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St. Jude Donor '03 thru '10, '17
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My ’79 Camaro restoration. My wife is the original owner. She bought it new in Sept of 1978 from Bob Robertson Chevrolet in Houston. It was originally a girly powder blue car with a 305 2 bbl, a turbo 350 and a 2.41 one legger. Far from the manly car I have transformed it into
It has over 240,000 miles on it.
Engine rebuild in 1991
Interior before and after (dash and console originally girly powder blue)
Cylinder had swap
How it looks now. I did everything myself except the paint.
And here’s all the stuff I did to it
It has over 240,000 miles on it.
Engine rebuild in 1991
Interior before and after (dash and console originally girly powder blue)
Cylinder had swap
How it looks now. I did everything myself except the paint.
And here’s all the stuff I did to it
Thread Starter
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 45,428
Likes: 892
From: Texas
CI 1-4-5-8-9-10 Vet
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '10, '17
My ’79 Camaro restoration. My wife is the original owner. She bought it new in Sept of 1978 from Bob Robertson Chevrolet in Houston. It was originally a girly powder blue car with a 305 2 bbl, a turbo 350 and a 2.41 one legger. Far from the manly car I have transformed it into
It has over 240,000 miles on it.
Engine rebuild in 1991
Cylinder had swap in 2001
Interior before and after (dash and console originally girly powder blue)
How it looks now. I did everything myself except the paint.
And here’s all the stuff I did to it
79 CAMARO SPECS
Mary purchased this car new in September of 1978. It has about 240,000 miles on it. All work done by me, except for paint
• 355 C.I.D. w/ 4 bolt mains rebuilt by me about 45,000 miles ago in 1991
• Edelbrock 600 cfm 4 barrel carburetor
• Edelbrock performer intake manifold
• Edelbrock performer alum cyl heads w/ 64 cc chambers , 2.02 intake / 1.94 exh
• 9.49 : 1 Compression Ratio - measured
• Comp Cams extreme energy 262 cam: I/E 218/224 @.050 ; .462 /.469 110 LSA (nothing radical – just a nice strong cam)
• Erson roller rocker arms & hardened push rods
• 700R4 transmission ; 4 speed auto w/ overdrive from a '92 Camaro; completely rebuilt by my cousin and I, includes B&M shift kit
• 2400 stall locking torque convertor
• TCI torque convertor lockup kit
• transmission cooler
• flexalite electric fan with adjustable temp switch and air conditioner relay switch
• full instrumentation (from a 1979 Z-28)
• 3.42 posi rear end from a 1978 Z-28 (clutchpack rebuilt by me )
• 1-1/4 in front stabilizer bar (from a 1978 Trans Am)
• 5/8 in rear stabilizer bar from a 1977 Firebird
• Hooker super competition 1-5/8 x 3 inch headers
• Flowmaster American Thunder 2-1/2 inch dual exhaust
• Mallory unilite comp 9000 distributor and coil
• suspension & steering linkage rebuilt w/ PST polygraphite kit
• new subframe bushings
• coil and leaf springs replaced
• air conditioner converted to R-134
It has over 240,000 miles on it.
Engine rebuild in 1991
Cylinder had swap in 2001
Interior before and after (dash and console originally girly powder blue)
How it looks now. I did everything myself except the paint.
And here’s all the stuff I did to it
79 CAMARO SPECS
Mary purchased this car new in September of 1978. It has about 240,000 miles on it. All work done by me, except for paint
• 355 C.I.D. w/ 4 bolt mains rebuilt by me about 45,000 miles ago in 1991
• Edelbrock 600 cfm 4 barrel carburetor
• Edelbrock performer intake manifold
• Edelbrock performer alum cyl heads w/ 64 cc chambers , 2.02 intake / 1.94 exh
• 9.49 : 1 Compression Ratio - measured
• Comp Cams extreme energy 262 cam: I/E 218/224 @.050 ; .462 /.469 110 LSA (nothing radical – just a nice strong cam)
• Erson roller rocker arms & hardened push rods
• 700R4 transmission ; 4 speed auto w/ overdrive from a '92 Camaro; completely rebuilt by my cousin and I, includes B&M shift kit
• 2400 stall locking torque convertor
• TCI torque convertor lockup kit
• transmission cooler
• flexalite electric fan with adjustable temp switch and air conditioner relay switch
• full instrumentation (from a 1979 Z-28)
• 3.42 posi rear end from a 1978 Z-28 (clutchpack rebuilt by me )
• 1-1/4 in front stabilizer bar (from a 1978 Trans Am)
• 5/8 in rear stabilizer bar from a 1977 Firebird
• Hooker super competition 1-5/8 x 3 inch headers
• Flowmaster American Thunder 2-1/2 inch dual exhaust
• Mallory unilite comp 9000 distributor and coil
• suspension & steering linkage rebuilt w/ PST polygraphite kit
• new subframe bushings
• coil and leaf springs replaced
• air conditioner converted to R-134
