My 68 Camaro Project

[jasonz28camaro]

I've always wanted to start a build/project thread but I normally do not take photos while I'm working on cars until now.

I have a history with go fast parts with my later model Camaro and Corvette. I have for the most part always tried to do all modifications/repairs myself with an exception to tuning and some bodywork. I sold both my Camaro and Corvette when our little one was born, too little time for both at the time.

About a year ago my wife said I should get a hobby so I started shopping around for a cool car and saw lots of first gen pro-touring style cars with late model engines and it caught my attention. I built my previous 96 Camaro over a 10 year span then sold it so I could get a Corvette. The Corvette was already built so there was not much fun and satisfaction with it and I ended up selling it, plus you cannot fit 3 people in it. So about 6 months ago I purchased my 68 Camaro with a "rust free" body to start building what I like.

My goal is to make this car something fun to drive, dependable and just cool. Kind of hard to make it unique since its a first gen Camaro but I'll try with the drivetrain. The car will mostly just be for driving around and possibly autocross events if I work up the courage. I'll probably take it to the 1/4 track a few times as well.

Below is a photo of the car when I got it. It's a BBC with a 700r4 and 9". The 9" is narrowed but the wheel backspacing is short so they stick out strange, I'll correct this soon. Mirrors are a little off too.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I know this is not a how-to and its been done numerous times but I enjoy and learn off others builds so I'll include photos along with as much useful/useless info that I can provide and answer any questions along the way.

First on the chopping block were the mini tubs.

I started off by removing the rear seats and side trim. This is all relitivly simple to do and the only special tool I needed was the window crank remover but others can do it with a screwdriver.

Next was the trunk Dynamat. I wish I read into this a little more prior to starting this project. This stuff it tough to remove if you don’t know. I used a heat gun and came up easy with an exception to the tar left behind. I only removed what was needed at this time and covered the sticky side with masking tape. The tape came off pretty easy when it was done. People say dry ice is the way to go when removing this stuff. I may try this later when I remove the entire trunk Dynamat.
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[jasonz28camaro]

Next thing I did was remove the rear.
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Empty now with plenty of room to work
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The fuel gauge did not work and I never checked the sending unit but this explains everything. I'll need to purchase a new sending unit harness to reconnect this wire with the screwcap.

[jasonz28camaro]

First thing I did was remove the DS package tray reinforcement per DSE instructions. This seemed to not be needed but did make it easier to do. I did not remove it on the PS. Then I went on removing the inner wheel well paint to expose the spot welds. Spot welds suck...
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Next I cut out the inner wheel well and trunk floor/frame per the DSE instruction and use their template so I could mock up the new tubs
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[jasonz28camaro]

Now I had to close up the frame cuts and add the plate. This was somewhat of a paint getting decent penetration welding paper thin metal to 1/8" plate but I made it work slowly stitching away. I know a great deal about welding but I do not call myself a welder, I'm a hobby guy that likes to weld. I own a tig welder and I borrowed my buddies Miller 180 for this task, it works great.

After the plate, I drilled some holes for the plug welds and went at it. Grown down the welds and the DS was just about done. I then installed the package tray reinforcement and the trunk hinge I had removed.

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[Gmachine1911]

Welcome! Keep the updates coming. Looks like a nice car!

[jasonz28camaro]

Thanks, glad to be here. I wish it was as nice of a car as I assumed was at the time of purchase but we will get to that later.

[jasonz28camaro]

I jumped the gun a little with reinstalling the package tray reinforcement and new bracket prior to sticking my rear wiring harness behind it. No big deal though, it works and is hidden. I can always disconnect the wiring and move it around later.

After the DS tub I moved to the PS and it was a piece of cake, it was done in less than half the time.

The only bit of rust I have discovered is where the outer wheel well was overlapping the inner at the rocker. this was just some light surface rust that cleaned up good.

Also like I mentioned before I kept the PS package tray reinforcement in place.
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[jasonz28camaro]

Got it test fitted and frame welded back up and the tubs welded in.

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[jasonz28camaro]

Now that everything is now welded in (missed two area on the DS side) I started to seal it all up. I used an Eastwood one part sealer. It works but took a long time to dry, a little longer than I wanted prior to me being able to paint. It says you can paint while it's curing but I waited. Next time I'll use a two part that cures a little quicker.

I dont have any photos but after this I ground down all the welds, primmed and painted flat black and used Rustoleum undercoating spray for the inner fenders.

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[jasonz28camaro]

I ended up choosing to go with the Ridetech 4-link setup with the Curry rear they offer in the narrowed length. Chose the Wilwood 12" brakes to hopefully clear my 15" wheels so I didnt have to change them out right now, they do clear.

