Brought Home The Dream: '69 RS Z/28

[x33rs]

Those suspension places, like Ridetech where I took mine, use the corner weights to design the suspension/spring package for best handling/ride etc...

I'm sure all the SCCA guys do it as well to tweak their cars.

None of that was really any concern to me, I just found it interesting, and it was free

[enio45]

your car looks great!

[cruiserofland]

Good stuff and thanks! In theory you could select each spring and valve each shock to balance the car and so make it handle the same both to the left and to the right. For me, these numbers will help the conversation if I want to change ride height with custom front springs. I can then get specific with a suspension company based on desired height and type of driving, plus the knowledge that I don’t plan to change the rear springs or mess with the spiral shocks. And best to do all this with the numbers that include the driver in the car, lead foot and all...

[cruiserofland]

I was out for a lovely cruise yesterday evening, and while heading home the throttle rod fell off the carburetor I ended up using the little nose wire from my covid mask to reattach the linkage and drive home. Because 2020.

Looks like the little e-clip fell off and disappeared. It's about time I made a little go-bag for this car with tools, wire, tape, headlamp... Also kind of amazing that the throttle rod only stays on the carb with that little friction-fit e-clip. Do folks change that out for a different retention mechanism?

[ELEFUNTMAN]

Mine fell off on a spirited run up to the local mountains. I was lucky, the clip was on the intake. While I was putting it back on, local CHP pulls in behind me. He checks out the Z, we chat for a bit as he holds his light for me, nice young man! Acted like he never seen a Z28 up close!

[cruiserofland]

I'm still getting used to all the attention when driving the Z. My other cars have their fanbases but nothing like a bright orange '69 Camaro! No CHP yet but I've been followed into my work parking lot by a guy who bet his friend at a bar what year the car was as I drove by... the more fun one was a few weeks ago, leaving work and a kid on a bike starts chasing after me. I pulled over and he asked if he could take pictures. I was about his age when I started dreaming about this car so it was fun to pay it forward a bit. Pictures led to video and the question "... could you rev it?" Giant smiles from both him and me with that chambered exhaust singing above 4k rpm

[cruiserofland]

Thanks to the brilliant build thread from Lloyd over on TC, I learned that the reverse lights shouldn’t have rubber or foam gaskets around the chrome bezels. I’m guessing my reverse light bezels are reproduction but at least now my gaskets are gone Looks much sharper this way. It’s the little things...

[cruiserofland]

I spent some time tonight working on the throttle rod. The nub that goes into the carb linkage is much too long - I would bet the sloppy fit knocked the e-clip off during my drive last week - so I used a washer stack to tighten it up. I also finally checked the carb linkage position when the pedal is floored and found that the carb was not reaching WOT. So this throttle rod also appears to be overall too long! I lopped off the threaded end to make it as short as possible and it still won’t go fully wide-open when in the correct hole of the linkage, so for now I’m running the rod in the lower hole until I have time to tighten the bend and so make the rod just a little bit shorter.. In the meantime, the throttle feels vastly better with all that new pedal travel and the car finally feels quick!

Photos are from the rod in the correct position but not hitting the WOT stop on the Holley.

[ELEFUNTMAN]

usually with vacuum secondary it’s not any trouble to get full throttle. I have found with mechanical secondary sometimes a challenge. You can “bend” the actual rod inside the car farther away from the firewall however be careful, it may break- yes, I broke one once! Love these cars!

[cruiserofland]

With all of the craziness of 2020 it’s sure damned nice to escape for a bit in the Camaro. Spent some time tuning the throttle rod again today then opened it up a bit to enjoy that roaring chambered exhaust. A good day and what this hobby is all about