Meenaggie 1968 Camaro Build at GAP Racing

[rickpaw]

Car looks great Casey.

Where did the transmission crossmember come from? Bowler transmission?

[aggie91]

Great start and the mods GAP is doing to the car look good. Looking forward to more...

[Ricochet]

Great work guys! You have quite a few projects going on. Nice to see. One mod you did on the this was welding up the bumper brackets and lower fender extenetions. I don't undertsand why more people do not do that. Looks so much cleaner and flows well with the rounded wheels wells on the 67 & 68's. Nice work!

[waynieZ]

It looks great Nice work guys.

[meenaggie]

Where did the transmission crossmember come from? Bowler transmission?

Correct, the crossmember came from Bowler. Bowler designed it for Ride Tech's 68' Camaro named Velocity (now sold to new owner). It worked great and put the transmission right where it needed to be with plenty of clearance for the 3" exhaust. I did have to mount the Energy Suspension trans mount "backwards" to fit correctly due to the bulge that is designed into the mount. That did not seem to bother me as I can't really tell if the pre-load on these do anything. I have the S&P adapter plates for the LS and OEM small block stand-offs for engine placement.

How is your bird running? Any plans to do any more upgrades?

[rickpaw]

Originally Posted by meenaggie

I finally found a good use for those college text books measuring for the rear end.

I know calculus was good for something.

Originally Posted by meenaggie

How is your bird running? Any plans to do any more upgrades?

It's running good. I have a bunch of boxes from Mark @ SC&C for his stage 1 plus front suspension package, and Ridetech singles all around. I just need to find time to install them.

I will need to look at that x-member. When I did the swap, Bowler was out with no ETA so I settled for BMR x-member, and had to add a bunch of shims to get the angle right.

[Moose]

Love the build.

Did you have to move the lower control arms on the rear inward at all to get the wheels to fit? or are they in the same position?

I've been thinking about mini tubbing my car, and a have the G bar setup.

[meenaggie]

Originally Posted by Moose

Did you have to move the lower control arms on the rear inward at all to get the wheels to fit? or are they in the same position?

I've been thinking about mini tubbing my car, and a have the G bar setup.

I did not have to move the lower arm inward. I bolted it to the original front spring pocket location and used that to locate the lower bracket on the rear end housing. It is a tight fit and I would not recommend any more wheel width then I have which is a 315 tire on an 11" wheel on a 68' with my exact setup. It is worth noting that my rear suspension is the first generation of the AirBar and RideTech (and others) have made improvements to help with the control arm to wheel clearance on newer versions. You can now order a kit for a mini tub that offsets the control arm to the innermost side. It uses a bushing on the leaf spring pocket side. While this doesn't move the mounting locations it does provide additional clearance from the control arm to the tire/wheel. I am sure I could order the parts to retrofit as the mounting points don't change but think I am okay as is. Hope that info helps.

[meenaggie]

Originally Posted by Ricochet

One mod you did on the this was welding up the bumper brackets and lower fender extenetions. I don't undertsand why more people do not do that. Looks so much cleaner and flows well with the rounded wheels wells on the 67 & 68's. Nice work!

Here is an updated picture of the what is described above. I agree!

[GAP Industries]

Body shop update. Made a trip out to see if it was ready for color. Still a few little things to do but they are close.