94 Camaro Racecar Project Gallery - F-Body Road Racing and Autocross Forums

Well as some of you may know, my girlfriend, beloved 99 Camaro SS, and I decided to see what would happen back in June if we drove on treadless 315 race tires in the rain. We ended up backwards in the ditch, totalling the car and debarking a tree.

I bought a 94 5-speed V6 Camaro a month or so ago. It ran great but looked a little rough, as the previous owner decided to do a simliar stunt in Colorado and went backwards through a barbed wire fence in a snow storm.

So the past month we have been working to switch every single part from the 99 over to the 94. It will be a 1994 Camaro that looks like a V6 or LT1, but it will have the ole trusty heads/cam LS1/T56 under the skin.

Obervations so far:
1. Dropping the engines out the bottom of these things is easier than I thought!
2. It's amazing how nice a gutted interior can look with a few .98 cent cans of Home Depot spray paint.
3. It's amazing how nice these crappy 10 bolt rear ends can look with a few .98 cent cans of Home Depot spray paint.
4. Fuel pump access doors and clutch bleeder doors are good.
5. Trying to wire a 99 LS1 into this body is hell.
6. Dropping a passenger side airbag onto the ground is scary.
7. I MIG weld like I write... bad.

The car was stripped down to the body, leaving only the headlights on the car and the windows. So far by the bathroom scales I have removed 362 lbs. of things that will NOT be going back onto the car, so I am hopefull it will be LIGHT! The Competition Engineering 8 point will probably add another 90 pounds back into it, but that shouldn't be too bad.

Anyway, here is the gallery. I will update this with my progress as I go. Tonight we will hopefully start the engine... wish us luck!

http://gallery.teejaded.com/ghettomaro

SuperCricket View Member Profile	Nov 4 2004, 09:12 PM Post #1
Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 176 Joined: 23-January 04 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 149	Well as some of you may know, my girlfriend, beloved 99 Camaro SS, and I decided to see what would happen back in June if we drove on treadless 315 race tires in the rain. We ended up backwards in the ditch, totalling the car and debarking a tree. I bought a 94 5-speed V6 Camaro a month or so ago. It ran great but looked a little rough, as the previous owner decided to do a simliar stunt in Colorado and went backwards through a barbed wire fence in a snow storm. So the past month we have been working to switch every single part from the 99 over to the 94. It will be a 1994 Camaro that looks like a V6 or LT1, but it will have the ole trusty heads/cam LS1/T56 under the skin. Obervations so far: 1. Dropping the engines out the bottom of these things is easier than I thought! 2. It's amazing how nice a gutted interior can look with a few .98 cent cans of Home Depot spray paint. 3. It's amazing how nice these crappy 10 bolt rear ends can look with a few .98 cent cans of Home Depot spray paint. 4. Fuel pump access doors and clutch bleeder doors are good. 5. Trying to wire a 99 LS1 into this body is hell. 6. Dropping a passenger side airbag onto the ground is scary. 7. I MIG weld like I write... bad. The car was stripped down to the body, leaving only the headlights on the car and the windows. So far by the bathroom scales I have removed 362 lbs. of things that will NOT be going back onto the car, so I am hopefull it will be LIGHT! The Competition Engineering 8 point will probably add another 90 pounds back into it, but that shouldn't be too bad. Anyway, here is the gallery. I will update this with my progress as I go. Tonight we will hopefully start the engine... wish us luck! http://gallery.teejaded.com/ghettomaro

SuperCricket View Member Profile	Nov 5 2004, 12:03 AM Post #2
Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 176 Joined: 23-January 04 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 149	I had originally thought about switching the SS hood, fenders, front clip, and headlights over to the 94. My views on these cars changed though. Originally I loved the SS, it stood out, you didn't see them much, and boy did that navy blue metallic look good. I never let anyone else work on the car because I didnt want them leaning on it, scratching it up, etc. Now I'm perfectly fine with the sleeper/racecar look. The fenders are cracked, scratches everywhere, tons of spots where I have sprayed random primer colored paint in areas. It looks like hell, and I like it like that. It's great to drop wrenches and tools all over the car and not have to care anymore! Plus I am going to have tons of fun on the streets, auto-x, rr tracks, etc. having people think it's just an ole LT1. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/thumbup.gif)