So here it goes, my project thread (2nd gen)
#901
Yes I am going to get some type of tank sealer then paint the whole thing with epoxy primer and maybe body color later. The only part I was bummed about was the dent from the day I got my 78'. I had forgot it was there, just the size of a half dollar. I knew when I saw it what it was from though. I got my car on a COLD winter night. There was about 2' of snow on the ground and I had to get it pulled out backwards. My buddy wrecked the motor in his truck doing it. There was a cinder block somewhere under the snow and I got pulled over it. There was a dent in the rocker i left when I painted it and the dent in the tank where I came off it. Right when I saw I thought. Aww I'll save this and tell my kids about it when there older. Then I blew a hole in the tank a ruined that idea.
I'm making a set of Nascar (round bar with heim ends) style linkage rods for my t10 at work. I'll post up pics when I get the parts but would you be interested in something like that?
I'm making a set of Nascar (round bar with heim ends) style linkage rods for my t10 at work. I'll post up pics when I get the parts but would you be interested in something like that?
#902
Yeah, I'd like to see the pics of the NASCAR rods. I've got the HD rods on my ST10, so I wont be changing out, but still like to see what you do. My rods are 1/2" diameter, so it would be easy to cut the ends off and thread them for 1/2 NF heim ends, rather than replace them totally.
#904
From what I've gathered, there were two different stock linkages. The std. with 3/8" rods and the HD with 1/2" rods. I think they were even supplied to Chevy by two different suppliers, and they were a complete shifter assembly, not just different rods. I know Hurst was one supplier, just can't remember the other that I have?
I'll have to look at mine to remember the supplier's name stamped on it.
Just came to me!!!! It's a factory ITM shifter with the heavy rods.
I'll have to look at mine to remember the supplier's name stamped on it.
Just came to me!!!! It's a factory ITM shifter with the heavy rods.
Last edited by 1971BB427; 02-27-2013 at 10:52 AM.
#905
ITM had heavier rods but the shifters were not the greatest. I had one before the Hurst. That thing locked up so many times. I remember just sitting on the side of the road stuck in neutral or third. Hated it with a passion. Took every bit of two weeks of that for me to pony up for a Competition Plus.
#906
I've heard that before Damon, but it usually was ITM's that were well worn. I remember friends having factory ITM shifters back when they were new and they shifted wonderful. I actually thought they were better than a Hurst when they are in good condition.
#907
I like the Hurst because it snaps over the the 3-4 side on its own. You have to keep pressure on the the stick from 1-2 but 3-4 is just hammer forward and it jumps the gate to the 3-4 side. I need to feel that again, SOON!
#908
Damon was your Camaro a stick car when you got it or did you convert it? Just curious, at some point I will most likely be looking to tackle a swap to a 5/6 speed. Certainly won't be any time soon considering the work I'm doing to my TH350 but wondered what kind of PITA it is, or isn't? I've seen a lot of posts from people saying it's an easy swap as well as posts saying it's miserable.
#909
Swapping to a stick, and swapping to a 5-6 speed stick are quite different. Swapping to a 4 speed is easy, with all factory parts. Swapping to the T56 takes more changes to just about everything to make it fit and function properly.
#910
With the cvar apart it took an hour to swap pedals and install the Zbar. There is a dimple in the firewall on later cars where to drill for the boot. On earlier cars there is a block off plate. I bought the Zbar as a kit from Tamaraz for less than $120. It had the ball stud, zbar, rods, a boot for the clutch fork and a boot for the firewall. The pedals came out of the junkyard. Funny thing is the hump came from the same car 11 yrs later. Really cool junkyards here.