I started by assembling the rear.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I installed the airbar and it was not too bad but had to do a good amount of hammering to get the bar in. The frame rails were spot on, only had to hammer in the front area of the trunk pan where it meets the floor pan and where the airbar bolts to the trunk floor.

This airbar is the "newer style" where the upper arms point inwards rather than outwards. This newer style's mounting plate that bolts up near the tunnel is a little different from what I've seen on the older style airbars, there are 5 bolts and the middle bolt is the center of the airbar. As you can see in the photos the center bolt is off about an inch to the left. I called spoke to Ridetech and showed them the photos and it turns out the floor pan is a little crooked from factory tolerances or it was replaced at some point incorrectly.

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[jasonz28camaro]

After the airbar was installed I put the rear in and ran some tubing for the brakes. You can also check out my badass exhaust turndowns I hacked up and installed for the time being. The funny looking wheels do not stick out anymore, they actually fit pretty damn good now. Not sure what size the wheels are exactly but they are a 15" torque thrust wheel with 3.75" backspacing and they are running a 275 tire.

My rear ended up being more towards the driverside and it needed to be shifted to the passenger side 1/4". When centering my rear side to side I found that the uppers moved it exactly 1/4" when lengthening and shortening the uppers simultaneously every 1.5 turns with the single adjustable uppers. I lengthened the DS upper and shortened the PS upper 1.5 turns and it shifted the rear 1/4" to the PS where it sits perfectly centered.

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[jasonz28camaro]

Another little issue I ran into was the 3rd member came equipped with a 1310 series yoke rather than the advertised 1330 yoke. See photo below, the width is inline with a 1310 yoke at 3.219", my measurement was 3.211". The 1330 yoke should measure at 3.622". Both curry and ridetech advertisers a 1330 yoke. It made for an interesting couple of trips to the driveshaft shop across town. For some reason, Curry did not believe me and said there was no way because they do not even stock 1310 yokes. After emailing back and forth a few times they agreed to send me the correct yoke and threw in the correct u-joint and u-bolts. I'll install the yoke later down the road when I do the motor/trans swap so I just make one more trip to the driveshaft shop.
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[Brianstanford]

lookin good!

[jasonz28camaro]

With all this extra articulation and my tall tires I hit the DS rear quarter and split the bondo lol. To not do this anymore I figured I would install the muscle bar but just my luck they sent me a 2nd gen muscle bar with 1st gen bushings. The 2nd gen bar is a little thinner in diameter. The quarter is shot and I'll replace it at some point. There is now a golfball sized hole where the bondo split.

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[jasonz28camaro]

I was sent the correct muscle bar and installed it but it did not help with the body twisting and all and my tire woud still make contact with the quarter on both sides going up and down my driveway. I decided to purchase DSE subframe connectors. Also built some of those stands out of 2x4s to help with the install.

I started the install to find more rust as expected on the floor pan. I knew about this when I purchased the car but did not know it was quite as bad. All 4 low areas of the pan have rot and the firewall toeboards too. I'll hold off on the subframe connectors for the time being. I need to evaluate some things and see what I want to do with the floor and quarters.

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[Gmachine1911]

I was sent the correct muscle bar and installed it but it did not help with the body twisting and all and my tire woud still make contact with the quarter on both sides going up and down my driveway. I decided to purchase DSE subframe connectors. Also built some of those stands out of 2x4s to help with the install.

I started the install to find more rust as expected on the floor pan. I knew about this when I purchased the car but did not know it was quite as bad. All 4 low areas of the pan have rot and the firewall toeboards too. I'll hold off on the subframe connectors for the time being. I need to evaluate some things and see what I want to do with the floor and quarters.

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You're doing good, keep after it. Don't compromise on your foundation, it'll never be cheaper to fix it then it is right now! After all, this is hot rodding, if it was easy everybody'd be doing it!:superhack:

[jasonz28camaro]

Thanks guys!

I kind of wimped our on fixing the quarters and floors due to my eagerness to get it back on the road. I work offshore and finding the time to do this work is difficult sometimes when I’m home so I just dropped it off at a local shop to get some of the metal workdone. I will be handling some of the smaller metal work items still but I’d rather not mess up the quarters and have the car look funny. I plan on doing the subframe connectors still and some cowl related items once i get it back. I’m still have few weeks worth of photos to upload and a few more new goodies that I’ve picked up I’ll be sharing soon. The shop had an 8 week wait for my car so I tried not to waisted too much time. My goal is to get her back on the road this spring.

[jasonz28camaro]

The shop said the cheapest way to get this stuff fixed was to send in as much of a shell as I could so I started by taking off the front sheet metal and the motor.

