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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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Car is lookin good man.. I am hoping to make some progress on my build tonight too Gotta clean up the headers and get the new motor ready to go in

Jason whats goin on with your camaro? haven't gotten any calls lately so hopefully that's a good sign lol
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jdhedman
Car is lookin good man.. I am hoping to make some progress on my build tonight too Gotta clean up the headers and get the new motor ready to go in

Jason whats goin on with your camaro? haven't gotten any calls lately so hopefully that's a good sign lol
Be nice to see your Camaro on the road again Jeremy!
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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Yea it will .. lol it was a very long summer without it. you going to FMS track day and or open house?
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by jdhedman
Yea it will .. lol it was a very long summer without it. you going to FMS track day and or open house?
Whats FMS??? But yeah, if my Camaro is track ready Im down. Actually the Camaro is pretty much set up to race, just needs new 02s and extensions and a tune and should be good to go.
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Old Feb 11, 2011 | 06:48 PM
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Fast motor sports Well its fast motor sports/deans performance open house and the chicago Garage / fast motor sports track day ( meet and skeet )
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jdhedman
Jason whats goin on with your camaro? haven't gotten any calls lately so hopefully that's a good sign lol
haha yea so far I haven't needed anything in terms of wiring done yet. I pulled my motor n gave it to Mike and I'm buying a 355 shortblock n putting that in.

pm me your number though cuz I just bought an 02 tahoe and I want a stereo in it with a sub.
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 10:57 PM
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and mike I got your clear corners in, they look pretty badass.
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 05:34 AM
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and mike I got your clear corners in, they look pretty badass.
Cool, cant wait to get rid of the orange turn signals.
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 10:38 PM
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Hey I just read this entire thread. I was really looking forward to seeing the car go into the 10s, but I understand everyone has priorities... Great job on the build, the car is looking excellent!! Who knows, maybe the '91 will go 10s one day.
Anyway, my buddy just crashed his '95 3.4L camaro 2 weeks ago and although only the front end got a little messed up he decided he doesn't want to fix it. I've been helping him gut the car to part everything out so if you still need anything I can see if he has it. Also, once the car is gutted he plans on selling the body as a roller... if you need any parts or know anyone who would like the roller to start a race car from scratch send me a pm. Keep up the good work!
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 11:46 PM
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You basically have to rewire the cluster, its not a direct plug in and play mod. Hope to get this done this weekend and finish this up, kinda an unfinished project I started this past fall.
Did your seatbelt light stay dimly lit after this swap? I took a '97 cluster into my '95 and it stays dimly lit after buckling up.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by TransAmRAFormula
Hey I just read this entire thread. I was really looking forward to seeing the car go into the 10s, but I understand everyone has priorities... Great job on the build, the car is looking excellent!! Who knows, maybe the '91 will go 10s one day.
Anyway, my buddy just crashed his '95 3.4L camaro 2 weeks ago and although only the front end got a little messed up he decided he doesn't want to fix it. I've been helping him gut the car to part everything out so if you still need anything I can see if he has it. Also, once the car is gutted he plans on selling the body as a roller... if you need any parts or know anyone who would like the roller to start a race car from scratch send me a pm. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the compliments!!! The only thing I can think of offhand is the interior plastics. Mine are scratched up a little, especially the 2 back panels in the hatch.

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Did your seatbelt light stay dimly lit after this swap? I took a '97 cluster into my '95 and it stays dimly lit after buckling up.
Nah, I had race seats for the longest time and left the connector under the seats unplugged, when I installed the factory leather seats, I just left the wiring disconnected.
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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Had a little free money and decided to do a couple little easy cosmetic upgrades over the winter. As mentioned above, I picked up some taillight panel inserts from Emblempros.com in addition to the black billit grill pictured
post or two back. Also purchased some clear corners off ebay to go with some rear clear markers Jason (am_muscl) gave me awhile back. I think these all go together to give the car a nice look.

