Name:

Eric LeBlanc

E-mail:

Zbadone@aol.com

Year:

1979

Make:

Chevy

Model:

Camaro z-28

Color:

Corvette Can Am White

Engine

385 Chevy with Scat 9000 crank, stock rods with ARP bolts, KB pistons 18cc d-dish, World Products S/R Torquer heads 64cc with bowl and radius porting, 2.02 and 1.6 valves, 1.6 crane roller rockers with a Comp Cams Extreme Energy 268 cam. Intake manifold is a ZZ3 GM intake with a 650 Holley double pumper. Cooling is accomplished with a 1.25” Griffin Radiator from Summit and a Lincoln Mark 8 fan that pulls some serious air and a lot of amps.

Ignition

Ignition is GM Hei with weights and Crane adjustable vac advance, controlled by an MSD-6 and Accel super coil. MSD Heli-core 8 mm wires

Transmission

700-R4 that I built with a Superior shift kit and an awesome Coan Pro-street convertor that stalls at around 2700 rpm

Exhaust

Black jack headers with the 70-73 Flowmaster American Thunder exhaust system

Suspension

Hotchkis front coils that lower 2” complete Energy Suspension poly kit(control arms/sway bar/end links/leaf springs/pads/subframe bushings) sub frame connectors from Competition Engineering

Brakes Front

Stock brakes with Performance Friction pads

Front Wheels and Tires

Centerline Saber 16X8 4” offset with Kumho 511’s 245/50-16

Rear Wheels and Tires

Centerline Saber 16X9.5 with 5" offset and BFG Comp VR4 255/50-16

Interior

Z28 front/back seats with custom cloth and a bowtie embroidered on the fronts, Grant Steering wheel, B&M Megashifter, Kenwood CD receiver, Clarion 4 way 6x9’s in the rear deck, Simpson camlock y-harness

Special Thanks To

I want to thank my wife for putting up with all of the car things that I do. She’s great and likes cars too. Her car is a 95 Impala SS, that does pretty well on it’s own.

Story

I've owned the car for 16 years now. It has been through a few engines and transmissions. It was nerve racking building my first transmission last year, but I figured that I might as well give it a shot. So far, it has lasted pretty well, and I do beat on it regularly. The paint I have on my car is 14 years old. It has held up quite well, but I would still like to paint it again, this time with some blue deck stripes. The 385 is a great power plant, and it makes a lot of torque. It was great to find your website. I was really happy to see several other 2nd generation f-bodies out there that look and run great. These are some heavy cars, but they can handle with just a few good upgrades.