GoDadGo’s vintage Camaro unveiled!

[Jeff Kleiner]

Coming from the man who insisted on putting a SBC in his roadster I suppose the result is predictable :p

https://i0.wp.com/macsmotorcitygarage.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1967-Camaro-Flathead-V8-lede.png?w=599&ssl=1

To quote our friend Henry Renaud “I’ve never spent so much money on an engine to make so little power.”

:D

Jeff

[weendoggy]

Did the SS stand for Super Slow? :D

[Its Bruce]

Did someone misplace their flathead?

[svassh]

Even the little kid is thinking "Why?"

[rich grsc]

Finally, something right with a chevy. ;)

[lance corsi]

This is a slap in the face of all LS swaps! Love it!

[GoDadGo]

Love It Sir Jeffski, Absolutely Love It!!!

I think that the flathead is cool, but would go better in a Deuce Coupe.

[Al_C]

Let me guess - the engine depicted in the photo is actually a FORD flathead...

btw - my first thought was that the young guy in the photo was actually GoDad. Yes/no?

[Ian G]

A flathead can make even the mundane cool.

[Andrew Davis]

I appreciate the irreverence GDG! Thought that was cool about rodding.

[BradCraig]

I'd like to do a Camaro with a JDM powerplant just to piss everyone off.

[rich grsc]

I'd like to do a Camaro with a JDM powerplant just to piss everyone off.
Another improvement

[Alan_C]

Man tough room for Cheby lovers. Only forum I have seen that is tougher is the Vintage Mustang Forum. If you mention SBC there, its not pretty.

[BradCraig]

Man tough room for Cheby lovers. Only forum I have seen that is tougher is the Vintage Mustang Forum. If you mention SBC there, its not pretty.

No hate here! I have a '67 with SBC.

[GoDadGo]

How About These Vintage Mustang Replicas?

BBC / P-51 / 70% Scaled Replica:
https://youtu.be/iZTVMmDRwBo
https://youtu.be/t9WJcdCAEXY

LS / P-51 / 70% Scaled Replica:
https://youtu.be/UjpItcKqPvE

Truly America's Heartbeat Keeps On Beating!

[rich grsc]

Boy you left yourself wide open there.:rolleyes:

Alan, most of us are just giving GoDadGo some good natured ribbing.

[Just 1 More]

This is how a 1st Gen Camaro should be, My 68 454 600horses
178557

[GTBradley]

I'd like to do a Camaro with a JDM powerplant just to piss everyone off.
And it would still be pissing people off 100 years from now cause the engine would still be going.

[GoDadGo]

Sir Jeffski Needs A Lifetime Achievement Award Because This Thread Is Truly Fun!

[Alan_C]

I have been working on my 70 Mach 1 Mustang restomod for going on 6 years now. I just can't imagine the hours and dollars it takes to build one of the P-51 replicas. Out of my league.
While SBCs in a Factory Five are somewhat accepted here, the thought of putting one in a Vintage Mustang will put a shudder in the force. It is bad enough that I am putting a 2nd Gen Coyote and 6R80 into my Mustang. I do get push back from some, but nothing like someone just mentioning putting a LS3 or the like in a Mustang.
On one of the *****in Rides episodes where they had a show at the shop. One Mustang owner had a LS in his Mustang that was so well disguised, it was difficult to tell it was not a SBF. I often wonder if disguising the engine was in the plan from the beginning or the result of all the call outs the owner got from the Ford guys. Its all fun mostly, but complaints can get old. I should have my Mustang on the road in 2024, it will be interesting to hear the commentary.

[Its Bruce]

FORD FE CRATE ENGINE - LS3 (https://www.lsclassic.com/crate-engine-packages/opcdnbdgaw0qq45l0si24k8kc8jk15)

[GoDadGo]

FORD FE CRATE ENGINE - LS3 (https://www.lsclassic.com/crate-engine-packages/opcdnbdgaw0qq45l0si24k8kc8jk15)

That's a really cool Ford Edsel appearance package for the LS-3 engine.

The Ford FE engine is a Ford V8 engine used in vehicles sold in the North American market between 1958 and 1976. The FE was introduced to replace the short-lived (in the USA) Ford Y-block engine, which American cars and trucks were outgrowing. It was designed with room to be significantly expanded, and manufactured both as a top-oiler and side-oiler, and in displacements between 332 cu in (5.4 L) and 428 cu in (7.0 L).

"FE" derives from 'Ford-Edsel.'[1] Versions of the FE line designed for use in medium and heavy trucks and school buses from 1964 through 1978 were known as "FT," for 'Ford-Truck,'[2] and differed primarily by having steel (instead of nodular iron) crankshafts, larger crank snouts, smaller ports and valves, different distributor shafts, different water pumps and a greater use of iron for its parts.

[GoDadGo]

I have been working on my 70 Mach 1 Mustang restomod for going on 6 years now. I just can't imagine the hours and dollars it takes to build one of the P-51 replicas. Out of my league.
While SBCs in a Factory Five are somewhat accepted here, the thought of putting one in a Vintage Mustang will put a shudder in the force. It is bad enough that I am putting a 2nd Gen Coyote and 6R80 into my Mustang. I do get push back from some, but nothing like someone just mentioning putting a LS3 or the like in a Mustang.
On one of the *****in Rides episodes where they had a show at the shop. One Mustang owner had a LS in his Mustang that was so well disguised, it was difficult to tell it was not a SBF. I often wonder if disguising the engine was in the plan from the beginning or the result of all the call outs the owner got from the Ford guys. Its all fun mostly, but complaints can get old. I should have my Mustang on the road in 2024, it will be interesting to hear the commentary.

Generic and/or Custom Valve Covers Would Do The Trick!

https://paceperformance.com/LS3-533-HP-Pace-Performance-Crate-Engine-Carbureted-with-HEI-As-Cast-Valve-Covers-GMP-19370413-CHX.html

[Jeff Kleiner]

Aside from blue paint that doesn’t look much like an FE at all.

Jeff

[JimLev]

Lots of good info….have you noticed that at the drag strip all the fast late ~90’s - ‘00 Mustangs pretty much run LS engines?

[GoDadGo]

Aside from blue paint that doesn’t look much like an FE at all.

Jeff

To A Chevy Guy It Does!

..Love Ya Uncle Jeffski!

[Jeff Kleiner]

To A Chevy Guy It Does!

..Love Ya Uncle Jeffski!

So given that, I assume that I can just paint a Coyote ORANGE and pass it off as a 327 :p :p

Jeff

[GoDadGo]

So given that, I assume that I can just paint a Coyote ORANGE and pass it off as a 327 :p :p

Jeff

No, I'd pass it off as a 3.6 V6 engine.

8-)

[R. Button]

But with the distributor on the wrong end of the engine - does it just run backwards?