ssls1’s 1998 Chevrolet Camaro

Pictures of my 30 MPH Lifted 2000 Yamaha G16 Gas Golf Cart Modifications: Pearl Orange Metallic Paint Diamond Plate rocker panels Jakes 6" A-Arm Lift (8" total with the larger tires) 22"/11"/10" Duro AT Tires 10" Aluminum wheels w/2" offsets Premium Light Kit Stainless Steel mud flaps Rear Hitch Custom Hidden Front Winch Modified Air Box K&N air filter Machined secondary clutch Power Clutch Spring Carts Plus Speed Spring Rejetted Carb Split tinted windshield Stainless Button Head Trim Screws ______________________________________________Hitch and Stainless Mud Flaps Hidden Winch Mount________________________________Polished Button Head Screws

Pics of my daily driver, a 2003 Red Silverado SS with about 10,000 miles. It has a Outlaw CAI, custom ram air kit, Corsa Sport exhaust, Extang RT cover, Liquid Metal Billet Grille, Bazooka Amp, JL subwoofer, 20% tint, and a custom EFILive tune by myself. The Wife's 2001 Navy Blue Metallic SS Camaro on the left, my Black 1998 SS on the right The Wife's SS has just 10,000 miles with Crager 18" wheels, BFGoodrich G-Force Tires, Custom Stripes, Billet Grille, Stainless Steel CAMARO rear inserts, Clear Corner lights, Tubular lower control arms, relocation brackets, panhard rod, FLP long tube ceramic coated headers, ORY pipe, Corsa Exhaust, K&N FIPK CAI, ASP underdrive pulley, and a custom EFILive tune.

Exterior Mods..... Smooth Lock covers (and alot of polishing to get the black paint to look like that on the car) :-) Short antenna mod and close up of window tint on Dot Matrix area GMMG Badge Billet Grille with custom SS emblem. First I had the 2002 SS emblems with a black 3D surround, but soon changed to a chrome surround for the letters Before Now MBA Polished Stainless Steel Inserts (obviously before I installed the stripes) Custom SLP Banner (black with brushed aluminum surround) Since EVERYONE with a black camaro has red accents on their cars I chose to go a different route. To tie the blue engine bay highlights to the rest of the car I painted calipers a blue annodized color and added the caliper decals. Pics after 20% tint and before I installed the 35th Anniv Stripes. Looks way too dark and plain IMO. Just added the clear corner lights, Billet grille with SS emblem, and the SLP Engineering CME exhaust valance and dual tips. DMS Lowering springs...... The rear was later lowered by another 1/2" BMR ADJ Panhard Rod needed after lowering to recenter the rearend.

This is Dad's Hot Rod Magazine/ Berger Chevrolet Camaro and is is 1 of 35 made, car number is year 1977. With HOTROD Magazine and GMMG, Berger Chevrolet produced one car to represent each year of Camaro production from 1967 - 2002. Thus the first car was labeled #1967, the second was #1968 and so on. Dad's is the tenth car in the series so it is recorded as car #1977. Dad thought that the stock Z28 hood and spoiler (see bottom of page) looked a little too plain for a car with so much attitude that he added a Sunoco/Dick Harrell Hood and GM SS spoiler just before the 2005 HotRod Power Tour. Looks MEAN now doesn't it? ................................................................. with new Polished Billet Grille New Factory GM SS Spoiler Mom and Dad out having fun! Dad has a heavy right foot! :-) Red Powdercoated Calipers and dimpled rotors. Suspension lowered with Eibach springs ..................... Custom Silver Faced Gauges Fender and rear GMMG badging Car is numbered on the dash emblem, rear view mirror, and the lower corner of the windshield. Custom Embroidered Seats with Red inlays Embroidered Floor Mats Dad opted for the Phase IIx High Torque package with 475 hp and 450ft lbs. of torque. He is running ported and milled 5.3L heads with 2.025 valves to raise the compression ratio to 11.5:1, TTS long tube headers, High Flow Cats, GMMG Exhaust, Underdrive pulleys, Ported TB, Larger MAF, Chrome Moly pushrods, Crane Dual Valve springs, CF air lid, Cam-Motion 228,232 deg .593"/.600" Lift cam on 112 deg CL, 3.73 gears, Hotchkis LCAs & STB, B&M cooler, and a Yank SS3600 torque converter. With only 2000 miles on the motor it put down 410hp at the rear wheels with the torque converter UNLOCKED. Not bad for a 3.73 geared 4L60E automatic car. The ported heads are stamped with the car number (HR 1977) the date the engine was built at GMMG by Mike Carnahan (MC), and the Phase IIx (P2X) designation. Ira Gabriel (publisher) and Doug Evans (VP Group Publisher) of HotRod Signing the hood on the HotRod Power Tour. David Freiburger (Editor-in-chief) also stopped by to sign the car (not pictured). (Left Picture)Dale Berger Signing the car.......(Right Picture) Dad, Dale Berger, Mom, and Matt Berger Ron (of GMMG) Dad & Mom on the HotRod Power Tour ......... Ron, Dad, and Me on the Power Tour .......................................................................................(apparently WAY too HOT to smile that day! LOL) Hood getting fitted at the GM Body Shop Fresh out of the paint booth With the stock (boring) Z28 hood and spoiler

