sykox
05-09-2005, 05:42 PM
Howdy guys and gals,
I am a new member here and am greatly enjoying the site. There are some wonderful cars on here and I am in awe of most of them. A brief background on me, I have never really "worked" on a car before but I've always wanted a 1969 Camaro. Ever since I was my sons age it was my dream car. A year or so ago I decided I couldn't afford the Camaro but maybe I could start building an engine for it, and learn something new to boot. I bought an old 350 4-bolt block and a handful of books, videos, and tools. I ripped it apart and started throwing parts at it. Believe me, my son and I had a great time doing that but never expected it to really run, I was simply hoping to figure it out. Well, it ran, and ran well. We built a 383 NA motor that dyno'd at 408HP. I will admit this much, whenever I got to a critical measurement I would get my neighbor over to help. Anyway we sold that motor as I didn't see anyway I was going to afford my dream anytime soon to put it in. Well, last week I bought a 1969 Camaro!!! WOOT!!! I have also since then picked up a pretty nice 427 cause I wanted to see the difference in BB vs. SB. So now we are on the road to restoration, I'm sure it will be a fun ride with many memories for my son and I, and perhaps someday we might even be able to drive this project!
Well that's me, thanks for putting together such a nice site, see ya on the road!
Ron
I am a new member here and am greatly enjoying the site. There are some wonderful cars on here and I am in awe of most of them. A brief background on me, I have never really "worked" on a car before but I've always wanted a 1969 Camaro. Ever since I was my sons age it was my dream car. A year or so ago I decided I couldn't afford the Camaro but maybe I could start building an engine for it, and learn something new to boot. I bought an old 350 4-bolt block and a handful of books, videos, and tools. I ripped it apart and started throwing parts at it. Believe me, my son and I had a great time doing that but never expected it to really run, I was simply hoping to figure it out. Well, it ran, and ran well. We built a 383 NA motor that dyno'd at 408HP. I will admit this much, whenever I got to a critical measurement I would get my neighbor over to help. Anyway we sold that motor as I didn't see anyway I was going to afford my dream anytime soon to put it in. Well, last week I bought a 1969 Camaro!!! WOOT!!! I have also since then picked up a pretty nice 427 cause I wanted to see the difference in BB vs. SB. So now we are on the road to restoration, I'm sure it will be a fun ride with many memories for my son and I, and perhaps someday we might even be able to drive this project!
Well that's me, thanks for putting together such a nice site, see ya on the road!
Ron