ProjectX2

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My high school auto shop classes have worked with me for years on ProjectX2.

Here are some pics of the car

[67 ls1 vert]

Looks good Paul. Are you out of school now?

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I'm semi retired from teaching now. After teaching shop full time for 35 years I'm just working part time now. I still work with auto students on ProjectX (68 Nova drag car), ProjectX2 (68 Camaro street/autocross car), and ProjectX3 67 El Camino.

[blown9746]

Looks good. how about some more info on the cars? suspension, motor, etc

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After completely redoing the front suspension with poly bushings and painting the upper and lower a arms my Auto Shop students found Savitske Classic & Custom on Pro-Touring. I called Marcus and he suggested SC&C Pro-Lite Lightweight Adjustable Tubular Upper Arms. When they arrived we did the G Mod and put everything back together. Then my students found Heidts Lower control arms, Eibach springs, Wilwood brakes, Stainless brake lines, and Billet tie rod adjusting sleeves. I bought Goodyear Blue Streak Racing tires and put them on rally wheels.
Then I found Minilites with Hoosier racing tires. The last and latest change was to remove the Edlebrock shocks and Eibach springs and install QA1 Adjustable coil-over Shocks.

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The Minilite wheels were 15 x 8 front and back originally. They came with Hoosier racing tires. There was interference with the front rims and the tie rod ends and upper control arm. I located Eric Vaughn Machine (http://www.ericvaughnmachine.com/) and had him narrow the front minilites to 7 inches. Eric did a fantastic job on the wheels which now fit perfectly. BF Goodrich Radial T/A 235/60 15 front and 245/60 15 rear tires were put on for the street.



Long Trans-Am Lug Nuts

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I picked up a billet grille at the Goodguys Pleasanton swap meet and cut up a new grille that I purchases from Steve's Camaros (http://www.stevescamaroparts.com/) . Everything went together easily and I had to come up with some Running/Turn signals. I found Amber LED strips and had to wire in a dual element curcuit I found at Chrome Glow (http://www.chromeglow.com/) so the running lights and turn signals would work.
You have to look carefully to see the LED's.

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The engine is a 383. The students found a stroker kit from Powerhouse Engine Components (https://shop.enginekits.com/osb/specials.cfm). I took the 4 bolt block to Smeding Performance (http://www.smedingperformance.com/) for machining. I picked up a cam and other parts there and had the students help put the engine together using ARP bolts. We called Trick Flow and ordered a set of aluminum heads. A large order to Summit helped finish the engine.

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Lee Power Steering (http://www.lee-powersteering.com/index.htm) rebuilt the steering box and power steering pump. The power steering reservoir was modified for AN fittings that go to the Hydratech (http://www.hydratechbraking.com/) Hydraulic Brake Assist Unit and master cylinder. Steering and braking on the street are fantastic. I'm looking forward to seeing how everything works on an Autocross Course.

[55chevyman]

whats kind of exhaust are you running? any pics of the car with blue streaks on rallies?

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My students saw the billet gas cap and the billet taillights on Pro-Touring.
I called Amy at Fesler Built (http://shop.feslerbuilt.com/main.sc) and ordered the RS Billet taillights with anodized finish. They are awsome.
The billet gas cap became available from air ride Technologies (http://www.ridetech.com/index2.html) and was ordered. It fit perfectly.
Thank you Pro-Touring for giving my students all these great ideas for me to buy for ProjectX2!

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The exhaust is a work in progress. It's a Spin Tech System (http://www.spintechmufflers.com/spin...ntechindex.asp) right now but isn't working out as planned. The students and I wanted a Trans-Am look with the exhaust exiting just before the rear tire. With the the sub frame connectors installed the exhaust sits too low.

It was a bit tighter until I loaded the car on the trailer and was bent. We looked at notching the sub frame connector but have decided to
keep the Spin Tech 2 1/2 exhaust with X pipe and change mufflers for a quieter ride on the street and run the exhaust out the back using mandrel bent tail pipes from Flowmaster.

[tillman]

Looks great.I know the students love working on the car.

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Interior has Corbeau Seats. The rear seat was reupholstered so it matches the front bucket pattern. The Momo steering wheel is attached to a Flaming River tilt column. An Autometer console gauge pod has Fuel Level, Volts, Water Temp, and Oil Pressure. The Gauge Cluster has Autometers 5 in. Tach and Speedometer with LED turn signal lights. The Roll Bar has been powder coated.

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Drove to a friends birthday party/car show. Shake down cruise went well. Exhaust needs some work and a few other things turned up that need looking into. All in all a GREAT day.

[jaybee]

Nice car. Simple, purposeful looking, very sharp.

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I put the dash instrument cluster back in the Camaro today. I had it out to put the billet gauge bezels on the Auto Meter Speedometer and Tachometer. I got the bezels from Steve at Twist Machine (http://twistmachine.com/shopping/). He had some bezels w/o the holes made up for me. They fit perfectly with just a little modification where the tach contols meet the bezel.