Project round two: 1992 Chevy Camaro

[bigjon88]

Cough cough race car

[OVRKILL]

Sorry I was in the middle of eating a samich.....what were saying about expensive loom?

[DETROITMUSCLE]

hell yeah forward progress and lots of it.

[Darren]

Thanks Jon.

So BigJon and I got right to work last night (big thanks to him for always lending a hand and helping me through this project! for jon [MENTION=2135]bigjon88[/MENTION]) we got the wiring harness done! I didnt think to take a picture so fail on me. It has all been cut and de-pinned and is zip tied awaiting the really expensive wire loom [MENTION=1023]OVRKILL[/MENTION]. We installed the harness to see where everything went and I am very pleased with the LACK of wiring you will see. Also Jon came out with a great idea to hide the light harness, going to tackle that soon as well. We got one of the fuel lines done and installed, have to wait on another order from Summit to get the other one done

Other then this just a few odds and ends to finish up and a few other issues to tackle. Also a shout out to [MENTION=709]bri2203[/MENTION] for being a good parts guy and always lending a hand. He loaned me his drop air filter to test fit on my car and then was able to find me one to buy from him! Also many parts for my car has been from his parts cars or received from him in some other way.

Still on the list:

Body work - finish prep on front clip and rear bumper cover
Paint
Install all air dam, lights, etc
Drop tank and remove fuel pump
install torque arm and driveshaft
figure out how the interior goes back

START HER UP!

[NullHead]

Well what was really going on, is Darren and John were doing it correctly, just like everyone has been telling him to do it, but for whatever reason, his MSD distributor's slot for the oil pump drive shaft isn't aligned with the rotor point on the top of the distributor shaft. So in reality, for Darren's distributor, his oil pump drive shaft needs to be pointed at the number 7 cylinder and the rotor is pointed at number one. Then it all drops in just like it's supposed to.

Really once Darren gets his fuel lines all set, he just needs to finish up odds and ends and go through everything again and make sure everything is tight, and it's gonna fire no problem! He really does have an good looking engine bay. I think everyone will be very impressed with it out on Woodward. That's because he will have it out on Woodward in no time once he gets his odds and ends wrapped up.

[TylerT/AZ28]

The oil drive slot and rotor was not matched up. Jon rotated the oil drive on the distributor and dropped it in.

Any more insight rather then push and turn. Having troubles with the fraying on the end of the braded line into the fittings.

so my guess was right with the distributor and oil pump stick. fraying always happens to some degree with braided lines, do what james said otherwise be careful and you might have some sore fingers.

[Gregs_gsxr]

are you using rubber braided line or PTFE line ?

[WMCCjames]

To keep the fraying to a min. Wrap a piece of electrical tape tightly around the hose. Then cut the hose right through the tape with a cut-off wheel. You can keep the tape on the hose and insert that into the fitting.


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[Darren]

push and turn.
How did you get the dist in?

The oil drive slot and rotor was not matched up. Jon rotated the oil drive on the distributor and dropped it in.

Any more insight rather then push and turn. Having troubles with the fraying on the end of the braded line into the fittings.

[1BADAIR]

push and turn.
How did you get the dist in?

[Darren]

If I could figure out how to get these AN fittings on the braided line then yes this could start up soon. But that's proving to be a chore. Any hints?

I'm just pleased oil pressure was good and no leaks...


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[JoeliusZ28]

Keep it up! I want to see this beast running this year!

[Gregs_gsxr]

nice, so this thing is gonna fire by sunday right

[Darren]

[MENTION=3917]NullHead[/MENTION]

Jon is the man. Within minutes he figured out the issue and did this.





Got 60 PSI of oil pressure too so we must have done something right.


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[hoogiesngrinderz]

try rotating the crank a little to see if the distributor will slot into the oil pump?