[My 5th]

After almost 2 1/2 years (now 6 years) of ownership I finally decided to create a journal about my 2010 2SS/RS. There's not really much ego involved with this journal, because I recognize there are a lot of cars on this site with much more into mods, performance and appearance than mine, but a journal is a good place to archive your photos to an off site location.

I lost many photos of my car to a hard disk crash a while back, and it's taken me a while to gather selected photos from some web sites--this one included--to include in this journal. I hope you'll enjoy reviewing my Camaro mods journey even half as much as I have so far.

After driving a Honda Passport for 14 years, and dumping money into repairs and maintenance virtually every month, I was finally able to convince my Overseer I needed a new car. We have had many Hondas over the years and have liked them as dependable and generally economical to own and operate.

But this time I knew I had to have something different. Having owned 4 other Camaros in the past--a 68, 72 SS, 78 Z28, and a 79 Z28 I was naturally gravitating toward a Camaro. I had narrowed my choices down to Black or CGM, and it had to have a stick, plus I wasn't going to pay sticker or sticker plus, so I had to have a discount. In February of 2010 that was a pretty tall order.

I finally found what I wanted, including a $1,500 discount, at Murdoch Chevrolet in Bountiful, Utah. Here she is in all her 100% stock glory. I tried to get the GFX painted black, but the dealer wanted $1,300 to paint them, and I felt that was way too much. About a year or so later I found another dealer who painted them for half that.

Mods List:

SS side emblems Now de-badged
Window tint and Clear Bra New clear bra
Billet “SS” door sill plates
Billet “SS” rear license plate frame Temporarily on the shelf
GMPP axle-back exhaust w/ oval tips--REPLACED WITH MAGNAFLOW 3" CAT-BACK SYSTEM
Billet brake, clutch, gas and footrest pedals
Airaid CAI--REPLACED WITH CAI BLACK
Elite Engineering billet oil catch can
Powder Coated Brembo calipers dark metallic grey w/Brembo decals Now with CTS V big-brake kit
Hawk ceramic brake pads Now with Hawk HPS pads
Pedders Xa coilovers, bushing inserts, Solution B sway bars, braided brake lines After 50,000 miles replaced with 1LE struts and shocks and BMR 1" drop springs and Pfadt sways, ZL1 LCA's
Spohn rear control arms, toe links Replaced with DSE arms/links
AAC P13W LED DRL’s (upgraded to plasma model)
Magnaflow 16483 3” cat-back exhaust
MBRP square exhaust tips
Lloyd’s SS logo Lux floor and trunk mats
Forgeline MD3P 3-piece forged wheels, 9 ½” X 20” front; 11” X 20” rear Replaced with Forgeline CF3C-SL 10 X 20 front 11 X 20 rear
Continental Extreme Contact DWS tires, 275/40 and 315/35 Replaces with Michelin Pilot Super Sports 295's up front 315's in the rear
Kooks 1 7/8” LT headers, hi-flow cats, HP tune: 411 RWHP dyno run
Heritage Grille, Sparks Restoration billet SS insert
Painted GFX black-REPLACED WITH SEIBON CARBON FIBER Replaced stock front clip with ZL1 fascia and Seibon Carbon Fiber splitter
MGW short-throw shifter w/ retro shift lever and “SS” shift ball
Removed engine cover, fuel rail invert and wire clean-up
Holley valve covers, powder coated Carbon Flash Metallic, painted coils Gunmetal Metallic
MSD red spark plug wires--replaced with Taylor wires and heat socks
Showstoppers engine compartment box covers, Carbon Flash Metallic w/matte black inserts
Billet SS engine bay caps, radiator, overflow, power steering, master cylinder, WW washer
SLP billet strut tower caps Replaced with Pegasus camber plates
Roto-Fab radiator cover powder coated satin black
Replaced Airaid with Cold Air Inductions CAI, powder coated black
Sparks Restorations rear SS trunk badge
Plasti-dip taillight bezels and billet license plate frame
ADDED--Anvil Carbon Fiber rear spoiler

Future and hoped-for mods:
Forged 416 or 427 long block w/tweaked heads, blower cam
Whipple supercharger
ZR1 clutch, one-piece aluminum driveshaft, 1400 hp axles, JRE posi upgrade

Major upgrades:
JDP Motorsports Fully forged 427 with Manley internals, Big-bore LS3 heads by West Coast Cylinder heads, Fast 102 intake, ATI 12% under drive balancer--530 rwhp 498 TQ ZR1 dual disc clutch and aluminum flywheel, RPM Transmissions Level 5 TR6060, DSS aluminum driveshaft, DSS 1,000 hp axles, 3.91 rear gears. See recent pics at end of journal.