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As some of you might know i'm making the switch from FWD to RWD in an effort to push my N/A 60v6 build a little harder.
The idea was to find a RWD GM car that was fairly lightweight and had a good aftermarket for suspension and drivetrain parts. I've owned Fbodies in the past and know them fairly well so this was an obvious choice.
To make a long story short a friend's ex left him with this '89 RS Camaro when she took off. I'd seen the car a few times back when she was daily driving it around 2003 and thought to myself that i'd like to own it one day. My buddy wasn't planning on selling the car but i let him think about it for a few months.. And Today i drove it home.
For $1K here it is...
1989 RS Camaro. Was a V6/Auto from the factory but was swapped to a 350 in 2001 then to a 327 around 2006. It's "Gunmetal Metallic" with a black interior. 4" Harwood fiberglass cowl hood (With the Grim reaper painted on it). 3.42 open diff for now, and some very 90's Progressive rims (15x7 front and 15x11 rear). For some reason it has a trailer hitch.. lmao
It will be getting my 320 HP/300 TQ 3500 V6 Build and a '98+ 4L60E trans with a stand alone trans controller. After a little more work on the engine, building new headers and maybe a different plenum setup i'm hoping for about 270 WHP. That should be enough to put me right back into the low 13's where i was with the 2800lb Jbody.
As things roll along i'll post up all the hurtles i run into while doing the FWD to RWD swap in this thread.
For kicks lets call the initial swap "Phase 1"
The idea was to find a RWD GM car that was fairly lightweight and had a good aftermarket for suspension and drivetrain parts. I've owned Fbodies in the past and know them fairly well so this was an obvious choice.
To make a long story short a friend's ex left him with this '89 RS Camaro when she took off. I'd seen the car a few times back when she was daily driving it around 2003 and thought to myself that i'd like to own it one day. My buddy wasn't planning on selling the car but i let him think about it for a few months.. And Today i drove it home.
For $1K here it is...
1989 RS Camaro. Was a V6/Auto from the factory but was swapped to a 350 in 2001 then to a 327 around 2006. It's "Gunmetal Metallic" with a black interior. 4" Harwood fiberglass cowl hood (With the Grim reaper painted on it). 3.42 open diff for now, and some very 90's Progressive rims (15x7 front and 15x11 rear). For some reason it has a trailer hitch.. lmao
It will be getting my 320 HP/300 TQ 3500 V6 Build and a '98+ 4L60E trans with a stand alone trans controller. After a little more work on the engine, building new headers and maybe a different plenum setup i'm hoping for about 270 WHP. That should be enough to put me right back into the low 13's where i was with the 2800lb Jbody.
As things roll along i'll post up all the hurtles i run into while doing the FWD to RWD swap in this thread.
For kicks lets call the initial swap "Phase 1"
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