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So I have begun my second project car as I'm finishing up my 97' Z28. My project is this: I will be purchasing a silver 2002 SS camaro and doing a 98-02 to a 93-97 conversion on the front end (yes Im taking a ls car and making it look like a lt car) and making this 02' SS look exactly identical to my 97' Z with the exception of the badges. as of right now I have to the following part.
1. complete lt1 front bumper (with lights and absorber) 2. lt1 front fenders 3. Lt1 SS hood 4. rear wings west ground effects 5. driver and passenger side wings west ground effects parts still needed 1. front wings west ground effect 2. rksport performance rear spoiler Performance goal for this vehicle....spoke with Chad at golen motor works, Chad and his guys at golen will be doing a supercharged 427 Ls7 motor for this vehicle, with a foreseeable hp goal of 820 hp. I cant wait to see the looks on the rustang guys when they have been just slaughtered by this ls7 powered lt1 looking f-body |
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my garage. stopped by So.jerZ-28 from ls1tech house last night and picked up the rear bumper cover and rear ground effects along with side skirts
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This interests me, but I'm not sure why.
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well as we all know the lt1 platform is a fading market, not to mention that the lt1 ignition system (opti) and pcm (tuning) are nightmares in themselves. I have always admired the endless possibilities with the lsx motor but never really found the ls camaro to be eye appealing (the lt's just seem to have this pissed-off look to them) so I figured I would build a car that had the platform to make some serious hp and swap out the front clip to have the look I find pleasing. Also as with my first project car I have been in constant contact with chad over at Golen motor work this project as it will be taking on a supercharged ls7 427. Chad is confident that he can deliver me a motor that puts out over 800hp without breaking a sweat.
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As you guys can see my garage has been filling up with parts for my 2002 SS that will soon be in my hands.
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awesome stuff, i would keep it street legal and troll all over imports with it.
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for the most part the car will be street legal I wont be running cats, will do kooks lt headers, with true dual exhaust after the collectors.
Spoke with chad over at golen this is what will be going in a BMR front K-member. http://cdn.speednik.com/files/2012/0...ey-640x478.jpg |
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i have to get measurement off the top of the supercharger. I need to find out what is the height of this motor compared to a n/a lsx motor thats running a stock intake manifold. I need to make sure that the SS hood (pictured) will fit. may be doing some cutting to the underside of the hood and reglassing smooth.
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Called BMR today .... decided to order this kit for the car
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I going to need this thread moved to the forced induction section....anyways chad and I spoke again yesterday... unsure if this whipple supercharger will work in a ( lt1 style engine bay w/ stock lt1 SS hood) so we talked about a F1 pro charger only issue there is pluming, Procharger puts their pluming where the the Ls air lid sits....I on this project wont have that nor want that so things are going to get interesting quick.
Just so I'm on the same page with everyone when I say and refer to "Lt1" I'm not speaking of the motor I'm referring to the the body style of those years (93-97') |
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Attachment 6925 here they are guys, was able to get both of the cars together my 97' Z28 & 02' SS. |
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The wife took this photo the other day of me and the two ladies, figured I'd post it up. |
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i have a 99 camaro i hit a deer and put a 1996 clip on it i like the looks of the 93-97 look better i have to get the hood hinges yet but it wasnt hard to do
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Can you please send me info/ photo on how you removed the air lid....did you run cia?
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i took the whole entire air box out i left the piece of tube with the sensor on and just put a aftermarket air filter on it because the 93-97 hood wont close with the air box there u might be able to get the air box from one of the 93=97 and make it fit but all the front clip parts bolt right up just need the bumper reinforcement i had to cut the things on the side tha hold the plastic hood twist thing i cant remember the name of them it only took me like 3 hours
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Ok so when I got this SS the original owner decided to put this vinyl on. Maybe it was ok for some but not for me. So this it what it was to as it sits outside infront of my house right now
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The curve under the mirror definitely looks odd. Much better looking without it.
