lunatic 69 camaro build thread

[lunatic_magnetPontiac 301]

how we got here...  2008-today

[lunatic_magnetPontiac 301]

SO.... those of you who remember this build, well its still going. i go in cycles on projects between gathering parts and working on stuff. I made it my mission to get more done on it this winter.

after doing a few LS swaps (my 72 c20 and my 57 chevy wagon) i decided this build would be better with an LS as opposed to the blower. SO the blower motor is currently out of the car stashed away for something else, and i picked up a 6.0 off facebook marketplace for $350. i'm currently finishing buttoning it back up after a cam (sloppy stage 2) and head (chucked the iron heads for aluminum ones) swap. it will be mated to the t-56 that i had in it. The rear end is a dana 36, but i found a stronger dana 44 for it and picked that up for $400, so that will get swapped out too. I have radius rods to replace all the rear suspension linkage. Brakes are Outlaw (wilwood) from stock cars, and i have a set of ViKing double adjustable coil overs to go in too... build cost right now is somewhere around $4000.

[CJaguar265Chevy 2.8L]

I'm looking for a pre86 style 350 or 400

[lunatic_magnetPontiac 301]

This weekend worked on the bell housing.  I got this housing at a swap meet for $50.  Well the hole for the bearing retainer was some oddball size.  Might have been a conversion housing for a ford trans or something?

Anyway.  Checked the bell for run-out and it was within spec.  So bolted it down to the Bridgeport machine and bored the hole out to the correct gm large retainer size.  Now a $25 spacer from advance adapters fits the mcleod plate to bolt up the t56.  (That's my uncle working the bridgeport, I asked him for help so I didn't mess it up)

[RaGiN ZPontiac Turbo 301]

dude! Thats an insane build! Its looking good! I like the independent rear suspension. Is that all corvette suspension? How much of a body drop is going on there?

[lunatic_magnetPontiac 301]

dude!  Thats an insane build!  Its looking good!  I like the independent rear suspension.  Is that all corvette suspension?  How much of a body drop is going on there?

yeah, its all vette suspension from an '84 that i bought for $600 and parted out. i upgraded the brakes with homemade brackets and Nascar Modified calipers and the fiberglass springs are gone in favor of coil overs.

it's hard to compare the body to stock height because i don't have anything to compare it to. right now the chassis is sitting at stock c-4 suspension height, and i put the body where i thought it looked good. i can mount the body about an inch lower than it is if i need/want to by taking out some spacers i have in there, and can lower the whole car more with the coil overs.

i need to see how high the intake sits. with the blower i didn't care because obviously it was going to stick out of the hood. the LS is a different story obviously. i have a 2" cowl hood i can use if i need it but i kinda like the flat one idk.

[lunatic_magnetPontiac 301]

Yesterday I got the ls into the engine bay.

I have to shave a bit off the back of the intake for it to fit lol. The driveshaft I had no longer fits with the ls and Dana 44 rear in place, so that sucks. Next steps are making a new trans cross member and getting 3.90's installed into the rear. I should probably start working on building a firewall and stuff...

[lunatic_magnetPontiac 301]

Slow going as I wait for parts. Stock exhaust manifolds don't really clear so I ordered some headers. Still waiting on gear install kit, I guess it's backordered...


Today I finished making the in tank fuel pump assembly.

[CJaguar265Chevy 2.8L]

Whats a good set of headers for a thirdgen sbc 305

[lunatic_magnetPontiac 301]

Whats a good set of headers for a thirdgen  sbc 305

if its me it's "whatever i found at the swap meet for $20" lol

[lb9Chevy 250]

Wow! You have some serious skills..... Keep the pictures and updates coming!

[RaGiN ZPontiac Turbo 301]

What intake is that?

[lunatic_magnetPontiac 301]

What intake is that?

just a stock truck intake with all the crap cleaned off of it. pics coming of it when i get it back from paint...

[RaGiN ZPontiac Turbo 301]

Seriously? I fell for that a second time???

[lunatic_magnetPontiac 301]

Lack of updates, progress is slow. Ugh.

I finally got my dana 44 rear back with the new gears installed. 3.90s were cheap on Amazon so that's what I've got. Good enough
I'll start reassembling the rest suspension this week.

I still have the dana 36 with 2.xx gears in it to put in to do a track day at Pocono of I really want to cook.

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