What's to do ... Urgent Matters to Attend to ... Relocate O2 Sensor for EFI In The Near Future ... Body Work - Fill in Quarter Replacement Welds/Scars As I Get Around To It ... Driver Door Latch Mechcanism/System

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What's been done ... 2023 Installed Holley 'Super Sniper' 650 EFI Fuel System with HyperSpark Distributor Realign Radiator Cradle, Front Fenders to fix 'Gap' issues with Front End Metal Installed AutoMeter SportComp UltraLite Gauges (Mechnical Temp, Oil & Voltage) Installed AutoMeter Copper Oil Line for Oil Gauge Installed Rear 'Wheel Well' Trim 2022 Replace Radiator Cradle, Radiator bushings Replaced Front Fenders, Inner Fenders Installed New Moog Upper & Lower Control Arm Bushings Installed New Moog Upper & Lower Ball Joints Installed 'Big Block' style Heater Core Rebuilt 'Heater Box' Replaced 'Heater Box' Interior Vent Fixed Kick Panel Vents Doors Replaced Front Nose Replaced Front Bumper (Lightened up by removing part of interior reinforcement) Installed Header Gaskets and Collector Gaskets Replaced/Installed NEW Bosch 63A Alternator Cleaned and Particually rebuilt Holley Carb (650 DP) 2021 Replace complete rubber FUEL LINE from tank to fuel regulator, regulator to carburetor Replace broken 'brake' taillight sockets on passenger side rear Changed out hinges on Front Shades Repaint Lakewood Traction Bars - Flat Black Installed Chrome Drip Moldings Disconnected leaking heater core and put plugs in at intake and water pump connections 2020 The Omega was parked for the 2020 Car Season. 2019 Replace Front Bearings & Seals (146185.2) Replace vacuum hose at Modulator Valve Replace leaking 3 core radiator with old 4 core copper radiator from my 73 Nova Replace Upper & Lower Radiator Hoses 2018 Installed NEW United Pacific #31397 LED Headlights (Takes 9003 bulb) Fixed broken ground wire with Passenger Front Signal/Park Light Installed AutoMeter Mechnical Fuel Pressure Gauge Performed Compression Test on Motor - All Cylinders @ 180 Install set of NGK TR55 Spark plugs Tested Spark Plugs wires Replace O2 Sensor for AFR Gauge Pull Primary side of Carb apart and clean it out Replace Fuel Pump with NEW Carter M4891 Replace Fuel Line from stock steel line to fuel pump Change Secondary Jets from 80 to 75 Set & Tune Carburetor Replaced rubber fuel line connecting 2 metal fuel lines under Passenger Door. Removed DEFECTIVE NEW Fuel Pump and replaced with old one of same style Rejetted Carb - 65/71 with 6.5PV Reset & Retuned Carburetor Install external AutoMeter Fuel Pressure Gauge Install Holley/NOS Electric Fuel Pump 110GPH w/Holley Regulator (Set to 5 psi) Install 3/8 Steel-braided Fuel Line replacing stock 5/16 steel line Changed Fuel Pressure to 5.5 psi Repainted car with Rustoleum Flat Black (6 cans) Wired up dashlight for external Fuel Pressure Gauge Install MSD Pro Billet Distributor Install fresh set of NGK TR55 Plugs Replace section of fuel line coming from Sending Unit going to Elec. Fuel Pump Replace throttle cable with proper throttle cable for a V8 (Dorman 04145) 2017 Install 9003 Headlight Conversion Lens with LEDs Wired up 3 relayed circuits for Headlights & LEDs. LEDs come on as 'Daytime Running Lights' with ignition Install NEW Gas Tank and Fuel Sending Unit Installed NEW lugnuts, replacing defective wheel nuts (material coming off skoaring/marking up steel rims) Reinstalled repaired Tach and tested Rewired some accessories which run off IGN and ACC of the fuse panel Changed jetting in carb to STOCK jetting of 63/70 Increased timing to 34 (From 31) Changed jetting in carb to 71/78 Installed Exhaust Cutouts Installed AEM AFR Gauge & O2 Sensor 2016 Braced Gas Pedal, welded in supports to keep pedal arm from flexing Replaced factory plastic Gas Pedal Rod Support with Aluminum Pedal Rod Support Replaced harden Nylon line with New one for the Oil Pressure Gauge Dyno'd Omega - 274 rwhp/297 rwtq Purchased 4x 15x7 Olds Rally Rims for future use (Have 4x 14x6 Olds Rallys too). Purchased NEW Gas Tank, Prep'd and Painted Tank (Ready for Install) 2015 Replaced failed Battery Replaced Power