massen1981

Hi

Frist a little about me.
My name is Mads and I live i Denmark i have in the last 2 years ownd and driven a 72 el camino as a DD i the sommer, in denmark it is not normal to drive your classic us car more than 1000mils a year. but in the 2 years i have lade down close to 10000mils. i drive that thing all the time.
but becours my past car was a supercharge toyota Starlet. (complet track buildt) i now long for more power than the old 350 i making.
and rebuilding 55 year old tech is a no no in my book. I have had a 99 5.3 lm7 ship to my home.



first her is som foto of tha car as it is now.


it stands farlig stock and i like the look of it


one of me by the car, at one of the bigges car shows i Sweden


the interier,


grant wheel


and buildt in tach


and the old 350, it makes 230hp at the crank. and bleeds out evry gasket.

now to the plans.

the car has now
a 350 motor
th400 trans.
12 boldt rear whit 2.72
disk breaks

the plan is 5.3 lm7 whit this fuel system



stage 2 ems from retrotek speed on the stock intake paid 200$ for it her in Denmark
and a msd 6010 for the ignition.

now the reson for this is cost, all thinks i by online in the usa. I paid 2 times before i have it.
this is becors taxes in Denmark is made

for mounts i have this


energy suspension tall naro mounts and 0 plats



TD 1" setback plats think i will use this as i will put the motor in the stock sbc place



energi suspension trans mount.

i have ordert the holley oilpan kit yesterday so whating on that to com home.

trans:
keeping the th400 until a finde a 4l80e

rear: it has a lock diff in it now and the gear is good for the next upcoming plan. yes i am a boostoholic and it will get a turbo.
thinken of a gt45 but inputs a welcome.
a2w intercooler, had a frozenboost in my toyota and it worket good.

thats all for now. will be back whit updats soon

71Fakes

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Good luck! Certainly a unique car over there!

tmcmillan5

iTrader: (1)

Mads that looks like a very solid car you have, nice shape and good door gaps.

Do you guys have Chevy dealers over there? Reason I ask is that you can sneak an F Body oil pan in that car and maybe save yourself some money & shipping cost.

Tony

bczee

iTrader: (12)

Mads.. nice going over there. Seem like your going in the right directin. Let us know if you have more questions if we can help..

Question, are you going to keep the factory type of AC ?..

If you use those plates, they well come into contact with the AC Compressor on the LM7 setup. you well need to relocate or go aftermarket on a AC Setup, Vintage Air is my suggestion for aftermarket.. it well also clean up and be a much better system..

Keep us posted !

BC

massen1981

Emcmillan5:

Thanks, yes it´s a fair good car, but it has bin panitet in California befor i got it. and it is not the best paint job. but it is good for now.

yes we have chevy delers her, but the prise thay take for parts is off the roof. trye this.

cvts. oilpan just the pan and nothing more.. 646,5$

so thats not nice

massen1981

Bczee:
thanks i think i got it fair right whit the swap..

yes i will keep the ac, but will go whit a kwik ac bracket.

do you think the stock acbox will fit???

will keep you postet

bczee

iTrader: (12)

The Stock A-Body box will work. I still have mine in and I have connected it with modified AC lines to the LS1 compressor. I just wired the compressor up the the A-Body controls as it would have been stock.

It gets a bit tight near the passenger side head and HVAC box, I have to change the last two spark plugs from the bottom.

BC

massen1981

well santa was her tonight...



holley oilpan... mmmm nice



feelpro oilpan gasket and milodon ls dipstick. think it is nicere than the 2010 camaro that the holley pilpan was whit ind minde.

and the hughes flexplate adapter...

and then came this....



the willwood D52 calibers...



I am thinking of the pacesetter F-body Headers and mount the gt45 in the rear...

any thorts on that setup??


thats all for now

bczee

iTrader: (12)

Question, Why F-Body headers.. ?.. there are other low cost Swap headers that would most likely fit better.

Some have been able to use F-Body header in a A-Body as is and other have had to modify them a bit (Collector). Being where you are. Why chance buying something you might have to modify or even return ?

Just a thought !

BC

massen1981

well the F-body headers is for the low price.

but if you no of any lowprice swap headers, shottys to then pleas tell

massen1981

So time for some update...



motor is in

Sinds this build is in Denmark i got to use the parts i have.
but the truck intake is not a looker. but hers is my try to make it look good...






what do you guys think??

now to the small problems whit truck acc. chevy smallblock frame stands, tall/navro mounts, transdapt 1" setback swap plats, and holley oilpan

first ps pully is to big... smaller one ordre from ebay.


had to put 3washers at bouts sides to get the holley oilpan to clear the crossmember




but it just clears by 2mm so ordret the carshop 1" setback plats


new parts ordret:

msd 6010
carshop 1"setback plats
2 fittings for oilpressor and temp
ps pulley.
Pacesetter f-boby race headers
cast oilpan for my th400 trans. +2quaters + new filterkit
lokker gearcabel for stock shifter
new belt tensioner
polly bushings for front and rear suspension

will be back whit updates when i start putting parts on it..

Mads

71Fakes

iTrader: (2)

Looks like you are certainly coming along! I like what you have done with the truck intake also.

Hopefully I will be in the same place as you very soon.

massen1981

so time for an update....

NEW PARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


oile and water temp fittings... ideas for garges??? elektirc ones???


msd 6010 for the spark.


carshop 1" setback plats, hope this will raise the motor up so my oilepan to x:member space will be better.

i have allso resived the powerstering pump pully and will post mouting pic of that in this week..

all for now...

massen1981

so update time...




so got the trandsdapt plats of and put them side by side whit the carshop plats.




but i still have to space the plats up to get crossmember to oilpan clearings



and this is the clearings i endet up whit just abouet 6mm

so boldt in setup is:
energysuspensions tall/naro,
stock 72 elcamino smallblock stands,
carshop 1" setback plats, whit 3 whasers,
holley oilpan,
this will set the motor in the stock smallblock lokation. and clear the crossmember.

now after 12 weeks on google and all the forums that i can finde, I can now say that this is a first.









a 94 buick roadmaster wagon lt1 gas tank in a 68-72 elcamino.
now this tank swap has been talk over but i can not finde one that has done it.
so this tank will go in my 72 elcamino and i will post all the mods and pics of the swap.

the winter is hear so ther will be som time to the next update.

Mads

Denmark

Build-it-Break-it

iTrader: (9)

looking good. Let us know if tank fits. Seems to look as if it will. Keep up the progress.

massen1981

Here comes another update.

I have fitted the headers today. They are made by Pacesetter, Race Versions for a 2002 Camaro LS1.

I've had som minor fitting issues that will be discribed and pictured.





I started with the left side. It rubbed a tiny bit on the crossmember, so it got hammered, approx 2mm.







On the right side, the headers hit the transmision. So I've cut a little corner of the transmision. You can se how much, from the pics.

Before cutting.

From the top.



From the bottom.


After cutting.
From top





From the bottom




And done, fitted. Thats all the issues I've had. So nothing serious :-)