Vehicle Owner

Member ID: dnm12

Location: Sacramento, CA

Vehicle Info

1998 Chevrolet Camaro

Bought: Aug, 2005

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile11.96 sec @ 116 mph
  • 0-603.5sec
  • Top Speed175mph
  • HP638
  • Weight3450lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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Dan’s Chevrolet Camaro
“Rikki Tikki Tavi”

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Page 1=Modifications    (9/2005)  
Page 2=More Modifications    (12/2005)  
Page 3=BMR suspension    (4/2006)  
Page 4=Things for the Drag Strip    (4/2006)  
Page 5=Drag Strip Pictures    (4/2006)  
Page 6=Cam Swap    (6/2007)  
Page 7=Head Swap    (7/2007)  
Page 8=Saleen Store Visit    (12/2006)  
Page 9=Motorcycle Photos    (6/2007)  
Page 10=2007 Nor-Cal shootout!    (7/2007)  
Page 11=Formula D 8/11/07 Infineon    (8/2007)  
Page 12=NOS    (9/2007)  
Page 13=STS Turbo Install    (6/2008)  
Page 14=Modification List    (Always updated)  
Page 15=Shelby Headquarters Visit    (1/2009)  
Page 16=Village Cafe GTG    (5/2009)  
Page 17=Motor Swap    (9/2009)  
Good Friend's 1990 Mustang

Cam Swap

Specs:
-224/224 Cam with Lobe Separation Angle=114º (Cam install guide)
-PRC Dual Springs
-Hardened chromoloy pushrods
-Titanium retainers
-Hardened Seats
-LS6 ported oil pump
-Rollmaster single roller non-adjustable timing chain
-Gasket kit
-O-ring for oil pump
-More Tool

Day One

Getting ready for the install:
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Coils off:
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Valve cover coming off:

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Valves covers off:
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Water pump being taken off:
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Raidator out:

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Parts taken off:
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Day Two

Start of the day:

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Driver side with the rockers still on, then off:
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Crank pulley finally off:

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Cam gear:

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Cam about to come out:

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Where did the cam go?
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Parts taken off:
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Here is a new crank bolt 16MM X 2.0pitch at 120MM long, and then compared to stock:
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Here is the More tool available at Thunder Racing:
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Another great tool used in the cam swap a fuel line remover:

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Uh-oh, what this?:

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Day Three

The cam and equipment arrives!!!
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The new cam about to go in:

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Cam in!
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Here is the old timing chain and oil pump:

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The new Rollmaster timing chain and cam gear on the left and then a comparison photo on the right of old vs. new crank gear:
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The crank snout with old crank gear, then to the right is it bare, and then on the bottom is with the new Rollmaster crank gear on:
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Here is a key photo (left) all the dots are lined up on the new Rollmaster timing set, and then to the right there is a gernally overview at this point:
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New Ported and Polished ls6 oil pump on:

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PRC dual springs by itself on the left and then on the head on the right:
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Day Four

The More Tool in all its glory:
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THe new valve seals installed:

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Here is the old spring set up on the top left, then on the top right is the new PRC spring set up, and on the bottom is a comparison:
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PRC's all on:
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Rockers back on:
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Day Five

All right here is the tool I made to put the pulley back on [16mm X 2.0 pitch @ 130mm long with a few washers], it worked great as seen in the photo on the right
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Got the valve covers back on and cleaned them while they were off:
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Finally the raidator back in:

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Getting the coils back on the covers:

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Almost done!!!

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Alright click here for a video of my firing up with the cam for the first time

Finally done and here is the results, main mods are; LT's, ORY, Cam, LS6 intake, SLP CAI, Ported and Polished TB, done by Synergy Motorsports in Freemont, CA

dnm12's 1998 Chevrolet Camaro

 

Page 1=Modifications    (9/2005)  
Page 2=More Modifications    (12/2005)  
Page 3=BMR suspension    (4/2006)  
Page 4=Things for the Drag Strip    (4/2006)  
Page 5=Drag Strip Pictures    (4/2006)  
Page 6=Cam Swap    (6/2007)  
Page 7=Head Swap    (7/2007)  
Page 8=Saleen Store Visit    (12/2006)  
Page 9=Motorcycle Photos    (6/2007)  
Page 10=2007 Nor-Cal shootout!    (7/2007)  
Page 11=Formula D 8/11/07 Infineon    (8/2007)  
Page 12=NOS    (9/2007)  
Page 13=STS Turbo Install    (6/2008)  
Page 14=Modification List    (Always updated)  
Page 15=Shelby Headquarters Visit    (1/2009)  
Page 16=Village Cafe GTG    (5/2009)  
Page 17=Motor Swap    (9/2009)  
Good Friend's 1990 Mustang

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groundz28ero  

Posted by: groundz28ero

11/22/2009 12:18PM

How much money would you say you've put into your car.

laspiedras  

Posted by: laspiedras

11/21/2009 06:11PM

Sweet Lookin Ride, luv all of the mods very clean nice job. Def. 5***** for sure.

N-VISION/Rotary  

Posted by: N-VISION/Rotary

11/19/2009 11:17AM

super rediculous badass camaro bro 5***** for sure

DixonEMS  

Posted by: DixonEMS

11/10/2009 11:28AM

bad ass ride man 5*****

SuperrMann  

Posted by: SuperrMann

11/10/2009 11:26AM

amazing car 5*

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: dnm12

Location: Sacramento, CA