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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Lucas Mechanical Fuel Injection

« on: February 28, 2019, 06:26:21 AM »

Yes, the second pic is exactly it......I'm not familiar with the Algon but the Hillborn is slightly different as it is a constant flow system...the Lucas actually pulses the injectors like a modern day electronic fuel injection except all done mechanically.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Lucas Mechanical Fuel Injection

« on: February 27, 2019, 05:06:08 AM »

Long shot but does anyone on here have any experience with the Lucas timed metering.........as run on Can-Am cars of the day.

I recently purchased a setup and have some general questions

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: 68 Crossram Cowl plenum GM air cleaner

« on: February 12, 2019, 06:18:14 AM »

Any idea about those control arms? Has he tried to use them yet? I'd be curious to see if the pickup points are in the stock location or have been altered/sectioned for caster and camber gain.

I've heard stories that "competitive" teams would build/section control arms and make them appear stock in order to fly under the SCCA radar................seems a bit odd that some 'ol plain Jane stock control arms would be on a random pallet with some pretty cool hardware like that ya?

IDK.....at least it's fun to imagine  😁

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Unusual valve covers and intake ??

« on: October 03, 2018, 11:35:32 PM »

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/323117771969_/Vintage-Edelbrock-Sy1-Sbc-Intake-Manifold-2850-Smokey.jpg

 Edelbrock SY1 intake (stands for Smokey Yunick)...... looks like the edelbrock casting has been removed

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: JL8/J56 or HD Service rear end setup question

« on: July 24, 2018, 05:46:46 PM »

I seem to remember reading in Guinn’s book that Penske had axle failures when that was tried.

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: TRACO Fans

« on: February 15, 2018, 07:47:46 PM »

Looks great tho!!!

That aviad oil stuff is awesome!!!

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: JL8/J56 or HD Service rear end setup question

« on: January 28, 2018, 01:29:38 AM »

Ok so I am looking in Wayne Guin's book and it seems that original JL8 rears were mounted with one U-bolt and T-bolts on the other side of the spring pad.......As for the HD service rear/racing version does anyone know how they were mounted? Basically I was going to copy the JL8 style mount for ease or brake line routing at this point. Did you trans am boys double up on the U-bolts or did the factory stuff hang in there just fine?

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: Crossram manifold

« on: January 26, 2018, 05:48:11 AM »

Ouch!

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: JL8/J56 or HD Service rear end setup question

« on: January 02, 2018, 05:35:46 AM »

Thanks.....yes sir ask away...I don't know everything about it by a long shot but I'd be happy to share what I've learned...if anyone else has an idea or tip, throw it in here too!!!

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: JL8/J56 or HD Service rear end setup question

« on: January 01, 2018, 04:34:59 PM »

So no one I talked to had a definitive answer for that endplay so we settled on a touch over zero. It's what the competition manual suggested and the posi I have is shimmed tight so it should wear in a touch more....the calipers sit square over the rotors so I guess we'll see how it flys (or stops I guess).

--sending c-clips to get hardened

--the book talks about shot peening axles and studs....I used Moser stuff....it's pretty beefy so I'm hoping it'll hang in there. The car won't see any 4 hr endurance contests so Im thinking it's good.

--Moser axle flanges are about 1/8" thicker than the 12 bolt stuff which threw some curve balls at the JL8/J56 parking brake setup....it clears, but it's CLOSE!.......I may take a little off the parking brake shoes to help this.


So yea! That's where this thing is at............HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: JL8/J56 or HD Service rear end setup question

« on: January 01, 2018, 03:43:37 PM »

Here ya go.....it's going on a 67 so no staggered shocks.......I used a RH and LH assembly instead of the two RH deal everyone is used to seeing

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: JL8/J56 or HD Service rear end setup question

« on: January 01, 2018, 08:00:15 AM »

So this thing is still moving forward....plenty of help from my buddy who did most of the welding and grinding but here is where I'm at.....everything lined up without having to make spacers like the "Untold Secrets" book talks about.....And the caliper bracket to rotor surface measurement is right in spec too!! Working on the parking brake cable mounting now.

Here are some pics

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: JL8/J56 or HD Service rear end setup question

« on: October 25, 2017, 04:41:03 PM »

Yea-I'll shoot some this weekend.

So....interesting tidbit here...I downloaded and printed the "chassis preparation manual" that jon mello posted up here (thanks jon btw)......they list the axle end play spec as ZERO to .015".......ZERO!....playin' with fire there once that whole deal heats up to racing temp.

I know..I know........way over analyzing  but I just thought that was kinda cool

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Trans-Am Camaros / Re: JL8/J56 or HD Service rear end setup question

« on: October 21, 2017, 03:25:29 PM »

10-4.....thanks for the input. Im starting the assembly here this weekend so we'll see how it goes!

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Trans-Am Camaros / JL8/J56 or HD Service rear end setup question

« on: September 24, 2017, 02:29:58 PM »

Hello all......I'm putting together a disc brake rear end with the "fixed mount" J56 corvette style calipers. I'm shooting for .005" axle end play......I know this will require custom c-clip thickness which will change as the posi clutches wear..I'm trying to get an idea of how often this will need to be adjusted or reset on a road car. I figured if anyone would know it would be someone here. Any guesses?

-So from what I've read, Penske would change his rear end every race so no issue here...

-the lesser funded guys...How often was this checked/changed? Was the pad knock back tolerable enough to make it thru a season?

-what about the JL8 owners.....I can't see this being a "dealer service" adjustment every other oil change or anything right?

Ok thanks guys.....Tyler