drknite

Location:	Phoenix, AZ, USA
Joined:	12/17/2009

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December 17, 2009

Muscle & Style

Smoothed paint, no seams, no emblems, no marker lights

Polished Aluminium, Leather, Nexus Gauges, Etc.

Ride Specs & Info

Ride Nickname:
The Dark Knight

Make:
Chevrolet

Model:
Camaro

Year:
1978

Introduction / Overview:
This car started off as a plain 1978 Camaro with T-tops. I purchased it with full intent of doing a complete make-over to the car. Once my high-balance credit card and stable internet connection were established, I proceeded to fill the garage with every imaginable part that I thought I would need and all the parts I always wanted. Three years later, what you see is what I pulled out of the garage to scare the neighbors and disbelievers with. All of the work was performed by me with the exception of the paint & body work, leather stitching and exhaust fabricating.

Drivetrain:

ENGINE:GMPP ZZ572 Big Block

620HP (that’s what they say)

Pete Jackson Gear Drive

Demon Carburetor

Aeromotive A1000 circulating fuel system

MSD Billet Distributor

MSD Digital 6 Ignition

Taylor Wires

Billet Specialties Front Runner Serpentine System

Be Cool Radiator & Condensor

Flex a Lite Dual Electric Fans

Custom 3” polished stainless steel exhaust

TRANSMISSION:Tremec TKO 600, 5 Speed

Hydraulic Clutch

REAR-END:Moser 12 Bolt

33 Spline Axels

C-Clip Elimator KitTru

Trac Rear Differential

3:55 Richmond Gears

Chassis:

SUSPENSION:Global West Tubular Upper & Lower Control Arms

QA-1 Coil Over Shocks (front)

Global West frame connectors

Global West Cat-5 Rear Leaf Springs

QA-1 Adjustable shocks (rear)

Hotchkis Front & Rear Sway Bars

Competition Engineering Slide-A-Link traction control

Del-A-Lum bushings throughout

Global West Aluminum Frame bushings

Flaming River Steering ColumnFlaming River Steering Box 14:1 ratio

BRAKES:

Front: 14” drilled and slotted rotors 6 piston Wilwood Calipers

Rear: 12” drilled and slotted rotors 4 Piston Wilwood rotors

Wheels:

18” front, 20” rear Billet Specialties Hi-Boy Wheels

Michelin Pilot tires

Body:

BODY:Complete frame off – rotisserie rebuild

All seems filledFront and rear marker lights removed and filled

Complete 1970 RS front end installed

Rear 1970 RS panel installed

Rear wheel wells rolled and smoothed (for tire clearance)

Modified steel cowl induction hood

PPG Pure Black Paint – Basecoat Clearcoat

Interioir:
Auto-Meter Nexus GuagesCustom Aluminum Dash Panel

Marquez Design Door Panels

Complete Leather Interior

Corbeau Seats

Simpson 5 point Harness

Vintage Air A/CPower Windows, Power Door-locksAlarm

LED Lighting

Sony Xplod stereo system

Lifestyles:
Muscle Cars

Comments:

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pikesan

April 18, 2013 14:17

Between you, Lance and Mark, there's some sick Camaros in Phoenix...

camaroblue540

December 23, 2009 12:13

Nice work inovative ideas realy cool to see. Hope to see it in person some day

Swanee3

December 17, 2009 10:05

this car sounded like a wet dream rolling into the Pavilions last Saturday, nice ride Steve welcome to the site.

drknite

December 17, 2009 07:55

Thanks. Most things that were supposed to bolt up did, with much resistence. Eventually, it all worked out. New pics added.

kastoo

December 17, 2009 06:46

I didn't know that front end would bolt up. Or did it just bolt up? Never seen that done before. Looks great? How about pics all the way around?

hechtspeed

December 17, 2009 04:41

Nice machine! Welcome to the site!