Breakin the Mold on Lat-G!

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This is a short story about a build not too familar in these parts. Due to some internet peer pressure, I feel somewhat obligated to post my experience - thanks Ron! It’s not a 1st gen fbody classic parked in a barn for the last 30yrs or a bone stock ChevyII with 20k on the clock driven by someone's grandma destined for magazine stardom. This is as simple as it gets.

4th gen '01 SS Camaro, 15k on the odometer, black, 6spd, t-tops, leather, etc. Bought the car in '01 with 4k on it, damn near stole it from a dealer in northern Michigan and the affair began....


Because I can't leave things alone, its first stop was Lingenfelter for a H/C set-up and 3pc Simmons wheels which kept me entertained for awhile. Drove it for a couple years until the novelty wore off. Wanting more, I tore it apart. Literally. Making room for a new bullet and cosmetic upgrades....sold everything that was bolted on. Unfortunately, life got in the way and it sat......for 5 years.

Here she is in '01...


Here she is in '05


Fast forward to fall of 2010. My lovely bride says, “So are you going to finish that thing?” “Would like to”, I say. She says, “well do it right”. And so it began……

Enter Virginia Speed. Told Shawn, “I’d like a LS2 440 that makes XXXhp with street manners. And while we’re talking, there’s this guy on LS1tech that built a RHS 460 (Steve Rupp) for his 1st gen…..what’s the damage on one of those? “ We talked for a couple weeks until we decided the prescription for this build required 460 inches with a sheet metal intake by Marcella to let those cubes breath! “Street manners, Shawn?”….”Absolutely”, he says.

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Shawn's work....





Future intake (at that time....Marcella )

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5 months into the Intake build....tbody combo (measuring 120mm ) was not going to work unless this car functioned at idle and WOT.......true to build intent of "street", it wasnt going to work!

Short block complete topped off with the baddest set of LS heads in existance (thanks Cary)...FYI, Mast C5R heads (1 of 5 sets ever built), Marcella out....who or what could provide the breathing capacity to support these lungs?

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New breathing assist.....Kinsler

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So with a combo of TD, JE, Lunati and Callies components topped off with the goodies above, we get this....

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Now the power plant is complete....stock drivetrain will not be sufficient . Wife said, "do it right"......sooooooo. Narrowed (1") Midwest Chassis 9", 3.70 4ch tru trac...




10 bolt out....9" in





Not pictured is the Liberty Gear Viper spec'd T56

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Simmons replaced with Fikse...

18x9.5 and 11

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Need to stop, right? 800hp is not going to stop by taking the foot of the pedal. Thanks GM for the CTS-V swap Tweaked of course with CF decals





14" Rotor upgrade...

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Few more quick suspension highlights. Cleaned up those nasty yellow/blue Bilstein's to fit the "theme".





K-member anyone? Thanks UMI....

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Headers and Exhaust....Kooks 2" with their catted True Dual system! Unbelievable quality....