I found a creative patch on the PS side cowl piece that I'll be repairing when the car gets back and some rust on the driver side I'll be addressing.

FWI, I placed the motor mounts back on the stands after I removed it. Dont let the pictures fool you.
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[jasonz28camaro]

Also found an area on the subframe that had gouges in it so I cut this area out and welded up a patch with some 1/8" plate.

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[jasonz28camaro]

Got my new motor and trans. They came from a 2018 Escalade that was wrecked with 3K miles. Purchased it for $4500, not bad.

The motor is an L86 and the transmission is the new 10 speed 10l80. These Gen V motors are not like the Gen IV truck motors that were different from the LS2 and 3s. The longblock is the exact same GM PN, the only real difference between the L86 and LT1 is the accessory drive, oil pan and intake and I'll be addressing these soon.

The general consensus is that these are a more difficult swap than an LS motor but its really not. Perhaps a little more expensive but not by much.

The motor looks pretty big fully dressed sitting next to the big block I pulled out. The trans is massive, my 700r4 is in the background and hard to tell but its a few inches longer, taller and wider.

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[jasonz28camaro]

Here's the Holley oil pan install. I emptied all the oil out and let it drain overnight then removed the old pan prior to flipping the motor over. These new motors do not use an oil pan gasket if you don't know. GM uses a strong RTV silicone as the gasket so cleaning the surface really good is a must if you don't want oil leaks. I used the same sealant GM used, the PN is 12378521, it comes in a mini caulk gun tube. The pan requires a few items to be installed like the windage tray and pickup then slap it on following the torque instructions and that's it. The Pan is a lot smaller than stock and makes the motor look really small compared to how it was with the truck pan. I was also able to sell my truck pan for $80 so that's cool too. It felt good to take the pan off too with this being a used motor. With only 3K miles on this thing it checked out and passed my inspection.
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[jasonz28camaro]

My next little project was to get an LT1 intake manifold and swap from my L86 intake. Some of the truck guys use this setup with their stock truck accessory drive and I got a few pointers from them that I'll share. First off the TB is upside down when compared to the LT1 position, they did this I'm assuming because the TB motor hits the water pump when you try to mimic the LT1 position. You must run it in the stock truck position and to accomplish this you need to clearance the TB motor and in my case, I also had to clearance the alternator slightly. I just used a Dremel and test fit it a few times until I got the results I was looking for. The TP harness plug is a tight fit but does not rub. Another issue you run into is the belt contacting the intake tube. To do this you must add an additional idler pulley to the alternator mounting bolt and wrap the belt below it thus pulling the belt below the intake tube. Requires a longer belt too. If you plan on doing the swap and want to use the factory style PCV tube from valley cover TB here is the correct PN in the photo below. If you try to use the L86 hose it will kink (very long in secont pic), the LT1 hose is shorter (last pic).

You can find these intakes on here or craigslist for around $100. I scored mine for $60 and sold the L86 for $80, made out like a bandit :guns:

I'm basing all this and other upcoming changes to me using the stock truck accessories (for the most part) and running the Kwik Performance L86 bracket to run PS and high mount AC on the PS side. This is the only accessory drive I know of that will allow me to run the factory vacuum pump (one goal I'd like to make) and not break the bank and spend $2K+ to get things going. The Kwik setup is around $500. See link below. Wayne at Kwik also said he can equip his setup with the additional idler pulley to run the LT1 intake and sent me a few pictures of another customers setup.
http://www.kwikperf.com/lt.html

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[jasonz28camaro]

I chose to use the ITCBillet Gen V swap mounts they sell with short and wide engine mounts. One of the main reasons I went with these is because they advertise you can use these with the stock vacuum pump and thats something I wanted to achieve. I pulled the vacuum pump and went ahead and sat the motor down into the subframe to check fitment.

As you can see I'm a little ways off from getting them lined up so I reached out to ITCBillet for advice.
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[jasonz28camaro]

ICTBillet viewed my photos and advised me to purchase new SBC stands because the car had a BBC in it and they use different stands. I got the stands in the mail only to see that I already have these same stands in the car already. About an hour later I received an email from ICT with a tracking number for a package and a note that said there was a shipping error originally. Turns out they have revised their mounts at some point and I got the older style. Look at the first photo in my previous post and compare to what they have online and you can see the difference, they dropped the bolt holes down a bit on the newer style adapter plates. The motor fit easily with these new plates. I also have both energy suspension mounts installed unlike the photos show.

