My 73 Camaro

[MtotheIKEo]

Family, house, savings, etc... all come first, and being the single source of income for the family I kept spending on the car to a minimum. With nothing pressing to spend my bonus from 2017 on I was able to put some of it towards the car. I have wanted to put an LS in a 2nd gen forever and now I had the chance.

I picked up a 5.3L pullout, FiTech Ultimate LS system, Tanks Inc fuel injection tank, and got to work. This is very basic swap by now so I will spare the details, but please feel free to ask about anything if you want more info.

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Stripped down and cleaned up. Holley oil pan and FiTech intake.

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I kept the TH350 for now, T56 is the next big project.

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Cleaned up the firewall a bit, mostly just welded all the holes shut.

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And then it was in. I bought Speed Engineering headers for $190 that fit pretty good between the frame rails. The passenger side O2 bung won't work as it would hit the floor, but the driver side fits good. They hang a little low but for the price I can deal with them.

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Griffin dual pass radiator and C6 fan. I'll build a shroud for this later, and I'd like to get it PWM somehow. This has kept the car cool in the 105* heat without a problem. Runs right at 197* when moving, fan kicks on at 205* and it never goes any higher.
IMG_2781 by Mike F, on Flickr

Speed Engineering bracket for PS and Alt, I bought this hoping to use all of the truck accessories, then needed to switch to a LS1 water pump due to intake clearance.
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