, one of two things will happen… it’s either going in the moving truck (Moving company’s Semi-Truck); or I’m grabbing an enclosed car hauler and dragging it across country again, only this time it will be with my truck/trailer and I’m stopping 1/2 way for a night in a hotel. Not doing that trip straight through again; getting too old for that crap.
Regardless of where we end up in a year and a half, I’m still going to end up driving across country with an enclosed trailer, there’s things a moving company won’t move that I don’t want to get rid of again (like everything I tossed/gave away when I moved out here).
Dead body collection…?
Well, that too…
Chemicals mainly, plus I’m not sure about the crated up engine and other parts I took of the bird from the LT motor. Chemicals get EXPENSIVE especially when you’ve got a cabinet or 2 full of them (Paints, solvents, aerosols, finishes, etc).
Do the 99+ PCM conversion if you plan on modding the car or doing anything serious down the line.
The 98 is a pain with dual VE tables and limitations on OS upgrades.
Exactly what I was reading. And I figured, seeing everything is out of the car to start with, and I was already going to clean-up the harness, I might as well. Plus I can pretty much have a net-zero cost for the 98-99+ PCM. Price on 98 PCMs has gone up through the roof for some reason; hell I might even be able to make a little $$ on switching.
