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Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 12:22 pm
by Dut_The_SS_nuT
CrashTestDummy wrote:
Dut_The_SS_nuT wrote:<SNIP>Tap-a-Shift is wired in and functioning. Obviously with no gear display, and it doesn't present sport mode. <SNIP>
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/dak-dgs-1g/overview/ ?


Thats pretty neat... I dont know where I would put it though.....

Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2018 7:20 pm
by Dut_The_SS_nuT
Holden flip key :D

Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 7:32 pm
by Dut_The_SS_nuT
Today was a slow day at work, so I screwed around all day... Found a set of 18" 2016 Camaro wheels and tires for $275. So I snatched em up! I'll get a better picture tomorrow

Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:20 pm
by mercialogo
Glad she survived but I am crying inside when I see the 1st one all busted up. Poor Car. :( emmm, dont ever let her drive again. lol. Good luck with the new one.

Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 6:49 pm
by Dut_The_SS_nuT
Better picture of the new wheels

Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:51 am
by Dut_The_SS_nuT
Have some updating to do here for sure! Since the last time I updated, I have since installed the EBay Camaro SS Headers, ZL1/1LE stock midsection, and cut up the EBay muffler deletes to add in some Flowmaster Super 44’s. Built kinda a custom cold air intake out of the stock air box, with a drop in K&N filter, by removing the intake baffles using a Spectre G8 CAI! Currently also have a G8 GT sport wheel WITH functional paddle shifters, and the new Kayhan VE Series 2 Radio!

Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2019 3:53 am
by Dut_The_SS_nuT
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Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:17 pm
by Dut_The_SS_nuT
Backup cam installed tonight! Not too bad for an EBay $25 camera kit! Did a little playing with the Torque Pro app and got a layout put together that I like!

Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 5:41 pm
by Dut_The_SS_nuT
Well.. I cooked the diff, and broke a driveshaft bolt in the process doing John Force burnouts at the drag strip.... (keep in mind the car has 130k on it and I ride her pretty hard so......)
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Sheared the head off
Sheared the head off
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Stud and nut were still in the hole Head sheared clean off
Stud and nut were still in the hole Head sheared clean off
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Decided if I’m going to put a diff in it, just as well rebuild the whole rear suspension and all.... Right???

Just as well, might as well go 3.27’s right?

So I started pricing everything. $$$$

In the process of this... a gentleman with a couple of NASTY SS’s mentions something about having a complete 2014 SS Sedan rear cradle, with 24k miles on it. So I figured, Why not!?!

He removed the rear cradle to upgrade his SS, and it’s all there. So... with the help of my buddy Shelby, we loaded up and made the 365 mile trip to just outside of Fort Worth to snatch it up! (Saw a lot of neat cars along the way, and even had an SS pass us on the way back)
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While it’s not BRAND NEW... when we went to pick it up, I was amazed at the condition! So instead of rebuilding everything, I decided that a 106k LESS mile rear subframe assembly HAD to be a large improvement (and it is) to top it off, it’s a much larger sway bar that the stock PPV.

Since this cradle is out of a 2014, it utilizes the same brakes as our car, with the exception of the emergency brake cables..

The only thing that we changed in the process of this (other than the ebrake cables that I haven’t changed yet) was the wheel speed sensors and cradle harness.

The SS utilizes a different wheel speed sensor than at least my ‘13 has in it, we transferred over the PPV’s . Popped right in and has been working fine. This required swapping the harness over. Which was nothing more than a few plastic clips.

We left the SS Shocks and Springs (Shocks HAD to be, and they are, better than my 130k mile Shocks ) on the cradle, and put SS Springs on the front as well!

The SS Cradle bolted right up to the car, didn’t run into a single issue along the way, driveshaft bolts right up, same rubber coupling, same Bolts (requires basically all new bolts along the way)

All in all! SUPER happy! Car rides like a dream, drives like a dream, and looks soooo much better! Can’t wait to see what times she lays down!

Re: The Caprice build

Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 5:58 pm
by Dut_The_SS_nuT
It was a fun process... We did everything on a lift, I’m not sure this would have been as simple in a driveway.. but still wouldn’t be horrible with the right tools
Out with the old!
Out with the old!
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We set jack stands just behind the cradle bolts and a jack under the diff itself to ensure everything stayed balanced then set the lift down to where it was just touching, and slowly began to lift the car off the cradle (e brake cables were already undone at this point, calipers off the brackets, body harness to cradle harness unplugged, Shocks unbolted, driveshaft unbolted and ready to slip out)
Up she goes
Up she goes
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Uhm... excuse me... I think you’ve dropped something
Uhm... excuse me... I think you’ve dropped something
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In with the new!
In with the new!
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