What are those rollers off of?

OMG! You finally let the cat out of the bag!!!!! Now let the :G-Dub: begin!!!!!

Looks like they're Camaro compact spares.

Will be watching this thread. Looks like you have some nice parts for the car.

It's crazy how fast you can spend money on these cars!

Yup....they where out of some 4th gens they had there. The fit is really tight, I'll post pictures when I get home.

Great looking project Cutris, Looking forward to watching it come together!:thumbsup:

Awesome Curtis. AME makes some nice stuff and to get C7 stuff...very cool. I want to check it out in person in Nov, when Im at SEMA.

Would have been $60 if you were properly dressed. :guns: :D

Yeah,...looks great man. I'm looking forward to the updates.
Yes, Tony Whately is a good guy and great to deal with. HRE's are incredible wheels, but the price,................?!?!?!?!?! :underchair:
:G-Dub:

I think they are 4th gen spares. There were two different sizes 15" and 16". I managed to find four of the 16" which are tight, but they work. I snapped a few pics and it's hard to tell, but everything clears. No touchy, touch.

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Thanks Paul!

Well....if it's hear you're more than welcome to come up the house and have a look. Sadly it won't be back on the road by then.

Funny you say that. No one wanted to talk to me while I was at Pick A Part. I figured customer service wasn't huge on the list of things...till I got in the truck and realized that my stainless 1911 had been showing the entire time I was there...and that I was wearing a "SIN CITY GANG SQUAD" t-shirt Laurie bought at a fund raiser awhile back. So there's a good chance there's some truth in your comment.

Rented a trailer and managed to get the car on it...by myself. (Yeah, that sucked) I'll drop it off and have the AME four bar welded into place and the mini tubs added tomorrow.

My rollers don't look nearly as cool as my new wheels, but they do what they're supposed to.

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Is that one of those big ass fans like Weld has?

Looking forward to the build.

Yeah...that and the trailer are the working mans version.

I blame you for all of this.

It's crazy how projects change throughout the process of a build

ok where did you get them wheel chocks??:rules: :stirthepot:


looking great curtis

Curtis looking good bud i really like it. Just the motivation I needed to get back on mine. I will call you soon bud on vacation.

LOL. This disease spreads.

It is! There are just so many things that play into a build. Mainly life. lol

LMAO Toy's R Us...no wait, wait it was Bed Bath & Beyond.

Yeah you're over due to get going! Tell Cynthia you NEED it. lol

Truth!!

ahhh huuu? Why am I picturing a hook up man under an F/A 18 looking around confused?

LoL I thought you where joking.

I've had them for a few years. If I remember correctly I got them at HomeDepot. Laurie ran into the wall at the back of the garage once, so in an attempt to save the wall I bought those. In her defense, there wasn't much room for the truck and you had to get really close to the wall. Man was she pissed. LMAO

Very nice project .... seems to have all the good stuff there, that's cool :trophy-1302:

Subscribed and watching!!

i was LOL

Thanks Chief. Lot going on and it can get kind of stressful. Yesterday, I was towing the car down to have the 4 bar installed and hit a brand new, still in the box, never used......DISHWASHER! Car in front of me hugged around it and I had nowhere to go. Jerking the wheel would have been a bad idea. I dropped an F Bomb, squared up on it best I could and that sucker exploded into about a billion parts and sent shrapnel everywhere. Imagine what hitting a shopping cart full of cardboard and tin cans would look like if you hit it at 65 MPH. I got lucky. Nothing more than a scuff mark on the front bumper of my truck. Others....not so much. Thankfully no one was hurt.

:lmao: To funny.

Jeff and I found an L76 drop out, which we completely tore down and rebuilt. Lost all the VVT stuff of course. Upgraded a few items and added a bigger CAM. Jeff estimates about 560-ish HP. Nothing to crazy and plenty of fun...for now.

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Had the stock valve covers powder coated at the same time as the front sub. Figured it was worth looking at.