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they are beginning to resemble each other
Z28 / SS http://ls1tech.com/forums/attachment...-camaro22a.jpg http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/...-10-38_926.jpg |
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had a spare set of rear marker lights lying around so spent a little time doing this today
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the hood and front bumper cover this car will be getting
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Finally got around to do some work on the car. I did the rear lowering springs, I have Bilstein front and rear shocks coming on tuesday so I will lower the front Wednesday.
here are some photos of how rusted / shot the strut mounts were and the lowered rear. [IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/...ps39c78f48.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/...ps934c26d6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/...psfb89bf2a.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/...psa5be0c02.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1268.photobucket.com/albums/...ps40b71779.jpg[/IMG] |
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Also got the front spoiler for the other front end going on the car here are some photos of that before and after.
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did some work on the driver front fender....here are some photos of that process, its already for paint now. fender from beginning to end all prep done by me.
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well the car is lowered BMR springs Bilstein rear and front shocks, BMR adj pan hard bar, new upper front shock mounts.
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With a little bit of help the SS was photoshopped to give me an idea what this car will look like in the near future. I still need to fix the wheels, sail panel and roof, and wheels.
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picked up new shoes for the SS. Ups dropped this off at my front door.
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here are some photos of the wheels being stripped and repowder coated and the motor i'll be getting the block from and I mounted the proxes r888 on the the other set of Z06 wheels I have.
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here are some photos mark sent me of those SS wheels being stripped and re coated
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Well I finally got this home yesterday it may not be much right now but come the winter months it will be
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Attachment 4238 So i decided to go with a 408 stroker kit on this build, I'm looking at options for heads and intake? Mike over at ttp says afr heads are not the way to go and suggested at looking at trick flow heads. Any opinions out there? Also what intake should i be looking into anyone running a fast 102? Or should i be looking at a stock intake. And lastly cam options? I like the torque that my lt1 has so i want something that will throw me back in the seat but i also want a ***** load power (700's rwhp) and still be able to get into the car and drive it to the food store. Keeping this also in mind the motor will be running boost. |
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got the fenders and headlights off the car. I'll be finishing it this weekend I figured I would post some updates on my progress with the car. I have to block sand the sheet metal interior fender to get rid of some rust, then I'll spray with some silver primer. the front wheels are done and the fenders are now silver and no longer black. all I really have to do now is wire brush the mounting brackets for the fenders and some of the other various mounting brackets that hold this front end together, paint, and reassemble. driver side Attachment 4229 passenger side Attachment 4230 fenders before Attachment 4231 Attachment 4232 fenders now Attachment 4233 Attachment 4234 Attachment 4235 front wheels all done also Attachment 4236 |
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I was able to clean up and spray a few parts yesterday to help prevent from future rusting but I have a have few questions on where some of the of this mounting brackets go
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sat down with Mike and Matt at TTP yesterday after dropping of the 6.0 block. So the build will look something alittle like this 408 stoker kit, trickflow heads (specifics not determined) D-1 supercharger, 10:1 compression, cam specs, also not determined, Both Matt and Mike informed me "this car will make a easy 750 rwhp w/o sweating"
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Attachment 4212 Attachment 4213 I got the Ls bumper cover and bumper absorber off, all the brackets, lights, and everything else that goes along with Ls nose. I was able to mount the Lt bumper absorber. All I have left is to do is sand and paint, bolt on the Lt headlight assembly, connect all lights and start putting on the Lt nose. |
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finally got the headlight assembly on and all the the lights connected and working. now all that is left is to sand, spray after i tape off a few things. then i can finally get the body panels back on. this swap has been extremely easy, time consuming but easy. |
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hood is on, its looking like a Lt1 more and more
Attachment 4204 Attachment 4205 Attachment 4206 after a couple of hours for some needed rewiring and replacing every bulb all the lights are officially working. I did notice that in the Lt1 if the high beams where turned on the fog lights would turn off leaving the high and low beams on. As for the Ls wiring if the high beams are switched to the on position, the low beams turn off....i guess it will make for even crapper vision while driving at night. HID kit will defiantly be in store for this car. Attachment 4207 was able to get both fenders on, took this photo before i lined everything up |
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