Brought Home The Dream: '69 RS Z/28

[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

[BJCHEV396]

Wow she's a beauty Matt.Congrats and enjoy!

[cruiserofland]

Originally Posted by BJCHEV396

Wow she's a beauty Matt.Congrats and enjoy!

Thank you I’ve so far wrenched a fair bit more than driven it but it has been fun to dial everything in. I realized I’ve worked on almost every “touch point” of driving so far: shifter, steering, throttle... so brakes are next!

[169indy]

Great perspective shot, I like the angle.

[Stihl]

I believe that last photo is my favorite in quite a while. Awesome shot of a beautiful car!

[cruiserofland]

Thank you both

Next up will be fixing the clock. In the meantime, it makes a lovely view when wrenching on something else...

[cruiserofland]

A little evening attitude for ya:

[cruiserofland]

Drove the car to work today and did a quick shot of the interior, with chambered exhaust soundtrack... I believe the deluxe houndstooth was added, given the standard black glovebox, but damn I love it. Console, rosewood wheel... one of the great interiors of all time!