My 67 Camaro Build/Photos
01-22-2011, 09:33 PM
#61
Thanks, Joe. Another reason we purchased a non-numbers matching was so that we wouldn't be concerned with driving it all of the time.
There's another thread here by StuCool, who has been driving his car quite a bit. I hope to do the same.
02-05-2011, 12:19 PM
#63
I like this build! I can only imagine what my wife would have said if it took 8 years to build the one I just finished haha... i'm sure you didn't work on it as much as I did though. I worked on it alot and it took us 3 and a half months and the wife was ready to leave me by the time I was done haha
you are done a TON to this car and it shows... very nice man congrats!
you are done a TON to this car and it shows... very nice man congrats!
02-05-2011, 03:17 PM
#64
I like this build! I can only imagine what my wife would have said if it took 8 years to build the one I just finished haha... i'm sure you didn't work on it as much as I did though. I worked on it alot and it took us 3 and a half months and the wife was ready to leave me by the time I was done haha
you are done a TON to this car and it shows... very nice man congrats!
you are done a TON to this car and it shows... very nice man congrats!
In this case, $ was the bottom line. The cold weather & my unheated garage played a large part, too. Although quite a bit was spent (much more than orig planned), we had to wait until we could accumulate more $ so that this could continue. Hence the time period. As mentioned in the build story, my family supported me in a number of ways, and my wife is a doll.
Great job on your build! Using the foam block is really good idea. Enjoy your ride, I think I have an idea how much dedication has been put into it!
Last edited by gMAG; 02-05-2011 at 03:34 PM.
02-28-2011, 01:08 PM
#65
TECH Apprentice
Hey glenn, I'm still painting my firewall and building the subframe of my car with LS brakes etc. I have not purchased the kit yet but I decided that I'd try the hooker plates first to see if everything clears as it did on your car THEN buy the headers. If this does not work, I'm going to try the edelbrock plates as flyinsquirel did. I'm going to start a build page to keep track of everything. Your car is looking great!
here's some 'disgust', Steve. I'm not sure if disgust & bummer are the same?
03-24-2011, 11:49 PM
#66
Hey glenn, I'm still painting my firewall and building the subframe of my car with LS brakes etc. I have not purchased the kit yet but I decided that I'd try the hooker plates first to see if everything clears as it did on your car THEN buy the headers. If this does not work, I'm going to try the edelbrock plates as flyinsquirel did. I'm going to start a build page to keep track of everything. Your car is looking great!
Those decisions you're making as so intregal to the remainder of the project.
I was under mine yesterday and noticed that the Hooker ceramics have just a bit of surface rust on one small area of the pass side collector. That area looks as if the ceramic coating wasn't applied properly, as the ceramic has a cross-hatch appearance to it. The car hasn't even left the garage yet.
All else looks good, but in a way, I wish that I had bought the stainless version.
Can't wait to see your build!
03-27-2011, 02:43 PM
#69
It's only been for a couple of short drives around the block, so I can't give you a complete answer, yet.
I didn't want 2 overdrives. The 5 sp (.63) suited me. It's the 600 TKO, which gives some room to expand the power down the road. The fit is like a glove. With these mods and a good tune, it may give me 370hp....so the tranny is a bit of overkill right now.
The kit was straightforward-lots of explicit directions, but expensive-5k..even though it's top of the line stuff.
Because the plan was to keep this car, I wanted a new tranny, not someone else's.
There's a new version out right now called the "RS". It's supposed to have 'smoother' shifting, and no clunking/syncro reverse.
If you're going to buy, I would suggest waiting till they have a sale, which occurs more frequently lately bec of the bad economy.
03-27-2011, 02:48 PM
#70
In retrospect, I'm glad I have this motor. It was manufactured in May 1997-the first year for the LS1. And, I think that it was intended to be placed in a Corvette. It ended up being an 'extra' in a Firebird, with the T/A cam.
05-03-2011, 09:31 PM
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Hey, great build... you've put some tremendous work into this car!
I am wondering if you could give me some details on your air filter and air inlet setup- I really like the way it looks. P/Ns would be great, but if you don't have them where's a good place to look?
I am at that stage with my car where I am putting all of this miscellaneous stuff together like hoses, fittings etc.
I am wondering if you could give me some details on your air filter and air inlet setup- I really like the way it looks. P/Ns would be great, but if you don't have them where's a good place to look?
I am at that stage with my car where I am putting all of this miscellaneous stuff together like hoses, fittings etc.
06-13-2011, 06:30 PM
#75
Hey, Stan
Yours is looking great, as well.
The ECM just came back with mail-order tune from Frost, and I'm anxious to try her out. The injectors needed to be re-sized to 36's from stock. They should be back shortly. I've been waiting for my resto guy to take the car back for body finishing and exhaust.
In the meantime, we've been on the highway several times (open headers!).