Here's a shot of the newer style plates, kind of hard to tell by the lower section of the plate has been extended to allow for the bolt holes for the rubber mounts to sit lower. Also here's what is required for the vacuum pump to be installed, see cut DS plate, you must also eliminate the most forward mounting hole and your dreams of using that position. There are three positions on these plates and from what I was told over the phone the most forward mounting holes are for the stock SBC position, middle is 1.625" forward and furthest is 2.25" forward from stock position. Not 100% sure on these measurements as I was writing them down while on the phone with them. I found that the middle position more closely resembled the position of my BBC. I really do not think the most forward position would work either, it would put the head either in the firewall or too close for my liking. I think something in the middle would work great. The motor is currently jacked up at the rear of the oil pan and the motor is sitting level. Whenever I lower the jack and the motor more closely resembles the actual operating angle it moves it really close to the firewall and rests on the AC box holted to my firewall. I guess another way to see where it sits is to compare the balancer to the subframe.

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[jasonz28camaro]

I mocked up the fitment of the vacuum pump and it requires the stock subframe to be notched. I cut out the area and stuck some cardboard in the cut section and test fit the motor and it cleared. I pulled the motor back out and welded it up with the cardboard as a template.

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[jasonz28camaro]

Now that I have the motor and vacuum pump settled I can focus on fitting the exhaust. I have always planned on using longtube headers but I mocked up the stock L86 manifolds to see if they would fit. The DS manifold hits the factory steering box, if you are not using the steering box you should have room to use these or grind them down a bit.

I spoke to Ultimate Headers as they seem to be the only vendor selling headers that will fit the 1st gen camaros with the factory subframe. They were really nice and sent me a set of headers tacked up for me to check clearances since I'm not in the factory location.

Also picked up a Ricks Tanks Restomod Tank with a 6th gen ZL1 pump. This thing will sit on the backburner for a bit until I get some of the body work sorted.

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[jasonz28camaro]

I got the headers installed and they need a little adjustment to fit. They hit just about where the factory manifolds were hitting on the steering box. These could be resolved with a few blows from a hammer but the header guys are going to revise this tube to make it clear. Here's a few shots of it.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I got some photos fitting the hood and core support to check clearances, the motor seems to sit a little high but the hood still clears. Motor is just resting on the firewall.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I took the car to a local shop and just got it back. I was going to have them install new quarters and a floor pan. After they looked into everything a little more they only wanted to patch the lower quarters, both toe boards on the floor pan and the PS floor rather than do full floors and quarters. The shop said it was not a rust bucked and doing it this way would save me money so we went that rout. I hate having a shop do work on the car that I can do but with my work schedule and family its hard making time and trying to get it back on the road sooner than later. With access to both sides of every weld they performed I was good with it and it turned out good.

While it was there they suggested I drop the motor down a bit and I had them raise the tunnel a couple inches to clear the big trans.

The shop got me into a good position to continue and I got some time off to go on vacation with my family. We went to Utah and enjoyed some cold weather and stopped by Kindig It Design where they film Bitchn' Rides. I got limited photos on the showroom floor, no photos were allowed to be taken in the shop so we dont spoil the show.
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[jasonz28camaro]

Here's a few photos of the work on the floor and trans tunnel the shop did. I put a little seam sealer on the jointed area and sprayed some more primer on the new metal. The tunnel looks real good, only problem is the Vintage air does not fit in the original location anymore, I'll need to slide it over a little.

I did not take any pics of the quarters but you can use your imagination.
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[jasonz28camaro]

After the shop lowered the motor the vacuum pump was too close to get the motor back in so they cut a hold in my notched frame to fit it. once the motor was all the way in it might have just contacted the frame by a hair. I ended up recessing the frame a little more with some more 1/8" plate, not the prettiest but it works.

I ended up cleaning up the frame real good with degreaser and a pressure washer then hit it with some paint.

The shop dropped the motor by using the shorter engine stands. I had the tall engine stands with the short mounts. It now has the short mounts and short stands too. They welded some spacers on either side of each engine stand to account for the additional width needed to make the short and wide motor mount happy. The motor now sits roughly 3/4" lower or so it seems. The sway bar is now about 1/4" away from the vacuum pump pulley so I'll shim the swaybar down later on.
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[califconstruct]

Cool build!. looking good!

[CMillwheels]

Great looking build. Looking forward to seeing your car come together!

[jasonz28camaro]

Thanks man! I read up on yours yesterday and it looks sweet. Hopefully by my third time building mine it will be half as cool as yours. Keep up the good work!

