Ahh, see I knew it was somthing like that. I am definatly not a S/S person, my pockets are not even close to being deep enough.

 

Hey no sweat, I'm poor as well. Nice running Camaro you have there. Did you do the work yourself?

 

Yup, I did everything (except the machine work). I see you are a Mopar guy as well, thats where my heart trully lies but I sold my 69 Super Bee to move on to other projects. Here is a pic though

I do miss it somtimes, but the guy made me an offer I could not refuse

 

Man, I know what you mean! In the last 8 years I've sold a 69 Roadrunner, a 68 Coronet R/T, and a 70 Challenger. I should have kept all of them!
I do all my own work except for the machining as well. I built a cheap little 87 Camaro a while back, budget 350 with 9.5:1 compression, and I replaced the 700r since it was smoked, with a TH350. The car ran low 13's with a 600 holley. That was back in 97/98 when the first SS's were coming out with the new LS1's. It was fun beating up on those guys for a while!

 

You both have some really nice camaros, too bad you got sold the other cars. I sink more money into it just keepin it running much less doing any mods to it. I got a 94 and it just seems to keep giving me problems. You guys do excellent work, love the cars!!!

akohnz

 

Thanks akohnz!

 

Since you have rebuilding for some time now, got any advice (seems like you're one of the few people that repsonds on this thing) on where to start when rebuilding a camaro. All stock runs pretty well, but Im sure needs to be gutted and redone. Got any tips or advice?? Thanks!

akohnz

P.S. Your welcome!!!

 

Personally I like to focus on the suspension first, often times people overlook it in the quest for insane power. One you get it to hook you can add power, you would be suprised how fast you can go on a realtivly small amount of HP. Case in point, I helped build an NMRA Factory Stock Mustang, the car makes about 320 or so rwhp and has been 11.7's on a 3250 lb race weight. The car is actually pretty boring in that the race is over after the 60 foot mark.

 

JD1969 thanks for responding, that really helps. There just arent enough hard resources out there when it comes to the steps of rebuilding a car. Do you race at Gateway Intl Raceway in IL? Your pics looked kinda familiar.

akohnz

 

I might be down there for a Ford event but no I have not been there. I race at US41 in IN, RT66 in Joliet and GLD in WI.