In the interior I added Macwen White faced gauges along with a Trans Am gauge bezel. To customize the gauges I added the red Bowtie and Custom SS decals to the gauges which match the ones on my brake calipers. Then I sent the leather seat covers out for some custom embroidery to match the black/silver SS emblems on the car. To tie in the custom stainless parts under the hood I made some door sills from brushed stainless steel and had matching SLP logos made for them. I also added some SRP aluminum racing pedals milled with an SS logo to enhance the interior ........................................... You can also see the Billet headlight switch dial in the right picture. Polished Billet HVAC knobs. Custom "A" Pillar fiber glass tweeter pods with Infinity tweeters. They mount on little door triangle behind rear view mirrors and tuck in nicely by the side window defroster vents. Stealth sub box with 10" MTX sub and 750w Bazooka amp add the necessary bass volume to be heard over the exhaust. :-) T-Tops still fit in holders with amp mounted to the back wall.

Pictures of my exhaust project...... Coated Pacesetter Long Tube Race headers TSP Off-Road Y-Pipe GMMG chambered cat-back Dual outlet SLP Engineering CME (Center Mount Exhaust) Y-Pipe comparison.....................................................................Old manifolds, Y-pipe, EGR, AIR injection GMMG Exhaust modified to fit the CME dual outlet tips. I braced the CME tips by welding a 3/8" x 1" piece of aluminum bar to the back preventing the small tab in the middle from cracking appart.

My Engine Detailing project....... GM got the LS1 engine right but left a lot to be desired on the 4th Gen cars as far as the engine compartment goes visually. So I spent many hours under the hood trying to make the engine compartment something to look at. But to make the engine compartment look clean I had to remove everything except the motor and spray paint the inner fenders to get them glossy. Then I relocated all the ugly ground wires and hid the wiring harness, hood latch cable, and air hose inside the inner fenders. I then added some blue annodized washer accents, chrome hole plugs, and polished socket head screws throughout the engine bay. Then topped it off with some MBA billet covers for the radiator, power steering, and oil caps. I then topped it off with a polished aluminum Hotchkis strut tower brace. I am no longer embarrased to "pop the hood" when asked to do so. (left) Hidden Engine wiring harness and glossy inner fenders ............................. (right) Hidden hood latch cable, AIR injection hose, and polished stainless steel fuse block covers (left) Polished stainless PCM cover, close-up of hidden wire harness and chrome bolts with blue washers on hood hinges/fenders ............................. (right) Stainless battery cover and chrome hole plugs Sorry...... Bad pic!