[jasonz28camaro]

Now that I have my car back I can take over and start tearing it apart more. I started with the PS side cowl box. The previous owner/s patched up the rot on the bottom of the box with some sheet metal and screws along with some sealer. I started tearing it down and got it off.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I cleaned up the surface rust leftover once I got the box out and found a two areas that had a little rot so I cut them out and addressed them while I was there.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I installed the new inner box and seam sealed everything real good (no pics) then installed the new outer skin. It turned out good I think. With my lack of free time I'm not exactly skimping out on grinding down all the welds but I did in fact leave some as is due to the location. If I ever sell the car I could care less if someone finds where I patched something up nor do I care if I see the areas again. All the welds were cleaned after and sealed to prevent corrosion later down the road.
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[jasonz28camaro]

Next up was the DS cowl box. This side was really not bad at all. There was a little rust on the bottom of the outer skin and along the lower flange were the outer skin sits on. I cleaned it up real good and then drilled out the spot welds and cut off the outer skin.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I got it all cleaned up with my sand blaster and wire wheel and sprayed some paint inside the box prior to me sealing it up.

I cut off the flange from the new box I purchased and cut out the old flange, got it fitted and welded. Also welded the outer skin in place.

For some reason I decided to grind down the welds on this side and it turned out good. I ran out of seam sealer so I'll catch all the seams after I get some more.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I thought I'd share this with you... I did all this hard work and the entire time I smelt an awful smell of death but could not find the culprit. Turns out this rat made his final resting place on top of my cars carpet I have sitting in my garage. Hope I can get the smell out.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I smartened up a bit and put the car back on the blocks so I don't break my back.

Went ahead and started to remove this section of firewall to insert my DSE smooth panel. I cleaned out the seam sealer and spot welds to start then cut out a preliminary area to test fit the panel. While I was test fitting the area I found that the firewall and cowl were pushed back roughly 2" to fit the old distributor so I had to find a tool to fix this. I ended up borrowing my friends slide hammer that screws into the sheet metal rather than spot welds to he sheet metal. This worked good for pulling out the majority of the large dented section but the amount of holes needed was going to destroy the cowl so I left it as is once I got the firewall and cowl pretty much in line with the rest of the cowl. I'll acquire a spot welder in the near future and finish up the smaller dents. All holes were filled on the firewall lap and cowl and ground down flush prior to welding the panel in place. I'll need to go back later and fill the throttle petal hole and a couple other areas down low on the firewall. Also addressed the rust around the whiper motor hole.

Once I got it fitted I went ahead and welded the panel in place then went back and ground down the welds a bit.
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The burn marks on the panel you see is my sweet nut I welded on the backside to bolt up the Vintage Air motor.

[jasonz28camaro]

The next day I cleaned it up real good and applied seam sealer and put some primer on it. Applied seam sealer to a few areas on the tunnel along the welds used to make the tunnel higher too.

Like I said, I'll need to go back and pull the cowl out a bit to get it straight. You can see I also did not get it completely flush with the cowl, I was not going for that, I just wanted to get rid of the heater box and make it look a little better.

I don't have a picture but my Vintage Air motor had to be moved over about an inch from the original position due to fitment issues with the raised tunnel. I also welded a nut to the back of the new panel to secure the motor and it fits good now.

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[tubbed69]

Nice work,great progress:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[jasonz28camaro]

Thanks!

I got a few more weeks worth of body fab work to do then I'll jump back on the motor and I be installing a new AAW harness.

Just got word that the headers are done and should be shipped back to me soon so I'll need to see if they fit now. The only issue I see is a problem with the headers is that the motor now sits lower so we'll have to wait and see.

[CMillwheels]

Very nice work. Messing around with that firewall is great fun isn’t it?! :)

Hopefully I’ll have some ideas for you next weekend on that ECU mounting location!

Chris

[jasonz28camaro]

I got the headers in and the final product looks nice!

I stuck the motor back in real quick to check the fitment and they slid in like a glove. They make a little contact with the PS box where the cast lines running vertically on the outside of the housing as seen in the photos. I'll end up grinding those areas down a little and it should give me enough room, if not I'll massage the tubes a little. The revisions Ultimate Headers would have worked perfect had we not dropped the motor down more. They said they would adjust the headers more if needed but I think I can get it going

I don't have a photo but the tube is very close the the knock sensor bolt and I'm going to need to swap out the bolt for something smaller, maybe an allen key style fastener and all will be good.

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[jasonz28camaro]

The Dynamat Extreme was covering the trunk floor and had to be removed. This stuff is such a pain in the ass to remove! I did some research on how to remove this stuff and it basically came down to heat or dry ice. I did the heat trick when I did the tubs and it took a while so I decided to try dry ice this go around. Long story short, this tar doesn't like to freeze. The ice would freeze the top metal layer of the Dynamat and the sheet metal below but the tar would still be sticky and would not come off. With the top layer freezing it would release from the tar but the tar would remain in place, just made more of a mess really in my case. I purchased 10lbs and crushed it up and even tried to just lay the block of ice in one area and it did not help. I ended up using heat to get off the majority of it then a wire wheel to get to bare metal.

