The Camaro

..... NEWS FLASH ..... NEWS FLASH .....
November 2009
The Engine is now back in the car and has been turning over... we now are waiting for the ignition leads & then some kind of exhaust otherwise we will have some very unhappy neighbours...
Previously.....
Finally we have had the engine balanced and the crank checked by Pete Knight (www.knightracingservices.co.uk). Steve has been out in the shed building and things are really begining to move forward... keep watching for more updates as avaliable. We have and are planning on making a few changes from the original set up - including changing the tunnel ram and carb set up.... The heads are away being machined as we speak and steve is currently beating his way through the garage to find the car...

The heads are now back from a local machine shop and have now been taken apart recleaned and rebuilt and are now on the engine.We have a lovely race dominator and a spare sat in the shed and currently waiting to collect the new manifold.

We are currentl scrapping together somemore pennies to place an order for a few of the final build things required from the states and then we should be almost there. Then the work will continue on the car, gearbox & axle...

We have one decision to make either change the wheels as the back spacing is not quite right or change the axle.... we are hoping we can sort the wheels out as this is the cheapest option for us... We are also on the look out for a pair of 31 14 15

The car as it was when Ron owned it...

This is what the car looked like when Steve bought it from Ron Haslett. Ron purchased this car from a good friend Mike Watson to finish a season after having an incident with a roundabout in his Mk3 Cortina Saloon.

The car was purchased without an engine. The engine in the pictures is a 6V-71 Blown Small Block Chevy which was on loan to Ron from another good friend of ours Andy Smith. Steve was involved in the running of the car for Ron and it ran a best of 12.40@115 (Pretty sure these are right, Ron??) However the car less motor was a great place for us to start.

Looking considerabley different now though and growing more and more all the time...

Crank - Forged GM Cross Drilled 4.00" Stroke - Fully Balanced by Knight Racing

Pistons - Speed Pro L2307AF Domed Hand Finished Forged Pistons, 11.0:1 Compression Ratio. With Speed Pro File Fit Chromemoly Rings

Cam Shaft - Crane Cams 138601. Mechanical Roller Cam. Billet steel with cast iron distributor drive gear. Specs - Lift: Intake - 0.615". Exhasut 0.636". Duration Intake 246 & Exhasut 254 both at 0.050"

Heads - "990" GM Iron Square Port Heads mildly ported. 2.19" Inlet & 1.90" Exhaust. With Manley Stainless Steel Valves & Crane Roller Springs (160lbs on Seat & 446lbs open pressure) and Retainers, with Pro Form Stud Girdles.

Valve Train: Manley 3/8" Chromemoly push rods. Harland Sharp 1.8 Roller Rockers. Crane Cam Pro Roller Lifters. Lash 0.020"

Oiling System: Moroso kicked out 6 quart sump with swinging trap door baffles & Diamond stripper windage tray. Moroso High Volume Oil Pump with welded pick up & chromemoly moroso drive shaft.

Fasteners: ARP Main Studs, ARP Cap Screws in the rods. ARP Engine kit. Manley head bolts.

Intake: Weiand High Ram Tunnel Ram, Square port. Port matched to heads. Pair of Holley 750CFM Vac Secondaries with choke horns removed & flowed main bodies. - Now changed to a Race 1050 Dominator with annular boosters.

Ignition System: MSD Digital 7 Programable 7530T. MSD H V C 2 Coil. MSD 8.5mm Ignition leads - Donated to a certain mustang to get it on the street / strip). Champion V56C Plugs.

Fuel System: 5 Gallon Fuel Tank Mounted at the front of the car. Holley Black 140 GPM fuel pump & Holley big port regulator. Stainless braided hoses and AN fittings used through out.

Cooling System: Griffin Aluminum Radiator with 16" Proform Electric Fan. Moroso High Volume Aluminum water Pump with Electric Drive Kit.

Exhaust: Hooker 2.1/8" Super Comp Headers with collector extensions and turn downs. Moroso Crank Case Evac System fitted.

Gearbox: GM TH400 with 10" converter 3800 stall. TCI full manual reverse pattern valve body with deep aluminum sump. B&M Super Cooler & External Filter System. Hurst Quarter Stick Pistol Grip Shifter. External Gearbox Oil Filter Kit.

Axle: GM 12 Bolt with Strange shafts C Clip eliminators 4.11:1 Gears & Moroso brute strength LSD - To be changed / Uprated / Narrowed.

Gauges: Auto Meter Sport Comp Gauges - Volt Meter, Oil Pressure, Fuel Gauge, Oil Temp, Trans Temp, Water Temp, 5" Monster Tach with Shift Light & 5" Speedo.