microwheel Posted October 26, 2014 Author Posted October 26, 2014 And here is how it will basically look when done. Like I said earlier, I may do a little more work to the caliper to make it look a little more detailed but you get the idea. And the backs will be almost the same process.
W-409 Posted October 26, 2014 Posted October 26, 2014 Incredible work! I've always thought that this '70½ Camaro looks much better than '67-'69 Camaros so I'm really glad to see one built this well. Fantastic work overall, but my favorite is that interior. It looks very realistic, especially the seats that don't look like plastic at all. I can't wait to see more of this.
LouO Posted October 26, 2014 Posted October 26, 2014 Some serious attention to detail. This is awesome!
microwheel Posted October 26, 2014 Author Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Ok Guys, last update for today on the front brakes. The pics below show the parts that I made for both the inner and outer discs and rotors. The parts on the left are for the inner part of the disc brake that faces the suspension. The parts on the right are for the outer part of the disc brake that will show through the rim as you look at the side of the car. All the pics below are oriented that way. Just keep that in mind as you look at the pics. In this pic you can see the parts I made and then how they will be assembled to the wheels. The part on the left shows the back side of the rim. The part on the right shows the side that you see through the rim. The inner caliper will be cemented to the upright spindle once everything is painted and ready to be setup on the front suspension. I did have to grind the drum detail off the backside rim in order for the rotor to sit right. I also had to gently file the center hole on the backside rotor so the kit locking ring would slip through it. It doesnt go through it much just the very end of it, but it was a little tight and the rotor needs to turn freely with the wheel on the locking ring. Edited October 27, 2014 by microwheel
microwheel Posted October 27, 2014 Author Posted October 27, 2014 Update for today was to finish up the front brake assemblies and get the front suspension ready to run the front brake and fuel lines. So, though it may not seem like alot, It was sorta time consuming. To start with, I sanded the raised letters off of one side of each front tire, these will be replaced with the correct lettering decals later. Then I detail painted the front wheel backings so the brake rotors could be glued in place. Next the outer brake caliper halves were set into place. Next the back side of the rotors were glued into place. Next the rims were test fitted in place to make sure the outer caliper halves were going to clear them for rotation. Next the inner brake caliper halves were glued to the spindle uprights and one assembled tire was used to check them for clearance, appearance and function. Next a transition block was made out of a piece of evergreen plastic strip and holes drilled to accept brake lines, then painted and glued to it's frame location. And finally the base engine parts were assembled and the molded in engine block mechanical fuel pump was removed since this car uses a electrical fuel pump. I also removed the molded on oil filter from the oil pan, since I intend to use a aftermarket oil filter. The mocked up engine was set into place so I can use it to figure out clearances for the brake line that crosses over the frame. It will make sense when I start making and fitting the front brake lines. Anyways that's where things are for today. How much Im able to get done and post in the next day or so, is going to depend on how my wife's chemotherapy treatment goes in the morning.
microwheel Posted October 28, 2014 Author Posted October 28, 2014 Started on the front brake lines this evening. At this point I pretty much got the passenger side front brake lines complete. Here is the process. First I took some MCG scale metal brake line and bent it to shape to route it along the sub-frame cross member. Next I made some hanging brackets for the line out of photo-etched line hangers that can also be had through MCG. Next I drilled a hole through a piece of evergreen plastic round rod using the smallest pin vise bit I had close to the size if the brake line. This will be used as the transition fitting at the L bracket on the frame. Next I fed the line into place from the drivers side transition block I made earlier, to the L bracket on the passenger side. I then slipped the line brackets into the seam along the cross member and epoxied them in place. I also cemented the fitting I made from round rod to the top side of the passenger side frame L bracket. Next I cut a piece of black scale ignition wire (since this needs to be flexible for the steering), and I cut another piece of drilled out round rod, and attached it to one end of the black wire and epoxied this to the underside of the passenger side frame L bracket. Once the epoxy had set up, I trimmed the black wire down to size and attached it to the caliper line block I made for it, when I made the inner brake caliper half. I still have the driver's side line to make yet, but it should pretty much go the same way. More to come as I get it done.
