1969 Camaro Streetfighter - Golden Coffin
 

I figured it was time to finally make a build thread for my car to keep all the posts in one area...

The car was recently named "Golden Coffin" by a friend and is quite fitting. My family thinks the car will be the death of me. I recently raced the car at buttonwillow and came home with a broken steering wheel, and 3 cracked rotors :rofl:


Some pictures/video of the car this past year.

Auto Club Speedway
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Streets of Willow
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Buttonwillow
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Dyno with a bad MSD coil.
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I track the car a lot and every time I go out I come home with a list of issues I need to address.

List of things of things I'd like to improve:

Quick Ratio Power steering
Wilwood Manual Brakes
TKO600 or T-56 swap
Roll Cage
Gauges/dash setup
Rear Suspension Setup - Gbar? 3Link?
Remove rear seat setup and fabricate panel
Fire System
Stereo/GPS setup for Rally Events
Oil Cooler/breather/Accusump
Engine Upgrades - Heads/Cam/Intake, looking for 600rwhp Naturally Aspirated
Paint/Body possible Vinyl Wrap.

This is why you don't track your camaro with a stock steering wheel and no power steering. This happened on the streets luckily and while pulling my car into Lee Manufacturing for Power steering. Good timing Golden Coffin :rofl:

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Ordered a Momo Mod 07 wheel/hub

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My Hooker Super comps don't fit worth a DAMN with the new Lee Power steering box. I am running the BBC frame stands and BBC moroso mounts. The headers also have minimal ground clearance which is an issue when you slide off the track and come back on.

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It happens. :_paranoid

I ordered a set of Dougs D320 Headers because they said they fit my application. No such luck, The doug's were just as bad as the Hooker Super Comps and would require serious massaging and dimpling to get them to fit.

I am having a local shop build me a custom set of headers instead.

have you checked out stainless works?

After 2 sets of headers and ton's of research, I'm done messing around with headers that were designed on a different car. There are simply too many Variables. I'd rather just have a custom set made on my car for my car.

Its cheaper than Lemon's Headers. Only issue is, they won't be coated. I can always have them coated later or header wrap I suppose.

I have a 502 in my 68 convertible. I am running a Concept One quick ratio steering box and the Stainless Works headers bolted right in and do not hang below my stock subframe. About $800 a set I believe. Cheaper than custom ones......

I like the name GOLDEN COFFIN. lol
She is a nice though and runs pretty good. ENJOY!:cheers:

I love it man. How is the crank case vented? I don't see any filters or pcv valves? Your oil pan also looks pretty low. Keep up the good work and blowing your retirment.:cheers:

Old photo. PCV and a K&N filter on it now. Its the stock ZZ Oil pan and yeah it hangs just below the crossmember. Thats one of the benefits the headers provided, oil pan protection. I've had issues in the Past. My old 396, this happened on the way home to my house. Still had oil pressure pulling into the garage, was losing it quickly. :lol:

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The previous owner had an "interesting" suspension setup. The oil pan was setup as the bump stop.

Nice car, cant wait to see the changes and new lap times.

FWIW header wrap tends to hold moisture. It can ruin a nice sent of hand built headers. I learned that one the hard way.

you know how i feel... i fackin love your car man..

keep on- keepin on..

Nice car, what wheels are those?

diggin the name Golden Coffin! :lol:

That's a REALLY cool car, and I love that it gets used...a lot! Don't paint it....use the hell out of it! It looks great the way it is!

Oh, and those are some of my favorite wheels too!! :thumbsup:

Your Camaro has really grown on me Dane. Look forward to seeing the future mods. That Momo wheel should be pretty nice.

Get Lemons headers...they'll fit....guaranteed. Not cheap but probably cheaper then "custom" ones and they are reasonably quick. When in doubt call them. You won't be dissapointed ..ask Vegas69. I have them but haven't fired anything up yet. :thumbsup:

That type of upper alt. bracket has been known to break. I've seen some double them up.

I don't know if it was caused by the extra heat retained causing fatigue, or condensation held by the wrap, but a set of headers just crumbled away inside the wrap that were on a car I bought.

Thanks for the heads up. The car is at the shop right now getting a custom driver side header made. I'll have it coated later I suppose.

Interesting. I actually like the old school header wrap look too. Thanks for the heads up.

CCW, John makes an amazing wheel. :thumbsup:

Thanks. Each track day, more and more of the single stage earl sheib paint job comes off :lol:

I kind of like the rough look, its fitting for a car that gets used a lot. I think it needs a CB radio to complete the look :lol:

Already spoke with Dan Lemons. Nice guy who really knows his product and cars. Unfortunately the build time is 3 weeks, and at $1500, not exactly cheap. I'm getting my existing driver side header reworked for less than $400, it will work for now...

On the one picture labeled Buttonwillow, you are making a left turn and it looks like the tire is being pulled off the rim.

Its the tire size... I could probably fit a 245/40/17 but its a 235...

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I thought so, they look great!

if you're looking for a place to get your headers coated, ive used engineered applications in vernon, ca quite a bit. they are reasonally priced, (about ~$175 for a set of long tubes) and can do different colors as well. (ive seen their black and blue)

fwiw they do all the coating for tti headers. might be worth giving them a call

http://www.engineeredapps.com/

Just picked up the car from Lee Manufacturing. I had no idea how much a power steering setup could transform a car. Its a whole new animal. Point and shoot is the best way to describe it. Its going to take some getting used to. :willy:

The Hooker headers are still wedged up in there and I need to figure out my header situation now...

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Tires can distort crazy amounts laterally in a hard corner. It takes a picture - or an eye that knows to specifically look for it - to see it. A 245 tire on the same wheels would likely distort a bit more than that, but might hide it a little better because it starts out with a little more 'bulge' overhanging the wheel flange to begin with.


Norm

I bet that will take some getting use to for ya. What kind of steering box did they put in? Any special mods to the steering box?

Yes its definitely odd after having so many miles with the car as manual steering both street/track. It feels so different, in a good way, but I need to spend some time at a car control event getting used to the new setup.

The Steering box is a 12.7:1 Lee 670 steering gear with an aluminum TC adjustable pump.

Nice man. Your whole steering system is going to feel weird for awhile, but in a good way.

Looks like alot of fun!

Cool car! :thumbsup:

Man, I have loved your car since the first time I saw it on here. It just keeps getting better. I def miss the numbers though, too bad someone stole one.

Finished swapping out the stock hub for the MOMO hub and rewired the momo horn switch. I never realized how nice these steering wheel pullers are.... Makes things real easy.

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Looks good man.

Nice man.

"The Hooker headers are still wedged up in there and I need to figure out my header situation now..."


You might want to try the headers I am using they fit nice and have great ground clearance. They're Sanderson shorties $475. for coated. I can take more pics if needed.
Tim

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Well the Dougs Shorty's Came in. Can't say I'm exactly impressed with the weld quality and overall quality.... As long as they fit, fine. If not I'll be finally biting the bullet and doing lemon's

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