69 Camaro Project Insanity

[armourmark]

What kind of wheels are you leaning towards????

[camoffett]

What kind of wheels are you leaning towards????

I'm thinking about going with the Rushforth rated x wheels in a 19X10 front and 20X12 rear. I still need to mount my front inner fenders to see how wide of a tire I can fit.

[camoffett]

I finally got my intercooler mounted and made the custom brackets below.



Here's the finished product. I think it turned out pretty good. I had to move the AC evaporator and cut out the center support bracket on the car to clear the intercooler.


I bought a complete SS brake line kit from inline tube. I ended up having to cut and modify the lines on the rear axle. Here is the finished product.


Hopefully I will get the rest of my fittings in so I can finish the intercooler tubing this weekend. I also bought somee 1/2" SS tubing to run for the fuel lines so I'll be working on that this weekend as well.

[armourmark]

My rated Xs were recently delivered. Love them. Nowhere near your size. I went 18x8 and 19x9

[camoffett]

My rated Xs were recently delivered. Love them. Nowhere near your size. I went 18x8 and 19x9

Nice, what finish did you get on them?

[armourmark]

I did matte black powder coat centers and polished hoop. I had considered matte black centers and gloss black hoop, but once I saw a picture thye did on a chevelle with that combo, there wasn't enough contrast between the two for me.

[camoffett]

Updated pictures below. I added an SS steam line so I don't have to run a line to the radiator. Finished plumbing the power steering pump and custom made a bracket for the reservoir. Added fast fuel rails, bolted down the intake and started the wiring process. I think I have completed the intercooler piping except I still my change where I put the blow off valve. Next is to complete the wiring and fuel lines so I can fire it up to check for any potential leaks. I am also waiting on my meth kit so I can get it installed. I cannot wait to get this thing running. I'm needing something to keep me motivated since I have been working on this almost every weekend for the past 7 months now.

[camoffett]

Update: Car is wired (enough to test run anyways), push button start installed, Alkyl meth kit installed, New carbon fiber anvil auto wide body fenders and front valence installed, new RS hideaway grill kit installed, vintage air firewall bulkhead and evaporator installed, Rain Gear wiper motor installed under the wiper valence, and lots of other small stuff. Needless to say, I am almost ready to send this thing to the body man so he can get the body work competed and in primer. I am aslo going to have them paint the firewall and door jams so I can bring the car back and re install the motor and wiring.

I used a Ron Francis chassis wiring kit which I have to say is an extremely nice kit and would recommend to anyone.

I wasn't planning on the carbon fiber fenders but I couldn't resist once I seen them. Now I have to come up with a new paint scheme that will show off the carbon on the fenders and front valence.







I am still waiting on my steering column and need to get it mounted so I can finish smoothing out the driver side firewall. I also bought the anvil auto inner fender extension so I can fit a 10" wide wheel on the front so I need to get tha installed as well. If you all want to see any other detailed pictures I probably have them. I haven't been posting to many because I haven't figured out how to shrink them down yet so they don't take up the whole page.

[LS7 Z/28]

Great project, I'm looking forward to seeing more of it...

[makoshark]

pixresizer.com

[tmadden]

oustanding!!

[coachwinbush]

beautiful

[Nem_SS]

Awesome project, can't wait to see updates! What intercooler did you use?

[camoffett]

Awesome project, can't wait to see updates! What intercooler did you use?

It is a CX Racing intercooler. 27X12X3

[camoffett]

I finally got my wheels in last week. I ended up going with the Forgeline ZX3P's in a 19X10 front and 20X12 rear. Unfortunately the car is out of state at the body shop now so I'm not able to install them to see how they fit.

[camoffett]

Delete.

[hifi875]

Wheels look great

[camoffett]

It's been awhile since I updated this but the car was sitting at a body shop for 6 months and long story short I picked the car up a couple months ago and decided to do the work myself since the body guy had barely touched the car. In fact all he did was line up the front clip and didn't even start the metal work. Now about 100 hours of my time, later I just started some of the body filler work last week. I guess this way I can say I have practically built the entire car myself this far out of my home garage.


I decided to go ahead and shave the drip rails. I think it turned out pretty nice.

It took many hours but I finally got the trunk gapped near perfect.

My first 12 hours of filler work. I don't even want to think about the hours I have left lol.

This is something I was very hesitant on trying to accomplish because this is the first time I have ever attempted metal work. I built this spoiler from 20 gauge steel. I am fairly happy with the outcome so far. I also boxed in the rear bumper, tucked it, narrowed it, and shaved the bolt heads.




This is just a picture of the door after I gapped it

This is with the new hood and carbon front clip.

[Gil]

Very nice car ! Will be bada$$ !
If you want something done, do it yourself !
You have skills, very nice metal work for a 1st timer
Gil

[DryftKult]

Awesome build, I tip my hat to you sir!