[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by Old Blue 66

Whats the name of the company?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-67-GTO-...p2054897.l4275

[Nicks67GTO]

A lot of stuff going on but Ive been forgetting to take pictures....

I got a curveball thrown at me a few weeks ago. Heard a nasty clunking noise when I was trying to start the car. Found out that I sheered some teeth off of the ring gear on my flywheel. I believe it was caused by an issue within my starter. This also mangled the pinion gear on my starter. The starter is at RobbMc for repair and I got the flywheel re-ringed locally.

Since I was going to be in there anyhow, I ended up buying a Ram clutch from Bob {old66tiger} My clutch works great but its pretty aggressive and I wanted something smooth and reliable. The old clutch grabs fast and takes a little getting used to. Ill probably never put a set of slicks on it so the dual friction clutch I had in there was probably overkill. It will be for sale soon.

The Richmond 5 speed is leaking oil and it needed some seals and it scratches on a power shift into second gear now. Its 15 years old and had the crap beat out of it its whole lift so i'm not even mad. Iv'e got some synchronizers and seals coming and ill probably do the rebuild next week. If you have a richmond 5 speed do yourself a favor and shop around. I got seals from autoplicity for literally 20 bucks as opposed to 125 bucks that summit wanted. Yes I mean that literally. Same parts. What was going to cost me $375 bucks through summit, ended up costing me $175 bucks just by shopping around.

I also got my rear axle centered up with advice from Savitske. Apparently its common for these cars to have the rear axle off center a hair. Mine was a 1/4" too far to the passenger side making wheel measurements hard to take. So I turned my adjustable upper rear control arms a half a turn each. The driver side was shortened a 1/2 turn. The passenger side lengthened a 1/2 turn. Done deal. Perfectly centered rear axle. It wont mess with pinion angle either. Marc is the man. I also took my final measurements for wheels. Measure twice, cut once right? It looks like the verdict is 18x8 5" backspacing in front and 18x9" 5.75" backspacking in the rear. I'll be ordering on Monday or Tuesday.

[Nicks67GTO]

Trying my hand at some new seals and synchronizers in the old Richmond 1:1 Street 5 speed. Iv'e actually never pulled a transmission apart before. Sorry about all the pics. Im a little excited about messing with the guts of a transmission!

I definitely had some brass in the oil when I drained it. It was starting to scratch in second on a hard shift and was leaking pretty good out of the shift arm seals so it was time. Iv'e had it for a long time and I bought it used then. It's been ran hard for years and still looks pretty darn good inside!

Last night I got everything pulled apart and cleaned out. New shift arm seals installed and part of it reassembled. Ill be finishing it up in a few hours. Here's where I got last night....

[fyrffytr1]

I admire the work you do. That is a fine automobile!

[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by fyrffytr1

I admire the work you do. That is a fine automobile!

Thanks! I'm a fan of yours as well!

[Nicks67GTO]

Well after a few setbacks {as usual} I got the 5 speed back together this evening. New seals and synchronizers. The 3rd 4th, 5th synchros were fairly easy. One gear was a little stiff to get off but I got it. Then I found out that you have to press the front bearing off to do the first and second gear cluster. I was under the impression that it could all be done with hand tools. This is not the case. With a press its an easy job though. Anyhow my buddy Jeff at Goodyear 5th street tire let me use his press and we got it all done on Thursday. I need to stop being a cheap bastard and buy a press. After reassembly I shifted through the gears and everything felt smooth. Looking forward to getting this in and rolling through some gears tomorrow.... Here's a few shots of the reassembly....

[PurplePackFan]

That clam shell case must make it lot easier to work on than rebuilding a Muncie or Borg-Warner.

Nice job!

[Nicks67GTO]

Iv'e actually never rebuilt a Muncie but considering that they don't split like the Richmond, I can assume you're correct. It wasn't really too bad at all.

[Nicks67GTO]

-5 speed tranny is rebuilt and installed. I drove it about 20 miles and and it shifts smooth!

-Ram HDX clutch I bought from old66tiger is in and its a great feeling clutch. No drama, smooth, light pedal, no chatter.

-RobbMc starter is back in and working great!

NOw that the big old setback is over it's on to wheels tires and brakes for fall!