After I got some of the Dynamat off I took off the trunk support bracket.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I then trimmed the pan around my mini tubs and set it in place to check the fitment and it looked good other than sitting a little high with the original still in there.

The original pan had a larger lip that sat up taller than the new pan and I didnt realize this until I made a mess drilling out all the spot welds on the back panel. I'll need to get a chill bar and fill in a few dozen holes later on...

After all those holes I made more to release the gas tank supports from the bottom of the pan and then cut out the majority of the pan to start fitting it up better. In one of the last pictures you can see the Ridetech airbar supports the trunk supports perfectly where it bolts through the trunk floor, this will help me to get it fitted correctly too.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I chose to leave the frame rails alone and not mess with the metal around these areas because its in good condition and I'm about done with cutting out spot welds... I have access to both sides of the trunk pan where I'm but welding it all into place so it should work out fine. Got some weld through primer were needed and proceeded on.

Got it all cut out and the fit is very good. Only took about 20 attempts taking the new pan in and out until I got it where I wanted haha. Used some sheet metal screws and got it tacked in and then welded the gas tank supports from the bottom.

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[jasonz28camaro]

Got it all fully welded in and then ground down the welds. While I was there I also took off all the additional Dynamat off the trunk area above the frame rails.

Only Issue I had to deal with was the Ridetech Airbar still being installed. I did not want to remove this and the pan just about sits right on top of the bar so I used a bunch of 1/8" aluminum spacers between the bar and trunk pan so I did not weld to it on accident, it also helped to keep things cool and provided a little backing to weld over.
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[jasonz28camaro]

Got a couple of shots form under the car. That good penetration will hopefully keep the trunk from falling off haha. As you can see the weld is sitting just about on top of the airbar so I'll need to grind this down later on next time I remove the bar.

I seam sealed the areas inside the trunk needed attention and primed it for the time being.
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[DWC]

That turned out great. Nice work. And yes, drilling spot welds sucks...

Daniel

[CMillwheels]

Looks awesome man! I feel your pain on drilling spotwelds and removing Dynamat. Both jobs are terrible.

Chris

[jasonz28camaro]

Thanks guys! Still not done yet but no more spot welds or Dynamat for the next couple of weeks. I may come across some Dynamat when I do the subframe connectors. I'd much rather drill out spot welds than mess with Dynamat though haha.

I have some more photos I'll post up later. I had to go to work and when I get home I'll wrap up the rear panel mess I made and clean up the filler I applied int he trunk area.

[jasonz28camaro]

I took a small break from the trunk and focused on some of the patch work on the quarters the local shop did. I removed the paint and welded some pinholes along their shotty welds and fixed other areas like gouges with their cutoff wheel that was hidden in there... After some more welding I ground everything smooth and put some filler on the seams for the time being. While I was doing the filer I also put some on my trunk welds to make it look a little better once its painted later. I still need to go back and sand everything later still.

You can see the pinholes on the PS quarter. I don't have a pic of that side after I filled the pinholes.

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[jasonz28camaro]

I have been looking into accessory drives again and for some reason I'd rather have the ac mounted low to keep everything tucked in and not break the bank. I found a new Holley bracket for the Gen V LT1/4 setups but nobody makes the truck version nor do I want to make a bracket at this time. I think I'm also going to add the ICT power steering pump bracket that sits under the alternator.

I did some research and a good amount of people run the Gen V compressors on their swaps and they do so with Vintage Air too. A guy from Pro-Touring shed some light on how to make the variable displacement compressor on the Gen V compressors run in the fixed displacement mode. Its very simple if I understand correctly... just supply 12v to the variable displacement valve (2nd plug on compressor) when the compressor clutch is activated and it will operate like a fixed compressor. From my understanding of the LS3 style compressors is that they are variable and they do not have an extra plug like the gen V compressors to send the 12v to.

I spoke to Speartech about this and they are not too familiar with the AC compressors but they did tell me that when they were first doing the Gen V harnesses a customer requested his harness to be setup for the factory compressor and they did so. The customer reached out to them with a problem, his compressor was not accepting a charge. They determined the problem with this is that the valve needed to see 12v in order for the compressor to work correctly. I'm assuming the factory AC system sends some sort of signal on and off to make it variable or something along those lines? So we will see if a constant 12v when the clutch is activated will get the job done? Speartech said they now setup their harnesses using the factory compressor so that the valve sees 12v when the clutch is activated. They also recommend a Sanden compressor rather than the factory if possible so we'll see. If all else fails I can find a way to stick a Sanden unit in there later down the road.

