700 HP 1969 Camaro 540 BBC “Do-Under” Gets All New Underpinnings At V8 Speed & Resto

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Mmm, drab green epoxy!

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Next, the housing and axles were treated to a bath in Imron industrial urethane. That’s more like it!

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The engine was next to receive some attention. This monster ran hard, but had developed a few leaks in addition to the clutch / flywheel issues. The hood clearance was tight, and the owner requested a different intake and EFI system to be installed as we re-gasketed the engine.



Intake removed and gasket surfaces cleaned and ready for new Holley intake.



“Big” roller cam, ported Dart heads, lots of power to be made here.

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Jet-Hot coated Holley EFI multi-point intake manifold. This is part of a Holley HP big block Chevy package.



The intake was upgraded with some new squirters from Injector Dynamics.





Here, the billet Holley throttle body, fuel rails, sensors, stat housing, and MSD distributor are in place.

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We elected to swap the hard line for a braided crossover -6 hose for better flow, and a blacker look.



A quick flip to replace a leaky pan gasket and to have a look-see at the bottom end… what’s that on the pickup screen?



Someone went a little strong with the silicone on assembly, and remnants were stuck to the oil pump pickup screen.



We made sure to scrape all the excess goo from the pan rails, and used far less on reassembly.

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Big crate showed up… from DSE!



One powdercoated Detroit Speed hydroformed subframe. Here, Tara is installing new Baer 6-piston brakes on the spindles.





Incidentally, Tara came to our shop as a summer intern from an automotive tech program at a local college. She did well in our shop, and became the first recipient of our V8 “Holeshot” Scholarship. She is now finishing up an Automotive Technology degree at Southern Illinois University. Unfortunately for us, she won’t be back as an intern, as she’s got a summer gig lined up at GM in Detroit! Yep, THAT GM! Way to go Tara!



Buttoned-up engine sitting proudly in the new subframe, and Baer 6P calipers installed.

[fleet]

Great seeing all the attention to detail and documenting the progress Kevin.

[DOOM]

Kevin it's lookin awesome ! To bad you couldn't talk him into the Hogan set up . I'm glade Troy talked me into mine.

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Originally Posted by DOOM

Kevin it's lookin awesome ! To bad you couldn't talk him into the Hogan set up . I'm glade Troy talked me into mine.

I really debated on the Hogan intake. It is my understanding that Holley is supposed to be releasing a similar intake in the future (who knows on timing). I am very interested in this style of intake, as it really cleans up the engine bay, and I have limited hood clearance. I would enjoy seeing additional pictures of your set-up. I will PM you my email address.

Regards,

Larry

[tmadden]

Big & great changes. They certainly have the right guys and gals putting in work. Good luck