blunc Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 nice job on adding the front disk brakes. I am curious about whether you will be fabbing an idler arm mount (that bar that is attached to the center link that isn't the pitman arm).
microwheel Posted October 28, 2014 Author Posted October 28, 2014 nice job on adding the front disk brakes. I am curious about whether you will be fabbing an idler arm mount (that bar that is attached to the center link that isn't the pitman arm). Hi Mike, And thanks. I already made and attached the idler arm frame mount, the one you see on the tie rod center link that isn't attached to anything yet is the pit-man arm that gets attached to the steering gear box. I just haven't installed the steering box yet. I still have to modify, paint, and detail the steering box yet. It will get done just before the sub-frame assembly gets attached to the chassis.in the post I made just before this last one, the last pic you see with the engine mocked into place, you see the chassis upside down with the pit-man arm not attached to anything, if it were turned over, that side would be the driver's side, and that's the side the steering box is on. The arm that is already attached to a mount on the frame would be the passenger side idler arm. If you go back a few pages in the thread where I was working on the front suspension you will see how the idler arm was mounted.
slusher Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Very impressive work and detail on your build so far.
microwheel Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 Morning guys. Got the front brake lines complete last night. All but running the rear brake line along the front sub frame, and that will get done as I get further along in the build. As will the fuel line coming from the back of the car along the front sub frame. Here is a pic with the pretty much completed sub frame test fitted on the chassis. Next project will be to start on the engine.
microwheel Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 This morning is the planning out stage for building and detailing the Camaro's power plant. Now to figure out how much of this stuff.................. I can cram onto this thing lol............. To start prepping the engine for detail, I first removed the molded on mechanical fuel pump on the passenger side of the engine block. I still may need to remove the mounting locator for the kit starter. I'll decide that later with a test fit of the headers and a aftermarket starter. If it doesn't allow enough clearance, I'll leave it and use the crappy kit starter. I then removed the molded on Oil filter from the oil pan. And finally I removed the molded on ignition coil from the intake manifold. The oil filter and coil will be replaced with aftermarket ones anyways.
microwheel Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) Also today, I started planing out, and prepping the base details for the engine. I drilled plug wire holes in both cylinder heads and a hole near the oil pan for a dip stick. I like to drill out my location holes before painting so there is little chance of messing up the engine paint job. And finally, I drilled a few holes in the intake manifold and the water pump housing for heater and coolant hoses. That's pretty much where Im at with things for this morning. I still have a little bit more planning and test fitting for other detail before the engine can get any paint. I'll post more as I go along. Edited October 29, 2014 by microwheel
Guest Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Excellent work all around Jim!! I wish I could devote this kind of time and effort into a build. I do have one project. But, I keep getting burnt out and going to something else. I admire anyone that can build to this level and stick to it like you have.
microwheel Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 Excellent work all around Jim!! I wish I could devote this kind of time and effort into a build. I do have one project. But, I keep getting burnt out and going to something else. I admire anyone that can build to this level and stick to it like you have. Thanks Rodger, I usually don't do quite as much detail work as I am doing on this one. I usually do a moderate amount of detail on all my builds, but one's I plan to take for shows and contests, I try to give it that little extra. This one as well a couple of others, I plan to take to a few shows in the spring and summer down In Grand Rapids, and the Detroit, Michigan Areas.
microwheel Posted October 29, 2014 Author Posted October 29, 2014 Well while in the process of planning out my engine detail for the Baldwin Motion Camaro, I decided I better get some work done wet sanding and polishing out the body. I got the main body polished out today, but I still have the hood and a few small odds and ends body parts left to do. The will get taken care of tomorrow. Here are a few pics of the body for now. I will try to take better ones when I have better lighting. Today is kinda overcast and rainy around here, so did the best I could for pics on the crappy work bench lighting.
ratchetman87 Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Wow that paint looks unbelievably deep. Nice work.
GeeBee Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Very nice, you do some fine work on your builds, but this one is going to be superb with all the extra detail your putting into it ...
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