Project Alchemy [Archive] - Page 2

waynieZ

03-31-2012, 10:56 AM

tmadden

03-31-2012, 04:20 PM

Congratulations on a exciting time. Enjoy the hell out of her. The color is amazing!!!!

Bryan O

04-01-2012, 08:44 PM

Man I love the fit and finish!

I had a local carbon guy make up one based off of a Rushforth design that is an inch shorter for that very reason

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg268/LS168/68%20Trans%20Am%20z28/176.jpg
he has the mold to make more if you are interested- Chris

Thanks Chris!

Yes, I'd be interested in contact info. Thanks.

Bryan O

04-01-2012, 08:46 PM

http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/kustomcarguy/bryan69.jpg
Bryan and his son cruising into Del Mar Goodguys Today
http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/kustomcarguy/bryan692.jpg

:thumbsup:
Tom

Thanks for the pics Tom!! Trevor's digging them.

It was good seeing you guys at the show.

Bryan O

04-01-2012, 08:54 PM

:hail: :thumbsup: :hail: :thumbsup: :bow:

job very well done,looks great

Looks awesome great job! So when does the next project start?

Congratulations on a exciting time. Enjoy the hell out of her. The color is amazing!!!!

Thank you for the compliments. I'll be able to auto cross at the next event. Didn't want to thrash the car with only a hundred miles on her.

Trevor's build has actually already started. I'll prompt him again to begin his build thread. He's really busy with school and karate. The summer is right around the corner and he's going to be spending a lot of time working on his car. He only has four years to finish it. :lol: But seriously, he will be much more involved in the build of his car than we were in building mine. Lots of busted knuckles. :lol:

Trevor is really stoked now that he is a celebrity. Got his picture in Camaro Performers. :thumbsup:

Bryan O

04-01-2012, 09:01 PM

Congratulation's on your first drive with the car all done. Just like everything I've seen come out of BOS, they did an awesome job. Plus perfect timing so you could go to Del Mar. I'm happy for you and best part you got to go with your son.

Thanks Wayne. You are coming out this way soon aren't you? Please look us up when you get here. We'll go for a ride in my car. Then when you are done with that awesome car of yours, I'm thinking you need to road trip it out here to return the favor. :cheers:

radrambler

04-02-2012, 03:26 AM

Bryan

I think its awesome that you took the jump into the Muscle car world and have this great father-son connection via a car build :thumbsup:
The car is outstanding.What a great overall look.
Glad i was in the right spot as you two cruised in to Del Mar to snap those pics.

Cant say enough nice things about Best of Show either. Great group of Guys.

Tom

tones2SS

04-02-2012, 06:09 PM

Congrats Bryan. What a killer looking ride. Glad you got to enjoy it with your son.:thumbsup:

BBC71Nova

04-02-2012, 06:20 PM

Very nice. Got any side shots of this beauty?

waynieZ

04-03-2012, 08:19 AM

Bryan I'll be out there the last couple of weeks of July. I'll definitely looking forward to seeing your car. Thanks!

Spiffav8

04-03-2012, 11:22 AM

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/misc/DSCN1605.jpg

Awesome on every level. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:captain:

Al Moreno

04-03-2012, 06:35 PM

http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/kustomcarguy/bryan69.jpg
Bryan and his son cruising into Del Mar Goodguys Today
http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac278/kustomcarguy/bryan692.jpg

:thumbsup:
Tom

What the hell! When were you there? I can't believe I missed her :( :mad:

Bryan O

04-04-2012, 11:36 AM

Very nice. Got any side shots of this beauty?

Thanks. No side shots yet of the completed car. I'll have to snap off a few a post them. Because you know I hate to post pics of my car. :lol:

Awesome on every level. :thumbsup: :thumbsup

Thanks Curtis!

