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Thread: "Grace" - 67 Camaro Driver
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03-09-2010 #1
From "Grace" to "Addiction"
Over 4 years ago I started with this car with the intention of doing some upgrades and keeping it somewhat stock looking - i have since learned that it is way too much fun to throw it around corners so now anything goes
Figured I'd start posting some of the upgrades as I work on improvements to my summer daily driver. I picked up Grace in Aug 08 -- This is proabaly the only time you'll see her on a trailer - I drove 7 1/2 hours away to pick her up.
She sat a bit high in the rear and the tires were a bit skinny and sunk into the wheel wells....
So she was lowered and BFG's were added....
As you can see both my son and daughter love the car and we go for ice cream all the time but my favorite part is when the kids say "hit the gas" (usually at the top of their lungs).
Plans are to drive the car as much as I can while upgrading a little bit of everything and getting the car to the mechanical condition I want then a winter's worth of body and paint most likely 3-4 years from now.Don
Grace - 67 Camaro daily driver with upgrades along the way.
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03-09-2010 #2Registered User
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awesome!! i love taking my kids out in the 69. nothing like icecream and coke spilt in the backseat. msot people would freak out over it and i just laugh.
Chris V
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03-09-2010 #3
Looks good Don.
I like the name.Skip
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03-10-2010 #4Don
Grace - 67 Camaro daily driver with upgrades along the way.
https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...-Camaro-Driver
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03-10-2010 #5
Made the trip back to NY from Ohio with a pick-up of goodies including the disc breaks, an engine hoist on loan (thanks bro), some misc engine parts and ......
wait for it.......
Grace's new power plant, a 350 4bolt .040 over (.030 wasn't clean enough), JE Forged Pistons and a stock 400 crank so with the new 72cc heads I should be around a nice street-able 9.6:1 compression
The plan is a top end kit from TrickFlow that is designed to produce 490hp and 440ft/lbs on a 383 - - between this and upgrading the 2.80 gear that is in the 12 bolt with a 4.10, I'm expecting she'll be a bit more fun around town.Don
Grace - 67 Camaro daily driver with upgrades along the way.
https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...-Camaro-Driver
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03-19-2010 #6
OK - I know it's fluff but I was itching to do something to the car and I'm in the middle of a move to a new place with a 2 1/2 car garage so I can't take on anything to big until I'm in the new place. New LED lights went in....
Before they went in ...
My son hard at work... (once he knew how to undo the bolts he wouldn't let me help anymore)
Kit had a really clean install - It's designed to just bolt in and plug into the factory pig tails but I grabbed the heat gun and shrink tubes and hard wired it.
I liked this kit because it didn't have 1 million LEDs and still looks like it might have been factory until you hit the turn signal or breaks
Good news is I move into the new place this week and after unpacking I'll be able to pull the 12 bolt out. It's getting upgraded to a 4.10 posi (currently a 2.80) and disc breaks!Don
Grace - 67 Camaro daily driver with upgrades along the way.
https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...-Camaro-Driver
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03-19-2010 #7
Look's good Don.
Skip
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04-03-2010 #8
Finally moved into the new place and unpacked (mostly) and it's time for some real work to be done....
Rear end is completely out of the car now
this is the crappy "custom" exhaust i had a local shop put in -it's on its way out - going to dump after the flomasters for now - you can also see where the rear end was leaking (soon to be fixed)
updates for the rear include a new set of richmond 4.10's an auburn posi diff, new energy poly and a disc break conversion
I Love new parts
all apart and ready to be blasted and have the old traction bar bracket removed as well as a little paint before re-install
and final job of the day was a test fit of the rear breaks before a little paint -- i know it's not a big break conversion but i still like the looks of my 15" ralleys and for the mostly street and limited joy rides around a road course these will do
more to come.....Don
Grace - 67 Camaro daily driver with upgrades along the way.
https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...-Camaro-Driver
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04-03-2010 #9Registered User
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i like it!! looks good
Chris V
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04-08-2010 #10
fairly productive day off with decent weather to get a few more things ready - calipers received paint
after letting the rear housing soak in "peal away 6" to remove the undercoating I removed the old bracket for the factory traction bar
added some primer
and painted the pumpkin in cast - the ends will get black before final assembly
the next step is to get the old bushing out of the leafs so i can install the new poly -- i hit this %&#$@&!! with everything and tried several pulley puller combinations to get it out with no luck - asked one of my friends today at the dealership and he said we could just use a press or burn it out (i'll let him press them out)
with any luck i'll find some more time this week to get the axle tubes painted and the suspension items taken care of so next wednesday i can take my time and get the new gears set up - with any luck she'll be back on the road in a week. I can't wait -- going from 2.80 to a 4.10 should really help her out from light to lightDon
Grace - 67 Camaro daily driver with upgrades along the way.
https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...-Camaro-Driver