Do you remember the difference in offset on the water pump and the surface of the damper, im trying to figure out the same thing on my olds 455 and i don't know what pulleys to use.
You are a brave man taking that project on brother. I don't think I would have it in me to tackle that 1. I'm glad my bug is in a bit better shape but still needs considerable work. However time is against me as I'm 62 yrs old. Good luck my friend .
I picked up a '69 Bird with a hydraulic clutch to a Tremec T56 6 speed. The entire brake/clutch pedal assembly has side to side movement of about 1 inch. I am worried that it may be coming loose. Have you ever heard of an assembly having built-in play?
There shouldn't be much play in them. They should have a plastic bushing in them but see if you can find a schematic of the assembly and make sure all of the pieces are in the correct spots
@shaggyscarshop thank you. Yes, I'm going to crawl under it this weekend. It's a complete restomod, everything new but only 1k miles in 10 years and I've put 500 miles on it in 5 months so I think I need to start retourquing everything. Great video, thanks.
When I had the crank at the machine shop, I had the machinist mill out the hole for a pilot bearing and balanced with the flywheel I ordered. It's a special flywheel from cad500parts.com. The flywheel fits 10 to 12 in gm clutches. I used the BOP to T56 bell housing and it fits up to an 11 in clutch. For the clutch, I forget what exact one I picked. One rated to hold 600 hp if my memory serves, but it's a push style to go with the T56 throw out bearing. Hope this answers your question.
Hey, I am in the middle of this same job for my 70 Camaro. I too am using the stock pedals, hydraulic clutch bracket from Speedtech, GM hydraulic cylinder, Wilwood manual brake master cylinder and Wilwood proportional valve. After some hammer and dolly work on the firewall hole I got the GM hydraulic cylinder to fit ok, messaged the Speedtech bracket hole so the Wilwood cylinder would fit, I came across the next problem. The stock pedal bracket bolts that go through the firewall are not long enough for the clutch bracket, Wilwood master cylinder, Wilwood required spacer, Wilwood proportional valve bracket and finally the castle nut!! So I guess I will replace the GM firewall bolts with something about 1/2" longer. Hope you don't run into this one.
Yeah I like the retro stuff once and awhile. As far as the mice.....they really need to leave stuff alone lol. Good thing I don't have any interior in my bird as of yet.
Weld in the lower mounts with what you have in the pic. Once the engine is in the correct position. It will overhang on the chassis a cross member a bit.
I dont remember off hand but i did a bunch of videos on the serpentine belt setup and i wanna say I mentioned what it was off in one of those. they should be around nov or dec of 22.
I will eventually, we are just finishing up the process of moving across the country and currently I don't have my car with me. Soon I'll get it here and start making videos again
Im putting my 69 bird back together. Its been apart 9 months. Theres a series of 8 screws that run under the cowl, they follow the arc of the windshield. I dont remember anything being there.. Youd think windsheild trim maybe, but theyd be covered youd never be able to get to them. Did your car have them?
Yeah really small 5/16" head short taper thread. Not as small as the 4 that hold down the cowl tho. I'm just gonna roll with it and put the cowl on. Thanks for answering back
He is using a 1969 Camaro set up. It is different from a 1969 Firebird. A 1969 Firebird has a one year unique bracket, brake and clutch pedal set up. They look similar but are not the same. A 69 Firebird set up requires significant modifications so it is better to hunt down a Camaro set up than to modify a Firebird set up. 67-68 brackets will not work in a 69 Firebird or Camaro so make sure you get the right year bracket. The 67-68 brackets are shorter and will not match the under dash mounts. I cannot find a reason why Pontiac did this but I am sure they has a reason. The only thing I could think was that a Pontiac small block is a hair wider than a Chevy 350 so they had to offset the clutch pedal a little further to the left.
I knew a kid back in the 80s that had a 500 in his first gen firebird. In the 90s I ran a 429 Cadillac in my 79 Camaro. Then I ran a 500 in my 85 Blazer in the 90s and then my 78 GMC short bed after that.
I got it from my dad. We put a 400 Pontiac in his 74 blazer in the 80s, in the 60s he had a 50 Ford with a Olds engine and a 55 T bird with a Hemi. In 95 I put a 350 tuned port from a 89 formula in my wife's 85 s10 Blazer 4x4. My dune buggy that I drive daily during the good weather I swapped in a 2001 Subaru 2.5 and 5 speed transmission. My 69 Firebird project will keep it's 350 4 speed though because it's been all redone and runs good. @@shaggyscarshop
