Can you either direct me to a good source for info or tell me in your own words what all was involved in putting the new front end on your camaro. That is something I may very well do in the not to distant future.

Also, can you elaborate on the process of how you made the "gills" in your fenders? You did one fine job!!!!

 

ill step in and get you started, the easiest thing to do is give scott a call at www.speedautomotive.com he sells the entire kit you need for 1250.00 bucks, then you can either install the parts yourself or get them installed by your body shop who will paint the frontend anyways, or you can do what we did either buy aftermarket parts and search for what you need, or buy oem parts like i did, im sure iamsparc and other guys that did this conversion will chime in, there was a list that a member put up that had every part needed to do the conversion, maybe do a search and you might find it, good luck

 

@ 1500$ - It can wait -

 

and that doesnt even include the ss hood, if you go all oem parts and the hood thats over 2k just for the parts, aftermarket will save you lots of money if you go that route

 

I still want to perform the "Gill" mod.

Any tips, tricks, info?

 

Thanks for the props on my gills. That took A LOT of planning and a steady hand. I actually cut those freehand with a dremel using a router attachment with NO template. Since I was doing the front end swap, I practiced on the old fenders before actually cutting into the new LS1 style fenders. It was quite the challenge figuring out how to cut everything...evenly spaced...with each opening being the same size, with the same size between each opening...and compensating for the natural curvature in the panel itself. Not to mention keeping everything straight and level, and figuring out how to get each opening on a steady slope from the top down. Did any of that make sense?! I HAD a thread about cuttin some gills, but it looks like it doesn't exist anymore...hmm...wonder why that is. Could it be a Callaway conspiracy?!?!?!?!