Welcome to pics of my Custom SS Camaro project. I wanted to create a "clean" looking show/street machine that would turn heads while still looking like it could have been a factory ordered package. So far the project is progressing nicely but as you all know it is never done......Right? ;-) I'm proud to say I have performed all the work myself and the car has been featured in the LS1Tech.com Calendar for 2005 and has won 1st place honors at the '04 Grand Rapids Autorama Show, '04 Camaro Superfest for the '98-'02 Modified Class and voted Favorite 4th Gen,'04 UAW/GM/Delphi Berlin Raceway Show,'03 Berger Chevy Show voted favorite Camaro along with a few other awards. The car is not just a show car as I have traveled on the entire route of the HOTROD Power Tour in 2003 and 2004 w/o a single problem enjoying the countyside and meeting many hotrodders along the way. Since I often receive questions about the wheels they are iForged custom 3pc wheels. (www.iforged.com) They are 18 x 9.5" in the front and 18 x 10.5" in the rear with 275/35/18 front and 295/35/18 rear tires. The custom offsets were build to my specifications to achieve a deep dish look with 2.5" wheel lips in the front and 3.5" lips in the rear. They are forged aluminum and very light for their size at 19 and 20 lbs. The car has been dropped with DMS progressive rate springs and I have Koni Dual Adjustable shocks on all 4 corners to make it handle like a go-kart but still have a nice ride. Enjoy the pics.... :-) Pics of my daily driver, a Red Silverado SS and the Wife's 2001 Navy Blue Metallic SS Camaro on the left................... More pics can be found on page 10. Off-road toy pics on Page 11. A Lifted 2000 Yamaha Gas Golf Cart, customized of course! A Few shots out on the road Yes, that is the moon in the upper right of the right picture. Pics of my car and Dad's Pewter HotRod Camaro at Lane Automotive Car Show Pics at WMCC club meeting. Check out the Seat Embroidery reflection in the rear view mirror .......................... Interior pics on page 6 Close-ups of the iForged wheels........... The inside barrels did not come polished from the factory as seen in the brake caliper picture, so I got busy sanding and polishing the inner barrels of the wheels to look as nice as the outside does. Engine pics on page 3 & 4 Picture of Dad and I with the WMCC (Western Michigan Camaro Club) in front of the famous Berger Chevrolet Pics of Dad's HOTROD Magazine Berger Camaro can be found on page 9 Pictures of my 30 MPH Lifted 2000 Yamaha G16 Gas Golf Cart on page 11

Trying to brighten up my engine bay I sanded and painted the intake and polished fuel rails by hand. I also sanded and polished the throttle body and MAF ends by hand for a nice look. Ported Throttle Body (sorry for the bad pics) To pull it all together next I painted some matching FRC's. Since I did not like the black K&N heat shield I made a custom polished Stainless Steel piece as there are none on the market to buy which support the filter properly. To cover the ugly battery I made stainless steel covers for the battery plate, pcm, and both fuse boxes. Then I designed the logo for the battery cover and had it made for me in the same design as the other decals on the car.

