What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2022]

[Wraith]

What's the wheel/tire sizing on this thing BTW?

18x9.5 with a 275/35 and 18x12 with 335/40

Original owners build thread https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/100875-Project-Grip-69-Camaro

 

[scoti]

18x9.5 with a 275/35 and 18x12 with 335/40

Original owners build thread https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/100875-Project-Grip-69-Camaro

Nice read. Many changes since the original owners work?

 

[mclellan83]

Blew another $600 in rando parts for the orange Camaro, tail lights, lower column plate, fuel pump/mounting plate/pushrod and a new mirror for the other Camaro I'll be working on.

That is definitely a bad mamma jamma

 

[mclellan83]

Was hoping to get my driver mirror glass replaced so I didn't feel so blind, unfortunately it came shattered. Got to give the seller his kudos, shipped me a replacement same day so it should be here today. Lets hope he doesn't live up to his name again

 

[Supercharged111]

My progress follow-up on my OBS truck.....

This week I pulled the front wheels to check the wheel bearings & calipers to make sure nothing was overlooked again. It was also an opportunity to swap one of the caliper bolts that was suspect on one of the calipers (allen socket surface was rounded). Next day I pulled the rear drums & re-checks things.... All looked good. Drove it a couple of days to put a few miles on the set-up to see if things improved (I might drive it 10 miles/day @ most). No improvement.

After some discussion on the truck site I frequent (67-72chevytrucks), it was mentioned to check the run-out on the rear drums. On Thursday I swapped the old drums back on to the truck & my pulsations/vibration when braking was gone.

This morning I took the 'new' drums over to a buddy @ the Ford dealership he works at & put them on the brake lathe to see how they looked. Both were ugly. Three passes on each cleaned them up to an acceptable level. I went back to my shop & swapped old for new again. Took it around the complex neighborhood a few times & all is good w/no vibrations.

If that thing is a 1500, you NEED to hydroboost it. Night and day difference.

 

[scoti]

If that thing is a 1500, you NEED to hydroboost it. Night and day difference.

Nope. It's the 8600# HD c2500 8-lug OBS 3/4 ton chassis. It's one of the (2 or 3yr only?) GM factory crew-cab short beds.

FWIW, I had HydraBoost on my Squarebody CC dually & swapped it to the HD vacuum set-up from a 3/4 ton Suburban. The dually stops fine. I do concede it might have been better if all the HB stuff had actually worked. But it leaked from every fitting connected to it under the hood & the reservoir was bad. I priced out all new lines, pump, HB unit & reservoir..... It added up quickly. The vacuum swap was much cheaper @ < half the cost.

If anything, I'm considering the ABS bypass & will probably do that if I swap to rear discs in the future on the OBS.

 

[Supercharged111]

Nope. It's the 8600# HD c2500 8-lug OBS 3/4 ton chassis. It's one of the (2 or 3yr only?) GM factory crew-cab short beds.

FWIW, I had HydraBoost on my Squarebody CC dually & swapped it to the HD vacuum set-up from a 3/4 ton Suburban. The dually stops fine. I do concede it might have been better if all the HB stuff had actually worked. But it leaked from every fitting connected to it under the hood & the reservoir was bad. I priced out all new lines, pump, HB unit & reservoir..... It added up quickly. The vacuum swap was much cheaper @ < half the cost.

If anything, I'm considering the ABS bypass & will probably do that if I swap to rear discs in the future on the OBS.

They were either 98-00 or 99-00 only. Right up there with extended cab short bed 8 lug trucks and shortbed duallies. I seem to remember my dad's square bodies vacuum brakes not sucking, but the few 400 trucks I've driven with vacuum brakes, they all sucked. None were 8 lug though. I've done the ABS bypass on my 88 and 98. For the crew cab, you're going to want to try and hunt down some clean junkyard line sections. Thankfully it's all forward of the firewall so not that big of a pain. The ABS on my 1500 really p!$$3d me off. The first time I had it in the snow I bet I didn't make it 2 miles and unplugged the ABS pump. Thing just would NOT stop, that pump was whirring away and the pedal turned into a rock as I hurtled toward the intersection.

 

[scoti]

They were either 98-00 or 99-00 only. Right up there with extended cab short bed 8 lug trucks and shortbed duallies. I seem to remember my dad's square bodies vacuum brakes not sucking, but the few 400 trucks I've driven with vacuum brakes, they all sucked. None were 8 lug though. I've done the ABS bypass on my 88 and 98. For the crew cab, you're going to want to try and hunt down some clean junkyard line sections. Thankfully it's all forward of the firewall so not that big of a pain. The ABS on my 1500 really p!$$3d me off. The first time I had it in the snow I bet I didn't make it 2 miles and unplugged the ABS pump. Thing just would NOT stop, that pump was whirring away and the pedal turned into a rock as I hurtled toward the intersection.

I was thinking 99 & 2000 but there might be 98's as well.... I do know 99-00 for sure & ditto on the dually short-bed version being those years as well.

That's actually one of the main reasons I have this one. It's possible it could become a 'phantom dually' w/some big wheels to replace my Squarebody. When you do the 10-lug big wheel conversion you need 3/4 HD or single=wheel 1 ton front brakes (rotors) & the matching single wheel 3/4 ton rear housing. For the rear end of things, you cut the bed sides, add dually fenders, & trim + tub the bed floor. The front needs extended length a-arms to dial-in the track width you want/need. I'm not a fan of the cab-roof lights either & most 3/4 tons don't have the holes so that's a plus as well.

 

[Supercharged111]

I was thinking 99 & 2000 but there might be 98's as well.... I do know 99-00 for sure & ditto on the dually short-bed version being those years as well.

That's actually one of the main reasons I have this one. It's possible it could become a 'phantom dually' w/some big wheels to replace my Squarebody. When you do the 10-lug big wheel conversion you need 3/4 HD or single=wheel 1 ton front brakes (rotors) & the matching single wheel 3/4 ton rear housing. For the rear end of things, you cut the bed sides, add dually fenders, & trim + tub the bed floor. The front needs extended length a-arms to dial-in the track width you want/need. I'm not a fan of the cab-roof lights either & most 3/4 tons don't have the holes so that's a plus as well.

I did not realize the 2500 trucks didn't have the 5 ambers on the roof. Interesting. I feel like the ECSB 2500 was a 98-00 thing, but unsure that the other 2 were, but also feel like all 3 would have logically followed the same pattern.

 

[Wraith]

Nice read. Many changes since the original owners work?

We haven't had it that long to start messing with it yet other than new tires. We have had it buffed out, ordered all LED bulbs throughout, and a stereo/speaker upgrade but for the most part are leaving it alone for now until the orange Camaro is finished, he wants to keep it a driver although it will be done up like Big Red soon with stripes. Also need to fix an air leak on the right front.