1973 Camaro Stealth Build

I'm not much of a writer so I'll let the photos do most of the talking. I've always been more of a Foxbody Mustang guy, but seeing a nice 2nd gen Camaro always put a smile on my face. With all the crazy laws we have here in CA, I knew that when the time came for a new project car, I had to go old school. The '70-73 Camaro was a no brainer. I found this decent one out in Phoenix, AZ back in February of 2018. I took a 2hr flight, checked out the car, and made a deal on the spot.

The goal for this car is to have it track ready and worthy. I'm hoping to road race it 2-3 times a year for fun, do weekend cruises, and possibly hit up a few local car shows if I can get it looking right.

How it looked when I first got it. The paint is nice from a afar, but far from good.

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The previous redid the carpets and seats.
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He also installed a new GM LY6 motor with a LS9. This is a horrible cam for this motor btw. It has no low end torque.
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I don't have the time nor all of the skills needed to get this build to where I want it to be so I've reach out to Vince from Meanstreets Performance out of Gilroy, CA to help me in that department. With my design sense and vision, I created this render of what the Stealth Build will become.

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Very cool. What hood is that?

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Originally Posted by ULTM8Z

Very cool. What hood is that?

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This was a hood that I designed since I couldn't find anything available that suited my style. Vince and I will be working with a local carbon fiber manufacturer to get one made for my car. I'm going to try to convince them to make it available to the public. Hopefully this happens b/c I honestly feel like the Camaro crowd have very limited choices when it comes to aftermarket cowl hoods. The one that came with the car is awful in my opinion.

Once that aspect of the build gets going, I'll update the thread with progress and photos.

Great start! Welcome to our addictions.

Amazing work on the renders!

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Originally Posted by scscamaro

This was a hood that I designed since I couldn't find anything available that suited my style. Vince and I will be working with a local carbon fiber manufacturer to get one made for my car. I'm going to try to convince them to make it available to the public. Hopefully this happens b/c I honestly feel like the Camaro crowd have very limited choices when it comes to aftermarket cowl hoods. The one that came with the car is awful in my opinion.

Once that aspect of the build gets going, I'll update the thread with progress and photos.

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agreed. I really dont llike any of the commercially available goods for 2nd gens.

the body lines on a 2nd gen for some reason dont lend themselves to hood scoops or cowls very well.

Was waiting for answer on hood, but I had a feeling it didn't exist premade.
Making a good fitting quality hood with an understructure is quite an initial process. Another option is if you can find a decent quality stock fiberglass hood from someone like vfn or even harwood & raise the center up & add structure to hold some aftermarket functional venting IROC hood vents, which I'm pretty sure are still out there. VFN lists stock flat bolt on hood for $475. Weight 24 lbs http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/7081camaro.htm
If venting the top of the hood, then the back of the cowl area should be closed off from having windshield air forced back in, causing turbulence, which is something I need to correct on my own custom hood later.
Do like the rendering. On small details may want to junk the factory door handles for something like the rectangular Kindig Flush models.
From casual glance, it looks like you got a good starting point, hopefully no surprises that won't be scrapped anyways.Attachment 162944

Saw some CF bumpers. Also the Maroon camaro on the page linked has a similar hood profile , minus the louvers. I see Carbon Kustoms makes it.
http://www.customworksperformance.ne...ass-parts.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=carb...w=1366&bih=623

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Was waiting for answer on hood, but I had a feeling it didn't exist premade.
Making a good fitting quality hood with an understructure is quite an initial process. Another option is if you can find a decent quality stock fiberglass hood from someone like vfn or even harwood & raise the center up & add structure to hold some aftermarket functional venting IROC hood vents, which I'm pretty sure are still out there. VFN lists stock flat bolt on hood for $475. Weight 24 lbs http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/7081camaro.htm
If venting the top of the hood, then the back of the cowl area should be closed off from having windshield air forced back in, causing turbulence, which is something I need to correct on my own custom hood later.
Do like the rendering. On small details may want to junk the factory door handles for something like the rectangular Kindig Flush models.
From casual glance, it looks like you got a good starting point, hopefully no surprises that won't be scrapped anyways.Attachment 162944

