[Matt@BOS]

So, I'm bringing this back from the dead. It's been four years, and I've probably only put 4k miles on it at most. That might not seem weird for a hot rod, but when its working and trouble free, I drive it EVERYWHERE.

The cool thing about this build thread is that it chronicles pretty much everything from the time I new almost nothing except for things I'd learned on the internet, all the way up to the point where I'd learned "a little something."

Now that I'm running things over at Best of Show, I figured it was time to clean the car up, fix all of the things I was unhappy with, and see just how solid of a daily driveable pro touring Camaro we can build!

We started rebuilding the car at the beginning of 2018. In 2017 I dropped in a new LS7 from a well known engine builder, ran a total of two events, pulled the motor to seal up leaks, found out the bearings were shot after 1500 miles, rebuilt it, went to LS Fest West, and then lost a titanium valve spring retainer on my way home. At that point I decided to let it sit in the corner of the shop for a while.

Everyone has issues with hot rods, and I think it takes a couple builds to figure out what works and what doesn't for the type of car you want to build.

I logged about 37k miles on the Camaro, on the street and the track, and everything we're doing is designed to make it better at being a dual purpose car.

I'll outline all of the changes and parts going back on the car with photos, and discuss why we're using them, but for now, here's what we're doing, and its basically everything except for the body and interior (for now)

-New AME subframe with custom control arms, and spindles designed by Lateral Dynamics
-AME IRS
-JRi shocks valved by JJ at Ultimate Performance
-Restomod Air
-New brake system
- 454 LS7 with Dailey dry sump
- centerforce Dyad clutch
-complete rewire with American Autowire
-Racepak IQ3 display
-cooling system updates