69 Camaro Project Insanity

[camoffett]

Well, I have spent many hours on these forums researching how I want to build my car so I figure it's about time to start my own build thread and hopefully contribute some of the things I have learned along the way.

About my build. I picked this car up in November 2012 and drove 17 hours one way to get it. I was looking for a car with most all of the major body work completed and decided this car fit what I was looking for. My goal is to build a very nice pro touring car with all the performance and feel of a new car. Oh, and it must be able to out run most any factory street car on the road



Here are some of the plans for my build.

Suspension:
Chris Alston Chassisworks front subframe and rear G-Link with a Fab9 rearend. I also have the subframe connectors and cradle with wilwood brakes.

Motor:
LS1 with a D1SC procharger. My goal is to have 600 rwhp. I have a 4l80e with a Jake's Performance Stage II kit and billet torque converter

Interior:
I am working with "The Shop LLC" to get a full custom interior for the car.

[camoffett]

While I was installing the mini tubs I had read in several threads that the frame rails were very weak on these cars. I decided to go ahead and replace both frame rails with aftermarket rails. Here is a picture of the difference between the two. It was no easy task doing this but will be well worth it when I'm finished. I also seam welded a few areas on the rails to strengthen it up a bit.



This is the FAB9 rear end and Chassiworks 4 link mocked up on the car.



Here is the engine mocked up in and I cannot wait to hear this thing run.



Here are all my parts from Chassiworks. It was a little overwhelming once I started opening all the packages.

By the way. Sorry for all the large pictures. I haven't quite figured out how to make them smaller yet.

[camoffett]

This is my rendering that isn't quite finished yet. I still need to choose the wheels and a few other details but this is the look I am leaning towards. Please feel free to offer any advice whether positive or negative. I tend to like unique looks that are somewhat original. I am hoping this one will turn out good. Right now I am leanig towards a flat black with gloss red stripes.

[Ron.in.SoCal]

Sounds great...would love to see it.

[Richio1]

Sounds killer but you need to fix your links. Looking forward to seeing it come together.

[camoffett]

Sorry, I'm not sure why the pictures won't upload like the first one did.

[KnightMare]

I was looking at the shop's Facebook page and seen the rendering. Looks cool

[77thor]

Looks like a solid car to start with.

Love the paint scheme.

[Danny72]

Have you rendered the car with the rear quarter stripes on the front instead? I haven't seen too many cars (especially camaros) have them and i think it looks bad ass. Looks sick either way.

[camoffett]

Have you rendered the car with the rear quarter stripes on the front instead? I haven't seen too many cars (especially camaros) have them and i think it looks bad ass. Looks sick either way.

Thanks for the replies. It was on my list of designs to be rendered but once I seen this one I decided to go with it because I wanted to see a few more red accents on the car. Hopefully, the next rendering will be finished this week with the wheels on it and I will be able to make my final decision on whether or not to go with this design.

By the way, I am looking at my wheel options now. I have seen the rushforth, forgeline, fikse, and billet specialties wheels. Are there any others that I'm missing? And do any of you all have any sight sponsors you would recommend? I am looking at custom offset 3 piece wheels.

[Danny72]

HRE has some pretty cool wheels. A little pricey though.

[jtm311]

Thanks for the replies. It was on my list of designs to be rendered but once I seen this one I decided to go with it because I wanted to see a few more red accents on the car. Hopefully, the next rendering will be finished this week with the wheels on it and I will be able to make my final decision on whether or not to go with this design.

By the way, I am looking at my wheel options now. I have seen the rushforth, forgeline, fikse, and billet specialties wheels. Are there any others that I'm missing? And do any of you all have any sight sponsors you would recommend? I am looking at custom offset 3 piece wheels.

First time signing on to your thread and I have to say the same thing about the strip, I was going to asked if you had one on the front fender. I like your concept it looks sweet...

Good luck with the build.
John

[KnightMare]

Thanks for the replies. It was on my list of designs to be rendered but once I seen this one I decided to go with it because I wanted to see a few more red accents on the car. Hopefully, the next rendering will be finished this week with the wheels on it and I will be able to make my final decision on whether or not to go with this design.

By the way, I am looking at my wheel options now. I have seen the rushforth, forgeline, fikse, and billet specialties wheels. Are there any others that I'm missing? And do any of you all have any sight sponsors you would recommend? I am looking at custom offset 3 piece wheels.

You can't go wrong with Matt @ mattsclassicbowties

[camoffett]

Sorry for the repeat message but I'm not sure how to delete it.

[camoffett]

I got the smooth firewall plate installed.
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I got the entire interior of the car seam sealed
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I removed all the rubberized undercoating and sprayed 2 coats of epoxy primer on the entire underside of the car.
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Next I applied 2 coats of the chassis black ceramic paint to the underside of the car and all the interior panels
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I got all my parts back from powder coat and now have the rear end assembled
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[CruizinKev]

can't wait to see more! looks great so far!

[Motown 454]

It looks great, I like the rendering a lot. Very nice.

[70Uglybird]

Wow a killer build! Going to be a crazy ride!

[camoffett]

This is with the Rick's tank mounted and the four link complete with sway bar and shocks.


Got the fenders bolted back on to see how the engine bay is going to look and so I can start mounting the intercooler and piping.


Finally got the car back on the ground to see how the new stance will look. Now I just need to get my new wheels ordered.


Got the 4l80e and billet stall converter installed.

[diesel25lrs]

Going to be bad A**!!!