'92 ZR-1 Repair & Restoration

[phrogs]

I don't know why you haven't contacted me for parts yet!!haha

I have the harness parts but not sure if they are the same for a 92, the engine harness looks like its different than a 90-91 but that should be easy to find or maybe a 93 would work not sure!

platstic parts dash skeleton, center console im sure I have that and so on hit me up for what you need Ill give you a better deal than anyone else.

If that fiberglass work was done with glass mat and not done with a SMC type fiberglass resin it will come right off.

But if it was done right you can sand it down smooth then paint it.

Looks like an easy project.

[bdw18_123]

Update posted.

[HIZNHRZ]

It's starting to look the way a ZR-1 should be cared for. Nice job.

[LGAFF]

Does the car smell like smoke, that is the biggest challenge is getting the smoke smell out of the interior, and honestly why some of these get totalled, not the amount of direct damage but the residual.

[bdw18_123]

Originally Posted by LGAFF

Does the car smell like smoke, that is the biggest challenge is getting the smoke smell out of the interior, and honestly why some of these get totalled, not the amount of direct damage but the residual.

Honestly, not really - at least not like you'd think. I don't think that much smoke (if any) got into the cabin, the previous owner got the fire put out pretty quickly (he apparently had one of those "Big Gulp" drinks at the time, he put the fire out with it!). It does have a little smell, but not bad. I think most of the smell is in the carpets. The door panel carpets I cleaned with carpet cleaner that has odor remover in it and they smell good now. I think once I get the whole interior done and cleaned, there will be no more bad smell.

My '90 Z was the same way, but for a different reason. It had an "old cigarette" smell to it (PO smoked in it) But now that the front part of the interior has been cleaned with that same carpet cleaner with the odor remover (turtle wax), it smells good now with no trace of the cigarette smell that I can detect.

[bdw18_123]

Update posted, engine is clean now!

[tomtom72]

Holy smokes Cliff! ( no pun intended ) that job on the door panel is out of sight! What did you use?

[Ccmano]

Looks like your doing a nice job. Can't wait to see the final product. Question.... how hard was it to pull the engine and transmission as one unit?
H

[bdw18_123]

Originally Posted by tomtom72

Holy smokes Cliff! ( no pun intended ) that job on the door panel is out of sight! What did you use?

Cleaned it first with simple green, then rubbed in lots of "back to black" (by Mother's). I disassembled everything and cleaned/detailed all the individual parts though.

That's all I did!

Originally Posted by Ccmano

Looks like your doing a nice job. Can't wait to see the final product. Question.... how hard was it to pull the engine and transmission as one unit?
H

Actually me and Evan weren't the ones that pulled the engine, the body shop guy that Evan bought the car from did it. But the method used to pull it can only be done if you have a hoist. He just unbolted the whole front suspension carrier (after removing the front tires & upper a-arms) and lifted the car off of the engine, tranny & front suspension. I'm not sure of exactly how everything was supported etc during the process as I didn't witness the removal.

We are planning on re-installing it the same way since Evan also has a 2-post hoist at his shop. I think that is also the same way GM installed the engines when the cars were first built.

[phrogs]

if your using a 2 post lift what you need to do it drop the front engine cradle just like it was when it was built at the factory.

Take off the tires.
remove the upper a arm bolts and nuts shims.
remove brake line conection.
and then unbolt the k-frame thats what the motor bolts to.
then you should be able to lift the car and leave the k frame in place.

now you need to bring the k frame to the motor and trans and bolt them up.

best way I have seen for install is to put engine and cradle on jackstands under the car and then lower the car to them

or you could use a pallet or something like that.