I have owned this Camaro for 24 years. This is it's second frame off build. The paint and overall fit and finish will be improved this time around. The quarters, fenders, and header panel were replaced 20 years ago with NOS GM pieces. The rest of the sheetmetal is original to the car, so no metal work this time. The build will be done in 2 phases. Body, paint, suspension, and interior will be done in phase 1. Phase 2 will consist of motor and transmission. It was an original 307 powerglide with factory air and vinyl top when I bought it, but it's had several engine and transmission combos in it over the years. This time it will have a pump gas 383 stroker with AFR aluminum heads and a hydraulic roller cam. The trans will be a TKO 600 sending power back to an original replacement GM 12 bolt with 3:73 gears and Moser axles. Also this time the factory air stuff and vinyl top will be removed. Suspension will consist of a Hotchkis TVS stage 2 system with a 3" drop and their new aluminum shocks. Stopping power will be handled by Baer 4-wheel disk brakes with a DSE master cylinder/booster combo. It will have 18" Rushforth "Fuel" wheels, polished hoops with Smoked Titanium spokes and BF Goodrich KDW2 tires. Interior will mostly stock with a few exceptions. It will have TMI sport seats, aftermarket console gauges and Billet Specialties pedals to work with the Lokar throttle cable. The goal was to blend the right amount of aftermarket parts with right amount of factory parts and have a well balanced Camaro. Not to stock but not to modified either. Since the motor is at the machine shop and could take a while I thought I would post pictures of phase 1 for everybody to enjoy. All body/paint and assembly were handled by Gary Richey and Vic Klingsmith down at Gary's shop in New Albany. Gary is a very talented body and paint technician and Vic did a great job on assembly. They both treated my car like it was their own. I could not ask for anything more, they did a great job. As a plus Gary just happens to love Chevrolet Muscle and shared my vision of what the car should look like.
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Dennis got the rest of my exhaust put on this week. It turned out great. Everything is tucked up nice. A work of art in my opinion. The exhaust consist of Doug Thorley tri-y headers, Stainless Works collectors, and a stainless American Thunder Flowmaster System. It takes quite a bit of work and patience to get exhaust on a car, tweaking, welding, modifying, ect to make sure everything clears. He did a wonderful job.
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Looks like it turned out really nice, Brian. You're gonna have a really slick ride when it's done. :thumbsup:
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Been pretty quiet lately, Brian. Any updates?
Yeah Brian, we have been busy with summer activities, car shows, car cruises both locally and out of town along with work. It's really close though, just down to some wiring(engine bay, gauges etc.). Hopefully we'll get it going pretty soon. How's your car doing? I hope you have been enjoying it. On a side note, I did get to do something a couple weeks ago that I know you will appreciate. I will post it in the bench section when I get a chance. Until then I will keep you in suspense.
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Glad to hear you are OK. Things got deafenly quiet for a while, so I hoped nothing bad had happened on your end. My car is doing great. I plan on driving it to work again tomorrow. I need to find a clear road to get here, though. Seems they chip and sealed a couple of the main roads I take, so it's going to be a detour in the morning, but I can do it.
Engine bay is done. Dennis finished up the wiring this past weekend. Everything turned out great. His attention to detail is second to none. Next on the list is to get an alignment then back to the body shop for some touch ups. I plan to pick a nice day and take off from work to get this accomplished. Car is running by the way, I'll try to get a video next time I go out there.
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Looks great! Very nicely done. I will probably be stealing those same console gauges on my build. :thumbsup:
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Looks great, Brian! :thumbsup: I was wondering yesterday about how it was coming along. You'll get a few miles on it before the weather turns to crap. We still need to get that picture of them together.
I know everybody including myself likes engine idle videos so I got a couple to post. Just to review: 383 stroker, Scat Rotating Assembly, AFR 195 heads, Comp 288HR hydro roller, RPM Airgap Intake, Holley 770 Ultra Street Avenger, Doug Thorley Tri-Y Headers, 2 1/2" American Thunder Flowmaster System with Super 44 mufflers.
Got the car done in time to make a local show at a Chevy dealership last Sat. The show was about 20 miles away so it was a great test run. Car ran and drove great up the highway. The Hotchkis TVS Stage 2 Suspension and their new aluminum shocks seems like a great combination, my wife and I were impressed with the ride. Got a lot of positive comments on the car so everybody seemed to like it. Even though it was very cold and windy that day, it was a lot of fun. Got a top 50 award as a bonus.
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I said it before, You did an amazing job. Makes me feel where I was 12 years ago with mine , doing what you have done. With a few differences our cars are almost identical . Same motor , cam , crank, heads and headers.
I do like your console set up. I am Frost Green with envy. For sure, these green cars stand apart from the norm. Super job. :thumbsup:
I do like your console set up. I am Frost Green with envy. For sure, these green cars stand apart from the norm. Super job. :thumbsup:
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