Guys, I have been working on my car for a little over a year now and was running through some ideas for some essential upgrades for a pro-touring / restomod car. The car is a 69 camaro, it currently has an ls1 with a t-56 and dakota digital gauges, qa1 triple adjustable coil overs in the front, hotchkis big sway bar, hid lights, and electric rs doors over the air operated systems. i guess what I want know is with this being a cruiser that will never get auto crossed, raced or anything like that, what are good upgrades to build on what I have? I want to mini tub but considering I have the stock width gas tank already that seems futile, I was also thinking vintage air is a good upgrade, and finally I thought that maybe dressing my ls up would be a good idea. Let me know what you guys think, any and all positive suggestions will be taken into account and thanks in advance guys.
I'm a fan of functional modifications over bling - AC; interval wipers; windshield washers; really good seats; sound system (maybe with blue tooth); exhaust system that won't drive you crazy when you drive the car 10 hours in a day; camber correction for the front end; solid body bushings; delrin/del-alum (or equivalent in aftermarket arms) UCA/LCA bushings; upgraded steering box; disk brakes front and rear; subframe connectors; good shocks and springs on the back end (I'm partial to composite leaf springs); a gas tank and pump that will reliably supply fuel until it's virtually empty.
Me, I wouldn't "dress up" the LS1 - it is what it is. I'd put the money into something that made the car work better.
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Mike - '68 Camaro with some stuff done to it
I'm a fan of functional modifications over bling - AC; interval wipers; windshield washers; really good seats; sound system (maybe with blue tooth); exhaust system that won't drive you crazy when you drive the car 10 hours in a day; camber correction for the front end; solid body bushings; delrin/del-alum (or equivalent in aftermarket arms) UCA/LCA bushings; upgraded steering box; disk brakes front and rear; subframe connectors; good shocks and springs on the back end (I'm partial to composite leaf springs); a gas tank and pump that will reliably supply fuel until it's virtually empty.
Me, I wouldn't "dress up" the LS1 - it is what it is. I'd put the money into something that made the car work better.
Those are some good starting suggestions I think, I have the gen 5 brembos I want to use, and I also put the gen 5 seats in my car for comfort. I think vintage air, mini tubbing and a really nice sound system may be my next direction. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by ill steez
You don't need a narrowed gas tank to minitub a Camaro.
How do you do that and what size tire could I run without a narrowed tank? Is there a kit out there that works with the factory tank?
The tank itself isn't at all in the way of the minitubs. A narrower tank just allows more room for the exhaust pipes to run through as far as I understand.
I have the DSE minitub kit + qudralink on my 67' with a stock width gas tank and can fit a 335.
If you stick with the leaf springs, and offset shackles, you'll need to narrow the tank to make it fit.
If you have a 4 link or Torque arm, no need for a narrowed tank.
I had a buddy of mine cut and re-weld 1" off of each side of the stock tank to make mine fit. 200.00.
Thanks for clearing that up - I did the quadralink at the same time so it never occurred to me that I'd need a narrower tank had I kept the leaf springs.
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