'00 camaro SS

[stevemead08 752]

I've have been getting requests to see what going on with the car since the big audio build, so here are a few pics. No 160 page build log. No 160 dbs.

Just having some fun with the car.

There will be a little audio but nothing really planned at the moment.

Keep in mind this car has not seen daylight since World finals in Indy, 9 months ago.

The last month or so I have been restoring the intetior back to new factory.

No expense spared here. I wanted every little detail done nice.

Carpet, seats, misc trim pieces, ect...

Three weeks ago we welcomed our newest addition to the Mead family so a lot of time will be with the family and not in the garage.

Now that that's out of the way. Lets build a nice car!

[stevemead08 752]

All cleaned up and stripped down.

Sound Deadener Showdown

carpet paddingnew cargo carpet as well.

[frogcase2002 393]

Looking forward to seeing how it turns out

[stevemead08 752]

All new SLP floormats

Seats are just sittling in there for mock up purposes.

Stock shifter vs. New Pro 5.0 billet shifter with Hawks short throw and SLP leather knob.

SLP skip shift eliminator . If you know what this is you can appreciate it!

while I'm in here I added an Innovative motorsports wideband O2 reader. Hehe.

New center console. Just needed to swap over the auto top plate for my 6 speed plate.

[Quentin Jarrell 671]

No way to bypass the skip shift via the computer?

[stevemead08 752]

Ordered new seat leather to replace the craptastic factory cloth that's stained and faded to hell.

Well that's all the large components for the inside. Also bought all new heater vents, switch and radio bezels, door handles and locks. Pretty much every single piece inside except dash is new. Door panels will be wrapped with matching leather.

[stevemead08 752]

No way to bypass the skip shift via the computer?

you can turn it off via hp tuners or ls1 edit but I have not had those programs for 8 years or so.

I will end up getting one of them again further down the build. I need to turn off the rear O2s anyway.

My lamda sensors replaced the downstream O2s.

[Quentin Jarrell 671]

Did the same with the viper. Both skip shift and rear o2 shut off.

[stevemead08 752]

Did the same with the viper. Both skip shift and rear o2 shut off.

its a must! We did our viper too. ROE blower/meth injected goodness!

[Randal Johnson 544]

Dang !!! This car is looking Good !!!

[stevemead08 752]

Dang !!! This car is looking Good !!!

thanks! Miles and miles still to go but its a start.

[stevemead08 752]

New/used steering wheel.

New dome light, locks, coat hooks, handle bezel, window switch assy, shifter plaque. Ashtray and lid.

Need to fix or replace steering column also.

Big bass broke a lot of stuff inside.

T-top trim

[stevemead08 752]

Moving on to the outside of the car... Finally time to finish the wrap.

fitting the new back bumper

Can't tell in the picture, ill take more pics later, the tail light panel is carbon fiber.

[jonbearsmt 919]

sweet stuff brother,

 

 can you explain the skip shift  better then what i have read with google?

 

 and what does deleting the rear o2's do im guessing it curves the mixture to be richer at the plannum ?

[Quentin Jarrell 671]

Skip shift is for conserving fuel. Don't know about the chevy but in a viper if you are light on the throttle and shift out of first you can't go into 2nd it skips over to fourth.

On the viper and must be on the chevy as well you have a cats at the collector and a second cat farther back. The second set isn't needed for engine management so in most cat backs they are removed and the o2 sensors are just turned off to keep the computer from throwing a code.

[Godsmack 360]

Looks good man. Switching the seat belts over to black to make it match too?

What site are you using for parts? If I can help you find parts let me know. I did a lot of searching for stuff for my 3rd gen and still have ample links saved.

J

[stevemead08 752]

Jon: the skip shift skips you from 1st to 4th under light throttle. Conserving fuel. Just a pain in the ass.

The rear O2s are not really used anyway so I replaced them with wideband O2s and A/F ratio gauge. More on this later.

Godsmack. I've used Ricks camaros, Hawks third gen, eBay, and a lot of the factory SS things came from SLP since they are the company that made the car an SS. Not GM.

[stevemead08 752]

Wheels will be HRE or CCW. Forged. 19x11 rear with 325 and fronts are 19x9.5 with 275s.

[Mark LaFountain 1,054]

car came back together nicely.  I used to love restoring camaro's.

[stevemead08 752]

Its a fun project.

More my style. My wife would rather go watch me race than go to an audio show.

Fun for the whole family. And I have a back seat again.

[jonbearsmt 919]

im having a hard time understanding how it makes you go to 4th if its a manual... will it grind into any other gear but 4th?

[stevemead08 752]

Solenoid blocks out 2nd.

[Godsmack 360]

All good places.

J

[onebadmonte 235]

Looking good. Maybe a little SQ build this time around.

[stevemead08 752]

I know nothing about sq. Your welcome to it if you like. Just tell me what to buy. You and bigjon can have it for a few weeks.