Well mostly (Rob should get a laugh out of that)

After careful consideration here is what I came up with..

Drivetrain:
2000 LS1 with big cam and stage II heads..
A4 trans with 3200ish TCI stall converter
Custom Alum driveshaft
3:73 gears in a built 10 bolt (old school) with strange axels and c-clip eliminators (already in the car)

Support systems:
Aeromotive sumped and baffled fuel tank with billet pump and goodies
B-Cool radiator with electric fans

Brakes:
13" Wilwood 6 piston front
12" Wilwood 4 piston rear

Suspension:
DSE rear drop leafs with relocation pads (aleady on car)
Subframe connectors
Global West Tubular upper and lower A-arms
QA1 coil over front springs

Possible rack/pinon system from Steeroids www.speeddirect.com

Car will be Blue Pear Metallic with spiral grey Z28 stripes. Dash an interior metal will also be spiral grey. Engine bay black with charcoal grey powdered subframe. block and heads bare alum with all brackets smoothed and done in matching blue pearl powder. Silver FRC with blue and charcoal pinstriping. blue LS6 intake (someday chrome or better.. a magnacharger like Tony)

A simple no big frills interior for now with modern buckets, matching back seat, Covans dash (with Autometer guages) and a hidden audio system. Im considering a simple 6 point cage.

Same 18" wheels and tires.. eventually some HRE's in the Z06 styled pattern. Maybe Iforged will come out with some by then.

The car is stipped down and at the painter now.. makes me dizzy thinking of all the details..

Oh, I got the entire LS1 engine, trans, wiring, accesroies, computer and all for $2800 Motor only had 23k on the clock.. since its from a 2000 Camaro SS i guess I can keep my name..

Of course some things will change along the way but this is the plan I hope to stay with..

Just thought Id share

 

EDIT: Don't forget to add it to the list of conversions in the Hybrid section.

 

Sounds awesome! How much is that gonna cost you in the end? I'm sure that it will be worth it, though. Also, what exactly does blue pearl metallic look like? Photoshop, anyone? Look forward to seeing it!!!

 

Funny how things work out like that

Sound awesome, man, can't wait to see the end results...

 

Dont ask on the cost.. lol.. i was going to spend $5k on a 496 big block and $2k on the 700R4 but I can do the LS1 deal for the same and have a modern kick *** setup with good milage and WAY WAY WAY less front weight.

It looks remarkably like the blue pearl use on the WRX.. a medium blue color.. I looked at electron blue and Out-of-the-blue but they were both too dark except when light hit them.

I should have Sandy send me back all my LS1 bling goodies from my old SS..

 

FRCs are played out Steve, those are the easy way out. Get some nice billet valvecovers, or those upcoming cast ones from SDPC and paint or polish them as you please. There is a ton of room to relocate the coil packs on 1st gens. Maybe some billet valvcovers with a machined out logo "Z069 Camaro" on them in contrasting letter color.

Tony

 

While I do agree this is already streching my budget.. so while I will eventually go with a setup like the Year One Camaro (without the hood intake) for now it will be FRC's.. the thing I like about FRC's is they give you a very nice area for custome artwork and airbrushing.. but hey.. plans change..

 

Sounds great ....except !auto and add muncie 4 Spd

 

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??? Maybe you could actually put your opinion down in english so its usefull... Did you mean "execute a legend"??

As for the Auto.. there are reasons.. first is that its a MUCH easier swap.. second the car has no emergency brake system due to the c-clip eliminated rear end so while I could park the car in gear that really wouldnt be safe. besides, nothing wrong with an auto, perhaps it will help my drag racing skills

 

Steve, Who did you finally get the motor from?

 

No, crushing the car would be "executizing" a legend

Bringing a beautiful car into the 21st century is preserving a legend.

 

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Have you seen any of the cars that Steve has worked on? To say that they are in good taste is a gross understatement.

 

Thanks for typing slow for us "ghetto challenged"..

So what part offends you? the LS1? the upgraded brakes? I guess I should just build one to be like the other multitudes of restored Camaros.. i could understand if mine was some special model but its just a plain jane SS (and im not even sure its that).. I build cars for today, not for whats going to be "cool" in 20 years.. but hey, you entitled to your opinion Thanks for clarifying..

 

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Thats going to be one sick ride once its done..

I'm glad to see you are sticking with an LS1 setup...

 

Sounds like a winner to me Steve. Filter out the nonsense. You're typically good at doing that on the boards.
--Antonio

 

Awww, how cute. Steve has his own personal troll

I guess RedSS really hates my '69 also. Oh well!

Tony

 

Great.. another pet to feed.. but i refuse to scoop his ****..

Face it Tony.. our Camaros are going to suck..