1973 Camaro "Project Pumpkin"

[Rick D]

Originally Posted by strtcar

Twin turbo LSX started up yet

Yeah I wish

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Rick D

Yeah I wish

Make us all proud and put a Man's motor in there. A solid lifter ZL1 or maybe even better an SB2....

[Flash68]

Originally Posted by FETorino

Make us all proud and put a Man's motor in there. A solid lifter ZL1 or maybe even better an SB2....

Man this Rob guy gets wiser by the day.

If you wanna go fast and be cool put a ZL1 in it.

If you wanna go REALLY fast and be REALLY cool go for the SB2.

[Rick D]

Originally Posted by FETorino

Make us all proud and put a Man's motor in there. A solid lifter ZL1 or maybe even better an SB2....

If the money was in the budget that would be a great idea but its not. I do have a BB that I "may" put in it, but not right away.

Originally Posted by Flash68

Man this Rob guy gets wiser by the day.

If you wanna go fast and be cool put a ZL1 in it.

If you wanna go REALLY fast and be REALLY cool go for the SB2.

Really Ron doesn't have a SB2

[DOOM]

Rick I know of a nice 572 for sale!

[Rick D]

Originally Posted by DOOM

Rick I know of a nice 572 for sale!

Now that would be cool!! I'm sure it's out of my budget on this one but I'll give you a call

[strtcar]

Originally Posted by Flash68

If you wanna go fast and be cool put a DOHC 5.0 ford in it.

If you wanna go REALLY fast and be REALLY cool go for the 5.8 DOHC GT500 motor.

Fixt it for you guys

[Rick D]

Originally Posted by Flash68

If you wanna go fast and be cool put a DOHC 5.0 ford in it.

If you wanna go REALLY fast and be REALLY cool go for the 5.8 DOHC GT500 motor.

Originally Posted by strtcar

Fixt it for you guys

Oh boy said the Ford man!! are you done with the 5 speed install yet????

[strtcar]

Originally Posted by Flash68

If you wanna go fast and be cool put a DOHC 5.0 ford in it.

If you wanna go REALLY fast and be REALLY cool go for the 5.8 DOHC GT500 motor.

Originally Posted by Rick D

Oh boy said the Ford man!! are you done with the 5 speed install yet????

uggg no, got tranny out, ready to get things installed was originally going to put in the used clutch i bought with the T5, but I think thats a bad idea, just dont know the history on it, so going to order new clutch next week then get cracking on it again, things been really busy at work no motivation to go into garage.

[SRD Art]

Looks like a great Build Rick!

I've struggled a lot with what route to go with my car, I had to really put sometime into what was my dream list and what I could really afford. With a family of 4 kids, 2 are teens, and my wife is a stay at home mom, my budget is what dictates my build and there isn't much I can do with about that. Moving twice across the country in the last year didn't help either. However I do what I can with what I got for my toys.

I built the car with about a $7000 budget. It's simple, it's a basic car on a decent suspension. With a mild 406 small block Chevy it's not super fast but has plenty of autocross torque. It gets about 18+ mpg on the highway and is fairly comfortable to ride in. Best feature of all it's a blast to drive everyday. That's what means the most to me, I can upgrade as I go and will, but unlike a lot of builds I really drive mine and that puts a smile on my face everyday. When it's track day that smile gets even bigger. Hope you can feel that too as you get into your build.

My build thread link is in my sig below if you want to check it out. Good luck!