{"id":1033,"date":"2017-10-10T07:57:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T07:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2018-01-18T17:34:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:34:00","slug":"day-2672-falling-behind-on-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/2017\/10\/10\/day-2672-falling-behind-on-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 2672 &#8220;Falling Behind on Posts&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The past couple months I&#8217;ve been slowly working on a few things. Prepare for a lengthy post. Sorry. :-\\<\/p>\n<p>First, I&#8217;ve brought back the tinted plexi trunk cover. My old cover is lost. Plus it was not graphite so it wouldn&#8217;t help me anyway. I&#8217;ll probably do more to it probably add lighting and maybe other things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170702_193845936_HDR_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170702_193845936_HDR_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170702_193743455_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170702_193743455_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My Sub woofer enclosure is coming along slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Sound deadener installed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170704_202929671_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170704_202929671_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fiberglass prep:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170705_151932950_HDR_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170705_151932950_HDR_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fun stuff:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170705_215037230_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170705_215037230_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once cured I started trying to figure out how to make the top half of the enclosure. So, I lined up the panels and used a laser to make a few things<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170805_204012524_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170805_204012524_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170805_204405038_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170805_204405038_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then used quite a bit of foam and glue them all together then shaved it down until it fit in the hole. (I want to be able to remove it just in case i need to repair or maybe paint it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170909_190425258_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170909_190425258_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally fits:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170909_190513488_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170909_190513488_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t really know where I was going to put the amps and stuff but there seems to be a bunch of room behind the enclosure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170909_190544037_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/sound_system\/IMG_20170909_190544037_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the new tire was on, I suspected that it was rubbing a little. I was correct. I think it&#8217;s just because the bump stops are doing their job lol so time to fix that.<\/p>\n<p>Rubbing:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_163637704_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_163637704_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_163645178_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_163645178_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bump stops! You failed me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_163652884_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_163652884_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Traded in for younger models.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_164129543_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_164129543_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was probably long overdue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_164313144_HDR_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_164313144_HDR_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And because there is no direct replacements, cut, cut, cut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_165101429_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_165101429_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_165433481_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_165433481_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The otherside was a bit worse. I have been hanging the left turns a bit hard apparently. lol<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_165535381_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_165535381_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_180730291_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20170923_180730291_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now for the more recent problem or inconvenience more or less.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m working on getting the rest of the Supercharger parts on the shelf. I want to pull this motor and redo all the gaskets and anything else that looks like it needs replacing<\/p>\n<p>I noticed that my Timing Chain was making more noise than usual. I&#8217;ve been unable to stop the noise completely since I install the Cam but this was louder.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the air it goes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171007_164840337_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171007_164840337_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The usual breakdown:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171007_172938833_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171007_172938833_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171007_220233395_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171007_220233395_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Turns out there was a slight problem. I found other pieces of it in the oil when i drained it. I think this is the original tensioner only because none of the other tensioners felt like they fit properly. So I bought a Sealed Power version and it looks the closest to the factory. It still fits a little weird but I think it will to the job.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171007_221602303_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171007_221602303_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171008_164418932_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171008_164418932_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171008_164505724_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171008_164505724_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took the opportunity to clean some of the parts because my PS pump line was leaking some and made a mess all over everything.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171008_163843873_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171008_163843873_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171008_173506527_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171008_173506527_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This part was painted and I think when I SC i&#8217;m going to polish parts instead of painting them. I decided to strip the paint off this and clean it up a bit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171009_180449805_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171009_180449805_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looks decent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171009_184041503_1024px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/forge\/images\/cars\/96camaro\/operationx\/IMG_20171009_184041503_1024px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past couple months I&#8217;ve been slowly working on a few things. Prepare for a lengthy post. Sorry. :-\\ First, I&#8217;ve brought back the tinted plexi trunk cover. My old cover is lost. Plus it was not graphite so it wouldn&#8217;t help me anyway. I&#8217;ll probably do more to it probably add lighting and maybe &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/2017\/10\/10\/day-2672-falling-behind-on-posts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Day 2672 &#8220;Falling Behind on Posts&#8221;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9l0gt-gF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1345,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033\/revisions\/1345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frankforged.com\/blog\/96camaro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}