After driving for several hours, Wall bought the "hugger
orange" big block 396 on the spot after seeing it was completely
free of rust, in excellent running condition and hadn't been
cut in any way.
Over the years, he had seen plenty of '69 Camaros with the rear
wheel wells cut to allow for larger tires. "I wanted something
that had not been altered or fooled around with," he said.
"I wanted something all original and stock. I definitely
didn't want to devalue a car like that."
Wall, who has owned approximately 35 cars over the years, said
he always had an eye for the '69 Camaro because it's the cream
of the crop and the most sought-after car in the United States.
He said he likes the car's unique style, including the body
lines along the sides, the contour of the rear wheel wells and
the fact the car is a little bit wider than its contemporaries.
"It's little stuff like that that just made the car that
much more appealing to work with," he said.
After getting the car to his shop, Wall set to work stripping
it down and installed a 540 cubic inch Stoker Brodix motor built
by Custom Crankshaft that gives the Camaro more than 1,050 horsepower
at the rear wheels. The supercharged car also boasts a state
of the art electromotive laptop driven fuel injection system.
"There are not too many cars that are laptop-controlled,"
said Wall. "You can really, really fine-tune the car to
a T. Plus it makes it very street-driveable. I can turn the
key and drive it into the city every Sunday night and not too
many cars are able to do that with that type of power beneath
the hood."
A Mosier 12 bolt differential with 35-spline axles and a Mosier
spool for better traction has also been added. The car's new
transmission is an ATI Pro Grinder Turbo 400 three-speed with
a split shift modifier, a custom-cut high stall and an air shift
option. Disc brakes were also added to the rear of the Camaro,
which now sits on a set of custom-made Centreline aluminium
alloy wheels.
The car's exterior has been painted a custom blue colour but
its interior is largely untouched except for the addition of
a roll cage and some new gauges.
Wall said he expects the car will race in the low to mid-eight
second range in the quarter-mile once some substantial modifications
are made over the winter. He said the Camaro has already garnered
attention at major car shows in Minnesota and Winnipeg.
"Seeing that I do customized work here and that's what
we specialize in, I figured I might as well have a sort of flagship
car to promote what we do," he said. "That's why we
went to such crazy extents in building something so different."
SPEC LIST
Make : 1969 Camaro
Engine : 540 cubic inch Big Block Stroker Brodix
Motor HP : 1400
Rear wheel HP : 1100
Weight : 3,600 lbs
Gas : 92 Octane pump gas
MOD LIST (partial)
Moroso 7-quart pan with crank scraper & oil baffle
Moroso high volume Billet oil pump (100 psi)
Hardened Pro Race Series clevite bearings
Merlin III CNC race block, magnifluxed and sonic tested
ESP H-Beam rods, bronze bushed and stress realived
Pro Race plasma moly file fits rings
Camshaft is a solid custom ground Comp Cams grind set up for
blower application
Push rods are 7/16 taper seat push rods
Comp Cams full roller valve terrain with roller lifters and
slide bar holders
Comp Cams rockers and rocker stud girdle
Brodix BB-2 extra high port d's heads
Fluidyne harmonic balancer
Comp Cams timing chain and cover with removable cover plate
for ease of cam swaps
CSI center remove electric pump water pump
Brodix valve covers
Holley team G Intake manifold custom cut and full ported
Intake drilled & bunged for direct injection
ACCUFAB 105mm throttle body
Vortech V-7 blower capable of 1700 cfm at 7600 rpm which has
a impeller speed of 68,000, producing 10 to 12 psi of boost
Custom set of Auto Specialties COG drive pulleys
Custom mandrel blow tubes
Pro Charger blower bypass
Spearco air-to-air intercooler
Laptop driven electromotive fuel injection
Custom made Spearco radiator with 16 water couplers and aeroquip
hose
Aeromotive 2500 HP Pro Series pump
Pro Series boost referenced regulator with rear fuel rail
bleed off set up
Y-Block
Custom made 3/4 inch fuel rails
Custom made 105 LBS MSD Super Comp injectors (low imp)
ATI Pro Grinder 3 speed transmission with a split shift modifier
Hurst billet alum pistol grip shifter
Inland Empire aluminum 5-inch drive shaft with titanium yoke
and billet u-joints
12 bolt Mosier differential with alum girdle, 35 spline axles,
C clip eliminators, 1/2 studs, Mosier spool and gears, billet
yoke
Aluminium bushinged rear springs
Competition engineering CAL tracks
Exhaust is fully mandrel bent, Borla stainless polished mufflers
Hooker Super Comps ceramic coated headers
Custom made Centreline 18x11 rear, 18x8 front rims
Nitto drags on rear and Nitto 555r`s on front
Auto Meter gauges with Silver ultra lites fully monitored
with the laptop
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