1969 Camaro Z/28 pictures
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1969 Camaro Z/28 pictures
Hey all, I promised these a while ago and finally got around to taking them.
I'm more than willing to answer any questions you have about the car.
Enjoy!
I'm more than willing to answer any questions you have about the car.
Enjoy!
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Originally Posted by N2it
Very nice! Was the re-build stock?
My dad sourced a date-code correct block, bored .060 over, forged rods, hyper eutectic pistons, and an original DZ crank to tie it together (see pic in my other thread). It has the 30/30 cam with solid lifters and an updated valvetrain using new OEM parts with better retainers and springs. Original big valve heads (2.02 intake 1.85 exhaust) and original edelbrock manifold and holley 4 barrel carb. We even went so far as to leave the smog system on the car, which is something most guys just toss.
After doing a lot of research, we found that there is really only one way to put the 302 together and that is the way it came from the factory, as these cars were made for the American Trans-Am series and the motors were built pretty much to those specs. They are 11:1 compression and will probably take 8k rpm as it sits, and I've heard of people running them up to 10k with some valvetrain work. I can only imagine how it sounds that high...
We wound up setting the base timing to 10* BTDC to help with idle cooling on non-leaded gas, and as a result it doesn't run hot, even on a hot midwest summer day like today, and I have yet to hear it ping on 93 octane.
Muncie M22 trans shifts great, new clutch, brakes were redone and the entire suspension was gone through. The only thing we didn't touch on this car is the paint. You would never be able to tell the paint job was 10+ years old. The color is Glacier Blue, and only about 4% of 69 Z's had that color. Of those, even fewer had the no-chrome trim option so this is a fairly rare-optioned car, despite not having either a crossram or 4 wheel disc brakes.
The sound is unreal, and it's a whole new experience driving a car when you built the motor with your bare hands.
Thanks for the positive feedback!
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Originally Posted by D-VO
The motor that came out of it was a 350, but we didn't know. It would have gone back into the car if it weren't for a crack in the block! So I guess you could say the car is now more stock than it was... It's numbers matching with the exception of the shortblock, but we didn't buy it that way anyways so who cares.
My dad sourced a date-code correct block, bored .060 over, forged rods, hyper eutectic pistons, and an original DZ crank to tie it together (see pic in my other thread). It has the 30/30 cam with solid lifters and an updated valvetrain using new OEM parts with better retainers and springs. Original big valve heads (2.02 intake 1.85 exhaust) and original edelbrock manifold and holley 4 barrel carb. We even went so far as to leave the smog system on the car, which is something most guys just toss.
After doing a lot of research, we found that there is really only one way to put the 302 together and that is the way it came from the factory, as these cars were made for the American Trans-Am series and the motors were built pretty much to those specs. They are 11:1 compression and will probably take 8k rpm as it sits, and I've heard of people running them up to 10k with some valvetrain work. I can only imagine how it sounds that high...
We wound up setting the base timing to 10* BTDC to help with idle cooling on non-leaded gas, and as a result it doesn't run hot, even on a hot midwest summer day like today, and I have yet to hear it ping on 93 octane.
Muncie M22 trans shifts great, new clutch, brakes were redone and the entire suspension was gone through. The only thing we didn't touch on this car is the paint. You would never be able to tell the paint job was 10+ years old. The color is Glacier Blue, and only about 4% of 69 Z's had that color. Of those, even fewer had the no-chrome trim option so this is a fairly rare-optioned car, despite not having either a crossram or 4 wheel disc brakes.
The sound is unreal, and it's a whole new experience driving a car when you built the motor with your bare hands.
Thanks for the positive feedback!
My dad sourced a date-code correct block, bored .060 over, forged rods, hyper eutectic pistons, and an original DZ crank to tie it together (see pic in my other thread). It has the 30/30 cam with solid lifters and an updated valvetrain using new OEM parts with better retainers and springs. Original big valve heads (2.02 intake 1.85 exhaust) and original edelbrock manifold and holley 4 barrel carb. We even went so far as to leave the smog system on the car, which is something most guys just toss.
After doing a lot of research, we found that there is really only one way to put the 302 together and that is the way it came from the factory, as these cars were made for the American Trans-Am series and the motors were built pretty much to those specs. They are 11:1 compression and will probably take 8k rpm as it sits, and I've heard of people running them up to 10k with some valvetrain work. I can only imagine how it sounds that high...
We wound up setting the base timing to 10* BTDC to help with idle cooling on non-leaded gas, and as a result it doesn't run hot, even on a hot midwest summer day like today, and I have yet to hear it ping on 93 octane.
Muncie M22 trans shifts great, new clutch, brakes were redone and the entire suspension was gone through. The only thing we didn't touch on this car is the paint. You would never be able to tell the paint job was 10+ years old. The color is Glacier Blue, and only about 4% of 69 Z's had that color. Of those, even fewer had the no-chrome trim option so this is a fairly rare-optioned car, despite not having either a crossram or 4 wheel disc brakes.
The sound is unreal, and it's a whole new experience driving a car when you built the motor with your bare hands.
Thanks for the positive feedback!
Again, beautiful work!
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Originally Posted by N2it
Holy smokes that is awesome. Cant wait to tackle a project like that with my boys!
Again, beautiful work!
Again, beautiful work!
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Originally Posted by The_Punisher
Nice looking ride... I am thinking about picking up a 1967 Cam soon...
