Titsy's Project Camaro

Pod · March 28, 2007, 09:29:31 AM

Quoting: Titsy

how much to fit...

Surely fitting it is just drilling a few holes and bolting it on?
That's what I'm intending to do with mine when/if it ever turns up.

Titsy · March 28, 2007, 12:15:37 PM

Doesn't hurt to get a price... Plus, in the case of the 4th gen the bulkhead isn't that iasy to get to as the engine sits partially under the dash as windscreen, so fitting this type of brace could turn out to be a PITA...

Pod · March 28, 2007, 12:20:28 PM

Fair enough.
Just found out my package has got stuck at Parcelforce waiting for me to pay them (and vat). So I'll pick that up tomorrow and see how my strut tower brace fits.

Rocky · March 28, 2007, 02:11:54 PM

Pretty booked up for a few weeks, did you have a time in mind? Strut brace would be around £40-£45 going by an hourly rate.

Titsy · March 28, 2007, 02:22:25 PM

Quoting: Rocky

Pretty booked up for a few weeks, did you have a time in mind?

Whenever suits you really... It would be nice to get it done before the start of the show season, but it's not the end of the world if it isn't...

Quoting: Rocky

Strut brace would be around £40-£45 going by an hourly rate.

Any idea how much you could get hold of an Edelbrock brace for?

Titsy · March 29, 2007, 06:00:14 AM

Roadkill · March 29, 2007, 06:52:08 AM

Really am tempted to have new SFC's fitted to mine . . . . the existing ones, although work, really don't fill me with confidence . . .

Titsy · March 29, 2007, 01:38:15 PM

for Rocky...

Rocky · March 29, 2007, 01:42:43 PM

Looking into the brace i dont really deal with Edelbrock so have emailed a few people i deal with to see what they can get, Will email you tomorrow with a date as have to see when i can squeeze you in the booth.

Titsy · March 29, 2007, 01:46:34 PM

Cheers Rocky...

Rocky · March 30, 2007, 02:34:38 PM

you have PM

Titsy · March 31, 2007, 08:33:06 AM

Quoting: Rocky

you have PM

Ditto...

Titsy · April 10, 2007, 12:15:52 PM

She passed her MOT with flying colours...

Only one advisory that one of the rear tyres is on it's way out. But I have the Death Sliders (coopers) that I'm trying to run down to replace with Kuhmos on the rear. So they're supposed to be running low on tread....

Plus, My shipment of shiney new things from Modern Day Muscle turned up today...

Titsy · April 13, 2007, 03:58:41 AM

Well, in reward for me insuring her for another year she's bitten again...

The hose repair i've done isn't holding when she gets hot... How are you supposed to look cool when every time you pull up there is steam coming out from under the bonnet?

Checked to see how much a replacement would cost.... Wait for it.... $250...

The hose in question goes all the way from the water pump to the heater matrix and the a mix of ruber swaged onto aluminium pipes, plus it is fixed to another pipe the comes all the way back, and has a blead valve in it... Would have to be the most expensive hose in the car wouldn't it....

I'm actually thinking is would be best to replace all the hoses and the water pump so that the coolong system has no excuses to break...

Also when is starts to leak it drips down near the optispark, so I can't mess about to long getting it fixed...

Oh yeah, and to top all that the power steering seems to have packed up... What did I do to deserve all this?

Maybe I should have bought an Alfa, it would have been more reliable...

Roadkill · April 13, 2007, 04:16:30 AM

Quoting: Titsy

the power steering seems to have packed up...

How so ?

Titsy · April 13, 2007, 07:42:54 AM

It's intermitently stiff to steer... I've only noticed it when manovouring, but them you wouldn't really notice at speed...

Roadkill · April 13, 2007, 07:44:18 AM

Quoting: Titsy

It's intermitently stiff to steer...

Checked your fluid ?

Sounds like there's air in there . . .

Titsy · April 13, 2007, 08:03:53 AM

Quoting: Titsy

The hose in question goes all the way from the water pump to the heater matrix and the a mix of ruber swaged onto aluminium pipes, plus it is fixed to another pipe the comes all the way back, and has a blead valve in it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/93-97-Z28-TRANS-AM-FORMULA-LT1-HEATER-HOSE-ASSEMBLY-NEW_W0QQitemZ270095898737QQcmdZViewItem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here's one...

Roadkill · April 13, 2007, 08:04:47 AM

Eh ?

Titsy · April 13, 2007, 08:17:53 AM

Quoting: Roadkill

Eh ?

Not quite the $250 I'd been quoted before, but certainly nearing £150 by the time is passes customs...

FUBAR · April 13, 2007, 08:19:02 AM

that thing looks like a biotch to change too

Roadkill · April 13, 2007, 08:37:27 AM

My "Eh ?" was because I don't see how your comment has anything to do with the last one regarding Power Steering.

Titsy · April 13, 2007, 08:52:34 AM

it wasn't, but I have two problems...

Pod · April 13, 2007, 11:01:58 AM

Quoting: Titsy

I have ~~two~~ lots of problems...

That looks like the hose that sends hot water to the heater and takes it back again.
Can't you just bypass it for now? U shaped hose should do it.
Worked for me.

FUBAR · April 13, 2007, 11:53:48 AM

Quoting: Pod

Worked for me.

And dean's caddy