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The Midnight Express

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#1 · (Edited)
Ill start off by saying this will be a build over time as 8.65 hour job limits me.

Long story short i helped build back my friends 1991 auto dohc from the start of my freshman year all the way to senior year in high school. it was auto but i loved the car itself and i decided thats what id get. Sadly it "died" 2 weeks before we graduated from a 1960's corvette.

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The name came from my grandfathers 1972 El Camino he drag raced with my grandmother in the 70's. It had a 550 big block that was used in their boat during the summer (go figure).

When i turned 18 in july i went to chino hills, ca and got a 1990 fastback for 1600. It was a 200 mile drive home, with no problems :). Once i got the car my grandfather asked if i wanted the name for the car, so i took it :)

Pics when i first got her:

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The radio wasnt there but he was nice enough to leave all four of these, which are 80$ a peice

So my friend let me have whatever i wanted from the car (before he decided to sell it), so i got the dashmat, custom gauges, seat covers, door panels, and some other things.

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Tried to match the bumper up with the rest of the car.

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Got some new pedals

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I got tired of no music and i did want a gap either......so i decided mounting my ipad would be the cheapest solution :) I got a amp hooked up to the speakers and and a sub. Hooked the ipad stright to the amp and sound quality is actually great. Mount was only 50$ and it clips in and out.

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To the left was a 4 inch house sub..i know i know.

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I also purchased a power inverter (straight to the battery) that had a direct usb mounted where my mirror contols would be (if my car did have them). and i also have regular plugs where the ash tray in the back would be

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My attempt to bondo and paint my dash...its didnt work out so i went back to the matt.

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Then i got some turn signal mirrors after one of mine was ripped off by a garbage truck :doublefuc

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Its brighter than the pic. Coulda made it alternate between blue and amber buuuut i dont want a felony....

After 20 days of waiting my suede interior sheet FINALLY came,,,from south Korea lol

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I also got a new steering wheel. The glue came off internally so it flexed around the wheel... drove me nuts.. also i got a toggle switch for the power inverter since it was a bitch to turn on and off since it was behind the ipad....anyhow...the interior as of today...

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Exterior as of today....

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As of the engine... currently 194xxx (what ive done so far was over a period of 2 months). I got it in an alright condition....The 4th cylinder plug threads are done. If i ever have to take it out again itl need rethreading. The owner did NOT take very good care..... Did a tune up and ran wayyyyy better after....

Mods/Replacements: CAT, CAI, NGK plugs, wires, o2 sensor, TPS, HUGE battery, new belts, removed AIV, the diaphragm was stuck no matter how much i tried to clean it, relocated carbon canister, oil change ( it was soooooo burnt) to mobile 1 synthetic, only leak was valve gasket :woowooo so now the engine idles at 650 and stays there unless i hit the brake (gonna be fun finding that vac leak).. some pics when i took the air intake tube off....i was amazed (not pics of tube cause it came out in pieces)

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Looking from inside the air box

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Wish i took a pic before i sprayed carb cleaner....

oh my first clutch change :) had a friend to take the tranny out but not to put back in :mad:

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gotta love saving 275$...you shouldve smelled the tranny fluid....it was reallllllly bad...anyhow if u actually read all this thanks for looking! up next are kyb agx struts on eibach 1.5 lowering springs..


SORRY forgot to post the the engine bay pics...

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#28 ·
tht sucks, there just isnt a lot of 240's left, i went to the camarillo autox i was the only 240 there
 
#30 ·
ya one at the cam airport like 2 weeks ago theres supposed to be another in december i think?
 
#32 ·
I. FUCKING. LOVE. JUNKYARDS.! this is what i got for 30 bucks:
chucki bumper
bumper extensions
a pair of head lights of a 94 camaro ;)
driver side visor

cant wait to get it all set and throw that bitch on, then sell my pignose for 40 and make 10$ hehe
 
#35 ·
So its been awhile ill give a quick update.... it now has new struts and springs (gr2 + m2 1.5 inch lowering springs) and very soon (ordering in 2 days) catback, maybe some wheels, and well see what else. once i have that done, pics will go up for everything.
 
#36 ·
ok so i got some wheels for the car, not on yet, need to get tires, clutch fan is back on after a lil incident with the e-fans, no catback, school books instead, ina month or so when the wheels are on the car, pics will go up along with a custom headlight setup using camaro headlights
 
#38 ·
not that anyone gives a fuck, but im holding back on pics again. im redesigning my headlights, current setup is still shitty, but i have a prefab done and finaly acquired some moarrr sheet metal. maybe 2-3 more days. also the headlights involve cutting ove the fender....this will be interesting how it will turn out
 
#39 ·
Havent seen your thread at the top for a while bro! Thinks are looking nice. Lip right meow. And maybe fone some of the 91-93 stock wheel. The black to silver would look pretty sexxy im my opinion. Also couldnt tell if you have susp upgrades? If not Function and Form has some cheap but very nice coils that iv been in love with so far. Other then that get thos damn pictures up right NOW!
 
#40 ·
Kyb gr2 with 1.5 inch lowering springs.. Have a set if 15x7 w/ 205/60.., once they wear down im goin to 50's the 60's rub hard when i corner. And all around cross drilled rotors are on as well. Some stupid asshole converted the car to non abs but left the fucking master cylinder and brake booster so my pedal is kinda soggy. I guess i could throw up the other pics and a small preview of the prefab up after class.
 
#41 ·
ok so heres a few pics....
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ok so for the headlights.....
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so im not sure if im gonna cut along the tape on the fender and then take sheet metal and curve a front cover on the lights or just cut straight down and match the size with no curve....im leaning to curve more im just not sure how weird that would look since there will be a lot of flat space in front of it. i want to move the whole housing forward more but there would be no room for the headlight to stick out and lighting would be extremely poor, what do you guys think?
 
#43 ·
like cut the fender like the pic and run a metal cover over on the front of the light, the cover is obviously gonna sit a little behind the top cover
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#47 ·
94 camaro

and ya, my only issue with it would be the amount of surface that would be flat looking from above, might look kinda weird. i wanted to move it forward more but then the gap for the lights would be too small.
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so ya? no? now tht i actually blacked it out i dont think its too bad
 
#46 ·
yeah very nice. Im not the biggest fan of the chuki, but i have seen a few nice homemade lips. should take a look into it. I bet you could make a nice lip. i interested in what that front end will look like with the light nod.
 
#49 ·
i will tommorow to see, i wanted the stright line cause 1. easier to make, 2.more agressive look. but we'll see. i wanna get it right the first time cause i dont want to go buy fenders lol
 
#55 ·
Well then... As of right meow id be raceing myself.... In the meantime i cut a curved look.... It looked depressed so i am sticking with an aggressive look. If i am told the open space looks like shit then they can suck my balls.