Yet another 1st gen Camaro with an LS
Yet another 1st gen Camaro with an LS This is our company project, that My brother, Dad and I are all pitching in on. Started life as some low-optioned v8 camaro. When we got it, it had a lot of new panels, in fact I would say that about 40% on this car is original 1967 stuff.
Our goal was not to make the fastest, or lowest, or whatever extreme you think of, but to make a 1967 car act and feel like a modern car. Reliability, handling, comfort, amenities, etc.
At the moment is has
GM crate 480 HP LS3
American Powertrain T-56 Magnum
Moser complete 12 bolt axle
DSE 3" rear springs
Bilstein shocks
tubular front control arms
Vintage air A/C
dakota digital VHX gauges
Here's what we started with:
Our goal was not to make the fastest, or lowest, or whatever extreme you think of, but to make a 1967 car act and feel like a modern car. Reliability, handling, comfort, amenities, etc.
At the moment is has
GM crate 480 HP LS3
American Powertrain T-56 Magnum
Moser complete 12 bolt axle
DSE 3" rear springs
Bilstein shocks
tubular front control arms
Vintage air A/C
dakota digital VHX gauges
Here's what we started with:
Last edited by GearGrinder; Feb 17, 2015 at 08:03 PM.
I'm having to rewind time a bit and I don't have many pictures from the beginning, but I'll post what I can.
It started with Hotchkis front springs, stock Upper and lower control arms, drop spindles, Hotchkis rear 2" drop leaf springs and Bilsteins all around. but the problem was that the front was dropped 4 inches and the rear was only 1/5". The car looked like it was constantly in a panic stop.
The other side of it was that the suspension geometry wasn't very good. It didn't have any camber gain. Since the subframe was already powder coated we decide to solve both problem from different angles. The Guldstrand mod. would have solved both issues, but requires cutting off the UCA mount and moving it back and down and rewelding.
We sold the dropped spindles and bought stock height spindles, upgraded to tubular control arms (which lower the spring pocket 2") and did half of the Guldstrand mod by lowering the mounting points for the UCA.
All together it worked out great. 3 deg. of neg. camber at fully compressed. 0 degrees at ride height. The front is still low, but not to where it is impractical.
We used DSE 3" drop springs in the rear. The rear springs still look high, but we'll have to see when everythng is all back together.
It started with Hotchkis front springs, stock Upper and lower control arms, drop spindles, Hotchkis rear 2" drop leaf springs and Bilsteins all around. but the problem was that the front was dropped 4 inches and the rear was only 1/5". The car looked like it was constantly in a panic stop.
The other side of it was that the suspension geometry wasn't very good. It didn't have any camber gain. Since the subframe was already powder coated we decide to solve both problem from different angles. The Guldstrand mod. would have solved both issues, but requires cutting off the UCA mount and moving it back and down and rewelding.
We sold the dropped spindles and bought stock height spindles, upgraded to tubular control arms (which lower the spring pocket 2") and did half of the Guldstrand mod by lowering the mounting points for the UCA.
All together it worked out great. 3 deg. of neg. camber at fully compressed. 0 degrees at ride height. The front is still low, but not to where it is impractical.
We used DSE 3" drop springs in the rear. The rear springs still look high, but we'll have to see when everythng is all back together.
Some more pics and info.
We used a Holley A/C bracket and the smaller sanden 7B10. It weighs less and takes up less space, but has a restriction on max RPM. We are going to use our wiring system to take care of the RPM cut-out for the A/C.
Started on the rear of the car. We move the battery to the back. Got all the repro taillight stuff to finally fit right. We will CNC machine a custom gas cap. We replaced the trunk lock cylinder with a lighted push button.
We also got to play with the taillights some.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...type=2&theater
We used a Holley A/C bracket and the smaller sanden 7B10. It weighs less and takes up less space, but has a restriction on max RPM. We are going to use our wiring system to take care of the RPM cut-out for the A/C.
Started on the rear of the car. We move the battery to the back. Got all the repro taillight stuff to finally fit right. We will CNC machine a custom gas cap. We replaced the trunk lock cylinder with a lighted push button.
We also got to play with the taillights some.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v...type=2&theater