1968 Camaro (projekt 1sickT8)

[ajg87]

Excellent transformation! Good work!

[Snake Eater]

Where did you get the gas cap from, and how difficult was it to install?

[Rod]

the Gas cap is from Ride Tech, it was an easy install

[Snake Eater]

Thanks for the response, love the car and appreciate the excellent progress reports. Hopefully I'll get mine on here soon.

[Flash68]

Very cool Rod... are you gonna get up there and get over to the GG AutoX next month?

[Gitter Dun]

Hey Rod, How are ya!! Cant remember last time I posted here but looks like you've been busy. How do you like the Spectre air cleaner? Looks really cool and am thinking of using one for one of my future builds.

[joeko23]

Awesome build!

[Rod]

Very cool Rod... are you gonna get up there and get over to the GG AutoX next month?

Oh hell yes Dave The car was running awesome till I smoked the trans

Hey Rod, How are ya!! Cant remember last time I posted here but looks like you've been busy. How do you like the Spectre air cleaner? Looks really cool and am thinking of using one for one of my future builds.

I like the Cold air intake from Spectre works well!! and it looks like the early smokey Z28 cowl plenum intake Chevy developed in early SCCA and Trans Am, which is an awesome bonus

[rickpaw]

I just received my new Tall ball joints last night from Power Performance Motorsports, good looking parts with a cast top and ring-retained dust boot, I will get these on tomorrow or Monday if the rain lets up, and then I will test them with daily use and at the GoodGuys AutoX in 2 weeks



here's a close up of the top casing, nicely made with a grease fitting

Rod,
Do you have the part number for the tall ball joint? I looked at proforged web site and was not able to find it.
Thanks,
Tu

[Rod]

The part number is 101-10016

heres a linky to them tall ball joints

hope that helps

[rickpaw]

Thanks Rod. How do you like them so far? The boots on the ones that came with my GW upper arms leaked grease all over the suspensions, so gave me an excuse to go to tall ball joint.

[Rod]

The tall ball joints work great with the Global west upper arms, the DSE lower arms, Hotchkis coil spring and sway bar you can see from these pictures the suspension goes slightly negative in corners like needed, this year (2012) I will add the Guldstand mod to see how the set up works then I think a little more negative (and a little wider front tire) and Plain Jane will be unstoppable

[Mr. Anderson]

I'm interested to see how the tall spindle/ball joint works with the Guldstrand mod. I thought they both accomplished the same thing.

[DirtShark]

Very inspiring build, great job...

[Rod]

just some quick seat and engine pics

seats fit and look great in the car and work perfect with the Morris Classic seat belts



corbeau pump up lumbar





heres the Spectre air box in place fits like a glove behind the Hotchkis bar and just over the MSD dizzy

[bhcustomdesigns]

Car looks great,I love the way that spectre airbox looks on there!!!

[Gitter Dun]

Awesome work Rod. Love to see you trying different stratagies to get her to stick up front.

Seats and engine compartment look great!!

[Flash68]

Rod, looks great. Which Corbeaus are those?

You able to come meet up next Saturday and hang with us at Rich's shop?

[Rod]

Rod, looks great. Which Corbeaus are those?

You able to come meet up next Saturday and hang with us at Rich's shop?

awesome!! I will be there car permitting! Plain Jane's been a little picky lately

[Rod]

OK just as the title says, my car Plain Jane engine started burning oil last weekend (james bond smoke cloud style) just after a visit to the BBQ at Road Touring customs, (which by the way Rich was AWESOME! thanks bro) so I pulled the heads valves were fine, seals fine, guides fine, so then I pulled the rest of the motor, and I have a bad piston skirt that cracked a chunk off and damage the cylinder wall, heres my question!!!!! I have 2 motors to choose from as a replacement

1) is an torquey LS 327 from GM with ls 6 reworked heads and a cam - about 355HP
2) is a bone stock Ls6 completely stock --------------------------- about 400 HP

going with the LS plunge I have collected a good list of parts for the swap and the swap was supposed to happen at the end of the year not the start

so which engine do I choose?????