Steering Pump Removed Sunpro Oil & Voltage Gauges and replaced with AutoMeter Gauges Tweaked Carb, changed secondary squirter from 28 to 25 Removed Inspection cover from Transmission Replaced accelerator/throttle cable Changed Spark Plugs (NGK TR55) Adjusted throttle positioning on Carb/Cable Replace Fuel Pump Change fuel line over to -6 & -8 line with fittings Blacked out Front Grills & Headlight bezels Detailing under the hood, painted air cleaner & brake booster, master cylinder - flat black Repainted car, along with door handles, locks, marker lights 2014 Went thru Powertrain and make sure all bolts are tight! Installed Complete Driveshaft Loop Replaced burnt out headlight Cleaned up and Repainted Rear Steel rims Installed NEW BFG Radial T/A 235/60/15 for the rear tires. Cleaned up Trunk surround and removed old weatherstripping. Painted Semi-Gloss black. Installed NEW Trunk Seal. Replaced missing bolt on rubber snubber on Pass. Traction Bar. Cleaned and Repainted Front Steel rims (Semi-gloss Black) Installed 'Wolo' Musical Air Horn - Macarena Re-jetted Holley 650 Carb - 71/78 2013 Trimmed Passenger Kickpanel & Installed New Front Speaker (Finally 5 years later!) Wired up Rearview Mirror Map Lights Installed AutoMeter 5 in. Monster Tach #3011 w/Shift Light Installed NEW set of NGK TR55 Plugs Correct timing, set TOTAL timing to 34 degrees - no vacuum advance. Installed NEW Cap & Rotor Installed NEW Motor Mounts Switched back to CoOp Preminum Gas (91 Octane) Set TOTAL timing back to 32 degrees - no vacuum advance. Sold Keystone Custom Mags 2012 Install proper Alternator Bracket & Align Alternator Install New Linkage bracket for Accelerator & Kick-down cable Register'd & Installed Custom License Plates Install B&M Pro Ratcher Shifter Quickly respray'd/repainted Hood Installed Trunk Light Corrected Speedometer - Installed Correct Speedo Gears for 3.73 gears/Tire Size 2011 Engine Block machined to square it up (Justin Dorosh) Rebuilt/Assembled 355 SBC (Dan Klim) Installed Headers & Had Exhausted Hooked up to collectors (Duals Exhaust) Removed Elec. Fan setup, Went back to Mechanical Fan setup Shim up starter Replaced Electric Choke on Q-Jet Carb Welded SubFrame Connectors to front Subframe. Installed a set of Oldsmobile DogDish hubcaps (Bought another set at Swap Meet) Installed Inspection Cover on Transmission (Thanks BadMatt for the cover!!) Installed Holley 650 Double-Pumper Carb Installed MSD Street Fire Distributor (MSD Cap, Rotor & Module) Installed MSD Custom 8.5mm Wires (Dan Klim) Installed Sparkplug Wire Looms and Sparkplug Wire Socks Installed NEW Rear Brake Shoes & Hardware Kit Cleaned & Adjusted Front Shoes/Brakes Changed Front Tires on Mags to 205/70/15s from 225/70/15s 2010 Adjusted and Set 'Choke' on Q-Jet Carb Swapped out Q-Jets with the spare one from my 73 Nova (built by Dan Klim) Removed excessed wiring, used some Wire-Loom to clean up on Electric Fan Assembly/Setup. Rear Window resealed - (Big Thanks to KYLE HILLIER @ SPEEDY AUTO GLASS) Fixed Carb Issues with Performance Loss at WOT, Installed fuel line to extend Primary Vents and sheild to Secondarys Fixed/Replace portion of WeatherStripping on Drivers Door Clean & Readjust Front Brakes Replaced front 2 Subframe Bushings Installed Lakewood Traction Bars Repainted the car in Flat Black Tremclad (Started as touching up, then just went over the whole car) Installed Competition Engineering Bolt-In SubFrame Connectors Replaced 2 More Subframe Bushings Lakewood Driveshaft Loop Install Replaced Rad Cap Rear-End Rebuild, w/Detroit TrueTrac Posi & 3.73 Richmond Gears (Work by Motion Performance) Replaced Front Shoes (again, badly cracked) & Brake Hardware Kit Replaced Wheel Nuts on Front Tires Replaced broken/worn door panel clips on Drivers Door Repainted Gas Tank Detailing under the hood (painting brackets) Added Wire Loom to wiring in Trunk, also fixed Passenger inner socket Replaced Wheel Nuts on Rear Tires Tweaking/Setting up carb (Metering Rods & Hangers) Installed Accel SuperCoil Changed out metal fuel line from Fuel Pump to Carb Set timing to 16 Initial/36 Advanced 2009 Torqued