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09-16-2019 #1Registered User
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Temper Camaro. '69 with C5 chassis swap
I quit posting my build on here a long time ago because it was hard to post pictures from my iPad to this board. Now that thats been handled I wanted to start posting again on the message board that basically has kept me in debt most of my adult life lol.
I'm not going to start all the way back to when I got the car so we'll start at the beginning of Temper 2.0 as the car has gone a different direction that I like much better than 1.0 was. So to start the catch up process lets start with the build plan.
LSA converted to dry sumo. Goal is around 700 rwhp. Not going crazy with the build just a ported blower, cam, and pulleys. Maybe a little head work, we'll see.
TR6070 7 speed transmission from a C7 Z06 with cooler.
C6 Z06 rear diff. with cooler.
Anvil carbon everything
C6 dash swap with custom interior
Infinity Box for the chassis controls
ZR1 carbon brakes
Boze Forged custom wheels in a ZR1 style.
Wide body
6th gen Camaro roof
Body side vents for the brakes
Carbon fiber parts, interior, door panels, bumper, ect.
Vintage Air HVAC
Weight goal 3100lbs, 50/50 weight distribution.
So thats the main items. Lets start with the car now. In order to stuff a C5/6 frame into a '69 Camaro it took a lot of measuring. I was able to luck out and found that the upper pinch welds on the outer rockers measure the same as the inner side of the Corvette frame. Figuring out that I had to make the Vette chassis 3.5" longer to match the Camaro led me to buying 2 wrecked frames to join them together. To replace the outer frame rails I went with 2x4 square tube and modified it to fit into the Camaro's outer rocker. This left the bottom of the rocker to be the new floor support as I kept the fiberglass/wood floors from the vette.
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Putting the two together after blasting and epoxy was kinda like sliding a match box together.
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This is where the car sits for about a year and a half as I lost my shop space. I started working at another dealer this year and they let me work on the car. While I couldn't work on the car I was able to do some small projects like build the bumper. I made the bumper before the car was mothballed so I just had to finish it. After it was all body worked and painted I made a mold and then a carbon bumper for it.
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09-16-2019 #2Registered User
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Sorry, I messed up the pictures. We should be good from here on out though.
I needed to add more gauges to my car and the C6 bezel was a perfect spot since I wasn't using the buttons here.
I also needed a cluster. Using the C6 stock cluster I cut it up. I designed a layout kinda like the vette and used a t shirt and resin to get a base. Then it got body worked and wrapped in carbon as well.
I also did the same with the console. Put in a double din radio frame, HVAC controls, and my power window switches.
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09-16-2019 #3Registered User
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Starting back to work on the car I went after the firewall. It was tricky because I had to match the stock Vette firewall for the brakes, steering, and slave and tie the two cars together.
While I though about how I wanted to proceed on the firewall from here I took a break from it and went to work on the trunk tin work. I started with the wheel tubs. It was also my first time using an english wheel, I was very happy with how all the metal work came out.
I'll continue with the rest later. Lunch time.Instagram: CamaroAJ
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09-16-2019 #4Registered User
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