Welcome to pics of my Custom SS Camaro project. I wanted to create a "clean" looking show/street machine that would turn heads while still looking like it could have been a factory ordered package. So far the project is progressing nicely but as you all know it is never done......Right? ;-) I'm proud to say I have performed all the work myself and the car has been featured in the LS1Tech.com Calendar for 2005 and has won 1st place honors at the '04 Grand Rapids Autorama Show, '04 Camaro Superfest for the '98-'02 Modified Class and voted Favorite 4th Gen,'04 UAW/GM/Delphi Berlin Raceway Show,'03 Berger Chevy Show voted favorite Camaro along with a few other awards. The car is not just a show car as I have traveled on the entire route of the HOTROD Power Tour in 2003 and 2004 w/o a single problem enjoying the countyside and meeting many hotrodders along the way. Since I often receive questions about the wheels they are iForged custom 3pc wheels. (www.iforged.com) They are 18 x 9.5" in the front and 18 x 10.5" in the rear with 275/35/18 front and 295/35/18 rear tires. The custom offsets were build to my specifications to achieve a deep dish look with 2.5" wheel lips in the front and 3.5" lips in the rear. They are forged aluminum and very light for their size at 19 and 20 lbs. The car has been dropped with DMS progressive rate springs and I have Koni Dual Adjustable shocks on all 4 corners to make it handle like a go-kart but still have a nice ride. Enjoy the pics.... :-) Pics of my daily driver, a Red Silverado SS and the Wife's 2001 Navy Blue Metallic SS Camaro on the left................... More pics can be found on page 10. Off-road toy pics on Page 11. A Lifted 2000 Yamaha Gas Golf Cart, customized of course! A Few shots out on the road Yes, that is the moon in the upper right of the right picture. Pics of my car and Dad's Pewter HotRod Camaro at Lane Automotive Car Show Pics at WMCC club meeting. Check out the Seat Embroidery reflection in the rear view mirror .......................... Interior pics on page 6 Close-ups of the iForged wheels........... The inside barrels did not come polished from the factory as seen in the brake caliper picture, so I got busy sanding and polishing the inner barrels of the wheels to look as nice as the outside does. Engine pics on page 3 & 4 Picture of Dad and I with the WMCC (Western Michigan Camaro Club) in front of the famous Berger Chevrolet Pics of Dad's HOTROD Magazine Berger Camaro can be found on page 9 Pictures of my 30 MPH Lifted 2000 Yamaha G16 Gas Golf Cart on page 11

Pictures of my 30 MPH Lifted 2000 Yamaha G16 Gas Golf Cart Modifications: Pearl Orange Metallic Paint Diamond Plate rocker panels Jakes 6" A-Arm Lift (8" total with the larger tires) 22"/11"/10" Duro AT Tires 10" Aluminum wheels w/2" offsets Premium Light Kit Stainless Steel mud flaps Rear Hitch Custom Hidden Front Winch Modified Air Box K&N air filter Machined secondary clutch Power Clutch Spring Carts Plus Speed Spring Rejetted Carb Split tinted windshield Stainless Button Head Trim Screws ______________________________________________Hitch and Stainless Mud Flaps Hidden Winch Mount________________________________Polished Button Head Screws

Pics of my daily driver, a 2003 Red Silverado SS with about 10,000 miles. It has a Outlaw CAI, custom ram air kit, Corsa Sport exhaust, Extang RT cover, Liquid Metal Billet Grille, Bazooka Amp, JL subwoofer, 20% tint, and a custom EFILive tune by myself. The Wife's 2001 Navy Blue Metallic SS Camaro on the left, my Black 1998 SS on the right The Wife's SS has just 10,000 miles with Crager 18" wheels, BFGoodrich G-Force Tires, Custom Stripes, Billet Grille, Stainless Steel CAMARO rear inserts, Clear Corner lights, Tubular lower control arms, relocation brackets, panhard rod, FLP long tube ceramic coated headers, ORY pipe, Corsa Exhaust, K&N FIPK CAI, ASP underdrive pulley, and a custom EFILive tune.

Exterior Mods..... Smooth Lock covers (and alot of polishing to get the black paint to look like that on the car) :-) Short antenna mod and close up of window tint on Dot Matrix area GMMG Badge Billet Grille with custom SS emblem. First I had the 2002 SS emblems with a black 3D surround, but soon changed to a chrome surround for the letters Before Now MBA Polished Stainless Steel Inserts (obviously before I installed the stripes) Custom SLP Banner (black with brushed aluminum surround) Since EVERYONE with a black camaro has red accents on their cars I chose to go a different route. To tie the blue engine bay highlights to the rest of the car I painted calipers a blue annodized color and added the caliper decals. Pics after 20% tint and before I installed the 35th Anniv Stripes. Looks way too dark and plain IMO. Just added the clear corner lights, Billet grille with SS emblem, and the SLP Engineering CME exhaust valance and dual tips. DMS Lowering springs...... The rear was later lowered by another 1/2" BMR ADJ Panhard Rod needed after lowering to recenter the rearend.

