My Daytona Blue '64 Coupe
#521
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Well I for one like your style, you stayed true to your vision and the results speak for themselves.
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FLYNAVY30 (06-19-2019)
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I ordered the lug nuts from Vintage Wheel Works before they went under. That was before I had settled on wheel style/size/backspace. In retrospect, I wish I had ordered the wheels from them at the same time!
#523
Whole point of speed bleeders is that you don't have to open and close the bleeder over and over. No point in having them other wise. Nice work regardless.
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Agreed....I spent so much time chasing the air in this system that I figured speed bleeders while having the wife pump the pedal with me at the caliper would ensure there was zero air left in the system.
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RapidC84B (06-19-2019)
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Well, this explains my 2 day wrestling match with the front sway bar....
I very clearly have the correct 13/16 poly bushing, but my eBay sway bar appears to be a 7/8 (.875) vs the 13/16 (.8125) that I was looking for, and that this item was advertised as. So on the plus side, I'm done chasing my tail, on the minus side, I need to find a 13/16 sway bar....
I very clearly have the correct 13/16 poly bushing, but my eBay sway bar appears to be a 7/8 (.875) vs the 13/16 (.8125) that I was looking for, and that this item was advertised as. So on the plus side, I'm done chasing my tail, on the minus side, I need to find a 13/16 sway bar....
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I'm sorry but this information is not correct. My 1964 Corvette with white seats and the white/ blue interior color (Trim code 491GE) has the original and correct blue seat belts that matched the blue carpet color. Granted this color combination came out later in the production run for 1964 models (effective 3-25-1964 according to Noland's Adams book). Not all 1964 seat belts matched the seat color.
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Looking forward to your driving impressions of the Steeroids. I have a rebuilt manual steering box, but the on-center vagueness bothers me on 55 mph two lanes where there's high closing speeds. Following and love your personalizing. Best wishes
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I'm sorry but this information is not correct. My 1964 Corvette with white seats and the white/ blue interior color (Trim code 491GE) has the original and correct blue seat belts that matched the blue carpet color. Granted this color combination came out later in the production run for 1964 models (effective 3-25-1964 according to Noland's Adams book). Not all 1964 seat belts matched the seat color.
Love your build, Greg, and glad to see it back on its feet.
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FLYNAVY30 (06-20-2019)
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Lookin' good Greg, - will you still be using the up-market seat with blue/white check inserts ? - Cheers - GV
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Just curious, are you using the original style steering box, or a manual rack and pinion? I also had a manual box and hated the on-center vagueness, which is what prompted the switch to the rack and pinion.....we'll see how it works. Lots of good reviews of the Speed Direct kit, although most are running power steering with it.
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I have a rebuilt original manual steering box. Rebuild is fresh so might could take a small amount of slack out with adjustment. But at the moment the lack of precision on center detracts from the tight suspension and sticky tires. First drives after restoration my wife commented about me being all over the road on our twisties. I'm going to let a friend who has a large C2 collection drive mine to see if it's normal since mine's the only C2 I've ever driven. But I think rack and pinion would complement the F41 and sticky 235 tires. No interest or need for power steering. I want to keep her pretty raw. Cheers
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Greg, some info on your R&P. I know you've fitted a "manual" Steeroids rack set-up and I think you wrote it has a little under 3 turns lock to lock. The true Saginaw CTO manual rack had a shorter case, 4 turns lock to lock, no provision for any hydraulic line connections and 6 inch travel. The std power R&P was 2.7 or 2.9 turns lock to lock and the sport power R&P is 2.3 or 2.5 turns. The power racks came with 5.7 or 6 inch travel.
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Greg, some info on your R&P. I know you've fitted a "manual" Steeroids rack set-up and I think you wrote it has a little under 3 turns lock to lock. The true Saginaw CTO manual rack had a shorter case, 4 turns lock to lock, no provision for any hydraulic line connections and 6 inch travel. The std power R&P was 2.7 or 2.9 turns lock to lock and the sport power R&P is 2.3 or 2.5 turns. The power racks came with 5.7 or 6 inch travel.
#538
The R&P is a Saginaw center take off (CTO) design used in GM FWD small cars from '88 to '98 - Buick Skylark, Chevy Beretta, Pontiac Grand Am etc and in Saabs. There are the three basic types 1 manual and 2 power (std and quick). Within the power units there are many different sub-types that had different diameter torsion bars in the valving that determined steering effort. After checking Rockauto and finding the same part number for all the different make/model/year I would guess that in the rebuild world one part number covers all sub-types so what you get is luck of the draw.
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Thanks for the info. Im very much looking forward to getting it on the road and seeing how the steering feels. The precise feel and feedback of the manual brakes and manual rack and pinion are one of the big focuses of the build.
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Started the rear wheel alignment yesterday....
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...king-my-a.html
The cliffs notes version of the story is that I have the track even in the rear, but I'm toed out about 1/4 inch from center line on both sides, with no adjustment left on the driver side...the entire stack of shims is on the outboard side. On the passenger side, similar story, the entire stack is on the outboard side with only a single medium shim still inboard. The bearing used in the Global West control arms is slightly wider than the factory bushing, but not significantly, and certainly not to the point where I should be out of real estate in the pocket.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated as I'm kind of stuck at this point.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...king-my-a.html
The cliffs notes version of the story is that I have the track even in the rear, but I'm toed out about 1/4 inch from center line on both sides, with no adjustment left on the driver side...the entire stack of shims is on the outboard side. On the passenger side, similar story, the entire stack is on the outboard side with only a single medium shim still inboard. The bearing used in the Global West control arms is slightly wider than the factory bushing, but not significantly, and certainly not to the point where I should be out of real estate in the pocket.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated as I'm kind of stuck at this point.