1972 Procharged 581 Camaro

[speedjohnston]

I have been a member here for some time, usually just reading threads for my own knowledge and trying to help out with a little input where I can. A few people asked for a build thread of my project so I will start one today. The project has been slow going, but I am patient and determined to make it the way I want it. I have no sponsors, but I have been in contact and got great advice from some of who I think were the best people to help me on this project.
There will be a kind of evolution of the build as I have plans to do some racing in different events, it is however built as a street car. The cage is installed for my safety (and the passengers) to do the events that I want to do. Although for some a street car has different meanings, it will have all functional mandatory equipment and will be driven on the street. Its not meant to appear stock, its not meant to be stealth, its just meant to be what I want and drive like I want.
So, I will start where I started, with the motor.

581 cubic inch big block chevy.


One giant set of air flow research heads.


Edelbrock intake.


The F2 procharger.

[speedjohnston]

Then when we were all done it went on the dyno. At the time, to be safe it ran on 80% pump gas and 20% 110... maybe 116 octane fuel. It was only run to 5500rpm because at the time I had no intercooler and the inlet temp was getting warm. We used the pullies I had at the time wich made 17lbs of boost. I will probably not spin it too high unless I need to, but the cam is suppose to make peak power at 7400 rpm. It, along with the carb and the procharger, were purchased through Steve morris who is the procharger Guru.
Here it is making a little noise. Its not a very good video but its all I had at the time.

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[speedjohnston]

Next the car was stripped of its old cage and the new one was started. A perimeter frame was slid inside the rockers, and almost all but a small section of front frame was removed. Here are a few pics of the work while it was being done.

[pokey64]

That is one serious looking cage system. Nice build!

[speedjohnston]

I love the cage, but did not enjoy painting it in my garage.

[70rs]

Very, very cool! Thank you for starting this thread.

[LSXZ28]

Lookin great! Some serious tubing going on there!

[speedjohnston]

While it was still in the chassis shop I had them build me a set of 2 1/2" x 5" headers. The 5" collector is made flat to keep as much ground clearance as I can.



After I got it home I had them coated.



A couple shots of them in the car

[californiacuda]

Thanks for sharing, what procharger are you running and did you think about turbos?

[66LS7]

That video of the engine on the dyno sounded great, can't wait to see more pics. I see you've set that motor back quite a bit, looking good.



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