all Transmission Pan Bolts & Crossmember bolts Replaced missing nuts on Drivers Side Manifold-Exhaust connection. Fixed small Anti-Freeze leak (Heater Hose) Installed new Front & Rear Bench Seats into car Engine/Transmission Swap (Out with the 305/TH350C, and in with a built 355/TH350) Installed External Transmission Cooler Replaced Tailight Wiring Harness with a nicer harness Replaced mechanical Temperature Gauge with an Electrical One Installed 3 core radiator Swapped out Washer Fluid reservior with one which is in better shape Swapped fan shroud for a slightly larger one from a 4th Gen Nova. (On loan) - Holley 700 Double Pumper (from Glenn A.) to try out on new 355 setup. Remove mechanical fan and shroud and installed an Electrical Fan setup. Replace Holley 700 Loaner Carb with 750 QuadraJet, installed convertion plate on intake. 2008 Installed Electric Trunk Opener Clean & Readjust Front Brakes Fixed/Straightened Bent Front License Plate Bracket - (from Accident - Aug/06) Fixed Power Problem with Cigarette Lighter Wired up Glove Box Light Replaced Car Radio, with similiar Alpine model Installed Headlight Alarm (for when I leave the lights on) Installed NEW Rearview mirror from S10 and wired up Lights Fixed/Replaced portion of WeatherStripping on Drivers Door Replaced corroded Cigarette Lighter Plug with another ... Replaced 3 outta 4 speakers Trimmed Lips on the Wheel Wells of the Rear Quarters Swapped out Front Springs, replaced Shocks and Lower Balljoints (HUGE THANKS to Clint!!) Painted Brake Drums black Installed a set of Keystone Mags on cars Acquired new Front & Rear Bench seats (Good/Excellent Condition) from 78 Nova @ Wreckers 2007 Swapped out broken TH350 for TH200M (TH200M was free!) Replaced Pass. Front Wheel Cylinder Corrected Tighteness of Front Wheel Hubs Cleaned & Readjusted, Bleed Front Brakes Swapped out Rebuilt Quadjet with Glenn's Quadjet Complete Front Brake Job (Recut Drums, cleaned up hardware, new Wagner PREMINUM Shoes) Fixed Passenger Door Window Crank Installed Fan shroud & Upper Rad Support Swapped out blown TH200M for TH350C Wired up Toggle Switch for Electric Torque Lockup Fixed Shifter Linkage Issues Installed Sunpro 2 5/8" Oil Pressure Gauge Installed Arooga Horn Installed Alpine AM/FM/Cass deck Fixed Speaker Wiring problems Swapped out Driver's 'Rusty Chromed Tailight' lens for another 'Shiny Chrome Tailight' lens Removed some Rubber Plugs on empty Vacuum ports as they have split, or fallen off. Returned rubber hose with Screws as plugs. Installed Chrome Oil Cap Installed NEW 205/75/14 BFG Contours on 14x6 Steel Rims on Front Remove SunPro 2 5/8" Oil Pressure Gauge Installed with 2" SunPro 3 Gauge Package (Hooked up Oil & Voltage Gauges) Fixed broken Trans. return line near rad, using Fuel Line to connect the 2 lines together Hooked up SunPro Temperature Gauge to Intake port by Thermostat Housing Installed a Clean (Sensor-Free) Thermostat Housing & 180F Thermostat Installed Mr.Gasket GM Throttle Basket and hooked up kick-down cable Fixed linkage problem with throttle connection on Carb (Wasn't getting FULL or wide open before) Changed Valve Cover gaskets to FelPro Rubber Gaskets Fixed Oil Pressure Sensor Connector Replaced Burnt-out drivers headlight Removed EGR Valve and installed Cutoff Plate Installed another set of Stock Valve Covers (All cleaned up and painted nicely) Installed Vinyl Hose Caps on Vacuum ports on Carburater Replaced Water Pump and installed different Alternator Bracket Cleaned and Painted Face/Front of Motor Fixed Split Heater Hose Installed NEW Air Filter (WIX 42095) Replaced Wiper Switch Replaced multiple burntout bulbs Replaced Wiper Motor (Old Wiper Switch was fine ...) Replaced Alternator 2006 Removed Modelling from the Sides of the Car Replace Seized E-Brake cables going into Rears Drums Clean and Adjust Rear Brakes, (Properly this time :]) Fixed up Front-End Replaced both Inner & Outer Tie Rods, Drivers & Passenger Sides Replaced Idler Arm Inspected Ball Joints (All appears to be in good shape!) Replaced End Links of Sway Bar Greased up Front End Cleaned up & Detailed Wiper Motor/Pump