My 83 Monte Carlo SS carb LS build

[6spdg37s]

Great build! Following

thank you and thanks everyone appreciate all the love, support, tips and help....

it got warm out in NJ today so I was able to pull the steering wheel change the wiper/turn signal stalk, the signal switch in the column as well...

need new flashers for fuse panel and ill be all set with that...

test fit the vacuum pump, going to be mounted where the battery is on the passenger side but on the driver side of the car (if that makes sense)

new alternator this week, going to test for draw and see what else is possibly causing a draw on the battery.

decided i am going to put a kill switch for the fuel pump so that I can keep key on engine off to diagnosis and work on electrical items witout the fuel pump running non stop

 

[6spdg37s]

Mounted the vacuum pump and the MSD box today

 

[6spdg37s]

since the weather has been great here I have been getting couple mins each day to do some work , today i got to hook up/wire the distribution block, run the 4 gauge alternator wire, re-route the fuel pump relay wire from the battery to the distribution block, test fit the radiator hold down bracket that i got. the rest of the gauges came today so i put them in the shadow box.

 

[6spdg37s]

also got a delivery today ! 🙂

gauge cluster

Radiator thing

Weld skinnies for my 01 SS camaro

 

[Injectedcutty]

I gotta say, that's one heluva delivery there buddy! That tall box on the left kinda resembles a box i have....carpet maybe??

 

[6spdg37s]

I gotta say, that's one heluva delivery there buddy! That tall box on the left kinda resembles a box i have....carpet maybe??

na it was my boys coil overs for his silverado and my other boys clutch,flywheel, my gauges and some other crap

 

[6spdg37s]

got the driver side window working and the door locks to work...

i still need to put in the lokar flexible trans dipstick so that I can install the sensor in the head for the fans. i need to wire up the fans, put the dash back in , wire up the gauges and the car should be drivable technically.

 

[6spdg37s]

wired up most of the fans today as well as changed the trans dipstick to a lokar flexible.

power door locks work now and driver side window. changed the alternator and now the battery doesnt get drained down over night anymore. (must of been bad diodes internally )

I might go to the shop tomorrow and play around with the vacuum pump situation more and see if i can button up the fan wiring.

Next step would be to put the dash back in, set the gauges up, run the car and re-fill it with coolant and let it bleed out.

on the camaro SS end...put my skinnies and slicks on the other night, and apparently even though its the same diameter the skinnies make the car sit a tiny bit lower on the coils and I ripped my ram air scoop off underneath the car so im gonna have to put that back in and raise the coils slightly. looking forward to the track opening up next week !

 

[6spdg37s]

if you saw my other thread i think i got the brake booster situation sorted out

started putting the dash back in today... hoping that the wires tuck back up ok... trying to put the cluster with the shadowbox in the dash, had to trim out some of the back dash part where the old gauges sat.

really frustrated/discouraged today with the car...

 

[6spdg37s]

pulled the dash back out to clean up the wiring further. weather looks bad next few days so idk if ill get to do any work on it. plus i need a mental break lol