My 1998 Camaro 427ci

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white gecko

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Well, after months of neglect, I finally had some time to detail my own ride. This is my project/weekend car. Had her since 36k miles back in 2001, and she had a ROUGH life before me. Spent the first year and a half getting things fixed on her. At 155k miles, the LS1 with full boltons, stall, and 150 shot nitrous kit were pulled out, along with the trans. In december 08, my new motor and trans were completed after a year long build. Swapped in a LS3, bored/stroked/balanced/blueprinted/fully forged motor. Big heads and massive cam, and all the other goodies. Ended up with 7.0L (427 cubic inches), and she hauls :) Put 3k miles on the new combo so far. Oh, and also swapped to a built 6speed now too.



Since completing it in december, I've been so busy that there hasn't been time to wash her more than twice and throw one quick coat of Zaino on for protection. I finally took some time to get her cleaned up and remove all the shop-installed swirl marks! Finished it off with P21S 100% since I was in a hurry. This stuff really does look nice on navy blue metallic, and it comes off so easy.







Process:



-Soak with Foam Gun and Dawn (heavy concentrate)

-wash with Dawn and APC

-Engine: Megs APC 4:1

-Clayed with Z18, with Last Touch as lube

-rewashed with APC

-Mothers Chrome Polish on wheels

-Megs Hot Tire shine on tires

-Menzerna SIP, LC White

-IPA wipedown

-P21S 100%













Before pics





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Afters (took kinda fast)



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you can see where the old spoiler was mounted. I still need to patch the holes and repaint the quarters.



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A few pics from my car club meet that day (after a 70 mile drive, so don't mind the dust)





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cage and harnesses :)



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shot of the underside and the custom true dual exhaust



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And here is one of my dual DMH low profile electric cutouts, right on the collectors of the headers. Absolutely ear-splitting when open. :woohoo:



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And of course, a few obligatory engine shots ;)



during install....



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all finished!



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a better look at the paint matched intake manifold



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*the red strut tower brace is currently powdercoated black. the red was just too much*



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That's just SICK!!! I love the custom touches, the painted intake, the clear air intake!!!!



Awesome work too!!



DG
 
Great looking car, I admire people that take the time and build on their cars not just add ons but actually doing engine work, LS3 is the engine that's in the new camaro's I think, that support bar in your engine compartment, does a heck of a job with handling.
 
Wow! Beautiful transformation on that car, inside and out. I cannot imagine how that engine pulls considering the original LS1 is no slouch.
 
Dude that is soooo f'ing cool! :woot:



I can only imagine how it sounds!



Any idea on what she is putting down?
 
longdx said:
Wow! Beautiful transformation on that car, inside and out. I cannot imagine how that engine pulls considering the original LS1 is no slouch.
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Thanks. Yeah she was starting to look a little rough. I didn't have time to capture the swirls in the pics, but they were there and eating at me for months. All good now though :)



Down low it feels like an LS1. However, once you hit about 3500rpm, the cam kinda comes alive. Its a really big cam, for power up top. But at 3500, it comes alive stronger than my old LS1 with boltons + 150 shot. I sprayed that last motor a bit, and can tell you this is way stronger :)
 
lbls1 said:
Great detail and pics of a killa!
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Thanks!



RaskyR1 said:
Dude that is soooo f'ing cool! :woot:



I can only imagine how it sounds!



Any idea on what she is putting down?
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Thanks Rasky! Its pretty loud even with the cats and mufflers, enough that i rightfully get nervous at the sight of any cop. With the new cutouts open....well, if you've ever heard a nasty high compression V8 with open headers.... that should give you an idea lol. At 5k-7k rpm, you can feel it on your insides, almost disturbing lol.



Done a few things since the last dyno run, so not sure where its at currently. Best numbers so far are 507rwhp / 474rwtq. My tuner thinks there is another 30rwhp left in it though.
 
gofast908z said:
Thanks!







Thanks Rasky! Its pretty loud even with the cats and mufflers, enough that i rightfully get nervous at the sight of any cop. With the new cutouts open....well, if you've ever heard a nasty high compression V8 with open headers.... that should give you an idea lol. At 5k-7k rpm, you can feel it on your insides, almost disturbing lol.



Done a few things since the last dyno run, so not sure where its at currently. Best numbers so far are 507rwhp / 474rwtq. My tuner thinks there is another 30rwhp left in it though.
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Very Cool!



I plan to build another car again some day. I grew up with a father that was a motor head and it gave me the bug too.



I had a '86 Monte SS I dropped a ZZ3/350 in back in the day...which is nothing compaired to what you've done. :faint:



I actaully had been thinking about dropping a big block into a 3rd gen IROC.



Maybe some day. :hifive:



My ZZ3 with TPI unti.

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Rasky
 
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