Please forgive the dirty Camaro and ignore the junk winter wheels and tires I have on the car. lol







Also picked up a silver metallic Manta stripe kit for the Camaro but since my friend wants to repaint my entire Camaro again when he fixes the holes from my old spoiler, Im going to hold off installing those. Plus, my painter wants to clear the stripes in for a cleaner look.

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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 11:48 PM
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I'm in AC this weekend for the car auctions, but on Monday I will check out his rear side panels. I want to check the condition of them (no point in you buying them if they are just as scratched up as the ones in the car) & if they are okay then maybe we can work something out if you want.
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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 12:50 AM
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car is loooking good bro
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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by TransAmRAFormula
I'm in AC this weekend for the car auctions, but on Monday I will check out his rear side panels. I want to check the condition of them (no point in you buying them if they are just as scratched up as the ones in the car) & if they are okay then maybe we can work something out if you want.
Thanks, btw, just saw you have an old Pontiac. PM me some pics if you have any. I have an old Goat.
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Originally Posted by robsquikz28
car is loooking good bro
thanks buddy! hows yours coming along? Do we get to see it this summer?
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Old Feb 19, 2011 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Black94Z28
Thanks, btw, just saw you have an old Pontiac. PM me some pics if you have any. I have an old Goat.
Yeah I'm a big Pontiac guy, I was checking out your car, I love it. My dad used to have a '73 Goat. I got my '72 bird and '96 TA. I'm currently saving my money to buy my buddies '72 Firebird as a project. It needs a total restoration, new door skins, quarter panels, windshield, the whole nine yards... but I have a '70 400 block bored .060 over and I have the whole rotating assembly and a set of 13 heads so if I can get that other '72 squared away it would be the perfect candidate for the motor. I'm not sure how to post or pm pictures so once I figure it out I'll send a couple your way.
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thanks buddy! hows yours coming along? Do we get to see it this summer?
Nope not this year... I Have major issues going on and not gonna happen this year... + I have something else im working on and need to accomplish this first.
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Originally Posted by TransAmRAFormula
Yeah I'm a big Pontiac guy, I was checking out your car, I love it. My dad used to have a '73 Goat. I got my '72 bird and '96 TA. I'm currently saving my money to buy my buddies '72 Firebird as a project. It needs a total restoration, new door skins, quarter panels, windshield, the whole nine yards... but I have a '70 400 block bored .060 over and I have the whole rotating assembly and a set of 13 heads so if I can get that other '72 squared away it would be the perfect candidate for the motor. I'm not sure how to post or pm pictures so once I figure it out I'll send a couple your way.
Oh yeah...I know how that bodywork thing goes, been working on my 72 since I was 16. Right now though its in storage waiting to get restored "right" one day back to factory original.

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Nope not this year... I Have major issues going on and not gonna happen this year... + I have something else im working on and need to accomplish this first.
That sucks, lmk if you need any help
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Huge thank you to Merim on here for giving me a Crane 227 cam for free, I feel like I owe ya! Drinks are on me if you go to the Shootout this year!

So looks like I have a project for this coming up spring. I will do a Write Up for the cam swap as well in case you guys want to tackle doing a cam and want to see how I did mine (and learn from any mistakes I make lol)

Here is the Crane 227 cam (210/224 .511/.553 112lsa) w/1.6RR's



Additional Parts Im will need for the swap:

New Timing Chain
Valve Springs
1.6 Rocker Arms (already have)
Gaskets
Lifters

Supporting Mods I will need:

SVO Injectors
52 mm TB
Stall Convertor
Tune
3.73 Rearend (Waiting for a buddy to get his S60 so I get his rearend)

I plan on requesting a few days off from work so I can knock this out in the next few weeks so I have a little time to get the parts together. Anyone local who feels like helping or just want to stop by let me know. First time doing a cam swap (on a LT1) so any experience will help.

(Cam write up and updates will be posted here)

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