What the hell! When were you there? I can't believe I missed her :( :mad:

Most of Friday afternoon. All day Sat & Sun. Guess I'll have to have her at GG Del Mar in Nov and give you another chance. :)

Of course we'll be driving the tires off her in the autocross so you will have to catch us there. :unibrow:

Bryan O

04-10-2012, 09:26 PM

Video and pics of Alchemy dyno tuned today at Turnkey Engine Supply:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Videos/th_Brian.jpg (http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Videos/?action=view&current=Brian.mp4)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Videos/Image48.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Videos/Image49.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Videos/Image50.jpg

John510

04-10-2012, 10:26 PM

Nice!

waynieZ

04-11-2012, 08:25 AM

Oh So Sweet!

Ron in SoCal

04-11-2012, 12:00 PM

That's impressive Bry for an LS2. Should be enough to burn up some tires...:cheers:

tones2SS

04-11-2012, 05:19 PM

Very nice Bryan.

Matt@BOS

04-11-2012, 06:24 PM

Those are some healthy numbers Bryan. So when are you gonna toss me the keys (preferably on an autocross, but I won't be picky)? :unibrow:

Matt

Bryan O

04-11-2012, 07:58 PM

That's impressive Bry for an LS2. Should be enough to burn up some tires...:cheers:

Some guy in a 760 I just "engaged" on Palomar was impressed, too. :lol:

Very nice Bryan.

Thanks tones

Those are some healthy numbers Bryan. So when are you gonna toss me the keys (preferably on an autocross, but I won't be picky)? :unibrow:

Matt

Negative. Only two people insured for those keys and they're both twice your age. :lol:

BTW, Jean read my text messages and says she and Shrek are gonna kick yer butt when you return from Vegas.

Bryan O

05-28-2013, 10:41 PM

WOW! A little over a year on the road since that awesome shop Best of Show Coachworks completed my car. Thanks for the memories guys. :hail:

Nothing particularly exciting to report other than I'm working on 14,000 miles. Just can't drive Alchemy enough.

I did make a cosmetic change to the car engine bay recently. I was always envious of the Katech setup Aqua Girl and Bad Penny have.

Also, put in a Momo steering wheel.

Here's some cell phone pics.

Lat-G rocks! :thumbsup:

Thanks for providing the great education guys!! We're on to Trevor's car now. :dance:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Engine%20bay/20130528_2159271.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Interior/20130528_2158301.jpg

camcojb

05-28-2013, 10:43 PM

Looks great Bryan. Nice to see you driving it so much.

Spiffav8

05-29-2013, 12:51 AM

14K in a year....That's awesome!!

:D

Rick D

05-29-2013, 04:20 AM

Wow 14,000 mile in one year? Man if that was leased car you would be over by 2000 lol

That's great you get to drive so much.

fleetus macmullitz

05-29-2013, 06:49 AM

Wow 14,000 mile in one year? Man if that was leased car you would be over by 2000 lol

:lol:

That's great you get to drive so much.

X2. :thumbsup:

Those are the kind of miles most of us here just dream of putting on their PT vehicle.

Boostable

10-06-2013, 05:49 PM

Bryan,

What pedal setup are you running? Nice to see you enjoying the car, thread was a good read.

Jack

Bryan O

10-06-2013, 06:16 PM

Thanks Jack.

Clayton Machine pedals

Bryan O

10-10-2013, 11:17 AM

Kind of an update:

Speed Tech will be installing a LS7 motor and a McLeod RST clutch once Texas Speed sends them the completed engine.

Derek, of Texas Speed, sent a couple of pics of the crank being balanced. The block is third in line before it gets into the CNC machine for blueprinting.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/photo2.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/photo1.jpg

waynieZ

10-11-2013, 09:55 PM

Sweet upgrade!