Iv'e already got the Kore3 Z51 front brakes, LS1 rear brakes, 9" DD booster and aluminum master. I need to get my wheels ordered and tires mounted and ill be ready for the install!

[BubbleTops]

Looking forward to seeing this thing with its new shoes. Looking good so far

[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by BubbleTops

Looking forward to seeing this thing with its new shoes. Looking good so far

Shoes ordered. 18x8 5" BS 18x9" 5.75" BS. The final veredict was Billet Specialty Mag G's. Newstalgia wheel says its going to be 3-4 weeks. The waiting game begins.

[Nicks67GTO]

Nothing overly exciting....just did some cleaning up and painting all my brake parts. VHT caliper paint. Satin black with a clearcoat. The paint went on VERY nice. Im pretty impressed for rattle can stuff. Z51 Kore3 fronts and LS1 rears.....

[Nicks67GTO]

As i'm currently waiting on wheels to show up I thought I would throw a quick few pics of my painted brakes. Nothing overly exciting but progress is progress. Friday i'm going to bake them in a buddies oven to cure. Iv'e got the coolest wife ever but im pretty sure she would f'ing kill me if I did that in our oven. Anyhow they turned out pretty good other than the hubs. The hubs look like dog ****...LOL. That's ok I guess as long as they don't rust!? I might end up pulling the front brake brackets back off, then blasting and painting them too if it looks like crap back there behind the wheels. The other day I didn't have access to a blast cabinet so for now they will stay zinc coated.

I have a Moser 9" with #7900 housing ends. That's a 9" Torino bearing inside a 12bolt axle backing plate pattern. I decided that instead of pressing my old axle bearings off and buying new ones just to get the backing plates on, I would just cut the 02' Camaro backing plate in half. Before I did this I talked to Tobin @ Kore3. He thought it would be just fine but advised that if I cut it in between the caliper braket bolt bosses that I should somehow brace it. So that's what I did. I braced first. Then made my cut. It turned out nice and shouldn't be an issue......heres a few shots...

[Nicks67GTO]

Look what the UPS guy left for me this afternoon! I might take Thursday and Friday off, do my brake project and get these mounted!

[arbys]

Oh yea! And they go good with the wine colored walls. LOL

[Nicks67GTO]

Originally Posted by arbys

Oh yea! And they go good with the wine colored walls. LOL

Now let me tell you something about painting an accent wall red.....NEVER AGAIN. Behr paint, Kills primer, the whole works and it still took like 4 coats to get it so the old stuff didn't bleed through. Lesson learned.

[old66tiger]

Sherwin Williams. Only pair to use. Expensive but worth it.

[Nicks67GTO]

Well its time to post up some shots of the new brakes, wheels and tires. I'm still working on the master cylinder, booster and lines. I should get those done this weekend and ill update.

-Billet Specialty Mag G's
-Fronts are 18x8 with a 5" BS and a 245/45/18 Nitto555
-Rears are 18x9 with a 5.75" BS and 265/50/18 Nittto555
-Front brakes are Kore3 Z51 with Stoptech slotted rotors
-Rear brakes are 2002 Camaro with Stoptech slotted rotors
-Both ends have Hawk HPS pads

I ended up with a 1/4" spacer in the rear. I was torn between 5.5" BS and 5.75"....Well 5.75 worked but 5.5 would have been perfect. I wanted to error on the side of being able to push them out as opposed to having to trim the wells so that's where my decision was made. Fronts are spot on

This spring I might mess with ride height. I'm going to drive it as is for a bit and then lower the front 1" Its sitting a bit high I think....well here she is

[PurplePackFan]

Looks great, Nick. I like the stance and the wheels. I am running Nitto 555's on my '67 GTO but need to raise front about an inch. I have QA1 coilovers with 350# springs. That appears to be the problem. I got 550# springs to replace them with, hopefully that will get me some more height/clearance. Can you do me a favor and measure your height at the center of the front wheel wells? My height is at 24 3/4" and I need to raise it up some when I install new springs. I like the height of yours. My tires are front: 245/45/17, rear 255/50/17. The front is way too low for my taste and I have the springs adjusted all the way up.

[old66tiger]

Nick, how did your ride quality change with the new wheels?