67 Camaro - Dad and Son build

[68firebird]

Looks fantastic bro! nice job on the wells.

[Rybar]

Looks awesome man, love the shots of your son with the car.

[waynieZ]

Originally Posted by Rybar

Looks awesome man, love the shots of your son with the car.

I agree X2

[Richio1]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

I agree X2

x 3

[MX145]

Originally Posted by Richio1

x 3

X4! Nice job.

[boostin05blacks]

Thanks for all the kind words guys..keeps me moving.

Some updates to record. I've drove the car about 200 miles up to my last update and there was idling issues and check engine lights. I was pulling my hair out checking for vacuum leaks, checking my wiring and doing a lot of reading. Turns out my suspicion was correct and the tune that was on the car was the issue. I ended up buying hp tuners willing to take the tune on myself as my previous tuner told me that a car with that motor/power cant be tuned properly on a stock ecm. I went to a local car show and was talking with some ls car guys and was given a name of a local guy you has a great reputation named KP Tuning. I gave them a call and talked to Karl about setting up a date to road tune the car. We drove around for 4 hours and he really dialed a lot of the issues away. I can’t say enough about the service and current tune on the car now. A world of difference. I would highly recommend him. I was hesitant to drive the car in the past due to the fear of issues/embarrassment and breaking down. I mean you can't roll around with a bagged 67 camaro with a ford lol plate and break down. In the past month I have put over 300 miles on the car with no issues. The 500 mile fluid change is in the very near future.

Now that the tune is correct I started moving on with the alignment and such. My buddy John has all the tools so two weeks ago he came over and we spend the most of a day seeing what we could do. Now note that I have every Ridetech item with the exception of their upper arms. After an inch of shims on each side and the stock arms hitting the header on the passenger side and the power steering pump on the driver’s side I knew what had to be done. The next day I ordered the upper arms from matts classic. Thanks Kim. The new arms arrived two days later thanks to Josh over at Ridetech and I put them on that night. Ridetech continues to step it up and give the customer the best product. These things come with all the hardware, detailed instructions and now have caster slugs to help get any car where the driver wants it to be. An A+ part. Here are some pictures..






Last weekend there was a local car show so I entered and got a lot of looks, some good, some bad but it was fun either way. Enjoy.




Next up is to redo the alignment, buy new front seats & get the rear seat recovered, and start working on the interior...

[tubbed69]

car is looking good,you have came a long way with it

[randy]

update?

[boostin05blacks]

Its been awhile and not to much to report on the car. Progress has slowed due to my daughter being born, the new house and the major honey-do list. But I did get new cipher euro seats for my birthday and got them installed a bit ago. They are truly the best bang for the buck. Very nice for the price paid. At the end of the summer after the alignment I did notice that there is a slight vibration through the shifter that can be felt in 4th gear at around 40-50. Only really pronounced at that speed though. It significantly reduces after 50 and none in 5th or 6th. Still doing some reading and chasing that at the moment. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Also Still need to focus on the interior areas and this winter I want to get the ride sensors installed to help with the return to presets. Other than that ill just be waiting on spring to roll around. Here are some pictures of the seats and installed. Enjoy.








My old set of corbeau cr1 seats will be up for sale soon if anyone is interested. New covers from corbeau can be had for around 100/piece.

[boostin05blacks]

A buddy of mind just picked up a 09 Shelby GT500 and the trash talking has started. I have been on the look out for a set of drag wheels and tires for track duty. I figure now is a good time to buy so come spring I can take it to the 1/4 mile. I find a somewhat local guy selling a set of weld prostars with M/T 28 x 10.5W and I take the hour to meet up last Friday night for the set. Get there and the wheels and tires look to be as advertised. 15x10 welds with a 28 x 10.5W M/T. They look good, tires have life left. Just to check I ask the guy for a tape measure. He goes and grabs one.. I measure and come up with 4.5" of backspacing when I was told they had 5.5". I express my concern for the lack of backspacing, we agree on the price and I'm on my way. On the way home I'm thinking there is no way these are going to fit and ill clean them up and sell them at a later date. I figure when I try to bolt them up the inside of the tire will hit the wheel wells and stop them from going on. I get home after the hour drive and decide I will try to see how far off they are. Here are my findings and comparisons..









So they bolt on no rubbing issues that I can see. Plenty of room both fender side and wheel well side. The tires do not look that big under there. I actual think I can go bigger. But for the price these will do for now. The only issue I see is that my existing studs are not long enough. I ordered 3" arp studs and the specific weld lug nuts to run the welds. Now my close ended lugs will not work on my forgelines being that the studs will be so long so I had to order open ended lugs for my forgelines. More to come once I get the arp studs in.