Bryan O

10-23-2013, 06:09 PM

Thanks Wayne. Kind of a boring update. However, except for that T***key engine :whistling: , I've had a great time with the car. I've been lucky and had the best work on my car and I like to give 'em some good ink and :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Things are moving right along. Texas Speed will likely have finished the motor in a week or two. Then it's off to SpeedTech for the install. :excited:

BTW, installing a McLeod RST with aluminum flywheel, too.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/photo7.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/photo3.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/4367a5ad-3644-4ac5-9fe5-712877ce14ff.jpg

tones2SS

10-24-2013, 04:46 PM

Very nice Bryan. What is SpeedTech doing with your car?

waynieZ

10-24-2013, 08:46 PM

Very Nice!

Bryan O

10-24-2013, 11:50 PM

Very nice Bryan. What is SpeedTech doing with your car?

Thanks. They're building a LS7 for me then Speed Tech is going to install it and the clutch.

Should be a lot of fun. Here's the link:

http://www.texas-speed.com/p-3820-tsp-427-cid-630-hp-ls7-turn-key-package.aspx

tones2SS

10-25-2013, 04:24 PM

Thanks. They're building a LS7 for me then Speed Tech is going to install it and the clutch.
Should be a lot of fun. Here's the link:
http://www.texas-speed.com/p-3820-tsp-427-cid-630-hp-ls7-turn-key-package.aspx

That is going to be a lot of fun!!! Awesome.
That intake is pretty awesome. Nice welding.

Twoblackmarks...

10-26-2013, 08:40 AM

Bryan O

10-26-2013, 08:56 AM

The humps/towers in the oil gallery, what is them for? Is it for cylinder shutdown stuff on a Stock engine? Since it looks to be over 4 of the cylinders lifters. Do they pull oil from there?

I don't know. I'd give you a confident answer but I didn't sleep at a Holiday Inn last night. :)

By the way, a very Nice Camaro, it looks "beefy" :D And Nice color :)

Thanks....it's a BMW color but don't tell anyone.

Twoblackmarks...

10-26-2013, 01:24 PM

Ah, I checked on the net, and it seems to have some solenoids or something in the valley cover that shut of oil to the lifters. There was not much info actually..

I did not check that good though, not that interesting.. He..He.. There is easier to find performance data though.. :D

Bryan O

12-04-2013, 12:04 PM

Texas Speed LS7 installed. WOW what a difference.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/20131203_164214.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/20131203_164152.jpg

Ron in SoCal

12-04-2013, 03:31 PM

Looks great Bry!!

tubbed69

12-04-2013, 03:32 PM

Bryan engine looks good in there,I bet it is fun to drive.:thumbsup:

waynieZ

12-04-2013, 04:37 PM

I love it! What a difference indeed!

tones2SS

12-04-2013, 04:51 PM

That looks awesome Bryan!
Looks right at home in there.

Frankenstine

12-05-2013, 07:37 AM

Dang rite that's very nice engine Bryan:G-Dub: will you be posting a walk around video of the car with it running???? would like to hear what this beast sounds like.:king:
Thanks Keith

chichirone

12-05-2013, 01:48 PM

Wow! What an awesome transformation from what you originally started with. There is a winery in Portland named Alchemy Vineyards. You need to get some of their wine to celebrate an awesome build. The owners are a young couple and his daily driver is an old blue 69 or 70 Chevy C10. Well done man.

Bryan O

12-05-2013, 04:52 PM

Looks great Bry!!

Thanks Ron. Can't wait until yours is on the road!! I'm thinking Tuesday? :)

Bryan engine looks good in there,I bet it is fun to drive.:thumbsup:

Thanks! Definitely a lot of fun to drive.

I love it! What a difference indeed!

Thanks Wayne!

That looks awesome Bryan!
Looks right at home in there.

Thanks Tones!

Wow! What an awesome transformation from what you originally started with. There is a winery in Portland named Alchemy Vineyards. You need to get some of their wine to celebrate an awesome build. The owners are a young couple and his daily driver is an old blue 69 or 70 Chevy C10. Well done man.

