Center bolt polished from Summit Racing.
Before

After

 

And you've got them already installed. That is awesome. They look good on the BeeJay.

 

Valve covers look great. What type of air filter are you using?

 

The new covers look great.........but I like the old covers too.

 

either one looks good. nice to have a change though.

 

nice, I assume aluminum for weight reduction?

 

Nice!
BTW...
Those stock control arms are looking awfully heavy!

 

Here is a thread for my cold air intake:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...ir-intake.html

 

Nah, the others were aluminum. I just wanted to try a new look, and try the center bolts, because they supposedly never leak. My AFRs have both perimeter and center bolt holes.

 

Tell me about it. I'm trying to decide between aluminum A arms or tubular adjustable A Arms. I think CPP has tubular A arms with aluminum cross shafts. That and rack and pinion steering are on my wish list. Hey Gordon, got an extra r&p laying around?

 

I was going to ask about this trick!!! Saw the old ones were perimeter mount and the new ones center mount... Neat Feature!!! Did you have to drill holes to mount your plug wires???

Looks great...

Rogman

 

Am I allowed to like the old ones?

..either way looks good.


Ever consider getting smooth wall aluminum/silicone tubing for your air intake? I've seen discussions that the ribbing in that type of ducting disturbed the air so much that is reduces the CFM capabilities dramatically. Pretty cheap to do. It would complete the custom look too

Something like this..

http://www.siliconeintakes.com/index...d3ee89aa591bae

http://www.siliconeintakes.com/

 

I'm not sure what I'm going to do about the plug wires yet. I really liked the perimeter mounted dividers.
Bee Jay

 

BeeJay,

I see that between the first and third photos that you have not only changed your Master Cylinder, but have also rotated your Hydroboost about 180*. I'm guessing that the MC is from a later car and is of aluminum construction, however it seems that you are still using the factory brass prop. valve/distribution block that weighs about half a kilogram (one pound).

When I fitted my HB, I took off the MC and weighed it, about 3.7 kg. I used a Holden VX (2002 model) MC which is not only aluminum but has the proportioning valve built in to it and weighs about 1.1 kg. The Holden MC has three outlet holes, two for the front lines and one for the rear.

After removing the prop. valve, I fitted a coupler and ran a single line from this up to the MC rear brake outlet and managed to hand bend the factory front brake lines to fit up with the Holden MC's front brake outlets. The only problem was that the Holden MC has metric threads, but a couple of adapters fixed that.

So overall, I have cut over three kg from the hydraulic part of the braking system (over six pounds) and have fewer brake lines in the engine compartment. I'd like to know the weights of the factory vacuum booster and a HB to see if I have made an overall weight reduction, but I'm sure I have. Once I learn how to post photos here, I'll show you what I've done.

So, to keep on thread, I like the look of your new rocker covers and your innovative CAI, keep the innovations coming.

Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year and,

Regards from Down Under.

aussiejohn

 

Good job Aussijohn. You should always include pictures. For everyone else, this is the link to my Master Cylinder thread:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...brake-mod.html
Bee Jay