Looking good Kevin

Love it. :)

Thank you gentlemen!

The painting is not over yet, as smaller items like the RS headlight frames, the door hinges, hinge springs, trunk latch, and the custom second-generation Camaro “bullet” mirrors and their bases are painted white. Many of these pieces are new reproduction items from YearOne.

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Meanwhile, back in the mechanical department, a nice delivery arrived from Butler LS!

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This thing is a monster. Built by Butler LS, it’s an LS style engine, built with nearly all new aftermarket high performance parts. The block is an RHS tall-deck aluminum piece, and with the custom Eagle crank, it’s producing 454 cubic inches.

Of course, it features a COMP cam, lifters, and valvetrain, and is fed by a FAST XFI 2.0 fuel injection system. The intake is a FAST 102 MM billet throttle body bolted to a FAST LSXR composite intake manifold, holding FAST billet fuel rails.

The engine was machined and assembled by the talented crew at Butler LS, using all top-shelf internals and held together by ARP fasteners. They broke in the engine and made some power pulls, and the power maxes out at over 690 HP!

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The front drive is from Wegner Motorsport, and also encompasses a Sanden compressor for the Vintage Air A/C system.

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The clean coil covers are also Wegner pieces, which feature a billet construction and a clean cover to conceal the ignition coils. Oil is added through an opening under the large flanged hex bolts holding the top cover in place.

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Those covers are a nice solution vs relocating the coils (where real estate is @ a premium).

True. However, they are a bit tall, so you have to pay attention on the top side, too.

The initial test fit of the big 454 LS was a little tight… the oil pan didn’t seem to want to share space with the Heidt’s steering rack, so we had to do a little dance.

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It didn’t take too much work, but we had to notch the bottom of the oil pan to clear the rack.

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After welding and paint…

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Success.

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We installed a 10” billet TCI lock-up torque converter

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Slipping the 6X 6-Speed manual in place

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As Bill Murray said… “It’s in the hole!”

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