1981gMachine - The Reason Behind The S/N

[1981gMachine]

Note: I haven't modded this car since 2006. Everything is the same as when I was in highschool, except suspension and seats.

SPECS:

Engine
- 350 Four Bolt Main
- Bored .030
- Comp Cam
- Comp Cam Double Roller Timing Chain
- Stock Vortec Heads W/Comp Cam Springs
- Edelbrock Performer RPM Intake
- Holley Street Avenger Carborator 670 cfm
- Polished Crank
- Federal Mogul 10.5 Compression Ratio pistons
- Speed Pro Chrome Moly Piston Rings
- Holley Electric Fuel Pump

Exhaust
- Headman Headers
- Purple Hornies
- Dual 2 1/2 Pipe That Currently Dumps Before The Axel

Transmission
- TH 350 3 Speed w/Shift Kit
- Hurst V-Matic 2 Shifter

Rear
- 12 Bolt from a 67-69 Camaro
- Posi
- 3.55 Gears
- Mooser Axles

Suspension
- Fatman Fabrication Tubular Control Arms
- QA1 Adjustable Coil Overs In The Front
- Energy Suspension Polyurethane Bushings In The Control Arms
- Moroso Solid Motor Mounts
- Energy Suspension Polyurethane Transmission Mount
- QA1 Coil Overs (175lb springs) In The Rear On Mono Leaf
- Energy Suspension Polyurethane Bushings In The Leaf Springs
- Traction Bars
- Sub Frame Conectors
- 8-Point Roll Cage
- Front Sway Bar 7/8 dia

Wheels & Tires
- American Racing Torq Thrust II's
Front: 15x7 Rear: 15x10

- BF Goodrich Radial T/A
Front: P225/60R15 measures 26x9
- Goodyear Eagle GTII
Rear: P275/60R15 measures 28x12

Sound System
- The Exhaust





Old school pics of my 1st camaro, that ended up donating it's frame when I wrecked the new one. I spent most of the summer doing bodywork on the car. I was 15 when I got it. Car was in good shape rust wise, just needed a few patches on the floor boards. Part of this car still lives on in my new camaro...








Then came what I have now. These are pics my dad took before I bought the car. I actually never saw the car before I bought it. He told be about it over the phone and I said buy it. This was when I was 17 years old.



Here's without the snow on top of it

[1981gMachine]

I don't have many pics during this stage of the car's life. Didn't have a digital camera back then. But This is what I do have. During this time we also built the motor and put that in the car. I also spent a few hrs and buffed the paint job.

Before I could afford wheels and tires





After about 6 months of saving, I bought wheels and tires and for $100 had the exhaust finished from purple hornies back.

[Mike]

It's came a long way. I've always loved just about every year body style except the 93-02, or whenever they stopped making them. I think they still look nice, but the worst of them.

[1981gMachine]

Then the wreck, happen a few months after I started driving the car. Inexperience plus, power plus 4.10 posi equals bad news.

[1981gMachine]

So the only repair pics I have. My 1st camaro gave up it's frame for the wrecked one. I sanded the whole thing down and painted the frame and rad support. After a 12hr day we had everything swapped between the two cars except the sheet metal and small stuff.

[1981gMachine]

The car all fixed up. Took a month working everyday to get it done. Finished it the month before I started WyoTech.

[Mike]

Damn...

[1981gMachine]

Old taillights, and the ones I polished up for it



Did some suspension work, here are the few pics I have of it. QA1 coilovers at all 4 corners, plated the rear frame rails for strength. All brackets were made from scratch. Fatman Fabrication tubular control arms in the front. Poly bushings everywhere I could put them. Solid motor mounts.

[1981gMachine]

To end this for now I’ll post the “glamour shots”

[1981gMachine]

Can't forget the seats and door panels I made

[Mike]

Very sexy.

[DaviDawg]

nice.

[powder]

I thought it meant gangster machine.

[1981gMachine]

I thought it meant gangster machine.

Nope, the end build goal is handling. See how much over 1g I can pull. Once I get a house with garage I'll tear it apart and start building a frame for it.

[MindSpinZX2]

Looks awesome man, I've always liked that car. Weren't you trying to sell it a while back? And why did you never paint it?