Saw some CF bumpers. Also the Maroon camaro on the page linked has a similar hood profile , minus the louvers. I see Carbon Kustoms makes it.
http://www.customworksperformance.ne...ass-parts.html
https://www.google.com/search?q=carb...w=1366&bih=623

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Those are the vents that I want incorporated into the hood. I'm going to try to get Trackspec Motorsports on board and see if they want to be apart of the build. It should be pretty neat.

The final version of the hood will get rid of the peak that's often found on these cowl hoods. This will allow the top area of the fenders and hood to flow a little better in my opinion.

Looks like a great project! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the hood. I will mention that if you're going to use it on road courses be very careful with the hood design to be sure you don't block your line of sight when making right hand corners or it becomes easy to miss corner apex. Wearing a helmet reduces headroom so you can't have the seat too high and if the hood bump in the center is high, off camber rights can be tough. Turn 3 at Road Atlanta was tough for me in my 70 bird with a slightly raised shaker scoop, so I ended up removing the scoop at that track. Also had an issue with a right turn at Sebring and had to run without the shaker.

I agree. the hood looks better with just a hint of peak in the center rather than a full V-shape. Wider with of raised center also looks so much tougher than the me too cowl induction scoop.. The carbon customs version looks real similar to yours, but not as tall.

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I agree. the hood looks better with just a hint of peak in the center rather than a full V-shape. Wider with of raised center also looks so much tougher than the me too cowl induction scoop.. The carbon customs version looks real similar to yours, but not as tall.

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I dig the Carbon Customs hood too. I just prefer a slightly higher rise and with the vents incorporated into the hood. It should look like it's part of the hood like that red 3rd gen hood and not like an afterthought. However, the CC hood was the backup plan if this idea doesn't work out.

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Looks like a great project! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the hood. I will mention that if you're going to use it on road courses be very careful with the hood design to be sure you don't block your line of sight when making right hand corners or it becomes easy to miss corner apex. Wearing a helmet reduces headroom so you can't have the seat too high and if the hood bump in the center is high, off camber rights can be tough. Turn 3 at Road Atlanta was tough for me in my 70 bird with a slightly raised shaker scoop, so I ended up removing the scoop at that track. Also had an issue with a right turn at Sebring and had to run without the shaker.

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Noted and good to know.

With a bunch of goodies arriving, the shop has started to disassemble the car.

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I've never had a car broken down into pieces like this before. Welcome to the old school world I guess, lol.

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Nice start. Always gets me though when someone did a high performance horsepower improving build with a lot of good items & then used exhaust manifolds.

Damn this is gonna be sick Vin! Any recent updates? 2nd Gen split bumpers have always been my favorite Camaro's!

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Damn this is gonna be sick Vin! Any recent updates? 2nd Gen split bumpers have always been my favorite Camaro's!

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Here's a little bit of update on the car.

The trunk has been cut to raise the fuel tank to accommodate the center exhaust design.
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Center exhaust mock up with 3" tips.
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My Forgeline wheels came in. 18x12 with 335 in the rear with tubs.
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18x11 with 315s up front with Speedtech front subframe kit.
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With fenders on.
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LeMans style fuel door mock up.
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More to come in the next several months.

Damn that’s gonna be one of the sickest 2nd Gens for sure!

If you're doing paint/body work anyway I'd shave the side marker lights too.

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Damn that’s gonna be one of the sickest 2nd Gens for sure!

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Thanks!

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If you're doing paint/body work anyway I'd shave the side marker lights too.

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I will need to go in for paint and I've thought about shaving the side markers, but I don't mind them at the same time. It's not an eye sore to me so I might just smoke them.

Any update?

Where u at Vin? :)