69 Camaro LS1/4L60E Vintage Air, Hotchkis

[rmk600]

Here is a little update from my "Intro" thread. Bought this '69 from a buddy here in Pensacola about three months ago. It's a rust free car that had no problems. Just wanted to go the LS1 route. Here are the before stats:

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Seats in before motor came out and yes, the belt goes through the loop LOL

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Hugger Orange
65,000 miles
Built 350 with Edelbrock heads and intakes, Holley 650, Comp Cams cam
TH-350
Power brakes (Front disk)
Power steering
Non A/C
Torque Thrust 2's

Here are the upgrades being done:

Motor and Tranny:

'00 LS1 w/ 82,000 miles
4L60E w/ 82,000 miles
NEW: Z06 cam and springs
Holley LS oil pan
Dynatech long tubes
Dirty Dingo mounts
Taylor Wires

Fuel System:

Spectra Fuel Tank w/ fuel pump

Suspension:

Hotchkis Fr. sway bar
" " Fr. springs
" " 1.5" Rear leaf springs
Monroe Fr. shocks

Interior:

Vintage Air Gen IV
'01 SS Seats
Morris Classic Concepts 3-pt seatbelts
'01 SS Console
JVC Cd Player

Old motor coming out

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LS1 Before cleaning and degreasing

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After I cleaned and degreased

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After painting and reinstalling some components

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Painting intake, what a pain in the ass!

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Finished LS1 (painted everything semi-flat black or cast iron, two coats)

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New headers to go on

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Hotchkis bar compared to stock bar

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Compartment before paint

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After painting the subframe

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More pics to come soon. Painted core support and firewall. The Vintage Air should be going in this weekend!

[shawnvan]

love the hockey stick stripes, the motor sure cleaned up as well nice details

[rmk600]

Thanks man. Been a weekend project since right after Christmas. Coming along. AC is 90% done. New Lokar throttle pedal and black cable are installed. Next is dropping motor and tranny in! I'll put more pics up after the weekend.

[rocketrod]

Nice looking car!

[Andrew McBride]

Great Project! LS1 looks great

[zipsimons]

that intake looks totally sick! i think nice paint work on the ls platform is like the "new chrome" for engine bays

[rmk600]

Thanks guys! Didn't work on the car this past weekend but am hopefully installing the motor/tranny this saturday! Will put some progress pics up ASAP. And the intake was a b**ch to paint, but well worth it.

[rmk600]

Update:

We just completed the swap and I drove the car home Saturday. After two LS1's, the third one is the charm. Had a freak hairline crack in the block of first motor and a bad head gasket that we had no idea about in the second motor. I'm now tying up the last loose ends like the exhaust, alignment, charging the a/c, and final tune. Car runs and drives great. A/C blows cold. Glad to be driving her!

We added a Z06 cam also!

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[rmk600]

New pics of finished motor

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At the beach

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Fresh coat of wax

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