Chad's 68 Camaro V3.0 build. LS3 & TCI goodies

[boostin05blacks]

Any update on this Chad? This is one of my favorite threads...Hope all is back together and well..

[randy]

sorry to ask again but what size rims are you running 18x11 or 18x12 and what about the front?

[Chad-1stGen]

Originally Posted by boostin05blacks

Any update on this Chad? This is one of my favorite threads...Hope all is back together and well..

I will be posting an update later today. I need to at least take a pic to make it interesting ha ha.

Originally Posted by randy

sorry to ask again but what size rims are you running 18x11 or 18x12 and what about the front?

I'm currently running 18x11 in the rear with a 315 tire. Fronts I'm planning for 18x9 with a 275 though for now its an 18x8 with a 245 until I fix the clearance for the 18x9 with 275...

[Ron in SoCal]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

I will be posting an update later today. I need to at least take a pic to make it interesting ha ha.
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Car's looking great Chad! You'll be on the road in no time

[randy]

Originally Posted by Chad-1stGen

I will be posting an update later today. I need to at least take a pic to make it interesting ha ha.



I'm currently running 18x11 in the rear with a 315 tire. Fronts I'm planning for 18x9 with a 275 though for now its an 18x8 with a 245 until I fix the clearance for the 18x9 with 275...

mine are ordered. 18x11 and 18x9.5. ill let you know what needs to be done to put a 18x9.5 on the front. 9.5 is perfect for a 275 tire

[67zo6Camaro]

I just gotta say..... Loved it. Mucho power and pulled strong even with just 1/8th to 1/2 throttle roll on to 4,500 rpms.

I can't even imagine what a full 1/4th throttle to a full WOT roll-on would feel like. I was just being easy on this thing and it felt goooood.

Damn, I'm reminded once again why my.... well only 400 hp at the flywheel is just not enough!

Thanks Chad for stopping by and letting me work on your project again.

[DFRESH]

Glad to hear you are working on it bro! Looking forward to having all of our cars at the RTTC in March---keeping fingers crossed that it will actually happen.

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[Chad-1stGen]

Thanks Brett & Doug. And Brett, thanks for continuing to clean up my own and other shops mistakes lol. Also, thanks for letting me in on some of the top secret Fab53 skunkworks stuff. Very very cool.

Yeah I've been working on this thing. Hit a major road block in reassembly after dropping the trans and oil pan. I had to replace the power steering hose and it took FOREVER to get the parts. On the plus side I got rid of the shiny braided stainless hoses and replaced with black braided pressure and black push on return/cooler lines. XRP stuff.

Vibration issue is much much better now. There is still some vibration at 2k rpms, more than I'd like, but nothing like before. So you can't trust the brand new RAM and LS7 clutch to be balanced.

Oil pressure issue... I'm sad to report it still FUBAR. New oil ring didn't do a damn thing. bybpassed the ECU oil pressure and ran a new sending unit directly to my autometer gauge and the read the same. Its either somehow still a pickup problem or a main bearing problem I guess.

Speedometer... I can't get my damn speedo to work. I've checked the wires half a dozen times with the ohm meter, replaced the VSS, rewired it both ways (2 wire VSS), checked the voltage at the speedo signal post and confirmed with autometer that it is supposedly in spec. Anyone in socal have a spare electronic speedo I can try?

In liu of a pic to make this post interesting here is a quick vid of what the car sounds like with the 3" Magnaflow exhaust (tail pipes all the way back). I really like this system! I took the car on the freeway and zero drone! I'm now putting some breakin miles on the car & motor waiting for an appointment to have TCI massage a few things.