LSA Powered 69 Camaro -"Lou's Change"

[V8TV]

The hood is going to be slick. Looking forward to building it!

[frankv11]

Excellent job and moving along pretty quickly

[parsonsj]

I love this car!

Can you elaborate on how you were able to size the charge coolant pump? Does Meziere directly support the LSA? Or did you have to do the engineering?

[Lous69]

Originally Posted by parsonsj

I love this car!

Can you elaborate on how you were able to size the charge coolant pump? Does Meziere directly support the LSA? Or did you have to do the engineering?

Thanks for your interest and appreciation John.

Unfortunately, I don't have any fancy engineering calculations to share.

To determine what to use for the intercooler heat exchanger and pump, I scoured the various forums and found pieces of information that "guided" me to our pieces as follows:

This posting gave me an understanding of how the CTS-V intercooling set up compares to other current GM offerings like the ZR1's:

http://caddyinfo.com/wordpress/inter...lsa-sts-v-lc3/

This article gave me some idea of how the ZL1 intercooling system and top hat compared to the CTS-V LSA set up: (interesting how they basically used a pump from the Chevy Volt running on increased voltage)

http://www.gmhightechperformance.com...1/viewall.html

This posting had some data on aftermarket pumps:

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=233555

Here are the specs of the heat exchanger we ordered: (we actually sourced ours through C&R along with our 2nd Gen. radiator module)

http://www.gettorq.com/store/chevrol...nger-fans.html

Here are the specs of the intercooler pump we ordered. I talked to the Meziere rep at Sema and got comfortable that this pump would last a long time based on the fact that it is used as the primary engine coolant pump in other applications.

http://www.gettorq.com/store/chevrol...pump-torq.html

Hopes this helps.

P.S. You will be happy to know we are going to be drilling a hole back by our battery to install a II Much Fabrication fuel tank vent!

[Lous69]

We have decided that in order to gain some more clearance between the engine and the hood we are going to make a custom cowl hood that actually accepts the same carbon fiber insert that is used on the modern ZL1.

We expect this route will also help keep things substantially cooler under the hood as well.

His new rendering shows the same custom grille he designed but uses the cowl and carbon fiber insert from a modern ZL1.

You'll notice the center hump in the middle of the stock 69 front valence panel looks a little "forced" as it transitions into the cowl.



To remedy that he softened the hump making it look right without bringing undue attention to what is going on. It should look nice and clean when done.

Since the new ZL1 hood is aluminum, we chose to fabricate a facsimile of the ZL1 cowl out of steel that would except the carbon fiber insert and then be grafted into a steel 69 cowl hood.

Back to the car, the final metal fabrication and gap work is underway. All the mock up, electrical and plumbing work is almost complete too.

The car should soon be going to body and paint!! We're hoping like heck we can drive it this season.

[Rick D]

Lou, love the new rendering of the hood!! Can't wait see you guys pull it off, love the grill also!

[syborg tt]

Looks really nice and I love the hood. I am not sure if you are away but ASC Composites makes the replica ZL1 Scoop

http://www.acscomposite.com/store/#!...26&id=15889812

[Lous69]

Thanks Syborg TT, for the tip on the ACS aftermarket version of the ZL1 hood scoop.

We think we're going to opt for the exposed carbon fiber look of the factory scoop.

Unfortunately, GM is pretty proud of that scoop and is pricing it accordingly.

[syborg tt]

Originally Posted by Lous69

We think we're going to opt for the exposed carbon fiber look of the factory scoop.

There is a guy on Camaro5 that makes a full carbon version at 1/4 the price of GM's

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194371

[214Chevy]

I was thinking of doing something like this on my Chevelle. I'm watching.....