Sorry for my late replies. My thread sinks to the bowels of page 8, or so, and I lose track of it.
Yours is looking great, as well.
The ECM just came back with mail-order tune from Frost, and I'm anxious to try her out. The injectors needed to be re-sized to 36's from stock. They should be back shortly. I've been waiting for my resto guy to take the car back for body finishing and exhaust.
In the meantime, we've been on the highway several times (open headers!).
Sorry for my late replies. My thread sinks to the bowels of page 8, or so, and I lose track of it.
06-13-2011, 06:34 PM
#77
Hey, great build... you've put some tremendous work into this car!
I am wondering if you could give me some details on your air filter and air inlet setup- I really like the way it looks. P/Ns would be great, but if you don't have them where's a good place to look?
I am at that stage with my car where I am putting all of this miscellaneous stuff together like hoses, fittings etc.
I am wondering if you could give me some details on your air filter and air inlet setup- I really like the way it looks. P/Ns would be great, but if you don't have them where's a good place to look?
I am at that stage with my car where I am putting all of this miscellaneous stuff together like hoses, fittings etc.
06-28-2011, 09:33 PM
#78
An update...I received the ECM back after a mail-order tune by Frost. In addition, FIC resized the injectors from the stock 28...to a 36 @ 58.
Before the tune, the car would backfire once (thru headers) on startup, and occasionally at lean/low engine rpm. After the tune, the car still backfires on startup. It smells rich, too.
The car would've run fine without the tune, but I thought that it would have solved this. Nothing negative about Steve @ Frost. He was quick & helpful, and I may be dealing with some other issue.
I had hoped to bring the car back to my resto guy for final body & paint tune-up. He said he would tune the LS1 for free on his DynoJet. When I arrived there, he could hardly stand up because of a back injury. It seems like I continually get put on the back burner, and I'm getting pissed.
The highway is 100 yards away and all of the hotrodders (except for me) are enjoying themselves.
Before the tune, the car would backfire once (thru headers) on startup, and occasionally at lean/low engine rpm. After the tune, the car still backfires on startup. It smells rich, too.
The car would've run fine without the tune, but I thought that it would have solved this. Nothing negative about Steve @ Frost. He was quick & helpful, and I may be dealing with some other issue.
I had hoped to bring the car back to my resto guy for final body & paint tune-up. He said he would tune the LS1 for free on his DynoJet. When I arrived there, he could hardly stand up because of a back injury. It seems like I continually get put on the back burner, and I'm getting pissed.
The highway is 100 yards away and all of the hotrodders (except for me) are enjoying themselves.
Last edited by gMAG; 06-28-2011 at 11:28 PM.
07-07-2011, 10:21 PM
#80
Last weekend was very productive.
Since January, other than some occassional backfire & a rich burn, the engine had been running well, I thought. The mailorder tune didn't help much with these issues, and it became clear that there was something else going on. I realized that the driver's header was barely warm, while the pass header was hot. Don't know how this could have been missed because the engine sounded like everything was proper. The culprit turned out to be the small coil harness on the driver's side, which had been turned over, so that instead of 1-3-5-7, it was 7-5-3-1. So, that firing order would be 7-8-1-2-6-3-4-5=backfire & enough exhaust to choke a mule!
This cured the backfire, and now she starts right on the first plug to be fired.
Soon as the clutch is broken in, a dyno tune will happen, which should cure the richness.
At the same time, oil pressure was running 34 @ cold start, 18 @ hot idle, but rose significantly on acceleration. So much unburned gas had found it's way into the oil. The oil looked like Coke.
I drained the oil, changed the filter, then poured a couple more quarts through to make sure that all the gas was rinsed.
Pressure went to 45 @ cold start, 26 @ hot idle, and zooms right up on acceleration.
Things are 'looking up'.
Since January, other than some occassional backfire & a rich burn, the engine had been running well, I thought. The mailorder tune didn't help much with these issues, and it became clear that there was something else going on. I realized that the driver's header was barely warm, while the pass header was hot. Don't know how this could have been missed because the engine sounded like everything was proper. The culprit turned out to be the small coil harness on the driver's side, which had been turned over, so that instead of 1-3-5-7, it was 7-5-3-1. So, that firing order would be 7-8-1-2-6-3-4-5=backfire & enough exhaust to choke a mule!
This cured the backfire, and now she starts right on the first plug to be fired.
Soon as the clutch is broken in, a dyno tune will happen, which should cure the richness.
At the same time, oil pressure was running 34 @ cold start, 18 @ hot idle, but rose significantly on acceleration. So much unburned gas had found it's way into the oil. The oil looked like Coke.
I drained the oil, changed the filter, then poured a couple more quarts through to make sure that all the gas was rinsed.
Pressure went to 45 @ cold start, 26 @ hot idle, and zooms right up on acceleration.
Things are 'looking up'.
Last edited by gMAG; 07-07-2011 at 10:49 PM.