SHO powered camaro build

[somedude_001]

I picked up my 95 Z28 from PMP last night and I am very happy with the fit and finish of the cage and connectors I had installed. Now that the car is back in my care I will be yanking the engine back out to cut out the wiper cowl for clearance for the tall intake. The list of things to do to get this rolling is not extensive.

install 255lph fuel pump
install FPR and run fuel lines to engine
complete transmission adapter plate
order high stall torque converter
have drive shaft modified
install 6 port nitrous setup into heads.
install fresh 3.0
reinstall body wiring harness
purchase and install gauges

I am pumped!

 

[somedude_001]

Me and nick spent some time cutting away the wiper cowl and gutting the wiper assembly so the intake would clear and it does not with plenty of room to spare. We also test fitted all 4 available exhaust manifolds (2 mtx and 2 atx) to try and find one that would clear the steering shaft but none of them do. This causes a bit more work because now we have to built custom manifolds for at least the one side to make things fit. If I have learned anything from my turbo ATX car is to "do it once", so we may scrap the big shot of not and run a small shot and package 2 turbo's tightly to the engine block. This will delay the project because of funding since the turbo's are about 1K each.

At least the car will haul ass when we are done with it instead of driving around a 220hp V6 camaro which is pretty lame if i'm honest but it would probably still run a 14.5 in the 1/4 on stock power. While it has a stock engine in it I will be running 12psi with my shoshop injectors and Lincoln 80mm MAF. Of course that is just until I can finish my 3.2 in the garage with cams, bigger valve, over bore, and 9:1 pistons. The we will turn the boost up until something breaks. I would very much like to make some passes at the 1/4 with around 25psi of boost. make some low 11 second passes and hopefully yank the front wheels. I have decided on a 5K stall so it will launch in the meat of the power band.

 

[38SHO]

looking good, changing plugs in a camaro will be easier then ever now......

any pics of what the cowl now looks like or with the intake manfiold insatlled?

 

[somedude_001]

obviously the intake still has to get modified so that it can be flipped. I can't cut this one up because it is going on my turbo car when it sells, but I have another one that is just about fully prepped for the project. We are also relocating the DIS and deleting the crossover tube instead of further trimming the wiper cowl. The reasoning behind this is the pain in the ass that it would be to change the DIS in the event that it failed with where it would be located.

 

[russrad25]

That's faptastic!!! Awesome work!

 

[firebat45]

If you grind off all the EGR crap and modify the rear timing cover backing plate thing, you can just fit the intake on without a spacer. The timing belt is very close to the bottom of the intake, it might rub under high RPM, but you'd only need a small spacer to fix that then instead of a 3/8ths one like normal.

I kept the crossover, but relocated the DIS, since none of the wiring is long enough anyway. I ground off the DIS mounting bracket as well to get extra clearance.


Interesting swap, is this going to be a manual or an automatic?

NVM, just saw the stall comment. 5k stall is high!

 

[Sho Amo]

looks like a fun project. I want to have one similar to this but with a sn95 and 6spd manual.

 

[jthod]

Deffitily sounds like a cool project! Maybe there will actually be a cool sounding V6 Camaro...

 

[BlackonBlack89]

awesome!


Glad to see some pics finally....I can't wait to see more

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

At least you spelled camaro right :laugh_ti:


Looks good. Interesting swap!

 

[HotRodKid]

If you grind off all the EGR crap and modify the rear timing cover backing plate thing, you can just fit the intake on without a spacer. The timing belt is very close to the bottom of the intake, it might rub under high RPM, but you'd only need a small spacer to fix that then instead of a 3/8ths one like normal.

i have an intake sitting here in my room thats already had that done, it just wasnt worth the round trip to pick it up at the time.

Alex and I are considering using a different throttle body and making new tubes to feed the plenums anyways, so in the process we can eliminate any rubbing issues

once we relocate the ABS system slightly, beat up the firewall some and do some other misc stuff we can get to fabbing engine mounts and a tranny mount

and alex finally got me to break down and agree to do twin turbo

 

[Brett]

You need a windshield . Cool project, should be a good way to **** off some chevy guys! to you sir.

 

[fdogg96]

dont forget to put ford badges on that.

 

[firebat45]

dont forget to put ford badges on that.

Which part is made by Ford?


Anyway, if you're going with custom intake, you could just drop the runners altogether and drop an M112 on top. Saves you the hassle of hooking up turbos, too.

 

[HotRodKid]

not a custom intake, just cut off the Y pipe between the throttle body and the plenums and make new pieces.

the car will defiantly be twin turbo, no superchargers involved here

 

[Toolman]

Cool project. Should be the quickest SHO powered vehicle around.

 

[somedude_001]

I considered the supercharger route becuase it would save to much fab and money but the M112 is really tall and will not clear.

Cool project. Should be the quickest SHO powered vehicle around.

this is true. I originally was only half in this project and what finally pushed me over the edge was talking with the guy that did the roll cage. He owns a performance shop and knows the camaro inside and out and he asked what stall it was going to have. I said "probably a 4K my car has a 2900 in it now and it isn't quite enough" he gave me a funny look and gave the up and down had motion signaling for more stall. he asked what I was going to use the car for. I explained that I am building it to go fast but I would like to road course it later down the road. We then got to talking suspension setups and he basically said you have to choose if you want to build a drag car or a road course car. The car can only be great at one or be ok at both. A few months later I told him I was building a drag car that will be street driven. He then asked again about the stall and again I said 4K stall. Then we got to joking around and he said to "grow a pair if your going to build a drag car build a ******* drag car!" so we are going to build a drag car haha. **** even with the stock engine in there is should still pull decent track times with the right rear end gears.

 

[tompumped]

Nice work, should be a fun car.

 

[Toolman]

Yeah, the biggest problem with slow SHO's is that they are not built for drag racing. I will not be building mine for such, so even with near 700hp and big sticky tires and very light weight, I will be fortunate to see high 11's (but probably trapping 130+), nowhere near what the engine is capable of. Building a car to excel on a road course is not going to make it hook up well at a drag strip. This build of yours, especially with the high stall and RWD, should smoke all existing SHO records. Nova SS's sweet minigun should be into the 12's no problem, maybe quicker if he decided to shoot some nitrous, but until someone completely starts from scratch and builds a SHO for the 1/4, we will be stuck thinking 12's are quick.

 

[SHOspazz92]

Yeah, the biggest problem with slow SHO's is that they are not built for drag racing. I will not be building mine for such, so even with near 700hp and big sticky tires and very light weight, I will be fortunate to see high 11's (but probably trapping 130+), nowhere near what the engine is capable of. Building a car to excel on a road course is not going to make it hook up well at a drag strip. This build of yours, especially with the high stall and RWD, should smoke all existing SHO records. Nova SS's sweet minigun should be into the 12's no problem, maybe quicker if he decided to shoot some nitrous, but until someone completely starts from scratch and builds a SHO for the 1/4, we will be stuck thinking 12's are quick.

Tim, I'll glady donate my car if you supply the Turbo/Built engine and make it a 1/4 only car. :theyareontome:

-Sam