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Those valve covers look good. You went with a wrinkle finish on the sub? If you use a bed liner for the undercoating, it's going to tie in real nice. We can discuss further over cocktails this weekend. :thumbsup:

Slow down Curtis you just started and you are going to beat us all on the road,That's a lot of nice parts,should be a super nice ride:thumbsup:

Hope the bar is stocked! Going to be a good weekend. :cheers: :happy23:

NO! :lol: But because you asked.....I chose a T-56 for the build as it keeps the over all costs down. That and I really don't need anything bigger at the moment. Shipped it to DG Customz where it was rebuilt and upgraded. I gotta say...staying on budget isn't easy!!!

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Picked up a set Wilwoods AERO6 calipers with the Nickle finish and 14" rotors for them to grab. Had to laugh a bit when these arrived as they are almost as big as the wheel that came off the car.

:D

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Valve covers look great with wrinkle finish. You are updating quicker than I can post. Christmas in July for Curtis!

Ditto
 

I agree, those valve covers look awesome. Nice dress-up for not much $$$. What are you doing for the rear brakes, or were they included with the front brakes shown in the picture?

Quick progress given you are staying focused and on budget.

Rod

Thanks. Simple and they kinda match the intake. Christmas in July for sure!! To bad I had to pay for all my presents though.

Rod...the rears are 4P's that match. I was lazy and didn't want to unpack those. I'll post more of the brake setup later.

I figured that I better "jump in" on this build thread, since we actually started it a couple months ago, with sourcing the majority of the parts and main components for Curtis' build
I had to keep explaining to my wife that I wasn't building another car for myself with all the stops that both the UPS and FedEx drivers were making at my house with parts for this build, while Curtis was away for work

As mentioned, we sourced a low mileage pullout 08' L76 6.0L
I broke it down and went through the complete engine
machine work was handled locally by my trust shop Rick @ HBR Competition Engines
I removed the DOD/AFM setup and VVT
-clean up deck of block (.004"), hone std bore, polish crank
-new rings, main, rod & cam bearings
-Melling oil pump
-new LS2 HD timing set and damper
-new GM gaskets, seals, LS2 timing cover kit, LS3 valley cover
-LS7 lifter set w/ LS2 trays
- EPS cam 226/234 598/601 113+2 LSA cam
-Comp Cams 7.425" .080 hardened pushrods
-GM #823 rectangle port cylinder heads, milled, comp valve job, PRC .650" dual valve springs w/ titanium retainers, "LS3" rocker set w/ Comp Cams trunion upgrade kit installed
-ARP fasteners (Heads, cam, balancer, flywheel & PP)
- new LS3 intake manifold assembly w/ rails, 42# injectors & map
- new LS2 "silver blade" dbw 90mm throttle body
-new Corvette C6 harmonic balancer w ARP bolt and oil pan kit

will be installing a new ACT Sport/ Race 6 pad Clutch kit w/ ACT Prolite lightened flywheel
The trans is a "new" rebuilt LS/F-body T56 Stage 2 build, completely done by Fabian @ DG Customz (formerly of Texas Drivetrain Performance)

We just had another member with similar build (stock LS3 w/same cam in a 69' Camaro) put down 480rwhp/ 450rtq through a Magnum 6spd & 9", on a Dynojet dyno

A LOT of nice parts there buddy.

I just got a few more not 10 minutes ago and it looks like another delivery on Friday. :ups:

This thread just got SEXY!!!:thumbsup:

SWEET ! Going to be a nice set up.

Very nice. She's coming along nicely Cutris.
I feel for you putting that car on the trailer all by yourself. No thanks! lol
Love the Wilwood caliper color. Should go awesome with the wheels and color of the car.

Wow---didn't realize you aborted the 69----and all of the sudden here you are with a complete AME car and newly rebuilt LS motor going into another Camaro. Cleary there's a story here that would be great to hear---maybe not easy to tell however. Maybe at SEMA party you can fill in the blanks in between.

Love the whole setup---and they way you are approaching it. Seems like it is moving fast---congrats bro--very cool and very exciting.

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