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Thread: (Another) 67 Camaro project
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02-26-2015 #101
Yeah man, that'd be awesome. Once all this snow melts, come on by! That's good to hear that you've used Weldcraft also. They get great reviews, but I'm glad to know someone locally that has used them also. And yes, it's the same LS6 you put together for me. It sat around for so long we decided to blow it all back apart and give everything a solid cleaning before putting it together. Good times!
Dan
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02-26-2015 #102Registered User- Join Date
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07-01-2016 #103Fitting the wheels again
Whew man, I'm tragically bad at keeping this thing up to date... and this build is tragically slow! BUT, we're moving now, so I'll catch this up.
After having the wheels cut down, I popped them back on the car and they fit!
Dan
07-01-2016 #104Finished the engine
As has been eluded to elsewhere in the thread, the short block was built and then sat for ages. So, I decided to just start all over and had the short block pulled apart and thoroughly cleaned and beefed up a few things along the way just to be extra safe. Afterwards, the motor went back together and is now totally complete.
Looks like a brand-spanking new LS6 now!
07-01-2016 #105On to the body work!
Once the motor was done the guys started cranking on the body work!
All body panels on and the thick primer sprayed on
Rock'n and roll'n on the body work
More primer and some funky tiger stripes
More sanding and then final layer or primer
That's the first time all the body panels have been on the car and one color since 1996! Exciting stuff!
While we were at it, they also cut the hole in the floor for the stick to come through
07-01-2016 #106Setting ride height
Now the fun part!
When the guys put the suspension under it, they just put everything in without looking at the height of anything... just to get it under there basically. Now that everything else is done, I wanted to put the motor and trans in the car and get some weight in it to see how it looked. It was WAY too high, so we started working on the ride height.
We initially had some issues getting it as low as we wanted because spanner nut just couldn't turn anymore without hitting stuff. What the guys ended up doing was trimming some metal off the bottom side of the frame where the old spring bucket was, and this allow the car to come on down another 1.25 inches. It's just about perfect now!
Now, a couple of problems we need to figure out. One is with the car that low, we've got some rubbing issues. We're going to align the front end and get the camber and caster set and see where all we've got problems officially. Then we may need to do some cutting / massaging. Second problem is the lowest part on the car is the oil pan! Not cool. It sits about 2.5 inches off the ground, and the frame is almost a full inch higher than that. We're going to see if we can't raise the engine and trans up some (we've got plenty of room) to see if we can't narrow that gap a bit. I'd prefer a speed bump not scrub my oil pan if at all possible.
We're also going to start playing around with some colors as well. Can't wait!
Dan
07-08-2016 #107Seats, stance, and paint
Well this is awesome, my seats came in this week! Super excited to get these in and finally sit in the car!
Also, since the last post we've screwed around with the ride height a little more. Previously the oil pan was sitting 2.5 inches off the ground, and that just made me nervous, AND we were having lots of bumping and scrubbing issues with the tires that was going to cost a lot to remedy. The simple fix... raise the car back up a half inch. I'm still pleased with the way it looks and everything clears way better now. I think we'll still end up making a skid plate to go under the car, just to help protect the oil pan... which might be overkill, but it would make me feel a LOT better.
I just love the way that motor looks sitting in there!
Now to the super awesome part... the paint. I've been thinking of Chevrolet's Stealth Gray / Blue Granite, but that color is so weird, I'm having second thoughts. Both those colors are the same paint code, but I swear you'll see some cars / trucks that look more green and some that look more blue... and what we sprayed out on our test panel looks more green to my eyes than blue, and I want blue.
I do like the color, but I want to love it... so we're going to try a few other colors and see if we can't get a little closer to what I've got in my head. We're also toying with the idea of doing the pin stripe that surrounds the main stripe in red. Good times!
Dan
07-08-2016 #108