This site chronicles the life of my 1981 Camaro. The Camaro began life as a Berlinetta and was stock when purchased in 1998. I drove the Camaro for 5 months, replaced the engine with a 406 SBC and then decided to do a complete tear down and rebuild. The car was in peices for 1.5 years. I completed the tear-down and began the rebuild (pictures soon to come) only to move to Toronto and give the project to my father. In 5 months my dad completely reassembled the car, finished the body work and painted the car. After driving the car for 4 months the 406 SBC self destructed. My dad replaced the engine, drove it for 3 months and then shipped it out to me. Talk about an excellent dad!!And so the saga continues...
The front sway bar has been replace with a 1.25" Herb Adams sway bar. The front subframe has been lowered with a solid aluminum body mount with a 1/8" drop and lowering springs.The stock open highway gear rear-end is still in place. A posi 3.73 is in the plan. Disc brakes are also in the plans.
The wheels have been replaced with American Racing Outlaw II 14x7 wheels. 225/60/14 front and 245/60/14 rear Dunlop GT Qualifiers are currently mounted. Caltrac traction bars are installed on the rear leafs, but don't yet need to serve a purpose. More power yet to come.
A rear sway bar and larger wheels are in the plan.
The interior is outfitted with a Grant GT steering wheel, a B&M Quicksilver ratchet shifter and a set of Recaro seats.
The sound system consists of a Pioneer CD player and a set of 6" speakers and tweeters on the driver and passenger side floor.
The rear seat has been removed and replaced by a custom box containing two Pheonix Gold 12" speakers.
A Rockwood 600W powers the subwoofers and a Sherwood 240W powers the rear and front 6x9's.
The engine is a GM LM1 350 crate engine with a stock raiting of 190HP. An Edelbrock Performer 1406 Carb, Performer intake and Hedman hedders have been installed.
