67 Camaro - Dad and Son build

[Motown 454]

Its looking great. Nice work.

[bowtie707]

Nothing like a father and son build and memories! Keep up the great work.

[boostin05blacksti]

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Been very busy within the last couple of weeks. During the week I Started laying some sound mat on the inside and installing the carpet to enjoy the car a bit more this summer.

In other news I ordered triple adjustable shockwaves from ridetech. I can not say enough about Josh and Danny. Big ups to those guys going above and beyond. Started on putting it all back together on friday night with my brother and got it all done as far as the front end was concerned. Last week Timmy finished the welding, grinding, then body work and paint..He called me on saturday afternoon and said they where done. By saturday night I had a car again. This morning I finished mounting the remote reservoirs to the wheel wells and checking over the front end one more time before I went out. Took the car to the park with the family to shake it out. Now this is the first time Ive drove the car since the air, tru-turn, strong arms, forgeline front wheels w/ 275 tire. It was a whole different machine let me tell you. You can feel the grip that it has compared to before..MUCH more responsive. I have not started messing with the tuning abilities of the shocks yet as I just want to get an idea oh what is the normal. The air is another thing that is taking some getting used to. I love being able to adjust where I need it to be and I love how its so much smoother as apposed to the old qa1's. The only downfall at the moment is since I'm running an old management system there is no pre-sets for the air so dialing it in can be a pain if your adjusting a lot. So I'm driving there and I smell a bit of burning.. get there and take a look. My rear drivers wheel is rubbing on the inside of the well. Almost as if the rear has shifted a bit to the pass side. It would rub a bit on harder turns on coils but on the air it is rubbing when I try to be lower. Unless Im aired all the way up almost it doesn't rub. Which is a really hard ride aired up so much. I am going to try a 1/4" -5/16" spacer on that side to start. I took some pictures when we got back from our walk with my nice camera and my son is obsessed to say the least.

In other news I have a meeting setup with the dealership where I bought my motor this friday to hopefully correct the belt alignment issue Ive been chasing. More to come soon..enjoy.










A couple of cool shots-





I think it can go lower..

[BuddyP]

That stance is awsome!

[Motown 454]

Very Nice!

[fastfail]

This mofo is bad. Love the car man.

[vette427-sbc]

Bad Ass!

[sccacuda]

Always preferred the '69 over the 7 and 8, but I think I am reconsidering now. That car just looks mean. You've nailed the stance/tire wheel fitment. Great job!

[CruizinKev]

wow looks sick! love the stance!!!

[boostin05blacksti]

Thanks for all the kind words guys its come a long way but has a long way to go. Still working through some small issues and bugs as I'm sure all others do. Timmy came over and we prepped the car for paint and took most of the big items off.. Finished the scuffing and prep work on Wednesday night and Timmy came over early on Saturday to start taping and all that good stuff.. We finished taping it out around noon, got lunch then sprayed it.. Not a perfect job but better than it was. This should hold me off for the summer untill I can get the cash to do my yellow with strips. Took the car out on Sunday and it threw two codes and was running a bit rough. After doing some digging everything was pointing to a dirty maf or vacuum leaks. Searched the intake a bit and found these jems.. You think they would make something better for this. Eventually ill pull the intake and plastic seal these holes eliminating any rubber. Enjoy the pictures..











Some quick edited photos..




and the best for last...Dad you ready to go?? I'm driving..

[vette427-sbc]

Wow Looks awesome!

[BuddyP]

Lookin good Steve!

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

Welcome to the winning team brother.. heres your jacket!

[rfalker1]

looks great!!!!!! and fast as hell!

[boostin05blacksti]

Thanks for allthe kind words guys..keeps me moving.

Some updates to record. I've drove the car about 200 miles up to my last updateand there was idling issues and check engine lights. I was pulling my hair outchecking for vacuum leaks, checking my wiring and doing a lot of reading. Turnsout my suspicion was correct and the tune that was on the car was the issue. Iended up buying hp tuners willing to take the tune on myself as my previoustuner told me that a car with that motor/power cant be tuned properly on astock ecm. I went to a local car show and was talking with some ls car guys andwas given a name of a local guy you has a great reputation named KP Tuning. Igave them a call and talked to Karl about setting up a date to road tune thecar. We drove around for 4 hours and he really dialed a lot of the issues away.I can’t say enough about the service and current tune on the car now. A worldof difference. I would highly recommend him. I was hesitant to drive the car inthe past due to the fear of issues/embarrassment and breaking down. I mean youcan't roll around with a bagged 67 camaro with a ford lol plate and break down.In the past month I have put over 300 miles on the car with no issues. The 500mile fluid change is in the very near future.

Now that the tune is correct I started moving on with the alignment and such.My buddy John has all the tools so two weeks ago he came over and we spend themost of a day seeing what we could do. Now note that I have every ridetech itemwith the exception of their upper arms. After an inch of shims on each side andthe stock arms hitting the header on the passenger side and the power steeringpump on the driver’s side I knew what had to be done. The next day I orderedthe upper arms from matts classic. Thanks Kim. The new arms arrived two dayslater thanks to Josh over at ridetech and I put them on that night. Ridetechcontinues to step it up and give the customer the best product. These thingscome with all the hardware, detailed instructions and now have caster slugs tohelp get any car where the driver wants it to be. An A+ part. Here are somepictures..







Last weekend there was a local car show so I entered and got a lot of looks,some good, some bad but it was fun either way. Enjoy.




Next up is to redo the alignment, buy new front seats & get the rear seatrecovered, and start working on the interior...

[sjaroslo]

You're my hero, man! Nicely done, continue to Represent the LSX454 contingent!

[cactuss4]

Love the stance, nice work!

[gordonr1973]

Another beautiful project!! I love the stance too!

[Z06killinSBF]

Outstanding!

What did you do with the other set of Shockwaves?

[cactuss4]

I just went and looked at some 67's, thinking based on your pictures, just maybe. But nope. Something with your stance, maybe it's the lack of color, the wheels? Something makes it look right. I don't see any other 67's that make me like them as much as this one. Maybe consider going with a Matt paint finish or something when you are done. I can't put my finger on it, but you are doing something right! Keep at it!