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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby grandam75 » Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:51 am

Good choice of wheels and tires :D
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby avewhtboy » Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:21 am

very clean, sanitary, you are doing a great job with the Vega
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby 1100kaw » Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:08 am

Kinda slow at work this week. Had time to get some important stuff done. Mine!
Got both doors stripped to bare metal, epoxy primed, and jams prepped and painted.
Not a single spot of rust, even on bottom edge crimp area. This car is un beleivable.

Getting ready to head to garage and start on Hatch removal, and Louver delete. Glass aready out.
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby 1100kaw » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:55 pm

Got a little more done today.
Welded in louver delete panel on Hatch, and 1st skim coat of putty.
All paint stripped.
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby 1100kaw » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:10 pm

Got a bit done this weekend. Put some new shoes on the kid and rolled out of booth back into work area.
Dropped engine,trans in. All the R&d payed off well. everything fell into place nicely. Ready to start building wire harness
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby 79 spyder » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:22 pm

1100kaw wrote:Got a bit done this weekend. Put some new shoes on the kid and rolled out of booth back into work area.
Dropped engine,trans in. All the R&d payed off well. everything fell into place nicely. Ready to start building wire harness


Very nice! Love the new wheels and tires what size are they?
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby 1100kaw » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:39 pm

Thanks
Centerline convo pros
15x7, and 4.5's in front
215/60's and 165/60's
I wanted to go 225/50's on rear so tire o.d. would be closer to the fronts.
Thats sucha bastard size, no one stocked them. and they were $20 bucks ea. more.
so i caved and went with the 215's.
I think it looks decent. I plan to put em up in smoke pretty quick anyway. :D
now with a little weight in the front, the springs actually collaped a little. prob the 1st time they have moved in 10yrs.
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby 1100kaw » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:58 pm

Got all brakes bled, clutch bled. driveshaft in. E brake cables in. started the wiring. Have all engine harness pretty well figured out and in place. Car harness done and in place. waiting on some terminal ends so i can add fuse/relay distribution panel and tie al together. Ecm mounted. kinda just gotta go A to B with every thing.
A lot of R&D so far. a lot of stuff to think a bout.
I have narrowed 160 possible pins on ECM, down to 59 actual ness. pins to run the car.
I hope i havnt missed anything.
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby J_D » Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:49 pm

I'm in awe of your "jack of all trades" abilities. :th:
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby 1100kaw » Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:23 pm

Thank you much J_D!
That is a hi praise and appriciated a lot. I'm kinda "jack of all" out of nessesity.




I have gotten some more done, thought i would share.
The ECM engine harness is finished. Dont look like much, but this picture represents about 12hrs of putting harness on and off, fitting, cutting, spliceing, soldering etc... to get to this point. Ecm is mounted in engine compartment behind drivers side headlite. The small pigtail with taped and marked wires is the section that will hook to distribution/relay panel to vehicle when installed. the rest is plug and play.
I can definately appreciate the $400, to $600 prices i have seen for these harness'

The car/ engine bay harness is basically done, waiting on some terminal ends to install fuse/relay panel and tie it all together.
I'm using 99-02 F-body fuse/relay panel. Neat clean little box with plenty of relays and fuse spots. Dash panel all finished and painted to match car. ready to start install and wiring in car.
Heres some pics
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby chevyart » Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:49 am

darell nice, neat work on your ride. i was wondering how and where i was going to mount my remote solenoid. now i know. im gonna steal your idea and bracket idea for my car. thanks art
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby gmagilla » Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:45 pm

Very nice :th: :th:
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby bbcowboy » Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:43 pm

looking good.. I like the dash...I noticed that your engine is sitting high or my engine is sitting low in my car (IMSA Vega)...
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby 1100kaw » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:17 pm

Got some more to share. good day sunday. All harness' done and in place. (still waiting on terminal ends to finish fuse panel).
Dash wired, installed, hooked battery up and tested all. Even bumped the starter to check. All good.
Slow at work today, soooo. finished blocking the hatch and final primed. Looks great without the louvers.
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Re: 72 Vega GT , LS 5spd

Postby 1100kaw » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:25 pm

Art
my thinking was a little stand off so the sol. wasnt in direct drip line of water dripping off fender and hood gap. The 100amp reset breaker under the sol. will be for stereo equipment(amps) that will run to trunk area later.(way later).

Cowboy.
I was shooting for as low as poss. I used an F-body pan and modified it. I cant see getting it any lower without a rack. Just clears the inner tie rods as is.
Heres a couple pics. Maybe it just looks higher???? let me know if i missed something?
How did you do yours?
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