Now I have cut the ICT motor mount adapters to fit the compressor. The compressor sits snug against the block.
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[tubbed69]

Great work,keep the pics coming:thumbsup:

[Spiffav8]

Looking good!!!

:captain:

[jasonz28camaro]

I installed a motor mount and began measuring the amount of metal needed to be notched from the frame. Not too much needed to be removed but I clearance enough to be able to fit the ac lines and hopefully be able to install the compressor or remove it when the motor is installed.

As you can see in the pictures the suction and discharge are very close to the motor mount stand, I ended up cutting another 1/8" or so off it. It looks like excessive metal was removed for this but almost this much will be required to removed the compressor once the motor is installed. The compressor pivots from the lower stud and needs room to swing down.

Another area of concern I had was the variable displacement valve but it ended up in a good position with plenty of room to hook it up.

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[jasonz28camaro]

I then welded up the notch similar to how I did the other side. You can see how much more I cut out near the motor mount stand and a little more near the upper a-arm. I couldnt cut out too much near the motor mount stand due to the nut access, I could have welded the nut to the frame but I thought of that too late. Access to these nuts are fun. Got it painted the next day.
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[jasonz28camaro]

The reason I was trying to make so much room for the suction and discharge was my original plan to use a Motech manifold here. They are the only people I have found that make a Gen V compressor manifold but its big and exits towards the a-arm and I would have to put some kind of tight 90 degree ac fitting on there to make it work.

I was worried about making the Motech manifold fit so I reached out to Hawks Motorsports. Hawks makes an LS3 manifold (photo below) that has a 90 degree exit and should work out perfect for me. I spoke to them and they said they are beginning to get more involved with the Gen V swap stuff and had plans to make this manifold for the LT1 compressor in the next few months. Hawks Motorsports was kind enough to try to work with me on making a manifold for my truck compressor. I sent my compressor off and we will wait and see if they can make it happen, fingers crossed! If all works out I'm sure they will offer this in their lineup for anyone needing one.

The other option is have is to use the stock ac lines but I'd need to source them if the manifold does not work out.

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[jasonz28camaro]

Now that I have stuck the motor in and out I figure it will be the last time I stick it in so I decided to test the fitment of the trans inside the raised tunnel. Of course, as I finished sticking it in I remembered wanting to shave down the power steering box a little to clear the headers as mentioned when test fitting them. I might be able to keep the motor in there while I do it we'll see.

Here are some pics of me sticking it in there trying not to dent the firewall. Speaking of firewall, I took off the cowl vent and hammered out the remaining dents and put a little filler and smoothed it out some. Came out nice, not perfect but easy on the eyes haha.

Trans has plenty of room in the tunnel and the ground clearance is good. I have not seen the trans pan on the car version of this 10 speed but the truck version's pan is not deep in my opinion. The trans is currently sitting on the stock crossmember and a 2x4. The crossmember was moved a few inches back by the previous owner to run the 700r4. I planed on using the same corssmember in the original position with a little cutting and welding to get it where I need it to be.
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[jasonz28camaro]

I ended up hacking up my stock crossmember (saw someone else do the same) and offset it a few inches back to accept the new trans. The height was not changed, only the rearward position. I had some 1/8" plate laying around and this is what the stock crossmember is made from. It crossmember is very solid but the weight of the trans worries me a little for some reason. I think I'm going to stiffen it up a bit and clean up some of the tall edges that kiss the floor a little. I placed a spacer between the crossmember and mount so I could drop it a little if needed to get the angle corrected once the car is together. I also have quite a bit of room to raise the trans if needed too.

After its all said and done I think I'll buy an expensive crossmember instead. The 10 speed is very heavy lol.

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[waynieZ]

How much did the shop raise the trans tunnel to fit the new trans. I'm guessing more lift towards the front? Progress is looking good.

[jasonz28camaro]

They do not have an exact number but they said this was the highest they have done. They do a bunch of T56 swaps and they do not raise it as much as mine ended up being. I'd assume its almost 2". Check out the before and after photos of the tunnel in the thread and you can see its a good amount higher.

