Mark's LS2 2nd Gen Camaro build by Marktainium

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Bit more work done... It's sick how long this is taking!

Belt bar for behind the drivers seat. I machined collars out of 7/8 solid stock and welded them into the bar.

Tied in the main rollbar hoop to the frame connectors.

A sneak peak of my door bars. Thanks goes to Mikey for finish welding these for me!

3/4/2010

Finished the roll bar. Before you guys get all crazy, I know that the door bars aren't legal height. The main purpose of the bars in my car is for chassis rigidity. The main hoop is good for safety of course, and I did bring up all my mounting plates to the legal 6x6 size (or at least the 36 sq. inches anyway) But again, I didn't mean to have it pass tech anywhere. I will use the car for the occasional road course track day, maybe an auto cross or two, and definitely some on road corner shredding. (I hope).

Here's my way too labour intensive door bars. I built them like this to tie in the front subframe mounting points to the roll bar which is also tied into the rear subframe and the subframe connectors. I wanted my entry and exit from the car to remain unobstructed.

Here's my good friend Mikey tig welding where I lack the skills and apparent flexibility. He must be a good friend...considering he's in my trunk. And, yes, he's a full size human being. 6' even! If anyone needs any kind of fabrication or welding done, even maintenance, the guys here at Custom Metalcraft can do it all. http://www.custommetalcraft.ca

3/15/2010

Been a bit since the last post. I finished up the roll bar, and installed the rear seats, surrounding panels, and carpet. Also installed the front seats. Put a day permit on it and DROVE it home!!! I even put it through our local emissions test (aircare) on the way home. ( Cheated a little by removing the supercharger drive belt and ran it on factory tuning ) Passed with flying colours. I was so excited I insured it fully the following Saturday and put 40 miles on it. Total mileage so far, 47! The power steering pump is leaking. That sucks, but it was off of a high mileage 99 F-body so I ordered a new one. Still have lots of stuff to do, but at least I can drive it to the parts store now.

The seats are from a 2007 Corvette, actually, the same car that the engine came from. I modified the corvette seat tracks. I drilled out the rivets that held on the mounting plates both front and rear of the tracks. I figured out what the stock spacing (for the Camaro) was, then welded the front mounts back on at the correct width. The rear mounts were more complicated. The corvette tracks are very long, so I had to cut down the length. In doing this, you remove the slider stops from going backwards, also if you go too far back the roller ***** will fall out from between the tracks. Not really an issue in my case as there is no need to really move the seats that much. The drivers seat is power. Which is cool, and it works well and is very comfy. The seats do tip forward as well, and you could get into the back that way and they latch forward which makes working back there a bit easier. I used the Corvette seat belts as well. That info is in here somewhere a ways back.

4/23/2010

Well guys, it's almost done, well, not really, but it is done enough to be in the B.C. Classic & Custom Car Show at the Tradex Building at Abbotsford Airport this weekend, April 23,24,25. So come out and check it out, you'll find it at the KMS CAR PARTS booth. Don't forget to vote for me for best Pro Touring!!! <--- (shameless attempt for votes)

Here's a link for the show...

http://www.bccustomcarshow.com/