Ironworks Project - "Lowered Budget" 1967 Camaro with blown LS3, DSE, HRE wheels
 

Here is a project we have been working on for a while and the concept has really turned out pretty nice. I have always hated working with stock subframes on the Camaros as they hang down below the rocker a mile it seems. Well I had a customer come in that liked the idea of sucking the subframe up into the floor of the car to fix this issue and doing the exact same thing in rear. ( Not as easy as it sounds ) Basically we channeled the body of the car over the suspension all the while keeping alot of the floor stock. It still uses stock seat mounts and has the DSE subframe connectors. The car has 275-18's on the front and 325/19 HRE wheels front and rear.


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With this picture you can see we did not give up any ground clearance its just made everything more compressed into the car. If this was my car it would be lacking of foot room for my big ass size 15 feet. But the car is really perfect for the customer.
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SO the engine was moved up with the subframe into the body and made it pretty close for the last minute addition of an Edelbrock supercharger. We were able to get the engine under a smoothed SS hood with the reworking of the under hood structure.
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After performing this Body mod I guess you would say, It kind of makes all other 1st gen Camaros seem like monster trucks.... HAHA

Looks awesome Roger!

I agree 100% ! I know its under the hood but that rework of the bracing looks great.

Do you have to make custom Inner fenders? looks killer.

I don't have to make them, but I might have to reshape the very inside above the control arms as it kinda concaves there. But it turns lock to lock.

any pics of the process?

Cool! That's a great way to deal with creating the clearance!!

Bad Ass!!

Awesome job, guys!

Do you have anymore pictures of the process?

How much clearance did you end up with supercharger to hood looks like it would be close. Do you think there will heat problems being so close to the hood? Oh and you guys are always on the cutting edge of Badassness!:king:

Thanks guys. We are only as good as the customer will allow us to be. As much as this car is pretty simple we hope to make it stand out in a crowd. Its the little things you don't see that make it stand out.

We probably have 3/4 of an inch of clearance on the hood. I don't know what there would be to worry about as far as heat with the super charger. Its not packaged any tighter then say a new Camaro or Corvette.

I will share what we have but it really does not look alot different then stock. The trans tunnel is tall in the car, but does not look out of place. The rear wheel tubs have been moved up to facilitate the new ride height. And the rear frame rails are also moving up along with the stock spring pockets. All the rear suspension is in the stock desired position DSE calls for, its just raised up in the car 2" in the front and 3" in the rear.

This picture shows the transmission crossmember that is now mounted to the body of the car. And welds to the recess subframe mounts. It allows for exhaust clearance and such.

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The finished product with the Tr06060 Shifter mount built into the floor. With a short MGW shifter isnt really not the much taller then a stock shifter.
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I like this idea and looks like you guys are pulling it off just right!

thanks for sharing
Dave

How's this project coming along?

Travis

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that thing is sick not a fan of red butt hat color is very please to my eye......:trophy-1302:

The Stance is beautiful on it. I saw the tire sizes, Would you mind sharing what width the wheels are, they tuck nicely.

Very nice, guys!

Is this the car you got from Tyler a few years back? Always fun to see what becomes of cars over the years.