This is Dad's Hot Rod Magazine/ Berger Chevrolet Camaro and is is 1 of 35 made, car number is year 1977. With HOTROD Magazine and GMMG, Berger Chevrolet produced one car to represent each year of Camaro production from 1967 - 2002. Thus the first car was labeled #1967, the second was #1968 and so on. Dad's is the tenth car in the series so it is recorded as car #1977. Dad thought that the stock Z28 hood and spoiler (see bottom of page) looked a little too plain for a car with so much attitude that he added a Sunoco/Dick Harrell Hood and GM SS spoiler just before the 2005 HotRod Power Tour. Looks MEAN now doesn't it? ................................................................. with new Polished Billet Grille New Factory GM SS Spoiler Mom and Dad out having fun! Dad has a heavy right foot! :-) Red Powdercoated Calipers and dimpled rotors. Suspension lowered with Eibach springs ..................... Custom Silver Faced Gauges Fender and rear GMMG badging Car is numbered on the dash emblem, rear view mirror, and the lower corner of the windshield. Custom Embroidered Seats with Red inlays Embroidered Floor Mats Dad opted for the Phase IIx High Torque package with 475 hp and 450ft lbs. of torque. He is running ported and milled 5.3L heads with 2.025 valves to raise the compression ratio to 11.5:1, TTS long tube headers, High Flow Cats, GMMG Exhaust, Underdrive pulleys, Ported TB, Larger MAF, Chrome Moly pushrods, Crane Dual Valve springs, CF air lid, Cam-Motion 228,232 deg .593"/.600" Lift cam on 112 deg CL, 3.73 gears, Hotchkis LCAs & STB, B&M cooler, and a Yank SS3600 torque converter. With only 2000 miles on the motor it put down 410hp at the rear wheels with the torque converter UNLOCKED. Not bad for a 3.73 geared 4L60E automatic car. The ported heads are stamped with the car number (HR 1977) the date the engine was built at GMMG by Mike Carnahan (MC), and the Phase IIx (P2X) designation. Ira Gabriel (publisher) and Doug Evans (VP Group Publisher) of HotRod Signing the hood on the HotRod Power Tour. David Freiburger (Editor-in-chief) also stopped by to sign the car (not pictured). (Left Picture)Dale Berger Signing the car.......(Right Picture) Dad, Dale Berger, Mom, and Matt Berger Ron (of GMMG) Dad & Mom on the HotRod Power Tour ......... Ron, Dad, and Me on the Power Tour .......................................................................................(apparently WAY too HOT to smile that day! LOL) Hood getting fitted at the GM Body Shop Fresh out of the paint booth With the stock (boring) Z28 hood and spoiler

Pictures of my exhaust project...... Coated Pacesetter Long Tube Race headers TSP Off-Road Y-Pipe GMMG chambered cat-back Dual outlet SLP Engineering CME (Center Mount Exhaust) Y-Pipe comparison.....................................................................Old manifolds, Y-pipe, EGR, AIR injection GMMG Exhaust modified to fit the CME dual outlet tips. I braced the CME tips by welding a 3/8" x 1" piece of aluminum bar to the back preventing the small tab in the middle from cracking appart.

In the interior I added Macwen White faced gauges along with a Trans Am gauge bezel. To customize the gauges I added the red Bowtie and Custom SS decals to the gauges which match the ones on my brake calipers. Then I sent the leather seat covers out for some custom embroidery to match the black/silver SS emblems on the car. To tie in the custom stainless parts under the hood I made some door sills from brushed stainless steel and had matching SLP logos made for them. I also added some SRP aluminum racing pedals milled with an SS logo to enhance the interior ........................................... You can also see the Billet headlight switch dial in the right picture. Polished Billet HVAC knobs. Custom "A" Pillar fiber glass tweeter pods with Infinity tweeters. They mount on little door triangle behind rear view mirrors and tuck in nicely by the side window defroster vents. Stealth sub box with 10" MTX sub and 750w Bazooka amp add the necessary bass volume to be heard over the exhaust. :-) T-Tops still fit in holders with amp mounted to the back wall.