:thankyou: Texas rocks!! From a rust bucket we bought from an eccentric old guy living in the middle of the Mohave Desert to this. Alchemy indeed. Sounds like an awesome road trip.

Dang rite that's very nice engine Bryan:G-Dub: will you be posting a walk around video of the car with it running???? would like to hear what this beast sounds like.:king:
Thanks Keith

Ask and ye shall receive. Sounds better with earphones. :)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/th_LS7.jpg (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/LS7.mp4)

Bryan O

12-07-2013, 04:11 PM

Here's a better vid.

Arizona All Gens Camaro club had a great BBQ and dyno today at Piccione's Performance. Rick said the 538 HP number was significantly lower than I'd see on other dynos for some reason. It was a Mustang MD. Why such a spread on numbers for different dynos?

dyno.http://s29.photobucket.com/user/boates/media/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/20131207_141526.mp4.html

Ron in SoCal

12-07-2013, 05:31 PM

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/th_20131207_141526.jpg (http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Dads%2069%20Camaro/Texas%20Speed%20LS7/20131207_141526.mp4)

Bryan O

12-07-2013, 06:41 PM

:thankyou: :)

WSSix

12-07-2013, 07:43 PM

Depends on the type of dyno be it a load bearing dyno(Mustang), inertia dyno(dynojet), or dyno packs that bolt to the hubs of the vehicle. They all work in different ways. What a dyno should be used for is tuning purposes. It's best to stay with the same dyno or type of dyno when doing changes and tuning or else what you're experiencing will happen and it will be difficult to quantify any adjustments/modifications.

Car looks great and 538 rwhp is a lot of fun

Bryan O

12-08-2013, 08:36 AM

Thanks for the info Trey. The 538 is the hp at the crank.

It's interesting. Before we started, Rick told me the numbers would be low. Comparatively speaking. He estimated the numbers to be about 17% lower than I'd see on other dynos. Indeed, the Texas Speed "published" number of 630HP is 17% higher than 538. I'm not sure rwhp numbers were. I remember a couple guys saying it was slightly lower than the '13 ZL1.

I hear ya about the need for consistency in tuning. Makes a lot of sense.

Bryan O

05-15-2014, 06:45 PM

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/IMG_0128.jpg

Ron in SoCal

05-15-2014, 08:17 PM

:thumbsup: Bry

fleetus macmullitz

05-15-2014, 08:55 PM

Looks and sounds very good. :thumbsup:

Spiffav8

05-15-2014, 10:03 PM

Nice!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Matt@BOS

05-16-2014, 10:10 PM

The next 10k should come up quickly too!

Happy driving Bryan!

Bryan O

05-17-2014, 11:51 AM

:thumbsup: Bry

Looks and sounds very good. :thumbsup:

Nice!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

The next 10k should come up quickly too!

Happy driving Bryan!

Thanks guys.

Gotta drive it to keep up with the BoS Boys. Lots of mileage being racked up on their cars. :thumbsup:

waynieZ

05-17-2014, 05:41 PM

Sweet !

tones2SS

05-19-2014, 04:40 PM

Looking good Bryan.

HBRod

07-26-2014, 02:23 PM

Really liked your build thread. Most of what you've done is what I have on my planned build if I can find a project car to start with. Just spent over 2 hours reading the thread and making notes to review against what I've planned. It will be great to watch Trevor's car come together. He is really lucky to have a 67 for a first car. He'll be the coolest kid in school when it's done.

Thanks again for sharing,
Rod

Bryan O

04-14-2016, 06:24 PM

Back home with new paint.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/IMG_1239.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/IMG_1238.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/IMG_1242.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/IMG_1241.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/IMG_1243.jpghttp://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/IMG_1237.jpg

WSSix

04-14-2016, 06:32 PM

Looks fantastic, Bryan. Love the way it shines.

