My new 98 Z28 (Under the knife)! by LT1Formula007

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Ok well I got the rest of the things I needed for the car now. I mean the interior pieces that I was missing as well as the switches, and trim pices that I needed. So now the car is complete.
I also picked up a berger panel and an SS style spoiler for it. Not to mention I have the Nittos on it now too.
I bought a 3.42 rearend off of a local guy for $200.00! And have plans on putting it in this week sometime. The tuning will be done as soon as I get the rearend in. Hopefully by Monday or Tuesday of next week. We'll see.

I am actually looking into a stall converter at this time. And hope to have that in the car soon as well! Well just wanted to update my thread and I'll post pictures as soon as I get time to.

8-4-2008

Well to update the thread, I'm pretty Pissed off!
I put the 3.42's in last monday and had the car tuned for the gear swap. Well to my surprise; while I was getting the car tuned, the oil pump decided to take a **** on me and spun a rod bearing. So now my engine is going to need to be overhauled....

BUT the good thing is, I now have a reason to pull it apart and do what I was going to do this winteranyways! I guess it worked out after-all! Just happened a little bit sooner than I wanted it to. I'll be doing a rebuilt ls1 bottom end. And a heads and cam package from TSP! Along with a Vigilante Stall! And an Induction system (Probably a Fast 92/92 or ??)
Wish me Luck and I'll have the car up and running by next summer for sure. But it will be WAAAY Faster...

6-5-2009

First off is a 403 LS2 Stroker that I purchased off of LS1Tech here. It was originally an LS2 out of an 07' Trailblazer SS. But it was sent to the machine shop for a complete overhaul!
If you want to know where all my money went this winter, Read up... If Not then just look at the pics. haha j/k

Upgrades include....

Engine 403ci. LS2 aluminum block stroker- only had roughly 400-500 miles on it. (The Car sat in the garage most of the time after being built!)
K1 Crankshaft (Speed Inc.)
Diamond Pistons Flat top -2cc Valve Relief 1.5mm Top Ring, 3.0mm Oil Ring(Speed Inc.)
Compstar Rods with ARP 2000 Rod Bolts 6.125" (Speed Inc.)
TR Camshaft 248/254 614/620 110 lsa
LS7 Lifters
TSP Pushrods
Clevitte Rod Bearings
Patriot Performance Dual Valve Springs/ Retainers .650 lift
Stock Rockers
Stock 243 LS6 Heads
SLP Oil Pump
ASP Underdrive Pulley
Prothane Motor Mounts

Intake/Fuel
(came with an ls6 intake and stock TB)
42lb Green top injectors
Nasty Performance 3/8" Polished Fuel Rails

1 3/4" Pacesetter Longtubes & O2 Sensors  
*~SOON will be TSP 1 7/8" LT Headers
3" TSP True Duals with Moroso Spiral Flo Mufflers (already had them)

Upgrades that I have done as of now...

Fast 92mm Intake and PTM 92 mm Throttle Body
MSD Plug Wires and NGK TR55 Plugs
Braided -6 AN Hose and quick disconnect fitting to hook up the fuel rails

Stage 3 Built Transmission (800 rwhp)
Yank SS4000 Stall Converter
TCI 29.1 Spec Flexplate
Cyberdyne Digital (blue ice) Trans Temp Gauge
Derale Deep Trans. Pan
Also a large Cooler out front....

LS1 Aluminum Driveshaft
Stock 10 bolt out of a 6 speed Trans Am (3.42's)
Summit Stud Girdle (Aluminum)
Dbl. Adj. CM LCA's and PHB
12 way Adjustable QA1 Rear Shocks
UMI Bolt-In Subframe Connectors
Edelbrock Dbl. Adj. Tq. Arm (not yet installed) (got a good deal on this)

17 x 9.5" Covette Z06 Replicas (all the way around)
(Black with polished lip and Chrome Rivets)
Up front, tires are 275/40/ZR17 Goodyear Eagle ZR40's
And the rear tires are 275/40/R17 Mickey Thompson ET Street Radials

I also added a set of Black Halos to the front
A set of Black Hockey Stripes
VHT Niteshaded the turnsignals, side markers, and taillights
Put an SS Spoiler on
Put a Black Glossy Berger Panel on
And I have a few more things in the works, but only time will tell how far the apperance part goes... By that I mean I don't really car what it looks like as long as it GOES. haha

Anyways Thats about it as far as my winter build goes... But I will add some pics now!
Enjoy!

Well I got the engine in and started to get a little bit lazy....
So this is how it sat for a while lol!



Then I ordered a few parts and I was getting ready to install them when I got a phone call that I lost my dad on February 24th at 7:30 am!
So with everything going on, I put the car aside to do the family thing and get through the greiving process. I miss my Dad so much. But I know he would want me to finish what I had worked so hard to build. One of his last words to me was that all he wanted was his CAMARO... My dad was going through a real Bad time with Dimensia and alzhiemers (or however you spell it) and he was remembering things that I had told him in the past. Thats why he said all he wanted was his camaro, but it was what I had told him 6 months prior to him passing away.
But anyways. After a month or so, I finally got back to working on the car and put in the parts and got it tuned... Only to trash the tranny in 3 weeks!
But that just sparked me even more and I went with a level 3 Built 4L60E that is rated at 800rwhp and was covered by a 1 year 12,000 mile warranty!
So at that Time, I upgraded EVERYTHING that had to do with the Transmission.... Here are a few more pics of the upgrades...

Well there went the parts, Now here it is all going back together....



Now it's on the road and Finally making me happy about the build!

I'm pretty happy with the car now... I think I've brought the car back from the dead. What do you think... ?
Here is a pic when I first got it home and put it in the garage!



And now!!! After all the work I've put into it!



For those of you who noticed the smashed up grille, I straightened it back and then painted it where it was scratched! Can't even tell it was damaged now huh!

I have a few more pics to upload, but I'll get them up in a few days or so.
I have pics of it at the track when I took it out, and I have a few more goodies to put on and I'll take a few more pics of it!