Great job on this thread....Your car looks great! I'm glad I got to see how you made it all come together.

 

any progress i noticed no one posted her since last year, either that or you are still not home yet

 

He was last online a month ago today, hopefully he'll pop back in with some updates soon.

What kinda rims are those? I really actually like those alot. Does anyone know?

 

yeah i really like them too, i know they are 4th gen camaro rims. the ss's had them but i dont know if they were just limited to ss's and if those were the only rims for ss's. id love to have a set of those

 

I just got the same Z06 wheels for my 85. I love the way they look on the 3rd gen. Are spacers necessary? I know I am a camaro newb. I just got the car two weeks ago. I love the pics!

 

which zo6 wheels?

 

They are from a 2001 z06. 18X10.5 AND 17X9.5

 

i meant from this post, the ones n his car are from a camaro, or are you talking about just the pictures someone posted on here?

 

Ohh, I thought they were from a corvette. Which camaro are they from?

 

the 10 spokes are 98-02 4th gen, i think they only came on ss's. but im not entirely sure if they were added to only certain ones or what not

 

the 10 spokes were only on the 01-02 ss. i do run 2" spacers. no updates yet....i planned on fixing some things with taxes but kids needed dental work. there went all my spending money. i hope to manage to get it fix sometime this summer before i deploy again, or it'll have to wait til i get back April 2012. played with the idea of putting in a LS based motor but that too will be down the road. i need to put some miles on the 406.

 

Thanks for clarifying. I think the wheels look great on there. I just put my z06 wheels on the car and have the entire interior tore out to fix some rusted spots and re-paint the interior with the minimum cost possible. I will post some pics soon.

 

Your car is looking sweet..... Question, you said you soaked your interior pieces in armor all??? Could you clarify what you mean....


Did you just get a big tub and 10gallons of armor all and throw them in there for a few days????? my interior pieces are black and I want them to come out half as clean as yours did, well hopefully as clean anyways.



Be careful over there in the sand box I spent most of my six years over there and well yea good times and bad but wouldn't change anything about what I learned about life....



Great car love the hood pin striping

 

i just sprayed them down ALOT and let it soak in over night. the next day there were no puddles, the plastic had soaked it all up...they still look awesome today...i did that almost 2 yrs ago.

 

ok, so i sold the rims. i am going to buy some new 18" tq thrust chrome wheels.
these are the wheels i'll be getting. 18x9 18x8. that way i can get the 2010 camaro brakes from flynbye.com.

 

Wow those will be nice and a big brake kit will look even better on it. Post some pics as soon as you get em!!

 

Wow I'm glad I found this thread, great looking car & an amaizing job on the resto!!!

Thanks for your service.

 

Semper Fi!


That camaro look's great!!!

 

he took the camaro off road too LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agfHS...eature=related

 

lol, just a little.

 

ok, so.....i will finally be able to get the new wheels on this friday (29 july) and the motor will also start getting fixed. i should have it up and running and new pics by 15 aug. i'm stoked.

 

what wheels, and did you figure out for sure all that you broke in the 406?

 

yea, the 18" torque thrusts in the above post/pic. i broke the motor down and had two bad roller lifters. the needles in the bearing came apart. when that happened it wiped out my cam also. so complete tear down of motor, new head gaskets, new cam, new lifters, hone cylinders. the bearings were good and no other damage. got lucky. my father in law will start putting back together monday/tuesday and i'll bring the car to him on next friday. hopefully mid week after that it'll be done.

thanks to all who posted nice comments, appreciated. sucks i'll only have like 4-5 weeks to drive her before she stays in the garage for 7 months while i head back to afghan.

 

sorry i forgot you already posted pics of the rims, good luck back in afghanistan thanks for keeping us safe and being a thirdgenner. i think the ss 10 spokes would be pretty cool if the had a deep dish version in my opinion. but the tt's are a nice step up

 

looking good buddy, hoping you get back to the chicago area sooner or later

 

yea, i know. i was hoping to be there next year but it'll be cutting it close from getting home and trying to drive. we'll see.

 

ok, so i ordered the rims on thursday last week, they shipped friday and will be here on thursday this week Aug 11th. i am dieing for them to get here. ended up buying from a company in texas and they hooked up nitto nt555 on them with lugnuts, mounted, and balanced for 1850. same rim that i posted up earlier, the american racing c100 style in
18x8 and 18x9. 235/40/18 front and 275/35/18 rear. should look sick.

 

rims came, and they look sweeeeeet. i'll put on tomorrow and take pics.

 

Great looking car! Love the wheel choice! Thinking about them for my vert.

 

got them on. i know the front is sitting high, the engine is still not back in. other than that, tell me what ya'll think.

 

 

nobody has comments?

 

amazing work so far and love those wheels!!

 

Dude your car looks effing amazing. Great work stay safe in the sand box.

 

looks amazing good work man

 

No man left behind, stay strong over in the hot box, enjoy the MRE's yummy. Your car is a work of art brother, cannot wait to see the post start up again when you get back state side.

 

ok, so it's taken a little longer to get the motor back in....but it did start at the beginning of the week, it needs only little wiring tasks finished up. I ended up having to havethe motor bored out .040 over, so new slugs were put in. So it's 409/410 now. I was hoping to be driving it by now, but the father in law has been busy at work. I am so itching to drive it. oh, and yes the rearend needs lowered. i'll be cutting 1/2 a coil out of the rear.

 

nice thread and really nice car.

 

well the engine is in and running. I am currently on vacation in Mi and will get new tags so i can drive her when i get back. My father-in-law said the front end is really low...and that the rear should come down some. So I'll be cutting 1/2 a coil as soon as i get back. no pics yet. I will have some in 10 days.

 

where in michigan? you should come visit

 

down by niles and heading up to bitely this weekend.(past big rapids) i don't have the car here, otherwise i would. sorry.

 

so you dont need the car here. pshhhh =)

 

well the motor is back in and fixed. been driving her for the past few days. seems to pull harder than before. i was hopeing to get some times on her before i leave but not enough time. i cut 1/2 coil from the rear and the front is definetly lower. ill take pics this weekend. i have some guys making and custom shifter cover plate at work. my shifter was hitting the stock console.

 

Good stuff, what are you estimating 1/4 wise? I know I was pretty stoked when I was on leave, I finished putting my new engine in... I put around 1k miles on it. I was planning on taking it to the track, but it was raining every Wednesday and Sunday. I was pretty upset. Then my leave ended and I had to come back to Japan..

My transmission started slipping right before I left too... So now I am going to put in a T56 when I am home in March hopefully.

Regardless, you have a sweet car. Keep working on the 406, don't worry about an Ls1. It's a beautiful car you got there.

 

I was est. high 11's and in the future a small dose of nitrous to get low 11's/Hi 10's.

 

finally got a pic of the stance with motor and the rear1/2 coil cut. what do you all think?

 

not to be a downer but i think the rear still sits kinda high. and ive also heard many bad things about cutting coils

 

cutting coils is perfectly fine as long as you dont heat them up..

car looks amazing dude but id drop the rear a little more..

 

yeaaaaaah thats the part i was missing. thanks for the correction mikey

 

Front end is a little low, or rear end is too high for my taste. But I prefer a stock ride height, sleeper look. Love the car though, and gotta love deployments for project money. I'm thinking about trying to get on a 4th trip downrange.