Hey guys, I almost finished setting up my engine bay for test fitting the ls1. lmk what you think!

 

Looks good man

 

Stuff It!!

 

It looks so sanitary! I really like the shaved firewall and bottle mounting holes. Are you getting rid of the wiper motor? It looks like you shaved that too. Did you do anything cool with the battery mounting tray area, and canister areas??

 

Wiper motor is shaved, as for the battery tray and the canister area, I didnt do anything to them yet. Im just not sure what are the future plans for the LS1... If I ever go twin, thats where I placing the turbos. I dunno, time will tell!

 

What ever you do I'm sure it will look good! Keep us posted on all the little updates as they come!!

 

Thanks Bad! btw, those brakes of yours looks awesome and like I said it before, you have an incredible ride.

 

Wow...that's so...clean...I would eat off that...

Anyway, look great -- keep the pictures coming, please.

 

Thanks Spike! Really appriciate it. I am really wanting to tear mine apart and smooth out the engine bay like yours... might not be too far off my engine is getting a decent amount of blow by. I might hit you up for tips when I get there. later

 

Sure thing!

 

No heat and no wipers.........Not the best idea imo. And I am saying that from experience. Other then that looks sweet man.

 

Thats exactly what I am going to do to my car when I get older and get another car. I love the small custom things like the shaved wall. Looks great!

Do you have a built LS1 already or just test fitting the block?

 

Dennis: Engine itself is a stock '00 LS1. Im not sure yet if Im gonna mod it before firing the car. I did so many mods to the car (custom wiring, HP Tuner...) that I dont want to troubleshoot a modded engine too (In case something isnt going right). When the car is all put back together and running well, Im gonna start modding it for sure!

Grover85: I chose to delete both because the car will be a "4 wheel bike" car. Its not my DD nor a practical car to me. In the last years Ive owned the car, it never saw rain, even if it had wipers. As for the A/C - Heat, the car never had A/C to start with and I dont think Ill be needing heat as it is only for hot days. I made choices, and I guess Im gonna have to live up to those!

 

Looks great Spike !
What did you use to fill the spot where the front emblem went ?
I'm repainting mine and want to delete it .

thanks
Mike T

 

That looks real good. My 2cents: is if you would've painted the bay black it would've had 2x the impact!! Real nice job anyway

 

looks awesome! truely sweet looking.

 

Raptor80dad: I have no idea what was used to fill it, I paid a **** load for the bodywork, so it better be the damn best thing/compound/putty/stuff!

 

thanks anyway

 

Holy smokes, I don't know how I missed this thread, but back from the dead it comes. Nice work Spike! Any updates? I'm loving watching this progress.

 

Wow Im long overdue for an update. I swear by this weekend Ill have new pics dude!

 

Can't wait for more pics

 

spike in a word incredible !!

 

always been a huge fan of your car looking sweet as always

 

Wow, its been a year already since I last posted in this thread. Time flies!
Learning a lot at being a dad and building my family a house,




I didnt had much time and money to put on the car. Now that I have a bit more time, the economic crisis is paralyzing the world. I guess its not the time to spend 10k on a "toy". It will get done, I just dont wanna get in debt doing so. I hope it will run by the beginning of the summer. Im waiting for my clutch to get here so I can put the whole drivetrain in the car and bring it @ my new house. Here are a couple of pics for you guys to look at.
Please be patient and keep on watching the build, I miss driving this car... man, 5 years passed since I started this build.













Enjoy

 

hey what kind of spindles are they and what rotors are they

 

Spindles are the stockers modified for C5 / C6 brakes. The rotors are from a C6 Z06.

 

Beautiful car man. I've always been partial to this body style in white.

 

Wow, nice work and house... I am super jealous!

 

what do you have done with your wiring? it looks really good, i want to hide my wires as much as possible cause they look like crap stuck out all over the place, thanks, nice car you got there.

 

ok sorry i ment the hub with the bearings in that because those are a good idea to do take of rotors where did you get them

 

Looking good w/ the white engine bay. Where did you get the headlights and parking lights? I need some new ones.

 

The hubs were made from a stock rotor. It was turned down on a mill to match C5 / C6 inner rotor diameter.

I did the wiring myself from a 02 Silverado harness. I deleted every wire I didnt need, lenghted those that needed to be. I remade the entire thing custom to fit the car. Should be pretty stealth on the final install. I havent wrapped it yet for easier troubleshooting.

Both from Ebay. The headlights are cheap projectors knock offs but I bought them for the look. Im still gonna make them HID tho.

 

I used to check your cardmain about once a month to see if there were any updates. I stopped doing it after I realized you were no longer updating it :/
I really wanted to see this thing on the road..Mainly because I am a big fan of white 3rd gen camaro's..but I was also looking for ideas for my own car.
I'm glad you're back at it.

 

Lookin good, im also restoring a white one. Your cars my motivation.

 

Thanks guys! Ill keep you guys updated more frequentely. LB9Iroc87, lets see that gem of yours!

 

That car is looking good so far! Nice house too btw

 

nice once again..

what are your plans for the interior?

 

Interior will mostly be stock. Ill recover the original trims with black vinyl. The seats are changed for race seats with harnesses. Dash remains the same but with Autometer gauges. The rear seats are no more. New carpet and door panels.

 

Just wanted to chime in and say that the engine by looks awesome! Very well done and over all that entire car looks awesome!

Great job
Jason

 

sounds like a similiar interior for mine.

 

Looking good Spike. What colour white is that??

 

Very clean, Nice Job!!!!!

 

 

Thanks! Its GM's Artic White. Stock color.

 

Well This week-end has been pretty good! Lots have been done and Im moving the car in its new home this week! Ill let the pics do the talking.
Still a lot to do, but hey its rollin'!

 

ok, so what type of wheels are those and where did you get them? they look sweeeeeet.

 

Bonspeed's Intense 5. Bought them on the net a good while ago. They are worth a shiny penny tho.

 

That's lookin awesome!!

 

Love the rims and tailights.....did ya buy em like that or painted the lens

 

Looks tight man!
Keep at it!