[jasonz28camaro]

I've got a little done since I last posted but I've been busy with life. I decided to clean off all the old Dynamat and coat the floor just to make sure no rust comes back. I planned on not using Dynamat anymore due to it possibly being the reason the pans rusted? Might not be the reason but the car had leaks and the mat held some water in the trunk. This stuff sucks taking it off and the only way was with a heat gun then a wire wheel along with elbow grease.
I also finally opened up my fuel tank box and put a coat of paint on the fuel tank. Its installed now but not fully buttoned down.
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I also received my ICTBillet power steering pump bracket and installed it. Due to my position of the motor this bracket hits my a-arm and will not work for me. Like most things with this car plans have now changed. I'll be returning the PS bracket and going another direction with my setup. I have found a replacement accessory drive from Drive Junky that is pretty nice, it keeps the water pump so thats cool but I cannot use my factory compressor or vacuum pump. I should get the new drive installed in the next couple of weeks.
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[jasonz28camaro]

Got my headers installed! I ended up needing to massage the steering box and one of the tubes slightly to get them to fit due to the motors position in the car. These headers fit tight against the motor as advertised, this presents a small issue with the new Holley trans crossmember I'm installing. The PS header does not line up with the exhaust relief cutouts on the crossmember. Easy fix, just need to rout the exhaust over a bit, I post some photos of this later on. Another issue was the DS header flange had an issue sitting flush on the head, it seemed to be bulged out a hair in the center, hopefully the gasket and bolt torque will account for the misalignment issue. If you hold a straight edge across the header flange its off by a few thousandths in the center. PS header also clears the factory starter heat shield so thats kind of cool.

Also got the intake manifold installed and purchased the engine covers. I'm missing the studs to mount them but one of the guys on Corvetteforum was nice enough to send me his old studs for free as long as I covered the shipping.

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[jasonz28camaro]

I ended up changing my mind about my hackjob crossmember I made and figured I would purchase a Holley crossmember and hack it up instead. I found a post on ls1tech where a guy used a T56 crossmember to install his 6l90 so I figure this would be a good starting point.

Sorry for the lack of photos, I away from the car but I'll get photos of the crossmember installed later on.

Here are a few pics of what needed to be done on order to make it fit. I had to cut out some of the diagonal gussets to clear the pan and then I had to lift the mounting position roughly 2" high and 3/4" forward to bold up to my trans witht he trans sitting at 3 degrees. Also reinstalled the diagonal gusset plate off to the side to maybe help keep strength.

It ended up working out great and is way stronger than my hackjob crossmember. I did not want to risk hitting a big bump and the stock crossmember bend and screw things up so this should help that not happen.

In order to lift the mounting point and move it forward I just used some leftover Ridtech axle tube tabs from my 4-link kit and the plate with the mounting holes came with the crossmember, I guess it might be a spacer?
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[jasonz28camaro]

Here are the photos of the trans crossmember installed. As you can see the PS header is tucked in real close and does not line up with the crossmember exhaust relief.

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[jasonz28camaro]

I decided to redo all the wiring and chose the American Auto Wire Classic Update kit. This thing is very cool and user friendly, the guys at AAW have great customer service, I called an asked a few questions and they were very knowledgeable and helped me out.

I started with the dash area and then worked to the back of the car. I did not finish wiring up the neutral safety switch, backup lights or the vintage air system yet. My engine harness will come with an extra module that should control the reverse lights and it is also equipped with a neutral safety output that I'll wire in later once I get my engine harness.

I then went to the engine bay and started on the engine harness and front lights. Turns out with a newer motor you dont really use many of the engine related wires or at least I did not. The kit is cool though, it comes wires prewired for an ECM mounted in the engine bay so you can just wire this right up to your swap harness and roll with it. I have installed my main power junction stud directly below the break booster to keep it kind of hided. This stud will supply power to most of the car. After I got the stud installed I slapped the front fenders back on for the front wire fitment.
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[jasonz28camaro]

Heres a few photos of the front lighting and wiper motor wiring. I also ran the AAW ECM wiring similar to the front lights, everything is located behind the fender out of the way or under the core support, ended up looking pretty cool.

I also hooked up my power wire from my alternator to the main junction stud and back to the battery to charge it. I ran a remote solenoid like others do as a safety feature with the main power wire, its only hot when its cranked. Heres some photos of the trunk mounted battery and how I ran the wire to the starter. The charge wire and solenoid wire are ran down the DS of the car. This setup is pretty common and is similar to Mad Electrical's and the sticky on pro-touring.
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[Keithq68]

Looks great. You’re making great progress.
Can’t wait until you get it running.
I’m doing an LT swap on my 69 Camaro.

[jasonz28camaro]

It’s been running a while, just stopped updating it here I guess.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversions-hybrids/1909325-68-camaro-build-gen-v-swap.html

[ADY]

thanks for the detailed pictures on cable routing... I'm literally just about to head out to garage to start taking apart the interior of my '68 to re-route new 2/0 to replace a damaged main power line that the last owner zip-tied to the fuel line.