Chevrolet Camaro 1967-2002 - Project 98 z28

Instead of starting different threads for my 98 z28 I figured Id just make one BIG one. Ill be updating this as I go...

A friend was looking to buy this car so I rode with him to check it out. It was a 98z 104k, auto with a stall, decent body nice paint but the wheels were hidious. The guy was asking 5k. After the test drive and a little haggling a deal was made and they planed to meet the next day to transfer. When the guy went to leave he did a crazy whipper tail on the way out and crashed into a concrete block next to the road. It went through the bumper cover and into the drivers front tire driving it into the cowl and blowing the bags. Needless to say the guy was sick and knew it was probably toast. It was dark outside so I couldnt see how bad the damage was but I knew the motor and trans was fine so I offered the guy $1500 cash.

Here she was in my driveway the next morning. It had a ls6 intake, tci superstreetfighter stall, 373 gears, hooker supercomp headers, offroad Y and a dumped bullet. Thing sounded mean!
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I'd hate to be the owner who wrecked it just trying to show off. Good luck with the repairs.

I'd hate to be the owner who wrecked it just trying to show off. Good luck with the repairs.

Yeah it definitely got away from him lol. Thanks





The damage really wasnt that bad, the car was definitely salvagable. The k-member was fine along with drivers door alignment. To get it back on the road it needed a minor pull to fix the cowl, new a-arm, sway bar link and front end alignment.

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Off to the frame shop for a second opinion and get the cowl pulled.

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damn I'd pay 1500 cash all day for that thing, good find!

damn I'd pay 1500 cash all day for that thing, good find!

Thanks! I was really surprised he settled for $1500, I dont think he wanted to fool with it since he only had liability insur.




Here she is on the rack getting pulled before replacing the bent suspension. While at the junk yard getting the a-arm I also found a perfect drivers airbag for $20.

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After everything was done I took it to have an alignment.

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Then replaced the windshield.

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Taking it for that first drive was awesome, right away I could tell it had a big stall and pulled like crazy. I zip tied the bumper together and took it straight to the local 1/8th mile track were it went 8.0 @ 89 on crap tires

Total investment so far - $2800 with the CCW's :D

8.0 aint too bad on street tires..id ditch that converter and grab a yank

Yeah its pretty much junk, the lockup clutch is bad so Im sure the transmission isnt far behind. No telling how long its been that way. I plan on swapping in a 80e or a 6 speed, Im not going to fool with another 60.

The ups man brought me a present....standard bore lq9 block and Comp 234/238 xer cam. Ill probably go ahead and throw the cam in my ls1 and save the block for tax time.



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I decided to go ahead and tune it up while I had it off the ground in the garage. The O2 sensors were so froze I had to cut them off and welded in new bungs, I also went ahead and cleaned the maf, recharged the k&n and changed the plugs and wires. Thing is running sweet!

I found a nice GM bumper cover on craigslist since the old one was toast. I also got a fog light and turn signal. The air pump was pretty smashed so I went ahead and deleted it to.



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While I was looking for parts I stumbled on a crashed 99 SS about 5 miles from my house, and it was black! I got the hood, spoiler and drivers door since mine was broke by the hinge. Heres a pic of it sitting on the car before work began.....



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Love how those wheels look! Good look on the rebuild

cant wait to see more

looking good and nice fiind on parts.

Love how those wheels look! Good look on the rebuild

Thanks man

cant wait to see more

Stay tuned!

looking good and nice fiind on parts.

Thanks man. Im always looking around for deals. lol

A little body work before paint.


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New paint.



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Working on the stripes now.



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looking good

Nice little project car you got goin on. That SS hood came out sick

looking good

Thanks!

Nice little project car you got goin on. That SS hood came out sick

Thanks man. I cant wait to get the stripes on it :nod:

what color are the stripes going to be?

what color are the stripes going to be?

Thinking about Synergy green with some ghost flames.

Synergy green it is....

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Woah! That looks freaking good! keep up the good work!

That's different. Never seen that color combo on anything before

awesome. im jealous!

Wow, that looks great. Awesome choice on the Berger stripes.

Woah! That looks freaking good! keep up the good work!

Thanks!

That's different. Never seen that color combo on anything before

Yeah I havent either. Some people probably wont like it but I wanted something different.

awesome. im jealous!

Haha thanks man

Wow, that looks great. Awesome choice on the Berger stripes.

Thanks man! I love it

way sexy bro

damn lucky you great buy

way sexy bro

Thanks man

damn lucky you great buy

Thanks

UPS man came today with more parts :)

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This thing is going to be badass when its complete! Are you doing any port work on the heads?

This thing is going to be badass when its complete! Are you doing any port work on the heads?

Thanks man! Ill probably just throw a cam in there for now untill I can afford to build something nasty :D Ive got to do something my transmission first, its not locking up in OD. I think the lock up clutch in my junky converter went out.

A little update

I finally got it all wetsanded and buffed this weekend, 10 hours worth of work but it looks so good. While I was driving it home I noticed the front end is getting worse. The alignment is already jacked and its popping when I turn. A quick check revealed a bad outer tie rod on the crash side :bang: I also suspect a bent spindle.

Ill get some pics up later this week.

Any updates on this beast?

Nope :( Its been two solid weeks of work for me.

I did mange to locate another ls1 K with the spindles and everything still attatched for FREE, I just need to go get it. Im about to get rolling again soon

Finally got my drag pack off and took a couple pics. Still need to put some of the lights back in but you get the idea.

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I think I need new bumpstops.....

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TTII's look great! Where did the ccw's go?

Thanks! I took my CCWs off after a flat tire put a few marks in the rim. They need to be sanded out and repolished. These were holding air so I threw them on.

Both wheels look awesome on the car! The only other thing I would do to the outside of the car is whistler the head lights

Amazing!!!! More pics ASAP!!!!

Both wheels look awesome on the car! The only other thing I would do to the outside of the car is whistler the head lights

Yeah I really need to do that. How hard is it to take the lights apart?

Amazing!!!! More pics ASAP!!!!

Thanks man. Ill try to get a few more and put them up

[QUOTE=BLK95-Z;16592388]Yeah I really need to do that. How hard is it to take the lights apart?


its easy. few minutes in the oven and they pry right off.

nice find.!!! I found a 98 z28 M6 cayenne red ttop for $6k, and was smiling... You STOLE that car from that poor guy!

The car looks awesome. I love both set of wheels

Its been a while since Ive updated this thread. Apart from a couple local shows this car has been sitting 95% of the time. I got a wild hair and ALMOST sold it a couple weeks ago. Some guy drove 150 miles to pick it up only for the starter to fail when he arrived :bang: It was wierd Ive never had a problem with this car and it wouldnt do anything but click when he got here. I couldnt do anything but laugh and offer him some gas $$. It was 830 a night during the week so swapping the starter out wasnt an option. Guess it wasnt meant to be. This was the second time Ive commited to selling this car and it fall through....Im keeping it forever now :)

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Updates coming soon....

Picked up a starter off a 4.8 truck motor for $30, it was dirty but worked great. When I went to install it I found one of my origional bolts to be to short. After closer inspection the starters are a little different.

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I did a bit of research and found the short bolt starter would break the ear off putting stress on the longer bolt and break the block so most people with an aluminum block are running the longer bolt starter.

If you switch from your stock ls1 starter to the long bolt starter you need two of these 15mm bolts...

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