My Engine Detailing project....... GM got the LS1 engine right but left a lot to be desired on the 4th Gen cars as far as the engine compartment goes visually. So I spent many hours under the hood trying to make the engine compartment something to look at. But to make the engine compartment look clean I had to remove everything except the motor and spray paint the inner fenders to get them glossy. Then I relocated all the ugly ground wires and hid the wiring harness, hood latch cable, and air hose inside the inner fenders. I then added some blue annodized washer accents, chrome hole plugs, and polished socket head screws throughout the engine bay. Then topped it off with some MBA billet covers for the radiator, power steering, and oil caps. I then topped it off with a polished aluminum Hotchkis strut tower brace. I am no longer embarrased to "pop the hood" when asked to do so. (left) Hidden Engine wiring harness and glossy inner fenders ............................. (right) Hidden hood latch cable, AIR injection hose, and polished stainless steel fuse block covers (left) Polished stainless PCM cover, close-up of hidden wire harness and chrome bolts with blue washers on hood hinges/fenders ............................. (right) Stainless battery cover and chrome hole plugs Sorry...... Bad pic!

Welcome to pics of my Custom SS Camaro project. I wanted to create a "clean" looking show/street machine that would turn heads while still looking like it could have been a factory ordered package. So far the project is progressing nicely but as you all know it is never done......Right? ;-) I'm proud to say I have performed all the work myself and the car has been featured in the LS1Tech.com Calendar for 2005 and has won 1st place honors at the '04 Grand Rapids Autorama Show, '04 Camaro Superfest for the '98-'02 Modified Class and voted Favorite 4th Gen,'04 UAW/GM/Delphi Berlin Raceway Show,'03 Berger Chevy Show voted favorite Camaro along with a few other awards. The car is not just a show car as I have traveled on the entire route of the HOTROD Power Tour in 2003 and 2004 w/o a single problem enjoying the countyside and meeting many hotrodders along the way. Since I often receive questions about the wheels they are iForged custom 3pc wheels. (www.iforged.com) They are 18 x 9.5" in the front and 18 x 10.5" in the rear with 275/35/18 front and 295/35/18 rear tires. The custom offsets were build to my specifications to achieve a deep dish look with 2.5" wheel lips in the front and 3.5" lips in the rear. They are forged aluminum and very light for their size at 19 and 20 lbs. The car has been dropped with DMS progressive rate springs and I have Koni Dual Adjustable shocks on all 4 corners to make it handle like a go-kart but still have a nice ride. Enjoy the pics.... :-) Pics of my daily driver, a Red Silverado SS and the Wife's 2001 Navy Blue Metallic SS Camaro on the left................... More pics can be found on page 10. Off-road toy pics on Page 11. A Lifted 2000 Yamaha Gas Golf Cart, customized of course! A Few shots out on the road Yes, that is the moon in the upper right of the right picture. Pics of my car and Dad's Pewter HotRod Camaro at Lane Automotive Car Show Pics at WMCC club meeting. Check out the Seat Embroidery reflection in the rear view mirror .......................... Interior pics on page 6 Close-ups of the iForged wheels........... The inside barrels did not come polished from the factory as seen in the brake caliper picture, so I got busy sanding and polishing the inner barrels of the wheels to look as nice as the outside does. Engine pics on page 3 & 4 Picture of Dad and I with the WMCC (Western Michigan Camaro Club) in front of the famous Berger Chevrolet Pics of Dad's HOTROD Magazine Berger Camaro can be found on page 9 Pictures of my 30 MPH Lifted 2000 Yamaha G16 Gas Golf Cart on page 11

Trying to brighten up my engine bay I sanded and painted the intake and polished fuel rails by hand. I also sanded and polished the throttle body and MAF ends by hand for a nice look. Ported Throttle Body (sorry for the bad pics) To pull it all together next I painted some matching FRC's. Since I did not like the black K&N heat shield I made a custom polished Stainless Steel piece as there are none on the market to buy which support the filter properly. To cover the ugly battery I made stainless steel covers for the battery plate, pcm, and both fuse boxes. Then I designed the logo for the battery cover and had it made for me in the same design as the other decals on the car.