{"id":13,"date":"2014-02-26T04:23:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T04:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2014-03-04T03:32:23","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T03:32:23","slug":"1968-camaro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/automobileman.com\/wp\/?page_id=13","title":{"rendered":"1968 Camaro"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is what it looked like when I first bought it, the previous owner had it for 22 years and did not want to sell it, but he needed the money.\u00a0 It’s a non-numbers matching car and is not a true SS, but I don’t care about that stuff.\u00a0 I was looking for a solid car with a cowl induction hood and a 4 speed.<\/span>
\n\"68camaro4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It had 16″ wheels and drum brakes and sat way too high, but it was what I was looking for, so I bought it in 2010.<\/span>
\n \"68camaro2\"<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\n Really nice paint work, the gaps were good and it was a quality build, I haven’t looked back.<\/span>
\n \"68camaro3\"<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\n This is how the engine looked when I bought it.\u00a0 It was a professionally built large journal 327 with the famous 461 double-hump heads, basically an 350HP L79 motor that was used in the Corvette, Chevelle and Novas.\u00a0 This\u00a0 has a comp-280 cam and it was way over-carburetored with a double-<\/span>pumper<\/span> Holley 850.<\/span>
\n \"1968_Camaro<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\n The first thing I did was upgrade to 17″ Torque-Thrust wheels and start on the disc brakes.\u00a0 Up front I tried Wildwood’s D32 double-piston calipers and single in the rear.\u00a0 These are great brakes for the price, but I elected to eventually upgrade to the 6 piston caliper and 11.8″ dia. rotors.\u00a0 I would go up one rotor size larger to 12.8″ since I have upgraded the wheels to 18″ now.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Up

Up in Port Townsend<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

This is one of my favorite pictures of the car, when I was up in Port Townsend eating at the Ishikawa Japanese restaurant.<\/span>
\n \"18_coys_wheels\"<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\n This is how it looks now with 18″ Coys wheels. 255\/45\/18 rears and 235\/40\/18 fronts, I had to reduce the tire width up front from 245\/45\/17 because they were rubbing.\u00a0 It’s kind of a combination of art and science to get your wheels the way you want them.\u00a0 I wanted a slight stagger, so the rears had to be a substantially larger OD, that’s why I went with the 45 series instead of 40.\u00a0 After 3 sets of tires you’d think I’d be close to what I want.\u00a0 It needs to drop down another inch all the way around, but as it is now, I have a hard time on speed bumps.<\/span>
\n \"engine3\"<\/span><\/a><\/span>
\n This is how the engine looked with a Speed Demon 650 double-pumper, but even after going to a dyno, it still wasn’t a very good carb for me.<\/span>
\n