1969 Camaro LS swap
01-26-2015, 10:49 PM
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1969 Camaro LS swap So I figured I might as well start a thread on this built. I have had the car for a few months now and have been collecting parts. This entire project actually started with an entirely different car with an entirely different direction. I pickup up a 69 pro street car about 6 months ago intending to build a true pro street car. After collecting a few parts and coming to the realization I really didnt want a pro street car I ordered all new sheet metal for the car to to take it back to a stock body car and remove the ladder bar backhalf on the car. A few days after I placed the order I ran across this car about 30 miles from where I picked up the first car. While significantly more money all of the sheet metal was already done and probably saved me about 2 years worth of build time vs. if I would have used the other car. I made a deal and headed that way with the trailer. The previous owner had owned the car for about 10 year and started on the ground up restoration when the project got put on hold about 5 years ago. He provided me with all of the picture he had of the car so I have documentation of everything. He found the car in a storage yard in need of some serious help so he pulled it out and sent it off to the Goodmark installation center in Georgia. By the time he got it back pretty much everything except the inner supports, passenger side floorboard and firewall had been replaced. He had the entire interior sprayed with lizard skin and the body, high fill primed, sanded and color primed.
This is where I come into the picture. I picked up the car I Lillian Texas so I figured this was a fitting name for her. The car was originally a Hugger Orange SS and since all the door jams and the undersides of the panels are painted that color she will be staying Hugger Orange. I currently have a full ride tech front suspension installed in the car with shockwaves but I think they are going to be swapped out for coilovers by the end of this. I am in the process of installing DSE mini tubs and subframe connectors. The rear suspension was ordered from Speedtech as well as the rear axle. Roger has been great to deal with and always helpful.
This is where I come into the picture. I picked up the car I Lillian Texas so I figured this was a fitting name for her. The car was originally a Hugger Orange SS and since all the door jams and the undersides of the panels are painted that color she will be staying Hugger Orange. I currently have a full ride tech front suspension installed in the car with shockwaves but I think they are going to be swapped out for coilovers by the end of this. I am in the process of installing DSE mini tubs and subframe connectors. The rear suspension was ordered from Speedtech as well as the rear axle. Roger has been great to deal with and always helpful.
01-26-2015, 10:53 PM
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This is how the previous owner found her. He had the car for several years and sent it to the Goodmark Installation center to have the sheetmetal replaced.
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01-27-2015, 08:38 AM
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Had to pull the front end back off the car and pull the engine back out to modify the passenger side motor mount to give me enough room for a low mount a/c compressor. I think I found a setup that will work from Street and Performance but there is no telling until it gets here.
01-28-2015, 08:30 AM
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What are you doing for the chassis harness? We are going to have a direct fit chassis harness available for that car very soon! We're looking around the March-April time frame.
http://www.painlessperformance.com/webcat/20202
http://www.painlessperformance.com/webcat/20202
01-28-2015, 10:31 AM
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Yes I plan to keep to a cable throttle body. I am not sure what cable I am going to use yet. Im going to run a Holley HP EFI ECU. I have been looking at the painless harness and the American Autowire harness. It looks like the American Autowire has a few more options than the painless but I would be interested to see what painless has to offer.
01-28-2015, 11:28 AM
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Yes I plan to keep to a cable throttle body. I am not sure what cable I am going to use yet. Im going to run a Holley HP EFI ECU. I have been looking at the painless harness and the American Autowire harness. It looks like the American Autowire has a few more options than the painless but I would be interested to see what painless has to offer.
Our manual for it is currently getting put together and I can tell you it will be awesome. It's looking to be around 150 pages. Which sounds like a lot, but we go through all the vehicle options and try to cover all the questions you might have. Afterwards you will know every detail of wiring on the car and feel confident in your wiring job. The manual for our 2nd gen Camaro is the same way. Check it out here: http://www.painlessperformance.com/Manuals/20112.pdf
Feel free to let me know if you have any questions with the wiring!
