93 Camaro Build thread *LOTS OF PICS*
#1
93 Camaro Build thread *LOTS OF PICS*
Hey everyone, I thought I might share the build of my car, starting from day 1.
So we begin with the day I bought the car. (Wheels I had laying around)
And I always service cars I just bought.
I thought it sat too high, so I bought lowering springs and some new shocks.
All put together, with new rotors and calipers.
And then I realized that 2.73's and drum brakes suck, so I went out and found a rear out of a 99 SS. (3.42's and discs)
I also got a 1 pc. aluminum driveshaft from the same car. (spent around 300 for rear and driveshaft)
The rear:
All sanded and ready to be painted.
Going into the car.
In!
Then shortly after, the odometer rolls 200k
And I throw a rod bearing
So I decide to go all out with the rebuild of the car.
First thing was to disassemble my car.
Then I pulled the motor out of the top Shoulda done it from the bottom
So we begin with the day I bought the car. (Wheels I had laying around)
And I always service cars I just bought.
I thought it sat too high, so I bought lowering springs and some new shocks.
All put together, with new rotors and calipers.
And then I realized that 2.73's and drum brakes suck, so I went out and found a rear out of a 99 SS. (3.42's and discs)
I also got a 1 pc. aluminum driveshaft from the same car. (spent around 300 for rear and driveshaft)
The rear:
All sanded and ready to be painted.
Going into the car.
In!
Then shortly after, the odometer rolls 200k
And I throw a rod bearing
So I decide to go all out with the rebuild of the car.
First thing was to disassemble my car.
Then I pulled the motor out of the top Shoulda done it from the bottom
Last edited by Socom; 07-19-2011 at 05:08 AM.
#2
Motors out!
Yep, thats 200k miles for you.
So I found this donor motor with only 40k miles on it
Ordered some pacesetter headers from herron performance, they look great!
I sent the motor to a machine shop to be built.
In the parts cleaner:
Heads are all nice and clean.
Motor bored 20 over.
While at carlisle, I picked up some LCA's, Strut tower, and torque arm from UMI, and a single adj. panhard from lakewood.
And while I was walking the fairgrounds, I saw this badboy.
Yep, a vortech supercharged 3.4l v6. I talked to the guy and had a long discussion on how he did it, and I am inspired to reproduce his creation. I have a lot more detailed pics but I'm going to keep those to my self. Stay tuned for more updates
Yep, thats 200k miles for you.
So I found this donor motor with only 40k miles on it
Ordered some pacesetter headers from herron performance, they look great!
I sent the motor to a machine shop to be built.
In the parts cleaner:
Heads are all nice and clean.
Motor bored 20 over.
While at carlisle, I picked up some LCA's, Strut tower, and torque arm from UMI, and a single adj. panhard from lakewood.
And while I was walking the fairgrounds, I saw this badboy.
Yep, a vortech supercharged 3.4l v6. I talked to the guy and had a long discussion on how he did it, and I am inspired to reproduce his creation. I have a lot more detailed pics but I'm going to keep those to my self. Stay tuned for more updates
#5
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Eastern PA,
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Nice job. I am a little suprised the 40K donor need bored. These block have a fair amount of nickel in them and tend not to show to much wear until 100K or so.
Good luck,,,
Good luck,,,
#6
Thanks, The motor had a blown head gasket after I opened it up, and a cylinder had water+rust in it. So it needed to be bored. (I also want to run lower compression so the engine can take boost/nos.)
#9
Haha this is true. Were the 5-speeds rare? I've seen tons of v6 Camaro's but they were all automatics. Except a few that I've seen on here.