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I think a desktop computer fan runs on 12v, maybe stick one of those in there. you could probably find a heat sensor to turn the fan on automatically when the box gets hot if need be. at least, like you say, vent it and see if something starts acting up.

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Console arrived. I really like the look of it in the truck. goes with the seats well.

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I bought a couple of actuators, one for each side and the E-Stopp control box along with a couple of the shortest ebrake cables I could find. Should have around two hundy in the whole thing.

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Thats good to know graystoke. I actually picked up the camaro unit and harness to try to mess with. I'm thinking im going to order the Estopp bracket. I notice their control boxes are out of stock but may be an option if needed

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Started collecting parts for my exhaust. went with Borla mufflers, got all the vbands, hangers etc. I want to keep my exhaust as high as possible so I fabbed up a new transmission crossmember to allow the pipes to share the same space.

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finally got some time to work on the truck. finished mounting the computers. Tossed the front clip on so I can start working on my air intake.

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Got the new wheels and tires in today. went with 18's running 265's in the rear and 245's in the front. rear needs to come down but there is currently no wood in the bed, rear bumper or fuel so im hoping it will come down an inch or so.

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Last Paladin and our welder Eric helped me fabricate exhaust yesterday. its all 304 stainless with Vbands. Borla mufflers. Just need to finish the tail pipes and hangers.

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The exhaust looks great. V-bands are the best especially if you ever need to remove the exhaust. The flex joints are a must to with SS.

Well done.

Marc

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Very nice work...Jim

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Found a nice set of C5 Z06 calipers and rotors for short money. Used Van Steel adapters. I plan to start on the rear brakes this week.

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I've been slowly tackling the electrical on the truck. Engine is close to being started but I've been swamped building out two new Datacenters. I got my catch can installed this weekend. just waiting for a missing 90 degree connector for the drivers side valve cover. I used all OEM quick connectors which made the install easy. I'm still trying to figure out what to use for a vent on the ZL1 fuel pump.

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nice job.

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If I didn't want to run chrome smoothies I'd be all over these! I considered trying to get custom 17" smoothies to clear, but I'd already bought the tires :waah:

My factory C4 brakes with the hydroboost stop pretty well... those are gonna put you into the lap belt for sure!

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Ya I'm hoping the brakes are good. I just rebuilt the rears and I have a Wilwood adjuster off the the hydroboost. The PO installed the hydro and complained about the brakes but I believe he may have had his lines crossed.

I still haven't messed with my ebrake yet. I picked up a Camaro electric setup that I'm going to try to wire into the Camaro center console.

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I haven't either.. I like that the later vette rears are setup for it so easily, but I'm wrestling with:

• A push-button "Parking brake" that would be essentially useless in an emergency, or
• A foot pedal "Emergency Brake" that I can control the amount of pressure with manually if something were to happen with my brakes somehow.

The foot pedal brake will attach right to the hood hinge bolts like it was made to fit there, but adds some clutter and additional installation complexity.

The E-Stopp style makes the remote mount easy, the button is cool, but if my brakes go out it just locks the rears completely...after seeing that video of the red Impala (I think it was) lose brakes and just smash into parked cars at a red light, the old school pedal brake feels like a lil insurance policy.

I guess have no reason to assume I'd lose all braking power front and rear, but with basically zero safety features in these trucks, maybe ONE feature is good?

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Hmmm....

Everyone loves electrical things these days. I wonder how adaptable a trailer brake controller is to an OE electric park brake. Or maybe a transmission mounted drum brake made from trailer brake would provide enough braking for an emergency?

Just thinking...

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If doing a driveline brake and you're fabbing stuff just use a disc brake. It will mount easier to the yoke maybe.

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Well lets just say progress has been minimal and my motivation has been dropping with the temperature. I've started installing my Vintage Air setup. Condenser and Evap is installed. I haven't decided if I'm going use their hard lines and relocate where I was planning to installing my overflow and washer tank or get creative. Do to the fact that my AC compressor is down low on the driver side I picked up some rectangular tube to make a cross bar that I can support the lines with. While looking at the mount that we made to adapt a SD7 compressor to a Gen V engine I realized that the ac manifold will interfere with the mount. I was able to redesign the mount moving it forward eliminating all the spacers and had a friend draw it up in cad. We 3d printed it just so I could test before having the parts laser cut. Parts are do to ship on friday. I think I may take some CAD courses in the future along with maybe a buying a 3d printer. ;-) it was pretty cool being able to print a mockup

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Very cool!!!

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3D to reality is super satisfying!

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Very nice fab work!! Steve

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Finally had a chance to get the bracket welded. I ended up making a front cross bar so the ac line will have something to mount to and not hang.

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well its been a while. Finally got the garage built but the summer when by too fast. I made all my AC and heater lines. Ran them similar to Dan's build. Got the stereo components laid out. I just need to finish a few things and then its off to get electrical done.

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Garage came out really nice. I ran my AC and coolant lines in a similar matter. Yours came out cleaner than mine.:lol: A mechanic friend recommended I run an oil catch can in the PCV system. GM is having a problem with the direct injection. The valves are not sealing with increased mileage. With no fuel flowing over the valves, and only oil vapor from the PCV system. The valves get gummed up and can’t be cleaned. I was shock how much oil mine catches. Just thought I’d pass that along.

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Thanks Jason, been trying to build the garage for 4 years. The price kept outpacing my savings. Wife said this year or we are remodeling the master bath... They start electrical in a couple weeks.

I watched a lot of post on these new direct port injection engines. Its crazy the amount of oil the puddles in the intake. I ran a Might Mouse can running the valley and valve covers to the can and then exhaust back to the unused brake vacuum port on the back of the intake. I was able to buy factory push lock connectors so removal is a breeze.