Assembly Fixed Washer Pump Cleaned up & Detailed spare Wiper Motor Project 'Slomega' - (See Pictures Section, 2006 Pictures, Project 'Slomega' - Pictures) Replace Rear Quarter's & Outer Wheel Wells Repair Rust in both Door Jams Fixed Small Hole in Firewall (behind Brake Booster) Doors (Temporarly Patched) Fixed Drivers & Passenger Holes in Floor (Driver's side was UGLY!) Got the Car sprayed Flat-Black for now ... Connected up E-Brake cables & Adjusted e-brake to hold car in gear Front End Alignment Wash out the Entire Inside of the Trunk Rebuilt Monojet Carb (well, Glenn did ...) Rebuilt the "supposely rebuilt" HEI distributor Replaced Cap & Rotor, with NEW wires and Plugs from last fall Replaced Vacuum Advance Borrowed some tires from Shelly to replace unsafe rear tires Switched front tires over to different rims to match rear tires borrowed from Shelly. Gas Gauge decided to start working again (My Sister is taking credit for fixing it) Replaced Heater Controls Engine Swap - Pulled out L6 250 & Installed a running 305 from an 84 Parisienne Converted Wiring over for V8 setup Installed HEI Distributor Installed Tranny Modular Vacuum tube Switched Computer-Controlled Carb with regular Q-Jet Replaced BAD Alternator from V8 with one from L6 Fixed Power Steering Problem w/hose clearances, brackets & a different pump (3 of them) Switched Q-Jet with another regular Q-Jet (Q-Jet #3) Installed NEW Fan Belt (#15445) & Power Steering Belt (#15455) Installed new Radiator Cap Swapped 14" rims with 15" Steelies & the 215/75/15 tires from Parisienne Parts Car Changed Tranny Fluid & Filter Fixed Split Heater Hose Replaced clutch fan with 6-blade Flex Fan Replaced hose for PCV-to-Carb/Canester Connection. Fix up and trim hoses to carb Removed rounded nut from Pass-Front Wheel and swap over 15" tire. Detailed/Painted Gas Tank Temporarly straighten out fender & bezel from 'Fender Bender' on August 1st, 2006 Changed Tranny Fluid & Filter Again (Pan wasn't properly cleaned from last time) Installed Oil Pressure Sensor (for the dummy light) Rewired Radio & Speakers Installed Chrome Oil Breather Installed New Metal & Rubber Fuel line from Pump to Carb Installed Glove Box Light (.. but did not wire it up) Detailing Engine Compartment Polished up underside of Chrome Air Cleaner Lid Painted Pulleys & Brackets, Fan, Firewall, Heater Box Installed Wire Loom over Wiring Wire Brushed and repainted underside of Hood (2 Wire-Wheels later ...) Painted up Rear Axle & Rest of Gas Tank Installed Rubber Plugs on empty Vacuum ports (Removing old hoses bit with Screws as plugs) Installed Rebuilt Carb, along with new Carb Gasket Fixed & Reassembled Front Brakes (Cylinder Rear-Post came off Shoe on Pass. Side) Installed Replacement Kickdown Cable 2005 Washed the car, cleaned it right out. Exterior, Interior & Trunk Rebuilt Alternator Removed old Radio Cleaned out all unnecessary wiring from under dash Replaced all burnt out light bulbs, fuses ... Replaced radio with AM/FM/Cass we acquire from the wrecker Rewire radio & speakers Fixed Idler Arm on Carb (Was seized) Charged battery Fixed Gas Gauge Ground Replaced Air Breather Ripped Backseat (D'oh!) Removed decals (along with the paint) from doors Banged dent out of Drivers Door (As best as we can) Replaced Master Cylinder Replaced Valve Cover Gasket (w/FelPro Rubber Gasket) Wash & Shampoo Engine Conpartment Wirebrush and paint Upper Radiator Cover (Still alittle rough looking tho) Replace Front Brake Hoses, Cylinders Bleed out Brake System Gas Gauge is fixed... AGAIN! ... Replaced Cracked Taillight Len Brought Anti-Freeze up to strength (Good to -45c) Swap out Points Distributor in favor of an HEI Distributor Check Cap & Rotor on HEI New Plugs (NGK GR4) and Wires Replace Push Rod Side Cover & Valve Cover Gaskets Oil Change, Change Air Filter Fix Interior Door Light Switches Replaced old dried-out rubber vacuum hoses Clean and Adjust Rear Brakes Patched up Rear Quarters with Fibreglass (Very Messy and ugly) Hooked up E-Brake, (Replaced Main & Intermediate cables) Since been disconnected, have to replace rear cables going into drums