Spiffav8

04-14-2016, 07:04 PM

Daaaaaang :confused59:

:trophy-1302:

waynieZ

04-14-2016, 07:06 PM

Bryan it looks beautiful! Great job on the pictures too.

ataves1

04-14-2016, 07:16 PM

Wow!! nice car!

Bryan O

04-14-2016, 07:22 PM

Looks fantastic, Bryan. Love the way it shines.

Daaaaaang :confused59:

:trophy-1302:

Bryan it looks beautiful! Great job on the pictures too.

Wow!! nice car!

Thanks. I've been running a "paint corrections" business out of my garage to keep myself busy in retirement. :) BOS did a good job on the paint but I needed something over the top to "represent".

The color's not the original BASF Valencia Orange but it's close. Steve Rupp would like it. ;)

Nine Ball

04-15-2016, 03:59 AM

Car looks amazing with the new color scheme. Is that a Marquez front bumper? How well did it fit?

Tony

Bryan O

04-15-2016, 07:05 AM

Car looks amazing with the new color scheme. Is that a Marquez front bumper? How well did it fit?

Tony

Thanks Tony. I forget where I purchase the bumper. Might have been Marquez. Regardless, the fitment was not optimal out of the box and had to be cut to fit.

BBC71Nova

04-15-2016, 01:04 PM

Bryan that is freakin awesome. Love how it turned out.

SBDave

04-15-2016, 03:26 PM

very nice!

tubbed69

04-15-2016, 06:09 PM

Bryan that paint does look great,awesome car:trophy-1302:

Bryan O

04-15-2016, 10:52 PM

Bryan that is freakin awesome. Love how it turned out.

very nice!

Bryan that paint does look great,awesome car:trophy-1302:

Thanks guys.

It's definitely laser straight. They finished it off pretty good, too. The "before" picture you see really below is rather misleading. I post it just to show off the buffing/polishing I've done to the stripe. :D I only needed a medium polish to remove most of the light defects.

That question mark thingy you see is a ~1 inch piece of teflon tape.

Hood before polishing:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Hood%20before%201.jpg

Hood after Menzerna SI 1500 then Menzerna SF 3500:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c299/boates/Hood%20after%203.jpg

waynieZ

04-16-2016, 08:22 PM

Wow big difference .

214Chevy

08-05-2017, 05:25 AM

I see the pics disappeared like everyone else's too...

Bryan O

08-05-2017, 10:30 AM

Well, not much new to say about this car. It's just "another DSE catalog car" as one of our more illustrious members just called it. :lol:

At the moment, I haven't got the time to restore all the pictures of this tread since Photof#@kit destroyed it thus opening the gates to all sorts of usurpers.

So, here she sits. THE one and only authentic Project Alchemy in her current form.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Project-Alchemy-1969-Camaro/i-R2htZGW/0/d9dc5dc7/X2/IMG_1236-X2.jpg (https://bryanoates.smugmug.com/Project-Alchemy-1969-Camaro/i-R2htZGW/A)

https://photos.smugmug.com/Project-Alchemy-1969-Camaro/i-kphJQBm/0/21572835/X2/IMG_3301%202-X2.jpg (https://bryanoates.smugmug.com/Project-Alchemy-1969-Camaro/i-kphJQBm/A)

214Chevy

08-05-2017, 01:02 PM

https://photos.smugmug.com/Project-Alchemy-1969-Camaro/i-R2htZGW/0/d9dc5dc7/X2/IMG_1236-X2.jpg (https://bryanoates.smugmug.com/Project-Alchemy-1969-Camaro/i-R2htZGW/A)

https://photos.smugmug.com/Project-Alchemy-1969-Camaro/i-kphJQBm/0/21572835/X2/IMG_3301%202-X2.jpg (https://bryanoates.smugmug.com/Project-Alchemy-1969-Camaro/i-kphJQBm/A)

Now I remember the car. Had a hard time remembering it without the pic since Photobucket has screwed everyone. Very beautiful car and I dig the deep orange color too.