My '69 Camaro Refresh
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I started this refresh because a friend of mine (Dave Montoya) broke the cam in half while just letting it "idle". I decided to rebuild the engine, but that turned into rewiring, new interior, paint, and everthing else.... It is getting closer to completion. I got the new paint scheme on it. I fabricated the tranny crossmember with integrated safety loop. Now all that's left is some wiring, interior and some other little stuff.[Owner]Michael Lowry
[Email]overkill@camaroheaven.org[Homepage]http://www.camaroheaven.org/[Year]1969
[Make]Chevrolet
[Model]Camaro (Base Model)
[Exterior Color]2000 Corvette Medium Blue Metallic
[Interior Color]Black
[Engine]Currently a crate 290 H.P. - 350 C.I. small block. Future plans are a 434 C.I. twin turbo small block.
[Ignition]MSD Digital 6 Plus, MSD distributor with slip collar, MSD HVC coil, MSD plug wires
[Induction]Normally aspirated, fuel injected, Holley 1000 CFM throttle body, MegaSquirt Fuel Injection Controller.
[Exhaust]Modified Hooker Super Comp headers (shortened for ground clearance), 2.5" exhaust pipes, RPM mufflers
[Transmission]Borg-Warner T-56 from a 1994 Camaro Z-28
[Front Suspension]Chris Alston's "No-Fab" front subframe. Tubular A-arms, coil-over shocks and rack-n-pinion steering
[Front Brakes]Chris Alston's 12" rotor with Wilwood Dynalite calipers
[Front Rims]1991 Camaro Z-28
[Front Tires]245/45-16 Goodyear Eagle F1
[Rear Suspension]Stock 5 leaf springs with "slapper" bars. Planning to upgrade to a 3 or 4 link, but haven't decided on what yet.
[Rear Brakes]Wilwood rotors and Dynalite calipers
[Rear Rims]1991 Camaro Z-28
[Tires]245/45-16 Goodyear Eagle F1
[Stereo]Kenwood KDC-X711 CD player with hide-a-way face plate
[Miscellaneous]Added an RS grill
[Awards]A few local car show trophies.
[Performance]Hasn't been to the dragstrip yet after being redone. Previously ran 13.10 @ 109MPH in the 1/4 mile with an open differential, spinning a tire all the way.
[Special Thanks]John Tobias of Tobias Motorsports for the cage and other welding, Jeremy Brewington for help with the paint, Phil at Precision Stripping in Lodi, CA for the powder coating, All the guys at work for hounding me all the time to get the car done.
[Story]I bought this car in 1998 while working in San Francisco. I changed the 350 to a 377 not long after I got it. I started to replace some of the worn out pieces on it just to make it a little safer to drive. I was staying in a hotel for a while and had the car stored at Dave Montoya's house. He was out driving it one day and while it was "just idling" it stopped running. After tearing down the engine to see what was wrong I found out that the cam had broke in half. I decided to redo the 377. Then I decided to redo the 30+ year old wiring. Then I decided to redo the dry rotted interior. Since I was going this far I decided to have the shell of the car media blasted and repainted. I bought the Alston front subframe because the stock subframe had been hurt pretty badly by a previous owner, so much so that I had to use a come-a-long to pull the frame together to be able to bolt the crossmember in it before. After 5 years of being apart it is back on the road. Still have some plans for mini-tubbing and rear suspension upgrades that need to be completed.
