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As many of you know I bought another car. Its a 1998 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. I bought the car to flip but knew I would probably fall in love with it, as I have.
As with almost everything we buy, it was rough. With a lot of cleaning, some paint work, and some TLC its going to make a beautiful car.
Lets start off with the worst part:
The car was vandalized. Looks like it was tag'd with spray paint and then lit on fire. Guy I bought it from was older and bought it to put the motor and trans into an older car. Im going to restore it, drive it, and have fun with it.
Standard leather interior, need some floor mats but its 98% mint.
Sadly this means the black car is up for sale. Wife will not let me have both.
Its got the stock LS1 with T56. Has a Thunder Racing 224 cam, Spec 3 clutch/flywheel, some ported stuff, some light weight stuff. Much different than my LT1 car. It doesnt feel fast, but it is. Has LT's into ORY, into 2.5in flowmaster. The car breath in very well, but can not breath out quite as well- theres work to be done here. Big thanks to Scott for cleaning the engine bay up for me.
I used some Meguires Ultimate Compound and the car cleaned up pretty decent:
The hood had black vinyl stripes on it, I took those off. Overall this hood is pretty well trashed. Its been fixed before, and this is where the spray paint was lit on fire(we think). I have decided that fixing it correctly is just too much time and money, it would be better spend on a different Z28 hood or a SS hood.
I sanded it down and painted it black primer, then plastidiped it. This hood is temporary.
Here are some before/afters
For the future it needs some wheels, new springs/shocks that are more my style, 3in exhaust/ TSP TD, tint, whistler headlights, and I would like the newer style steering wheel.
As with almost everything we buy, it was rough. With a lot of cleaning, some paint work, and some TLC its going to make a beautiful car.
Lets start off with the worst part:
The car was vandalized. Looks like it was tag'd with spray paint and then lit on fire. Guy I bought it from was older and bought it to put the motor and trans into an older car. Im going to restore it, drive it, and have fun with it.
Standard leather interior, need some floor mats but its 98% mint.
Sadly this means the black car is up for sale. Wife will not let me have both.
Its got the stock LS1 with T56. Has a Thunder Racing 224 cam, Spec 3 clutch/flywheel, some ported stuff, some light weight stuff. Much different than my LT1 car. It doesnt feel fast, but it is. Has LT's into ORY, into 2.5in flowmaster. The car breath in very well, but can not breath out quite as well- theres work to be done here. Big thanks to Scott for cleaning the engine bay up for me.
I used some Meguires Ultimate Compound and the car cleaned up pretty decent:
The hood had black vinyl stripes on it, I took those off. Overall this hood is pretty well trashed. Its been fixed before, and this is where the spray paint was lit on fire(we think). I have decided that fixing it correctly is just too much time and money, it would be better spend on a different Z28 hood or a SS hood.
I sanded it down and painted it black primer, then plastidiped it. This hood is temporary.
Here are some before/afters
For the future it needs some wheels, new springs/shocks that are more my style, 3in exhaust/ TSP TD, tint, whistler headlights, and I would like the newer style steering wheel.
357ci LT1, cammed, stalled, and driven. 
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