68 camaro new hood pics
 

Thought i show some new pics of my car. I recently changed out hoods from a 4" fiberglass cowl hood to the stock cowl you see in the pics below. I was also very pleased with DSE's hood hinges.** The bummer of it all was by going with a smaller carb and intake we lost some power but much more driver friendly around the cones.*

Ditching a 4" cowl hood is always a good decision.

Good looking car.

what suspention are you running on that bad boy?

I agree.. the only time it's ok to run a 4" cowl is when you HAVE to run one for clearance issues.

Nice car!

That is a GORGEOUS car my man!! Love it. The wheel/tire/color combo is great.
What engine are you running. Looks really nice.:thumbsup: :cheers:

Suspension
 

we are running with all DSE suspension to include their quadra-link and tubular -arms upper and lower Koni shocks, upgraded to their ceramic steering box. i have been very pleased with all their products. gb

yep, i agree never was real crazy with the big hood from day one, my bride did not like it either--should have listened to her.

When i had the 540 built i wanted to make sure i kept every possible horse, 760 hp and 755 tq with the old application was fun.

Dropping down to a 1000 cfm Holley and smaller intake has dropped my Horse power but still seems to have stump pulling tq and now i can see the cones:lol:

Thanks for the compliment--i love the Penny

Wheel and Engine combo
 

its people like you that make this hobby fun, thanks for the kind words!

wheel combo--We went with Budnik Tiller 5 wheel (17x11 on the rear and 17 x 8 up front)on all 4 corners, run the BF Goodwrench KD' (315's in the rear) and (245's up front)

engine combo--running with a Merlin 3 BB--540ci with BB2 Brodix heads and dual plane intake with becool radiator and fans and the vintage air front runner system.

before the change to the new dual plane and 100o cfm carb, off the flywheel dynoed 760 hp and 744 tq with a 10 1/4 compression--and not real wild cam--allowing us to idle around 700 rpm with the ac on.

today more like 700 hp i am hopefull the torque will not be affected as much.

gb

Thanks Mark

ya looks much betta.. shoulda went carbon, even lighter and never have to paint it!

carbon hood
 

seeing more and more about carbon, looks like cool stuff. i like the light weight idea too

maybe next year

gb

The car looks great! Reminds me of my old '68rs, was about the same color. But yours is MUCH nicer.:cheers:

Looks great. Beautiful car.

love the color
love the stance

Beautiful car!

I'm building a very similar 67 with a 489...what headers are you running? And do you have power steering? How's their fitment and ground clearance?

Thanks,
Jason

You are very welcome car looks killer and I like your style in BB!! (I'm sure she still rips up the road with ease. lol:wow:)
Very nice set up. Any videos of her at start up or idling? THANKS!:lateral: :cheers:

I have always liked this car and the new hood makes it look even better!! Are you going to paint it this season or will that be a winter project?

Good luck on you 67 build, look forward to seeing pics--let me know if you ever have questions that i could help you with.

I took some BB super comp hooker headers for a 68 camaro and had them modified a little due to the raised ports Brodix has, depending on your heads, you may not have to do any modifications.

i do have Power Steering-i am running with DSE's ceramic coated unit--amazing the responsiveness, it is still a tight fit, will try to send some pics later. gb

hood color
 

Anthony, I am saving some pennies as we speak to paint the hood, with this economy everyhting is much slower for me when spending on this car. thank man.
Greg

i need to figure out how to send video across this site, i have some cool footage recently pushing the car pretty hard around the curves:thumbsup:

Man, that thing sits perfect. :thumbsup:

Thanks!

I'm running Brodix Race Rites, which are stock ports. I bought a set of Patriot clipster headers (shorty) for the ground clearance, but despite what their catalog claims, they still hit the power steering box. And I've got the correct stands and motor mounts too.

I'm might give the Sanderson BB2's a try.

Anyway, sorry about the diversion...awesome car. 67 big blocks rule!
Jason

By far, my favorite Camaro and the inspiration that started my build! The hood looks great, Greg.

Still waiting on that 1/4 mile run video, though! Why don't you drive it down to Baton Rouge and I'll run it for you.

Chris

She's hot man...that 540 has to rip!

Cruise the Hills
 

Chris, you need to drive up to Pigeon Forge in September and have some fun with us as we cruise through the hills.* Its going to be a 10 hour drive for us but we are lookin forward to seeing some of the lateral g folks and their cars.* gb*

That sounds tempting. Plus, the wife has been dying to go back there on vacation.