Hello everyone, I am kinda new to first gens. I have done research in the past seeing as it has been my dream car for a long time. Well I finally got one. Its a 69 camaro and it's pretty much just a shell, no rear but has disc brakes up front. I am thinking of going "Pro Touring" with it with a 4th gen rear, 6 speed and a Fuel Injected 350/383. I will be checking the boards out from time to time but just wanted to say hey. This will be my 4th camaro owned to date. I currently have a 91 RS convertible (in sig) and have owned a 1989 RS t-tops 305 5 speed and a 1981 Berlinetta v-6 auto t-tops.

 

Sounds like a cool plan. I've seen quite a few LS1 1st gens, but please, don't call it "Pro" anything. Magazines that call something "Pro" when it has license plates on it should get

 

i understand that you dont like the idea of calling a car that has plates pro touring but what would you call it if its built like a pro touring car

 

My point was if it can be street licensed it isn't "pro" anything. Calling something pro street or pro touring is IMO, ghey. They're phrases coined by magazine "editors".
That's all.
A 1st gen with an LS1 and 6M is great, adding big brakes and cool wheels is even better, but whatever happened to the phrase "street machine"?

 

I am not a fan of the phrase "pro touring" but everyone knows what it means when you say it. If I say I am building a "street machine" they just look at you funny, but because so many magazines do use that phrase and it is common, I will use it to get my point acrossed to get people to understand what I am trying to do. Not saying it is right, why not just call it Touring or modern touring... ahh oh well...

Thanks for checking out my post, I hope to be here more as soon as I get my car down here to see what everyone is doing to their cars and get ideas.

 

DropTop91

Whats your thoughts behind the 4th gen. rear. It seem like that would be more trouble than it's worth.

 

Z28...

I put one in my 91 and it was fairly easy and the upgrade was really nice, now I know 1st gens are leaf and the rears are narrower but I was thinking of converting it to a 4 link setup or to coilovers. Plus you get the disk brake rear and decent gearing (3.42) for like $300 plus shipping. I put 3.23's in my 91 and it cost me 250 plus shipping. The car has no rear now so I would need to buy one, and 10 and 12 bolts are pretty expensive and then I would need to convert them to disk anyway so why not try it and see how it works out!

If it doesn't work than I can always either sell it or put it in something else! So its worth a shot!