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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:32 AM
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I bought this car about 4 months ago as a rolling chasis, i put the old engine out of my camaro into it along with the wheels and tires and this is what i came up with.

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Rebuilt 350 LT1,LE custom cam (234/242 .612/.612 111),52mm TB, long tubes, CSR pump, Ram HD clutch, mild head work, 3.42's (soon to be gone),36lb injectors.. I might be missing some stuff but here is some of the work.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:35 AM
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Should be fun to drive. Thats a big cam for a 350 tho
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:37 AM
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It ran damn good in my camaro with a stalled auto, the lift is with 1.6 rollers.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:38 AM
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Sweet lets see some more pics.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:44 AM
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was it a 350 or a stroker
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by lethal bird
Sweet lets see some more pics.
X2 for those pics
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 12:48 AM
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Those wheels look dang good on that bird btw
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 08:32 AM
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Yep, I'm liking those wheels too! Nice looking bird.
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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 02:19 PM
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Thanks guys and this cam was speced for this engine over a year ago and never had a problem.

Gregrob is doing the tune when he gets back from work, for now he e-mailed me a tune so i can drive it around and have some fun, but hopefully soon i will be doing 3.90's or 4.10's and have him do a full dyno/street tune.

The rims are from OEWheels.

Thanks guys, i'll get some more pics up asap.
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More pics of loading it up so i can take it for a tune!!
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Very Nice! Gregrob is the man too if you ask me wish i had him helping me out lol.
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The only thing i plan on chaging is get a LT1 style WS6 hood, and probably change the rims to the C5 dished rims from OEWheels, oh and will be doing a t-top conversion in the near future.

Any one know how hard it is to put GTO seats in these?
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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Damn that looks wayy sweet.

Is that spoiler stock? And that piece between the tail lights with the bird and "formula"?

Nice hood, those are meaner IMO then the LS1 WS6 hood.
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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by confuzzled
The only thing i plan on chaging is get a LT1 style WS6 hood, and probably change the rims to the C5 dished rims from OEWheels, oh and will be doing a t-top conversion in the near future.

Any one know how hard it is to put GTO seats in these?
shouldnt be hard at all, i almost best the camaro seat rails will bolt on if not alls you need is a welder and a grinder
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and i had that exact cam in a 383 of mine also ran it in a stock short block with le2s for a while, pulled like crazy up high in the 350
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Originally Posted by FormulaJoe
Damn that looks wayy sweet.

Is that spoiler stock? And that piece between the tail lights with the bird and "formula"?

Nice hood, those are meaner IMO then the LS1 WS6 hood.
I got this spoiler off a wrecked LS1 WS6, just had to switch the latch on the hatch to make it work. The bird and the Formula are just stickers, but i will be taking them off.
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Originally Posted by draggin97s10
and i had that exact cam in a 383 of mine also ran it in a stock short block with le2s for a while, pulled like crazy up high in the 350
Yeah it pulls like hell thats for sure. Next winter this car will either get a nicely built 355 LT1 or 400+ LSx..
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Well it got dropped off last night for 3.90 rear end gears, T/A girdle rear diff cover, get exhaust finished up and a street tune, should have it back in a week.. And all im missing for my t-top swap is the plastic pillar covers.
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