Hi, this is my 2001 SS camaro that has had a hard life to say the least. I picked it up for $5000 with a doner car. So I thought it would be a good project to make a fast street car.
PERFORMANCE MODS:
MOTOR:
-iron lq9 6.0 bottom end
-meling high volume oil pump
-comp cams double roller timing chain
-edelbrock xtreme cnc heads with 65cc chambers
-texas speed ms4 camshaft
-comp cams magnum roller lifters
-texas speed chromoly push rods
-comp cams double valve springs
-prw billet 1.7 roller rockers
-fast 92mm intake
-holley 90mm throttle body
-bosch green-top 42lb injectors
-909 billet fuel rails
-slp mass air flow
-K&N cold air intake
-Wet 150 shot by NOS
-tuned by Joe at Performance by Joe St. Louis MO
TRANS:
-Bronze shifter bushing/isolator
-Bronze fork pads for 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 & reverse shift fork
-Billet Keys for 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 & reverse synchronizer Assembly
-Steel 3-4 Shift fork
-Carbonfiber blocker rings
-Pro 5.0 shifter with williams short stick
-Centerforce dual friction clutch
-F1 Racing billet 12lb flywheel
EXHAUST:
-Hooker super comp long tube headers wraped in heat wrap
-texas speed 3" true dual system with sweet thunder mufflers carried out the back
SUSPENSION & WEIGHT REDUCTOIN:
-BMR k-member
-BMR lower links
-BMR trac bar
-KYB adjustable front struts and adjustable rear shocks
-Eibach pro lowering kit
WHEELS &TIRES
-Bogart welded r/t wheels 16x9 rear and 15x4 front
-Rear tires 26x11.5 mickey thompson et streets
CUSTOM BODY MODS
-shaved tail light panel
-shaved grill
-shaved antenna
-soon to be painted red jewel
FUTURE MODS
-QP bolt-in ford 9" housing with moser axels and 5/8 screw in wheel studs
-Strage nodular S ford 9" 3rd member housing
-Detroit locker differential
-Richmond 4:33 gears
-Daytona pinion support
-Forged 1350 yoke
-BMR adjustable torque arm with drive-shaft loop
-Get rid of Eibach rear springs and use stock v6 camaro springs
-Go to a 28/11.5/16 hoosier rear tire
-Weld-in Chromoly 8-point wolfe racing rollcage
Here are some pics of the car and drive line as it sits now:
THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IN THIS BUILD
1. If you put a bigger set of fuel injectors in your car do not try to run it without a tune...put stock in until it is tuned (went through 3 sets of spark plugs and was scatching my head until I was informed of my problem)
2. If there is a 500 mile break-in on you new clutch, do not try to dyno after 200 miles on your new clutch. (3rd pull on the dyno ripped through a new centerforce dual friction and trashed my fadenza flywheel)
3. If you are going to put a bigger cam in your car you must install a larger oil pump and if you install a larger oil pump you could have lifter issues. (had 100 miles on the car and had 2 of the stock lifter stop pumping up on me, bought comp cams magnum series and love them.
4. If you are going to run a nitrous system use 2 safty systems. (I was using only one...the throttle micro switch and forgot to turn off my master nitrous switch. dumped alot on nitrous into my cylenders with the car not running, thank god I noticed it or there would have been a big bang!)
5. The pilot bearing is not the same one lsx motors for a manual and automatic trans. (had my car almost together when I realized that the "know it all" at my local shop didnt know what he was talkin about!)
6. If you decide to rap your headers. Oil will soak into the rap and it WILL catch on fire! (Got some oil on my header rap and had flames flowing out of my hood driving down the interstate, cost me a set of taylor spark plug wires and some other misc. wires under my hood)
7. Do not trust what you hear on forums and do not trust what your hear at performance shops. (Have spent alot of money chaseing shadows because of tips I was given)
THIS STUFF MAY SOUND LIKE COMMON SENSE BUT IT HAPPEND TO ME AND I AM SURE THAT THIS LIST WILL GET LONGER AS DAYS GO BYE. I AM JUST TRYING TO HELP OUT FELLOW CAR INTHUSIESTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO HELP!
